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Post by disneyweirdness on Dec 2, 2023 14:26:38 GMT
The Doris Danger book by Chris Wisnia that they featured on TCJ sounds 100% up my alle. Anybody read it?
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Post by chocolatemoloko on Dec 2, 2023 18:15:34 GMT
Where is a good place to start with Yoshiharu Tsuge? I read The Man Without Talent and I want to get into the D&Q volumes but I wanted a recommendation for which one to get first.
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Post by manoopuesta on Dec 2, 2023 21:09:34 GMT
Where is a good place to start with Yoshiharu Tsuge? I read The Man Without Talent and I want to get into the D&Q volumes but I wanted a recommendation for which one to get first. of the D&Q volumes my favorite by far was Red Flowers, so I'd recommend getting that one.
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Post by chocolatemoloko on Dec 5, 2023 20:43:47 GMT
Where is a good place to start with Yoshiharu Tsuge? I read The Man Without Talent and I want to get into the D&Q volumes but I wanted a recommendation for which one to get first. of the D&Q volumes my favorite by far was Red Flowers, so I'd recommend getting that one. I'll get that one next.
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Post by skoden on Feb 20, 2024 6:15:30 GMT
Anyone with a take on Frank Johnson: Secret Pioneer of American Comics? Is it an alternative Chic Young Blondie? Subversive/obsessive outsider art? A drunk's ramblings? I can't decide from the previews.
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Post by franlopez on Feb 20, 2024 19:24:00 GMT
Anyone with a take on Frank Johnson: Secret Pioneer of American Comics? Is it an alternative Chic Young Blondie? Subversive/obsessive outsider art? A drunk's ramblings? I can't decide from the previews.
I hate being this person and asking this question, but: Does anybody know for sure this thing is "real"? Can't help but wonder, feels like the background story and certain formal things on the pages are a little too perfect for contemporary readers... True or not, does look like a fun book I'll always mean to read but realistically will never quite get around to it. Someone please read it and tell me!
Just to be clear: I would not condone this being a hoax if that's what this ends up being, it's more than OK to have fun and play with people's expectations... The Papalagi is a funny book and maybe I don't love those Lewis albums, but I like they exist. (Someone smarter than me should try some thought on Colleridge, suspension of disbelief, poetic faith and what it takes to actually get lost in a book in the "developed countries" in 2024.)
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Post by disneyweirdness on Feb 21, 2024 2:20:17 GMT
Anyone with a take on Frank Johnson: Secret Pioneer of American Comics? Is it an alternative Chic Young Blondie? Subversive/obsessive outsider art? A drunk's ramblings? I can't decide from the previews.
I hate being this person and asking this question, but: Does anybody know for sure this thing is "real"? Can't help but wonder, feels like the background story and certain formal things on the pages are a little too perfect for contemporary readers... True or not, does look like a fun book I'll always mean to read but realistically will never quite get around to it. Someone please read it and tell me!
Just to be clear: I would not condone this being a hoax if that's what this ends up being, it's more than OK to have fun and play with people's expectations...
I had wondered about this too, like is it a joke for people in the know, or actually what it purports to be?
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Post by dominocorp on Feb 21, 2024 2:57:51 GMT
I wondered too, oh there's a secret comic no one ever heard about and it's drawn in a style that suggests the characters are like hobo pancacke enthusiasts or something i.e. a style that appeals to the kind of comics reader that would be excited about an 'undiscovered' classic. but who knows, of course. it looks interesting.
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Post by BubblesZine on Feb 21, 2024 18:52:22 GMT
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Post by mikesheawright on Feb 21, 2024 21:28:36 GMT
i've been loving reading this book so far but this thought has also crossed my mind. i'm not sure why someone would do this as a prank/joke and it would be extraordinarily elaborate and difficult to pull off if so. it's also so simply drawn and written in such a straightforward way which to me makes it super charming. i feel like if someone was going to go to the trouble to fake some kind of lengthy ahead-of-its-time outsider art they'd be, i dunno... more flashy about it? more detailed or more abstract or something? i guess i'd be bummed but also impressed to learn it was fake, which also brings up an interesting element of how much i'd like it just a story on its own. the story about the story is so integral to reading this book, i can't say the thing itself is objectively something i'd love. but i am really enjoying reading the book as an odd artifact that was never meant for public consumption, and some of it is really funny. i choose to believe!
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Post by nrh on Feb 22, 2024 13:56:19 GMT
What surprises me about the hoax question is that nobody has brought up Keith Mayerson's work, which is a very controlled, almost collage like mix of different drawing styles.
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Post by GHO on Mar 5, 2024 17:14:10 GMT
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Post by BubblesZine on Mar 5, 2024 18:23:17 GMT
Def let us know how that book is George
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