Rolling SERIOUS GRAPHIC LITERATURE Thread for Comics in 2016

I just wanted to go to the shop and buy a comic book

not wait eight years and then pay $40 to have a hardcover with some extra crap mailed from America

the trades should be widely available. i've even seen them in libraries.

that still doesn't help the eight year gap at first*, nor the interest in going and buying a single self-contained comic that received such glowing reaction. and Dark Horse's site doesn't seen to indicate there has been a trade, six years after the HC that you note as being poor value anyway

*seven years after it won the Eisner. Four years after the TV adaptation!

dark horse making suspect release decisions? well, I never!

Oh, the trade recommendation was for chuck, who wanted 6 issues mobile fix. That got confused with your screw on head comment somewhere along the way.

Mignola, not mobile

Thanks! Can you recommend a Hellboy/BRPD too? Have tried the first vol a few times bit find it a bit boring.

Plague of Frogs is a decent place to jump in -- it's where they started a main storyline rather than just the monster of the week stories. There are still the one-offs, but it's where some of the doomsday predictions that were whispered in other stories start to play out

conqueror worm is very good. i prefer the fragmented semicontinuity of the early miniseries to the later more traditional approach. plague of frogs is still awesome though

Yeah, the more cohesive Hellboy stories before the BPRD title launched are the best

Eventually the characterization of the different BPRD members starts to gel and I really like a few of them. I think they're finally getting around to really pulling back the covers on Abe Sapien's early relationship with the team, which should be good.

it's really for the Hellboy die-hards, but the stuff about his lineage and origin is super-nerdy and pretty wild

Thanks!

I'd just start with first Hellboy trade up to when he leaves the BPRD then read the war on frogs omnibus trades.

this looks incredible

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/paul-kirchner-on-murder-by-remote-control-the-lost.html

Annie Mok interviews Julie Doucet on her recent collage work: http://www.tcj.com/the-starting-point-an-interview-with-julie-doucet/

damn Murder by Remote Control looks awesome!

Yeah, the only thing I remember by Kirchner is The Bus. This looks great.

Trondheim meets Mickey Mouse!

Mickey Craziest Adventures Hc

Published by IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Lewis Trondheim & Various (A/CA) Nicolas Keramidas It's a 'lost' 1965 Disney epic, deemed too wild for publication and saved only in tantalizing fragments... or is it? When Pegleg Pete and the Beagle Boys shrink and steal Scrooge's Money Bin, Mickey and Donald must track them down-in what is really a brand-new album-length thriller by comics masters Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas: told in an amazing indy style and presented like a treasure suspended in time! Bullet points: ' Advance solicited for September release! ' By popular demand IDW brings an outrageous new Disney graphic novel to America-featuring the work of Lewis Trondheim (A.L.I.E.E.E.N, Little Nothings), Inkpot Award winner and two-time Eisner Award nominee! ' Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas match a cutting-edge psychedelic look with the traditions of their beloved Disney inspirations-Floyd Gottfredson and Carl Barks!

Wow, great great news!

Murder by Remote Control is indeed awesome

the art on that mickey book looks great; I hope to see it scanlated or for sale ASAP
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/01/08/cover-for-lewis-trondheims-mickey-mouse-released/

In the latest issue of Justice League, Superwoman from the Crime Syndicate finally gives birth to the baby teased at the end of Forever Evil. Why is this a big deal?

Because she gives birth in her costume. Which, in case you'd forgotten, looks like this:

http://logoonline.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:http:shared:newnownext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3380463-crime-syndicate-1459023879.jpg?quality=0.85&format=jpg&width=480

kids gonna have some issues

I just finished reading the first book of Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks (of Superhero Girl and Friends with Boys fame), and it was excellent! Kinda reminded me of Avatar the Last Airbender (the animated series, not the awful movie adaptation), in that it takes place in an Eastern Asian influenced fantasy world, and deals with the effects of colonialism and war in a thoughtful and multi-faceted way, while still being appropriate for kids. It's more low fantasy though, with no magical/supernatural elements in the story, at least not yet. Can't wait for the next book in the series to come out.

Also, I really like Hicks' artwork, it's so clean and flows so effortlessly:

http://www.trbimg.com/img-56fc2f2a/turbine/07-namelesscity-faitherinhicks-jk-15things-0404-j-20160330

yeah, that looks godo.

good, even.

Tuomas, have you read Carla Speed McNeil's Finder? I have no idea why that description reminded me of Finder, but it did, and it's good.

only just investigated the, er, archives at libgen.io, and hooooooly shit

how would one join?

Tuomas, have you read Carla Speed McNeil's Finder? I have no idea why that description reminded me of Finder, but it did, and it's good.

I actually have the first few Finder books in my shelf, and I tried to read it from the beginning, but it felt so dense and kinda hard to follow that I didn't manage to finish the first book. I should try it again one of these days.

Tuomas, you should read the "Talisman" arc sometime (it's been printed as a separate volume): it ties into some of the series' ongoing narratives, but it's compelling and accessible on its own. ("Mystery Date" and "Dream Sequence" also work without requiring too much prior knowledge.) I love Finder, but the first arc (Sin Eater) is probably the least inviting part of the series.

Shittiness

http://www.newsarama.com/29274-creator-darwyn-cooke-receiving-palliative-care-for-aggressive-cancer.html

that sucks.

That's terrible. Palliative usually = the prognosis is terminal, iirc.

aw man. those animated shows were so good. :(

I hadn't put his name together with his work, but I grew up on Batman: TAS, and his animation work holds up so well. Very, very sad.

That's awful. He's such great artist with a clear vision and imaginative sense of design, as retro as it may be. DC New Frontier and those Donald Westlake adaptations were a joy to read.

Very sad, really liked his work

Rest in peace, Darwyn

??

Yeah, the announcement of palliative care was very much a last minute thing. RIP

Or not? Some real confusion.

He's still alive AFAICT.

Now confirmed to have passed on by Mike Allred (although the confusion is not helped by him deleting the confirmation by Darwyn's wife Marsha - she apparently wants time to come to terms with it before it's announced.)

Sad news. Cooke's work is wonderful.

I went to one of Darwyn's lectures at TCAF about a decade ago, he seemed like a swell guy, very supportive of other artists, whether they were DC or D&Q, he wasn't snobby. He spoke about being relieved to get away from superhero stuff, that he'd been preparing something autobiographical - I wonder what happened with that?

I also remember his storytelling advice: "There's no scene that couldn't be improved by being set in an abandoned fairground" - legit the best writing advice I've ever heard.

He spoke about being relieved to get away from superhero stuff, that he'd been preparing something autobiographical - I wonder what happened with that?

He was seduced back with The Spirit offer and couldn't resist, sadly.

been busy buying and reading a bunch of stuff written by Ales Kot