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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 20, 2015 13:38:20 GMT -5
Jim Davis - Creator of Garfield the CatI just love Garfield and one of my favorite animated special is the Thanksgiving Special and I provided all of you a 90+ second You Tube for your enjoyment. Garfield is one of the most beloved cartoon character that Jim Davis ever created and I just loved the way he draw him in the most simplistic way possible and his drawings are so clear cut and original. Garfield had cartoon shows, Televised Animated Special, and even a movie that came out in 2004; of which it's wasn't all that bad and I enjoyed it for all it's worth. I just can't believe that I'm the only one that mentioned Garfield that Jim Davis created in the Classic Comics 12 Days and I'm shocked to see that. Jim Davis is a talented artist and he created Opie, Nermal, Jon, and others for all of us to be entertained in everyday - My own newspaper still carry Garfield for more than 25 years. Jim Davis is an icon himself. Thanksgiving Special You TubeGarfield the Movie - 2004 Trailer Way to think out of the box, Mecha. |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 20, 2015 13:39:30 GMT -5
# 5 comes from an artistic family with work in comics, animation and illustration. In fact, his dad has worked on Popeye and Tom and Jerry. His two brothers, Simon and Seth, have worked in underground and alternative comix. Kim Deitch creates stories based around what he knows : the family business, mostly of his father's experience in animation. His signature character, Waldo, is a cat reminiscent of other famous black cartoon cats, like Felix the Cat, Krazy Kat, or Julius the Cat, and has appeared as a demon, a hallucination, and even the creator behind the strip. He's contributed regularly to New York's premiere underground newspaper the East Village Other (EVO), and later edited the all-comix spinoff Gothic Blimp Works. He co-founded the Cartoonist's Co-op Press and married, and later divorced, underground comix artist Trina Robbins.  I'll buy any and all Kim Deitch material. Love his cartoony, retro-animation style and stories. Lots of it has been collected and reprinted by Fantagraphics. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 20, 2015 13:59:31 GMT -5
Stop me if you've heard this one before: 5. Jeff SmithFor Bone. I have to say, RASL just didn't really do it for me personally. But whatever, man. Bone gives him a lifetime pass.   |
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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 20, 2015 14:00:49 GMT -5
Way to think out of the box, Mecha. I think he just set the box on fire and buried it in an unmarked grave. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 20, 2015 14:56:42 GMT -5
I have to say I'm thrilled to pieces with the variety of the selections made so far. You lot have risen to the challenge brilliantly. I've always maintained that the real point of CCC is to get to know each other better through our choices and, more importantly, our reasons for them. This year has been the most fascinating to date. We are a gloriously cosmopolitan community and I'm proud to be part of it.
Cei-U!
I summon the holiday cheer!
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 20, 2015 15:22:02 GMT -5
Thanks again , Kurt. It's fun and I'm glad I didn't bow out this year.
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 20, 2015 15:38:14 GMT -5
I agree with Kurt. This seems to be the best one yet and I totally agree with the reasons for having the CCC.
Cosmopolitan and international as well.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 20, 2015 15:38:30 GMT -5
5. Gary Larson
I love superheroes, and I love comics, and while they dominate my reading and choices this year, this selection is neither. Hell its not even a strip really, its just the freaking Far Side. The weirdest and funniest thing newspapers would ever see. Larsons twisted view of our world makes you question every simple thing you see, and turns the mundane inside out. My lady and I love it so much we invested in the 3 book slipcased complete Far Side Collection last year, yeah, she wanted me to buy her a comic, and a friggin expensive one at that. Now that gets him kicked up the list even further. They aren't all great, but what strip ever was, I just know that they were consistently funnier than anything else I had ever read.
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Post by benday-dot on Dec 20, 2015 16:44:03 GMT -5
Benday-dot has great tastes, obviously!!! Heck of write-up RR. Foster really respected his readers. He never faked a bit of it. All his backgrounds were meticulously researched and while still giving us grandly romantic epics he reveled in the the details that told of daily toil as much as he enjoyed the higher courtly dramas. Foster was born in my home town (Halifax) and I always thought there should be a statue or something recognizing this. But nope. Nothing. At least all the lovers of Foster's Prince Valiant are doing their bit keep the flame alive on this years CCC. |
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Post by Pharozonk on Dec 20, 2015 17:08:26 GMT -5
#5. Gary LarsonI have a confession to make: Gary Larson's The Far Side scared the crap out of me as a kid. I don't know whether it was the weird anatomy of the human characters or the often morbid undertones he had, but it was just unsettling. It wasn't until I was older that I realized that was part of the charm and even the point of Larson's work. The Far Side is dripping with cynicism and off kilter view of the world, often employing inversions and satire of ordinary daily life, such as animals with human pets or taking a classic story and putting a comedic spin on it. I think that these subversions of tropes are strongly complemented by Larson's art style of minimalism and exaggerated anatomy. The humans are all bulbous and oblvious. The animals are intelligent and anthropomorphic. It would be easy to call The Far Side almost misanthropic, but that would be a disservice to how good Larson's work really is.  
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2015 18:06:36 GMT -5
On the eighth day of Christmas, Comics, my true love gave to me... Wendy Pini for Elfquest  Elfquest is one of the pioneering books of the independent creator-owned self-published world of comics. And Wendy Pini, as writer and artist of the series was at the heart of its success and perseverance. She, along with her husband Richard, who co-plotted and handled a lot of the business aspects of the books, have created a rich tapestry of world-building, identifiable characters and a sprawling epic story that has changed comics n many ways. she is a master storyteller, her art is clear and crisp...  and she weaves a magic spell that draws readers in from all walks of life, not just hardcore comics fans. I first discovered Elfquest through the Marvel Epic reprints in high school, by my wife in college through the graphic album reprints she bought at a game store not through any comic book connection, and our shared love of the strip was one of the first (of many) things we found we had in common when we first met. -M |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 20, 2015 18:16:12 GMT -5
I've never had te chance to read Elfquest, but past girlfriends who had nothing to do with comics loved it. Is it true it sponsors a very orginal philosophy about love and sex?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2015 18:19:43 GMT -5
I've never had te chance to read Elfquest, but past girlfriends who had nothing to do with comics loved it. Is it true it sponsors a very orginal philosophy about love and sex? The elven culture created by the Pinis does not practice monogamy but do bond for "lifetimes" if that is what you are asking. -M |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 20, 2015 18:24:44 GMT -5
Well, I was merely interested to know more about it, more than hersay at least  I realy know nothing beyond what an ex told me about these elvens being very sexual. And yes, that about Monogamy rings a bell, just wanted to know more about it I guess |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2015 18:30:26 GMT -5
Well, I was merely interested to know more about it, more than hersay at least I realy know nothing beyond what an ex told me about these elvens being very sexual. And yes, that about Monogamy rings a bell, just wanted to know more about it I guess I know you prefer to read actual physical issues, but you can sample most of the Elfquest epic as a webcomics hereprovided by the Pinis themselves. You can see what's what and decide if you want to seek out the issues. -M |
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I realy know nothing beyond what an ex told me about these elvens being very sexual. And yes, that about Monogamy rings a bell, just wanted to know more about it I guess