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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
Spun off from the Dinner Party thread in the coffee house forum. A quick list for anyone who's interested. The comics listed here are a mix of American, Japanese, English, and French. Every single one is available in English, though.
Love & Rockets - 15 volumes - by Los. Bros. HernandezMagical realism and Punk... together at last. Special Reccomendations: Chester Square, Death of Speedy Ortiz, Poison River Hate - 6 volumes - by Peter BaggeThe adventures of the greatest detestable slacker in history. Special Reccomendation: Buddy the Dreamer Bone - 8 volumes so far - by Jeff SmithFantasy with a semi-Disney cuteness to it. Cerebus - read up to volume 6 and stop because it gets awful - by Dave Sim and Gerhard26 years in the life of an aardvark. No, really. Special Reccomendation: Jaka's Story Usagi Yojimbo - 16 volumes so far - by Stan SakaiA samurai tale set in feudal japan, in which all characters are anthropomorphic animals. Special Reccomendation: Grasscutter, Space Usagi Dragonball/DBZ - 22 volumes translated so far - by Akira ToriyamaBoomboomkickpunchYEAH! Adolf - 6 volumes translated - by Osamu TezukaHistorical fiction (more emphasis on the fiction than the historical) set in WWII. Ranma 1/2 - 22 volumes translated so far - by Rumiko TakahashiGender bending comedy. Wonderfully, unapolagetically stupid. Blackjack - 2 volumes - by Osamu TezukaThe world's most talented surgeon. OUTLAW SURGEON, THAT IS! Phoenix: A Tale of the FuturePhoenix: Dawn by Osamu Tezuka Tezuka's grand life work, covering the entire fictional history of the universe. The Complete Hutch Owen - by Tom HartThe collected ravings of an anti-establishment homeless character. X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga - by Chris Claremont and John ByrneSilly superhero melodrama at its finest. Essential Fantastic Four volume 3 - by Stan Lee and Jack KirbyThe best superhero comics have ever gotten. (At least in my opinion.) Ethel & Ernest - by Raymond BriggsBriggs' biography of his parents. Charming, but fairly dark as well. ChampsDon't Call Me Stupid White Flower Day by Steven Weismann The various adventures of the... I guess the best way to describe it would be "the little rascals from Hell..." From Hell - by Alan Moore and Eddie CampbellJack the Ripper as midwife of the 20th century. Possibly the best comic ever released in America, if not the world. Pay no attention to the awful Johnny Depp/Heather Graham movie based on it. Watchmen - by Alan Moore and Dave GibbonsSuperhero deconstruction meets 80s right-wing facism. Maus - by Art SpieglemanSpiegleman's autobiography/biography of his father, revolving mainly around his father's experiences as a holocaust survivor. Akira - 6 volumes - by Katsuhiro OtomoNormal manga apocalypse culture, but without the usual My Little Pony aesthetic. Domu: A Child's Dream - by Katsuhiro OtomoMuch like Akira, but shorter and cheaper. Signal to Noise - by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKeanA dying screenwriter works on his last film. Violent Cases - by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKeanA child witnesses extreme violence, but doesn't really understand what he's seeing. Sandman - 10 volumes - by Neil Gaiman and variousSpecial Reccomendations: Season of Mists, Kindly Ones The life and death of Morpheus, the personification of the act of dreaming. Scary Godmother: Ghoul's Out For Summer - by Jill ThompsonFairy tales for grown-ups? Best description I can muster at least... Epileptic - 1 volume translated, one to come - by David B.The author recounts his brother's struggle with epilepsy. Cowboy Wally ShowWhy I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker Dialogue-driven comedy. Hysterically funny. Peanuts - pick up any of a number of collections - by Charles SchulzDamn straight. David BoringGhost World by Dan Clowes Horribly depressing, but wonderful. Three Piece SuitHow to Be an Artist After the Snooter by Eddie Campbell Autobiographical comics, told via the thinly-veiled protagonist "Alec MacGarry". Jar of Fools - by Jason LutesAn escape artist who wants to commit suicide. Berlin - by Jason LutesHistorical fiction of Berlin between world wars. Paul Auster's City of Glass - by David MazzuchelliAn adaption of the novel. Safe Area Gorazde - by Joe SaccoJournalism comic about Bosnia shortly after the fact. Heavy Liquid - by Paul PopeDrugged up bounty-hunter pounding through streets under foglit neon lights. Hicksville - by Dylan HorrocksPart history of comics, part mystic nature of art. Cages - by Dave McKeanA story in which all artist, from a corner saxaphone player up through God, are portrayed as equal participants in the ongoing creation of the universe. Jimmy Corrigan - by Chris WareBeyond depressing. If you have a history of depression, do not allow yourself contact with sharp objects while reading this comic. More to come as they occur to me. If anyone else has reccomendations, throw 'em down!
