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Post by manoopuesta on Dec 28, 2023 11:59:21 GMT
Recent buys: Crumb and Kominski's Drawn Together (I had already read a copy from the library, finally grabbed it for myself),
Daddie's Girl (I've been recently very obsessed with Debbie Dreschler after reading, and loving, "Summer of Love". but I have been postponing to get this comic for obvious reasons, it is gonna be a tough one to read).
Killoffer's Quand Faut y Aller (I got it because I love his art and I haven't read anything from him yet, not even the Mome stories) .
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Post by BubblesZine on Dec 29, 2023 4:09:13 GMT
Daddie's Girl (I've been recently very obsessed with Debbie Dreschler after reading, and loving, "Summer of Love". but I have been postponing to get this comic for obvious reasons, it is gonna be a tough one to read). a really great work though. Wish it was in print, I got lucky finding my copy used and cheap.
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Post by ely on Dec 30, 2023 0:07:38 GMT
picked up a copy of new melvin monster book, and first three vol of bronze age swamp thing. i like the size and look of pages in melvin monster book. been reading a lot of dark horse stanley lulus and dont love the recent dq lulu pages.. something abt the color on the melvin pages looks better to me
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Post by disneyweirdness on Dec 31, 2023 13:55:35 GMT
Santa brought me "Disney Comics Around the World in One Hundred Years" a nice big Fantagraphics hardcover that you can only get at Target stores. And also the old black and white SLG Doris Danger collection.
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Post by guidovision on Jan 6, 2024 0:40:03 GMT
A few years ago, I got the first volume of the Life and Time of Scrooge McDuck from Fanta's Don Rosa collection. I enjoyed it and meant to get the second volume but never got around to it and it eventually went OOP. I was waiting to bump into a copy in the secondary market, but with the announcement by Disney of censoring subsequent editions of this story, and fiding it at a discount, I bit the bullet and got the first volume of this more recent edition (unfortunately the arrangement of the stories is different in both collections, so the vol. 2 of this edition wouldn't have matched the edition I already owned). This time I'll make sure I get the second volume of this edition on time! Attachments:
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Post by pentimento on Jan 6, 2024 0:58:21 GMT
A few years ago, I got the first volume of the Life and Time of Scrooge McDuck from Fanta's Don Rosa collection. I enjoyed it and meant to get the second volume but never got around to it and it eventually went OOP. I was waiting to bump into a copy in the secondary market, but with the announcement by Disney of censoring subsequent editions of this story, and fiding it at a discount, I bit the bullet and got the first volume of this more recent edition (unfortunately the arrangement of the stories is different in both collections, so the vol. 2 of this edition wouldn't have matched the edition I already owned). This time I'll make sure I get the second volume of this edition on time! I know everyone says Barks is THE MAN, and there's no denying his cartooning and storytelling genius. In terms of craft and thematic imagination, he's easily in the top ten cartooners of all time. BUT - I prefer Rosa's work, myself. There's something a little underground about it, the methodical, almost obsessive rendering, and a bit of subversion in the otherwise staid character histories, as well as just a hint of fannishness that involves me as a reader, that makes the stories read like "what if I could draw a duck story?"
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Post by guidovision on Jan 6, 2024 15:32:17 GMT
A few years ago, I got the first volume of the Life and Time of Scrooge McDuck from Fanta's Don Rosa collection. I enjoyed it and meant to get the second volume but never got around to it and it eventually went OOP. I was waiting to bump into a copy in the secondary market, but with the announcement by Disney of censoring subsequent editions of this story, and fiding it at a discount, I bit the bullet and got the first volume of this more recent edition (unfortunately the arrangement of the stories is different in both collections, so the vol. 2 of this edition wouldn't have matched the edition I already owned). This time I'll make sure I get the second volume of this edition on time! I know everyone says Barks is THE MAN, and there's no denying his cartooning and storytelling genius. In terms of craft and thematic imagination, he's easily in the top ten cartooners of all time. BUT - I prefer Rosa's work, myself. There's something a little underground about it, the methodical, almost obsessive rendering, and a bit of subversion in the otherwise staid character histories, as well as just a hint of fannishness that involves me as a reader, that makes the stories read like "what if I could draw a duck story?" Oh, I looooove Carl Barks. To me, he belongs to the pantheon that houses names like Kirby, Moebius or Tesuka. But I totally get what you mean about Don Rosa. His art always looks slightly off-model in a cool and exciting way, and his reverence for duck continuity is positively Roy Thomas-esque, yet you always feel you are reading an exciting story, not an encyplopedia entry (an ill that ails many continuity-heavy superhero comics).
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Post by mamalips on Jan 8, 2024 12:05:04 GMT
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Post by manoopuesta on Jan 8, 2024 12:13:06 GMT
I really like Blexbolex. Found their work from the library, when browsing through the children's section (there's a few of their books published in Spain).
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Post by guidovision on Jan 8, 2024 15:24:57 GMT
Never heard of it before, but the preview pages are amazing. They really capture the vibe of a classic children's book, with a modern twist. It's on my queue now, thanks for the head's up!
