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Post by coke & comics on Apr 25, 2015 15:12:32 GMT -5
As I've said elsewhere, my favorite comic of recent years is Last Days of an Immortal by Gwen de Bonneval & Fabien Vehlmann. It was translated into English by Archaia, who has lately done a great job brining international comics to America.
The comic is the type of science fiction I am always looking for but really find. About the conflicts that arrive from interactions between truly alien cultures with different mindsets and ways of communicating.
I'd be curious if any have recommendations for other work by the creators, or just other great European sci/fi in the philosophical vein.
That has been translated into English.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 18:10:51 GMT -5
I've been readint a lot more Euro comics lately. Going through whatever Jacques Tardi I can get, and then the Smurfs books. But I feel like checking out some fantasy genre stuff, since Europe seems to have so much variety there. I'd like some suggestions beyond Moebius. I don't mind if it's brand new or forty years old either.
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 26, 2015 18:51:15 GMT -5
As I've said elsewhere, my favorite comic of recent years is Last Days of an Immortal by Gwen de Bonneval & Fabien Vehlmann. It was translated into English by Archaia, who has lately done a great job brining international comics to America. The comic is the type of science fiction I am always looking for but really find. About the conflicts that arrive from interactions between truly alien cultures with different mindsets and ways of communicating. I'd be curious if any have recommendations for other work by the creators, or just other great European sci/fi in the philosophical vein. That has been translated into English. I'm a huge fan of Last Days of an Immortal, too. It's such a powerful work in a philosophical way, but still massively entertaining. I have heard great things about Vehlmann's Beautiful Darkness-- Brian K Vaughn has said that it's his favorite book that he's read in years-- but I haven't gotten around to picking it up yet. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 26, 2015 19:03:34 GMT -5
I've been readint a lot more Euro comics lately. Going through whatever Jacques Tardi I can get, and then the Smurfs books. But I feel like checking out some fantasy genre stuff, since Europe seems to have so much variety there. I'd like some suggestions beyond Moebius. I don't mind if it's brand new or forty years old either. My favorite recent Euro fantasy comic translation is Millenium by Richard Nolane and Francois Mivelle-Deschenes. It's a historical fantasy set in the High Middle Ages between two opposing Christian factions, neither of which are quite what they seem. It's one of my favorite fantasy comics of all time. If you like, say, Rex Mundi, you should love this.
Another recent release in a similiar vein is the Titan editions of Xavier Dorison and Alex Alice's The Third Testament. It's a well-loved series, and Alice, in particular, is a spectactular artistic talent. Titan has put out the first three parts of the series in beautiful but economical HCs, and the fourth volume, which completes the series, is out in June.(See also Alex' adaptation of the "Siegfried" parts of the Ring of the Nibulung, too. It started as a film project for Disney Europe, but became a comic when that fell through.)
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Post by Dizzy D on Apr 28, 2015 3:58:05 GMT -5
There are a lot of euro-fantasy series,
I bought a new issue of Lanfeust this weekend and that one has been translated into english. The series has grown very large over the years with a lot of spin-offs, but the main series is 3 volumes of 6-8 issues each. Lanfeust of Troy, Lanfeust of the Stars and Lanfeust Odyssey. I'll post a bit about that series on the Small Publisher and Foreign board
Thorgal has been translated and that one is worth it (though a bit on an issue by issue basis).
Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel was the no1 on my list of Classic Epics we did last year on CBR, but I don't think it has been translated. Try to get it anyway, I'll write up a translation for you, because that one is absolutely worth it.
The Black Moon Chronicles are a longrunning epic series, not very high on the writing part (though it has an entertaining dark humor to the whole thing). More of a guilty pleasure. I'll go to my stuff when I get home to find something more.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 28, 2015 6:15:11 GMT -5
I've been readint a lot more Euro comics lately. Going through whatever Jacques Tardi I can get, and then the Smurfs books. But I feel like checking out some fantasy genre stuff, since Europe seems to have so much variety there. I'd like some suggestions beyond Moebius. I don't mind if it's brand new or forty years old either. My favorite recent Euro fantasy comic translation is Millenium by Richard Nolane and Francois Mivelle-Deschenes.
Speaking of Miville -Deschênes, he's also been illustrating Reconquêtes, a historical fantasy loosely based on how Heredotus described Anatolia in the first chapters of his histories. We have historical Cimmerians, Babylonians, Sarmatians, Amazons, Scythians, and even the last few Atlanteans. Really cool stuff, with an epic sweep worthy of Robert E. Howard. |
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Post by coke & comics on May 16, 2015 19:38:07 GMT -5
As I've said elsewhere, my favorite comic of recent years is Last Days of an Immortal by Gwen de Bonneval & Fabien Vehlmann. It was translated into English by Archaia, who has lately done a great job brining international comics to America. The comic is the type of science fiction I am always looking for but really find. About the conflicts that arrive from interactions between truly alien cultures with different mindsets and ways of communicating. I'd be curious if any have recommendations for other work by the creators, or just other great European sci/fi in the philosophical vein. That has been translated into English. I'm a huge fan of Last Days of an Immortal, too. It's such a powerful work in a philosophical way, but still massively entertaining. I have heard great things about Vehlmann's Beautiful Darkness-- Brian K Vaughn has said that it's his favorite book that he's read in years-- but I haven't gotten around to picking it up yet. I bought Beautiful Darkness. I would probably call it a great book. I do so with some mild hesitation, as I don't claim to fully understand it. It begins as a fairy tale about tiny people. The fairy tale ends quickly when they crawl out from the corpse of a dead child. But then it seems a pleasant enough story about these tiny people playing games and working together. But... well, these people are strange. And sometimes very bad. And dark things happen. It is a very unsettling tale. If I were to pick two adjectives to describe it, they may well be "dark" and "beautiful". So, well-named. Definitely worth reading, I think. |
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Post by fanboystranger on May 17, 2015 2:32:29 GMT -5
My favorite recent Euro fantasy comic translation is Millenium by Richard Nolane and Francois Mivelle-Deschenes.
