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graphic novels; whats up
Topic Started: Apr 9 2010, 12:05 AM (12,773 Views)
Ekalavya	Nov 1 2010, 11:26 PM Post #21
Literary lunatic Posts: 139 Group: Members Member #4,549 Joined: April 11, 2010	No one's mentioned Watchmen yet? Really? It's a classic. Totally solid.



Funhouse	Nov 2 2010, 06:33 AM Post #22
Perpetually Lost Posts: 4,408 Group: Members Member #50 Joined: December 5, 2006	Ekalavya Nov 1 2010, 11:26 PM No one's mentioned Watchmen yet? Really? It's a classic. Totally solid. Yes, it is. It's on my list (second post).



Heteronym	Nov 2 2010, 06:49 AM Post #23
Literary lunatic Posts: 612 Group: Members Member #3,613 Joined: October 9, 2008	Ekalavya Nov 1 2010, 11:26 PM No one's mentioned Watchmen yet? Really? It's a classic. Totally solid. Everything by Alan Moore is awesome. I'm slowly getting Tom Strong, the first two volumes were awesome. I love his nostalgic, retro-look at pulp fiction and the way he incorporates it in the superhero tradition. It's such a marvellous universe: parallel worlds, mad scientists, time loops, a vast gallery of characters. I'm always left in awe when I contemplate Alan Moore's imagination.



suzannahhh	Nov 2 2010, 08:42 AM Post #24
Forum junkie Posts: 12,676 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: November 20, 2006	hetero so you've read the Promethea series yes? if not do! Tm Strong puts the fun back in I also highly recommend Alan's spoken word albums they are wonderful



Ekalavya	Nov 2 2010, 09:27 AM Post #25
Literary lunatic Posts: 139 Group: Members Member #4,549 Joined: April 11, 2010	Funhouse Nov 2 2010, 06:33 AM Ekalavya Nov 1 2010, 11:26 PM No one's mentioned Watchmen yet? Really? It's a classic. Totally solid. Yes, it is. It's on my list (second post). Oops. My bad.



Funhouse	Nov 2 2010, 04:13 PM Post #26
Perpetually Lost Posts: 4,408 Group: Members Member #50 Joined: December 5, 2006	There's also a thread on Moore: http://s11.zetaboards.com/thefictionalwoods/topic/784916



jes	Nov 17 2010, 12:52 AM Post #27
Literary lunatic Posts: 82 Group: Members Member #2,995 Joined: August 13, 2008	just read paul pope's heavy liquid today. i really enjoyed this. compelling art, entertaining story, a great ending.



Heteronym	Nov 17 2010, 09:51 AM Post #28
Literary lunatic Posts: 612 Group: Members Member #3,613 Joined: October 9, 2008	Read the first volume in Grant Morrison's The Invisibles. It was very good, so good I've already ordered the second volume. It wasn't the mind fuck I expected, because many of the ideas' impact have been diluted by reading Robert Anton Wilson, Aleister Crowley, Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, etc., but it's still a nicely written team book full of cool characters.



nnyhav	Jan 21 2011, 02:45 PM Post #29
itinerant kibitzer Posts: 2,702 Group: Members Member #3,599 Joined: October 6, 2008	Oubapo's troubles on WSJ frontpage



Martstar	Jan 22 2011, 12:47 PM Post #30
Slow Learner Posts: 364 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: November 20, 2006	I've recently discovered the cartoonist (graphic novelist, whatever the hell you wanna call him) Seth, and really enjoyed his book Wimbledon Green. He has a fairly unadorned, almost minimalist style, but there is obviously a depth behind it as well. I first learned of him in this book, which I bought mainly for Crumb and Spiegelman and discovered some others who have piqued my interest in the process.



ElAleph	Jan 22 2011, 06:38 PM Post #31
Literary lunatic Posts: 272 Group: Members Member #1,124 Joined: December 6, 2007	Heteronym Nov 17 2010, 09:51 AM Read the first volume in Grant Morrison's The Invisibles. It was very good, so good I've already ordered the second volume. It wasn't the mind fuck I expected, because many of the ideas' impact have been diluted by reading Robert Anton Wilson, Aleister Crowley, Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, etc., but it's still a nicely written team book full of cool characters. If you are buying each issue separately, when you get to volume three don't make the same (moronic) mistake that I did: volume three is a countdown from issue 12 to issue 1. I, however, began with issue 1 and read to issue 5 before I realized that something was wrong. This is partly understandable, as at the end of volume 2 a time machine is built and I actually assumed Morrison was telling the story backwards (rather than simply numbering the issues backwards). I mean, it is the kind of thing Morrison would do. Honestly, it was among my strangest reading experiences ever. But, temporarily at least, The Invisibles fulfilled and exceeded its mindfuck reputation,



