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!
― glandular lansbury (sic), Thursday, 21 April 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
dark horse making suspect release decisions? well, I never!
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 21 April 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
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.
― koogs, Thursday, 21 April 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 22 April 2016 10:59 (eight years ago) link
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
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 22 April 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
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
― adam, Friday, 22 April 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
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.
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 22 April 2016 15:20 (eight years ago) link
it's really for the Hellboy die-hards, but the stuff about his lineage and origin is super-nerdy and pretty wild
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 22 April 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
Thanks!
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 22 April 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link
I'd just start with first Hellboy trade up to when he leaves the BPRD then read the war on frogs omnibus trades.
― earlnash, Friday, 22 April 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
this looks incredible
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/paul-kirchner-on-murder-by-remote-control-the-lost.html
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link
Annie Mok interviews Julie Doucet on her recent collage work: http://www.tcj.com/the-starting-point-an-interview-with-julie-doucet/
― one way street, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
damn Murder by Remote Control looks awesome!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, the only thing I remember by Kirchner is The Bus. This looks great.
― kills 1.8 percent of household germs (WilliamC), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
Trondheim meets Mickey Mouse!
Mickey Craziest Adventures HcPublished 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!
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!
― Your Ass Is Grass And I Will Mow It With My Face (Old Lunch), Saturday, 30 April 2016 01:24 (eight years ago) link
Wow, great great news!
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 April 2016 03:26 (eight years ago) link
Murder by Remote Control is indeed awesome
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Saturday, 30 April 2016 03:36 (eight years ago) link
the art on that mickey book looks great; I hope to see it scanlated or for sale ASAPhttp://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/01/08/cover-for-lewis-trondheims-mickey-mouse-released/
― ulysses, Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:52 (eight years ago) link
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
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 08:49 (eight years ago) link
kids gonna have some issues
― ulysses, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 14:06 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 May 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
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
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 May 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
yeah, that looks godo.
― ulysses, Thursday, 5 May 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Your Ass Is Grass And I Will Mow It With My Face (Old Lunch), Thursday, 5 May 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
only just investigated the, er, archives at libgen.io, and hooooooly shit
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Friday, 6 May 2016 01:05 (eight years ago) link
how would one join?
― ulysses, Friday, 6 May 2016 03:05 (eight years ago) link
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, Friday, 6 May 2016 05:50 (eight years ago) link
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.
― one way street, Friday, 6 May 2016 12:48 (eight years ago) link
Shittiness
http://www.newsarama.com/29274-creator-darwyn-cooke-receiving-palliative-care-for-aggressive-cancer.html
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 13 May 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
that sucks.
― ulysses, Friday, 13 May 2016 16:16 (eight years ago) link
That's terrible. Palliative usually = the prognosis is terminal, iirc.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Friday, 13 May 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
aw man. those animated shows were so good. :(
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 May 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
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.
― one way street, Friday, 13 May 2016 18:05 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 May 2016 21:40 (eight years ago) link
Very sad, really liked his work
― Nhex, Saturday, 14 May 2016 02:39 (eight years ago) link
Rest in peace, Darwyn
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 14 May 2016 04:57 (eight years ago) link
??
― μpright mammal (mh), Saturday, 14 May 2016 05:16 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, the announcement of palliative care was very much a last minute thing. RIP
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Saturday, 14 May 2016 09:00 (eight years ago) link
Or not? Some real confusion.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Saturday, 14 May 2016 10:12 (eight years ago) link
He's still alive AFAICT.
― Peanut Duck (Old Lunch), Saturday, 14 May 2016 13:26 (eight years ago) link
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.)
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Saturday, 14 May 2016 14:21 (eight years ago) link
Sad news. Cooke's work is wonderful.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 14 May 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
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.
― glandular lansbury (sic), Sunday, 15 May 2016 22:54 (eight years ago) link
been busy buying and reading a bunch of stuff written by Ales Kot
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
I often forget how many years I spent reading Beano, Dandy, Beezer and Topper when I was little. I might be remembering wrong but it seems like so many of the plots were about getting food. Not sure I was ever an actual fan of many of the stories apart from maybe a few characters like Korky The Cat but I did read hundreds of them. I always fucking hated Dennis The Menace, why did anyone like that stupid looking asshole? I wanted the other characters to murder him.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 00:07 (eight years ago) link
Dairy Queen had Dennis the Menace characters on their cups for a number of years so I have a tolerance
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 00:46 (eight years ago) link
Different Dennis. Those Brits have zero respect for US IP, I tells ya.
― Peanut Duck (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 02:09 (eight years ago) link