Rolling SERIOUS GRAPHIC LITERATURE Thread for Comics in 2016

Kraven The Punter

Kraven is bascially a 1980s action movie. If you're an adult, you'd probably think "eh, this isn't for kids". If you're ten years old, you'd probably think "This was made FOR ME". Both opinions are correct!

We know a 12-yr-old who loves Ms Marvel and From Hell (!) - she is super discerning but the high/low divide between the two isn't a concern for her.

I mean, From Hell is a high-minded historical extrapolation of a real slasher mystery. Looking down on people who love slasher films and clutching your thick black and white comic with copious footnotes is a bad look imo.

We know a 12-yr-old who loves Ms Marvel and From Hell (!) - she is super discerning but the high/low divide between the two isn't a concern for her.

― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, June 27, 2016 9:34 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Twelve-year-olds done right! High/low divide is a mirage and a distraction.

On a related note, I read a couple Ed Brubaker series over the weekend that were on that comixology unlimited business. No batpeople, but pretty similar in tone!

I nearly forgot to post about this: A couple weeks ago when I was in Toronto, I overheard a couple guys talking about comics. One was telling his friend, "Yeah, before he wrote those comics for Marvel, he used to do these super-gritty underground crime comics!"

It took me a minute and a couple more details to realize they were talking about Bendis. I giggled.

I posted it in the horror comics thread that hasn't seen a new post in three years, but there's a complete collection of the Pat Mills Misty stories solicited for September. Also the first of the Dark Horse Moebius collections is coming in August, I believe.

Dark Horse Moebius collections

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those are straight reprints of the Epic editions or...?

Oh, speaking of fancy Euro scifi comics, I finished ANTARES, the third of the Worlds of Aldebaraan series - loved the first two, this one was kind of a drag.

yeah, it sorta spun out to nowhere but a good lead in for NEXT TIME IN SEXY FEMINIST FIRST CONTACT FUTURE STORIES

Dark Horse is proud to announce that the library of Mœbius, one of the most influential and respected artists in the history of comics and cartooning, will arrive on store shelves in a gorgeous series of hardcover volumes available for the first time in nearly 20 years.

With a vast array of work showcasing his mastery of realist drawing, Jean Giraud—better known as Mœbius—is one of the most influential bandes dessinées cartoonists in history, with work that helped to define the landscape of science fiction and fantasy comics. His expertise was also showcased on work in film, with credits including Alien, Tron, The Fifth Element and more.

“As a true visionary in the comics medium, it is a pleasure to once again publish collections of Mœbius’ work,” said Dark Horse president and publisher Mike Richardson. “His influence on contemporary comics is undeniable, and it’s a true honor to be working with Isabelle Giraud, his wife and partner, to help ensure that his legacy will continue to live on for a new generation of readers.”

More information on The Mœbius Library will be available soon.

First volume, World of Edena, available in (sorry) November:

Working closely with Moebius Productions in France, Dark Horse is putting the work of a master storyteller back in print--with some material in English for the first time!

Stel and Atan are interstellar investigators trying to find a lost space station and its crew. When they discover the mythical paradise planet Edena, their lives are changed forever. The long out-of-print Edena Cycle from Moebius gets a deluxe hardcover treatment! Moebius's World of Edena story arc is comprised of five chapters--Upon a Star, Gardens of Edena, The Goddess, Stel, and Sra--which are all collected here.

if they reprint the Airtight Garage stuff that I somehow have still never set my hands on, I'm going to be happy

NEXT TIME IN SEXY FEMINIST FIRST CONTACT FUTURE STORIES

All the sexy boob stuff kind of made me wince, but my partner, who has a doctorate in feminist history, said she found it fun and super sex-positive, so I guess it's fine!

https://www.gofundme.com/2azb8mk

A “comixcast” is a live feed of political comics and YouTube videos, in this case live from the Republican National Convention here in Cleveland by people who detest everything Donald Trump stands for. Yup, activists with pens and brushes mightier than his decayed sound bites.
I’m Joyce Brabner. I am Harvey Pekar's widow (American Splendor), but also someone who pioneered the whole comics as journalism thing. My first comic book was hauled into Federal Court in Atlanta because the Dept. of Defense thought it was a threat to national security. We won then and we’ll win here.
For this project, I work like Harvey did, and my own illustrator is a Muslim woman living in Albania named Gerta Oparaku, who would like to come live here with her sister, who is a citizen. Confirmed as I post now are Jennifer Camper, Junco Canche, Tim Fielder, Ted Rall, Paul Mavrides, Tony Puryear, Vishavjit Singh, Seth Tobacman and Mark Zingarelli-- with other names to be announced in the next few days.