Speaking of Miville -Deschênes, he's also been illustrating Reconquêtes, a historical fantasy loosely based on how Heredotus described Anatolia in the first chapters of his histories. We have historical Cimmerians, Babylonians, Sarmatians, Amazons, Scythians, and even the last few Atlanteans. Really cool stuff, with an epic sweep worthy of Robert E. Howard. Oh, I definitely want that.
I recently picked up Throne of Ice by Alain Paris, Val, Saverio Tenuta, and Notaro. It's an interesting sword'n'sorcery book that plays around with the Atlantis myth and the idea of a pre-glacial human civilizations in Antartica that bear some resemblance to Ancient Greece, Egypt, and Ancient China. It's a bit wrote with a bastard child of a king being spirited off at the hour of his birth before the queen can have him murdered, but there's enough political intrigue to keep from degenerating into cliche. It's definitely worth a look.
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Post by fanboystranger on May 17, 2015 2:34:15 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of Last Days of an Immortal, too. It's such a powerful work in a philosophical way, but still massively entertaining. I have heard great things about Vehlmann's Beautiful Darkness-- Brian K Vaughn has said that it's his favorite book that he's read in years-- but I haven't gotten around to picking it up yet. I bought Beautiful Darkness. I would probably call it a great book. I do so with some mild hesitation, as I don't claim to fully understand it. It begins as a fairy tale about tiny people. The fairy tale ends quickly when they crawl out from the corpse of a dead child. But then it seems a pleasant enough story about these tiny people playing games and working together. But... well, these people are strange. And sometimes very bad. And dark things happen. It is a very unsettling tale. If I were to pick two adjectives to describe it, they may well be "dark" and "beautiful". So, well-named. Definitely worth reading, I think. I bet when Vehlmann came up with the title, he yelled out, "Ha ha ha! Nailed it!" Then he lounged around all day drinking milkshakes and laughing at the world.
(That's what I would do.)
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Post by coke & comics on May 23, 2015 21:17:58 GMT -5
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 26, 2015 13:50:53 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of Last Days of an Immortal, too. It's such a powerful work in a philosophical way, but still massively entertaining. I have heard great things about Vehlmann's Beautiful Darkness-- Brian K Vaughn has said that it's his favorite book that he's read in years-- but I haven't gotten around to picking it up yet. I bought Beautiful Darkness. I would probably call it a great book. I do so with some mild hesitation, as I don't claim to fully understand it. It begins as a fairy tale about tiny people. The fairy tale ends quickly when they crawl out from the corpse of a dead child. But then it seems a pleasant enough story about these tiny people playing games and working together. But... well, these people are strange. And sometimes very bad. And dark things happen. It is a very unsettling tale. If I were to pick two adjectives to describe it, they may well be "dark" and "beautiful". So, well-named. Definitely worth reading, I think. I read that for Read a Graphic Novel Week, I think. |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 18:22:27 GMT -5
Finishing my Smurfs Anthology right now. Just finished Like A Sniper Lining Up His Shot, and will probably head out to the comic shop to get another Tardi HC as soon as I get a chance.
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Post by benday-dot on May 26, 2015 19:52:28 GMT -5
As I've said elsewhere, my favorite comic of recent years is Last Days of an Immortal by Gwen de Bonneval & Fabien Vehlmann. It was translated into English by Archaia, who has lately done a great job brining international comics to America. The comic is the type of science fiction I am always looking for but really find. About the conflicts that arrive from interactions between truly alien cultures with different mindsets and ways of communicating. I'd be curious if any have recommendations for other work by the creators, or just other great European sci/fi in the philosophical vein. That has been translated into English. I agree, LDoaI was pretty darn good. I bought it on a whim, never having heard of it before, but happening to see it and see it reduced reduced at my LCS, and flipping through it, fully intrigued, I took a chance on it. It paid off in terms of enjoyment, although I subsequently traded it back to the very same LCS. I do that at times with books I don't think I'm likely to read again, and while I thought it was a very good story it did not really emotionally grip me for whatever reason. |
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Post by berkley on May 29, 2015 17:25:08 GMT -5
I was thinking about what European comic I'd like to read after I get through Tintin, though that will take me some time yet so there's really no hurry. Trying to follow some kind of rough chronological order, I was looking at Edgar Jacobs' Blake & Mortimer series: which are the essential volumes, for anyone who's read them? Also, any other suggestions?
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Post by Dizzy D on May 30, 2015 5:28:33 GMT -5
Blake&Mortimer is a very short series really (10 issues with various 2-parters). I would definitely get the Yellow Sign as that is widely regarded as the best story. I also like S.O.S. Meteors and the Secret of the Great Pyramid.
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