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General Category => Literature => Topic started by: Charger on April 02, 2018, 09:38:46 AM
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Saw a little bit of discussion on another thread about comics so time for thread!
What are your favourite comics? You still read 'em or do you think they are just for kids and dummies? Well if so stay clear from this topic then! :D
Disney's Donald Duck comics are my hobby. I've got a fairly decent collection of them. In Finnish. I've got all the Donald Duck magazines (Aku Ankka in finnish)from 1972 to 2009 (52 numbers per year), All the Donald Duck pocket books (Aku Ankan Taskukirja in finnish) that have ever been published (462 numbers) all the Uncle Scrooge (Roope-Setä in finnish) pocket books (452 numbers in total) and tons of other hard cover books (all of Don Rosa's works obviously as well as most of Carl Barks') and other stuff.
Disney has always been #1 for me but I also collect some other stuff.
I have all the original Asterix comics (most in first editions)
About 20 or so Lucky Luke's
Several Iznogood's
All the Oumpah-Pah books
So Coscinny and Uderzo are also dear to me.
I also have 4 big books of Calvin & Hobbs which is my favourite comic strip. In english ofcourse.
One thing that I've never gotten into are the superhero comics. Never liked that drawstyle of them, plus they never really appealed to me on any level. I do love superhero movies though...
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No superheroes here, either, except for Frank Miller's brilliant "The Dark Knight" and a holiday Superman comic in which he fights world hunger.
From my youth, Tintin, Lucky Luke, one Iznogood, loads of Asterix, got a few Smurf books, the Calvin and Hobbes boxed set, Dork Tower, Bone, some Usagi Yojimbo, Cerebus up to the end of "Church and State", What's Michael, Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, The Incal, Metabarons, Technopriests, some one-off titles from Les Humanoids, lots of Kyle Baker stuff, MAD magazine from 1955-1974, "Wormy" from Dragon Magazine before Dave Trampier decided to check out, quite a few upscale "Classics Illustrated", and, yeah, not a lot of series books, I prefer the graphic novel / BD format.
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OH DAMN I FORGOT TO MENTION LONE SLOANE!
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I still have my collection of B.C. and Wizard of Id books. Around 30 altogether.
(https://s20.postimg.org/9pkt9s1il/B.C.jpg) (https://postimages.org/) (https://s20.postimg.org/5t7hdt3od/Wizard_of_Id.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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OH DAMN I FORGOT TO MENTION LITTLE NEMO
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Although Hergé is Belgian and not French, I'm amazed by the fact that his international fame is not a legend just like those of Uderzo and Goscinny. Unbelievable.
no fan of the famous Edgar P. Jacobs "Black and Mortimer"?
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Although Hergé is Belgian and not French, I'm amazed by the fact that his international fame is not a legend just like those of Uderzo and Goscinny. Unbelievable.
no fan of the famous Edgar P. Jacobs "Black and Mortimer"?
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I've got a pair of those books in French, but I haven't had time to sit down and force myself to learn enough French to make sense of them. But they did appeal to me as a sort of Tintin for grownups.
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If only Enki Bilal were able to do Tintin, I think I would love it... again, Tintin for grownups is a big win for me.
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I have to say I never really got into Tintin...I think I have two albums but they never really sunk in...I suppose it was the lack of humor compared to Asterix and such.
Wizard Of Id!! Now that's a great strip too! I think I should buy a book or two of those too in English...same goes with Garfield.
There is another rather great strip called Larson out there...it's a mostly just a single frame strip and at times it can be absolutely HILARIOUS!
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I'm gonna edit the title to include strips too! They are a huuuuge part of the comic world after all!
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^ In the USA, they're known as "The Far Side". I love them, very witty.
I also like me some XKCD.
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Oh yes ...the Far Side...I should have remembered that!
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Rahan !!
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Tyr have you read The Walking Dead comics?
I've skimmed through a few in a bookstore but the drawing style is so horrible I can't imagine reading them...no matter how good the story is...
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In comics, I think I prefer a serious, direct style to a more painterly style for my action comics. If it's funny stuff, then bulbous noses are the best. :)
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Tyr have you read The Walking Dead comics?
I've skimmed through a few in a bookstore but the drawing style is so horrible I can't imagine reading them...no matter how good the story is...
No , not at all. Atrocious drawing indeed :D
This kind of story must be supported by much more powerful visuals. At least in color...
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Tyr have you read The Walking Dead comics?
I've skimmed through a few in a bookstore but the drawing style is so horrible I can't imagine reading them...no matter how good the story is...
No , not at all. Atrocious drawing indeed :D
This kind of story must be supported by much more powerful visuals. At least in color...
Agreed. This was meant to be a tv show for sure! :)
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Yeah. Philippe Druillet. :yes:
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Bought some new comics today!
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Yeah. Philippe Druillet. :yes:
I knew that these particular drawings reminded me of something:
Here's the artwork of the second album of Sortilège, a Heavy Metal band that was successful in the 80s.
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We've got a healthy stock of cartoonists in Norway, inspired by Mad and The Far Side there was a "farts & tits"-type humour magazine called Pyton (which in Norwegian also means disgusting) from the mid 80's till the mid 90's who was the schooling of many greats, some are now editors, writers and cartoonists for the Norwegian Donald Duck magazine.
My fave of these, the team of Nærum/Midthun also sell stories internationally.
The biggest original success coming from this scene is probably Nemi, about a Goth girl. Fell off that bandwagon when she got her own magazine, she was alot better when she was a side-series in the Far Side (the crazy world of Larson, as it was called) and Ernie magazines.
As for stuff you've actually heard of, i've been into most of what's already been mentioned at one point or another, but the ones who'll always stick with me (along with some Norwegians) are the classics of Carl Barks and Don Rosa. With Rosa you don't just get great drawings and exiting elaborated stories, but you can actually learn some history too.
I also like some newer Donald Duck artists like Marco Rota and Vicar. Rotas Andold "Wild Duck" Temerary (which in Norwegian is a Viking, ofcourse), Rosas The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck and Rosas sequels to Barks stories rank high.
Never been into superhero comics, i think it's the way they're drawn that puts me off. Likewise there's few long-stories comedy i like too, i prefer strips and one-liners.
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Whoops, I also forgot Will Eisner, guy's a huge influence:
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His "A Contract with God" is a must-read.
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Got some more stuff today!!!!
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Seriously guys no fans of Strange here ? These drawings highlighting so well all the curves of Storm , Phoenix or Black Widow made me well vibrated :excited:
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I'm not into Marvel or DC, really. Also not really anime. Euro comics are where I'm mostly at, with some American independents.
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Yeah superhero comics never realy did anything for me either...not my cup of tea. i'll take my superheros in movie form thank you. :)
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Metabarons, on the other hand...
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