https://www.comicblitz.com/
^ another all you can eat streaming comics service. $10 a month is reasonable if you got something decent attached but sadly they're limited by the participating publishers. Dynamite and Valiant are about as prominent as it gets.

apart from that being less prominent than Dynamite or Valiant doesn't mean you're unworthy of reading, as those two are turd factories, I'd say Abrams is more prominent

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155068960767178&set=a.54015427177.78958.539812177&type=3

Al Davison's recent encounter with bigots after the referendum. He did The Spiral Cage but I'm not otherwise familiar.

He has spina bifida. People are horrifying and vile.

I learned about him in Talbot's Naked Comic Book Artist and I read Spiral Cage after that.

xp Abrams is a red herring; their selection is limited to 11 books and only five of those are actually comics!
several of valiant's current relaunch series aren't half bad for capes and tights books and dynamite has a (very) few things to recommend it: the new Ellis Bond book, Bob's Burgers, Kirby Genesis (kinda?)... but yeah, as I was implying, this does not a usable service make

I think I've threatened to make a Valiant thread, but I have no impulse to read the 90s stuff and have fallen behind on the newer ones

Following this 4001AD crossover thing, though

I got my new Saga tpb in the mail the other day. It's as if Brian K. Vaughan heard all my particular concerns and moved the story in that direction! Still loving that little seal dude.

Create a Marc Bell mural in the Macdonell St Parking Lot

I would like a Marc Bell mural in my neighborhood, too, please.

read Bill Griffith's "Invisible Ink" over the weekend, v good and full of stuff I had no idea about, like this Ed Emshwiller painted cover for which lil Bill was the model:
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zippythepinhead.com%2Fmedia%2Fscificover.jpg&f=1

It really does look like him.

is he supposed to be watching some futuristic version of Sgt. Bilko?

lol

Just read Lucky Penny by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota, makers of autobio webcomic Johnny Wander. Fun and sweet romantic comedy.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-07/08/content_26019430.htm

http://nobrow.net/shop/geis/

i had heard good things. you read it?

it just occurred to me that at some point sergio aragonez and stan sakai are going to stop making comics and i don't know if that's going to be okay

I haven't read the Alexis Deacon book but I've been familiar with his illustrations for a few years.

I didn't even know Sergio Aragones was still doing comics! Isn't he like in 80s now?

He's still doing Groo comics, even!

Coming out this month even! And not appreciably different from any of his work from the 80's...maybe even a little tighter!
http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/3000-066?page=1

His 'marginals' are still in every issue of Mad magazine too, afaik

Anyone know why Groo hasn't been properly collected yet? That and Flaming Carrot are the most puzzling omissions from the recent reprint renaissance.

tbh, who could possibly need (or read?) a complete Groo? It's like one story retold hundreds of times.
that said, i do have the complete (cbr) Groo.

Flaming Carrot had much of the classic run collected in the late '90s, and really does not work in compendium form

There've been a few goes at collecting Groo, but they seem to founder on an insistence, whether Evanier's or an absence of negs requiring pre-press expenditure, on collecting a 120+ issue run in four-issue chunks, instead of pounding out 480pp phone books.

Doesn't work in that it's meant to be read sporadically in individual slices?

Yeah. And the weird grubbiness of it falters in a polite spine, too.

sic, we've met and i've still never asked: what do you do that keeps you so plugged into the business side of comix? i seem to remember you did publishing for awhile?

iirc he's a globehopping aficionado who has fancy drinks with people in the know about comics and takes pictures of cats while doing it

see that's what i got from the context clues but i can't help but feel i'm missing something

maybe the street cats have some comics gossip too

iirc he's a globehopping aficionado who has fancy drinks with people in the know about comics and takes pictures of cats while doing it

people who have worked out how to live

He's actually a Watcher.

tbh, who could possibly need (or read?) a complete Groo? It's like one story retold hundreds of times.

Well, I'd buy it! Of course, the perfect version of a Groo collection is twelve random Groo comics bought at a charity shop for two quid.

But something like the Jack Kirby collections - big paperbacks with newsprinty paper - would probably be the best toilet book ever.