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Post by owaddled on Jan 8, 2024 18:20:24 GMT
I know everyone says Barks is THE MAN, and there's no denying his cartooning and storytelling genius. In terms of craft and thematic imagination, he's easily in the top ten cartooners of all time. BUT - I prefer Rosa's work, myself. There's something a little underground about it, the methodical, almost obsessive rendering, and a bit of subversion in the otherwise staid character histories, as well as just a hint of fannishness that involves me as a reader, that makes the stories read like "what if I could draw a duck story?" I've been kind of itching for a "Carl Barks what's the deal" post so I (can't believe I'm saying this) have to thank Pentimento for bringing it up. Am I the only one that finds Barks' adventures kind of boring? It's probably due to the publishing restrictions of Dell, but I prefer the intensity in the Floyd Gottfredson gun tottin' Mickey daily strips.
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Post by disneyweirdness on Jan 8, 2024 19:54:27 GMT
I know everyone says Barks is THE MAN, and there's no denying his cartooning and storytelling genius. In terms of craft and thematic imagination, he's easily in the top ten cartooners of all time. BUT - I prefer Rosa's work, myself. There's something a little underground about it, the methodical, almost obsessive rendering, and a bit of subversion in the otherwise staid character histories, as well as just a hint of fannishness that involves me as a reader, that makes the stories read like "what if I could draw a duck story?" I've been kind of itching for a "Carl Barks what's the deal" post so I (can't believe I'm saying this) have to thank Pentimento for bringing it up. Am I the only one that finds Barks' adventures kind of boring? It's probably due to the publishing restrictions of Dell, but I prefer the intensity in the Floyd Gottfredson gun tottin' Mickey daily strips. The 10 page sitcom style strips that you'd see in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories are funnier and faster paced than the long adventure strips you would get in Uncle Scrooge or Donald Duck. I love all of it though
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Post by pentimento on Jan 8, 2024 20:31:08 GMT
The main hindrance (for me at least) with Barks is the fact that he was saddled with what are now corporate/cultural characters that instantly leave a bad taste in my mouth when I see them. Even as a child 40 years ago I knew Donald and Mickey and all the Disney stuff was "IP" and not any sort of visionary or necessary personal creation. It's like looking at the business section of a newspaper, the stock market numbers, as much as any kind of dramatic or thematic expression.
He did create his own characters for the company - which they immediately owned, of course - but I weep at the idea of missing a half a century of Barks writing his OWN characters and telling his own stories.
But, we understand that he needed the work, and that was how the comic book INDUSTRY functioned at the time, and I marvel at the quality of his invention and the universality of his storytelling within those confines. He was a genius, no doubt.
But it means so much less to me than Tezuka or Schulz or Crumb, because of the context and subsequent dilution of the "brand".
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Post by guidovision on Jan 8, 2024 20:51:50 GMT
The main hindrance (for me at least) with Barks is the fact that he was saddled with what are now corporate/cultural characters that instantly leave a bad taste in my mouth when I see them. Even as a child 40 years ago I knew Donald and Mickey and all the Disney stuff was "IP" and not any sort of visionary or necessary personal creation. It's like looking at the business section of a newspaper, the stock market numbers, as much as any kind of dramatic or thematic expression. He did create his own characters for the company - which they immediately owned, of course - but I weep at the idea of missing a half a century of Barks writing his OWN characters and telling his own stories. But, we understand that he needed the work, and that was how the comic book INDUSTRY functioned at the time, and I marvel at the quality of his invention and the universality of his storytelling within those confines. He was a genius, no doubt. But it means so much less to me than Tezuka or Schulz or Crumb, because of the context and subsequent dilution of the "brand". In a way, that makes me admire him even more. To take a property that could be the textbook definition of bland and use it to tell such fun, exciting, and even sometimes personal stories, and keep that pace for decades, is pretty breathtaking.
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Post by pentimento on Jan 8, 2024 21:08:22 GMT
The main hindrance (for me at least) with Barks is the fact that he was saddled with what are now corporate/cultural characters that instantly leave a bad taste in my mouth when I see them. Even as a child 40 years ago I knew Donald and Mickey and all the Disney stuff was "IP" and not any sort of visionary or necessary personal creation. It's like looking at the business section of a newspaper, the stock market numbers, as much as any kind of dramatic or thematic expression. He did create his own characters for the company - which they immediately owned, of course - but I weep at the idea of missing a half a century of Barks writing his OWN characters and telling his own stories. But, we understand that he needed the work, and that was how the comic book INDUSTRY functioned at the time, and I marvel at the quality of his invention and the universality of his storytelling within those confines. He was a genius, no doubt. But it means so much less to me than Tezuka or Schulz or Crumb, because of the context and subsequent dilution of the "brand". In a way, that makes me admire him even more. To take a property that could be the textbook definition of bland and use it to tell such fun, exciting, and even sometimes personal stories, and keep that pace for decades, is pretty breathtaking. Yes, it is impressive... I just can't read those stories without hearing Donald's awful, annoying voice in my head.
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