Rolling SERIOUS GRAPHIC LITERATURE Thread for Comics in 2016

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

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.

Dairy Queen had Dennis the Menace characters on their cups for a number of years so I have a tolerance

Different Dennis. Those Brits have zero respect for US IP, I tells ya.

IIRC the two Dennises were created independently of each other, they both debuted in the same year?

Yes, I keed, I keed. And not just the same year but the same week.

Is good, on Darwyn Cooke:

http://thewalrus.ca/capes-and-tights/

I guess any of the special free comics from free comic book day will all be gone? I wanted that Mignola/Corben short so I guess I'll have to wait til it's collected into a book?

not sure if anyone here works in your local comic shop

But generally in comic shops I'm guessing they give them all away pretty quickly

okay

If it's not some ridiculously limited edition thing, you should be able to find it for purchase online pretty easily and at a reasonable price.

I've come to accept that my expectation of free FCBD comics shouldn't extend past the actual date of FCBD.

Looks like Comixology/Amazon now has an unlimited subscription plan thing, with a handful of publishers contributing content.

The browsing is kind of half-assed on the web, which is true of most of the unlimited services (I've used Marvel Unlimited and some other service, maybe Scribd, for reading Valiant titles). It looks like some titles from Image/IDW/Valiant/Dark Horse/Fantagraphics (!)/Boom! Studios are on there now.

among other publishers, which I failed to notice on the first screen