Funhouse	Jan 24 2011, 06:34 AM Post #32
Perpetually Lost Posts: 4,408 Group: Members Member #50 Joined: December 5, 2006	nnyhav Jan 21 2011, 02:45 PM Oubapo's troubles on WSJ frontpage Kind of odd piece. Left me wanting to know more. I have one of the books they refer to in the story (although not by name), Matt Madden's Exercises in Style (obviously inspired by Raymond Queneau), but wasn't aware of the existence of OuBaPo. I'm also familiar with some of Lewis Trondheim's work, and I'm certainly an admirer.



sub-pet	Apr 11 2011, 07:48 AM Post #33
I have a pony Posts: 836 Group: Members Member #4,584 Joined: June 29, 2010	Anyone know about this Duncan the Wonder Dog by Adam Hines? The preview looks beautiful and the PW blurb in amazon sounds promising. Quote: Can this massive, brilliant graphic novel-supposedly the first of a nine-volume series-really be its creator's first published work? Apparently so, and Hines has instantly established himself as a cartoonist to be reckoned with. Duncan is set in a world almost exactly like ours, except that all animals can talk. Humans still have dominion over everything, and a lot of animals aren't too happy about it; they also see the world in very different ways from each other, and from people. The central plot of this volume is what happens after an animal-rights organization run by a deranged, bloodthirsty macaque detonates a bomb at a human college, but that's just a springboard for Hines to show off what he can do. Nearly every page has some kind of stunning visual set piece; Hines' range of black-and-white drawing styles incorporate clean-lined "bigfoot" cartooning, hyper-stylized abstract landscapes and near-photorealism, often on the same page. The book is an overwhelming assemblage of stories within stories, stories on top of stories (sometimes literally), and meticulously crafted anecdotes that aren't directly related to each other but add up to a portrait of a world whose desperate cruelties are more vivid when all its inhabitants can communicate with one another. (Apparently there's a new printing coming so the price should be reduced..)



byrd9999	Apr 11 2011, 08:08 AM Post #34
byrd is the wyrd Posts: 1,415 Group: Members Member #4,492 Joined: August 11, 2009	i downloaded the pdf preview of Duncan the Wonder Dog. It looks gorgeous, and the conversation between the monkey and the tiger is brilliant



suzannahhh	Apr 11 2011, 08:48 AM Post #35
Forum junkie Posts: 12,676 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: November 20, 2006	responding to your teaser, byrd I looked at the pdf and was alaso impressed and then found the new publisher http://www.adhousebooks.com/books/duncan.html and ordered the book for $24.95



sub-pet	Apr 11 2011, 02:42 PM Post #36
I have a pony Posts: 836 Group: Members Member #4,584 Joined: June 29, 2010	suzannahhh Apr 11 2011, 08:48 AM and ordered the book I look forward to your thoughts on it, then!



suzannahhh	Apr 19 2011, 08:33 AM Post #37
Forum junkie Posts: 12,676 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: November 20, 2006	Duncan the WonderDog is a stunning piece of work all you graphic novel lovers should get it interview with Adam Hines, the creator here http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/45103-adam-hines-on-creating-duncan-the-wonder-dog-.html and another excellent interview here http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/08/talking-comics-with-tim-adam-hines/ if you liked From Hell and Asterios Polyp you'll like it Edited by suzannahhh, Apr 19 2011, 08:46 AM.



oneofmurphysbiscuits	Apr 19 2011, 10:55 AM Post #38
marmalade modernist Posts: 11,469 Group: Members Member #381 Joined: April 15, 2007	i couldn't resist!



suzannahhh	Apr 19 2011, 12:29 PM Post #39
Forum junkie Posts: 12,676 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: November 20, 2006	when your copy arrives be sure to read all the fine faint print even though it's a chore he does some amazing things e.g., frequent use of icons in cartoon balloons to represent the thoughts of humans and others



byrd9999	Apr 20 2011, 05:40 AM Post #40
byrd is the wyrd Posts: 1,415 Group: Members Member #4,492 Joined: August 11, 2009	oneofmurphysbiscuits Apr 19 2011, 10:55 AM i couldn't resist! Murph, where did you get your copy?

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