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
And two more occur to me:
Abe: Wrong for All the Right Reasons - by Glenn DakinA collection of short meanderings Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President - by Kaiji Kawaguchi5 big volumes or 22 small volumes, depending on which edition you buy. The story of a third-generation Japanese-American running for president. Political intrigue alongside a concurrent murder mystery. I'll shut up for a while now.
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
Preacher... eh, Preacher's okay. I would stop after the fourth volume. After that it goes through a long, repetitve, overly melodramatic stretch, then starts building the plot again way too fast, and builds and builds toward a really unsatisfying ending. I'm also not crazy about Ennis' implications that engaging in anything kinkier than a heterosexual blowjob will result in utter perversion and at times outright evil. And personally, I don't like the art.
However, if you like the first couple volumes, I would highly reccomend both the Preacher one shot "Cassidy: Blood and Whiskey" and the Hellblazer volume "Dangerous Habits". They're probably the two best things Ennis ever wrote. I keep meaning to try "Y: The Last Man" but haven't gotten around to it. I hear it's really fun, though. Transmet is really, REALLY fun, even if it is kind of "Hunter S. Thompson 2099." [This message has been edited by Dan Carroll, 07-23-2003]
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
Fair point.
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From Hell... can't say enough good things about it. It's the same killer as in the movie, but it's not done up as a whodunit. We know who Jack is by chapter two, and the next thirteen chapters are about his motivations, and why a person would possibly want to mutilate five women. The whole things wrapped up in mystic Freemason rituals, lectures on occult architecture, and general themes of gender persecution and all sorts of fun stuff. It's also meticulously annotated at the end, pointing out panel by panel what is historical fact, what's taken from conspiracy books, and what Moore made up himself.
Jimmy Corrigan... hoo boy. Pick up a copy if you want Sob-Fest 2003. The worst part is that every time you're about to cut your throat in a display of solidarity with Jimmy, the plot shifts back to Jimmy's great-grandfather when he was a boy, and shows us someone with waaaay worse problems with Jimmy. So you feel awful about yourself for feeling awful for Jimmy when this kid in the past really has it rough, and... oh, Jebus, I'm getting sad thinking about it.
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
quote: Been meaning to read Rose for ages, but haven't for one reason or another. One of those books I always forget when I'm in the store, you know? Same deal with Stardust. Although I don't mean to slam Smith with the disneyish description. He's a great artist, it's just shows through that he used to work in animation.
quote: Hunh. Haven't even heard of this. Have to check it out, thanks! And yes, Hellboy is always fun. Did you read "Amazing Screw-on Head?"
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
Baker's genius. I've never laughed so hard as at Cowboy Wally, except maybe at Saturn.
quote: Hey, I love Chick, in an "Ed Wood of Comics" kind of way. [This message has been edited by Dan Carroll, 07-23-2003]
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
One for the Creationists... (because there are several on the forum, and a lot of these comics work from the assumption that Christianity is bunk. Might as well provide something for everybody!)
Creature Tech - by Doug TenNapel A very fun comic that works from the assumption of intelligent design as a necessity to the plot. Don't believe it myself, but don't have any problem with it being used in fiction.
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
quote: Mike Mignola one-shot published by Dark Horse. Nothing to do with Hellboy, but very, very fun.
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quote: I didn't get to, no. I manage to get to a lecture by Scott McCloud at the Chicago Humanities Festival last year, where I found out (too late) that the lecture series included others by Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman, and Chris Ware. So I missed 'em all except McCloud. Sigh. You can't win for losin'...
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
One more...
Kill Your Boyfriend - By Grant Morrison and D'Israeli Murderers portrayed as pop stars. A bit of a cliche since Quentin Tarantino started doing the idea to death, but at the time it came out the idea was fairly fresh.
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
quote: Mark Waid and Alex Ross.
quote: Well Hell, if that's the case, check out http://www.moderntales.comBob the Angry Flower diesel sweeties webcomics by @rstevens And more as they occur to me. It also couldn't hurt anyone to buy access to the web-anthology that my girlfriend and I published last year. http://www.evolution-comics.com
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
On the off chance anyone will be there, my girlfriend and I are headed to the Chicago comic book convention today, and hitting the party in the hotel bar tonight. Look for a guy in olive cords and a short-sleeved black button-down.
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