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Post by shaxper on Apr 22, 2020 8:51:35 GMT -5
A European friend of mine recently recommended Natacha to me, which is apparently a massively well-known classic in Belgium, but I have not been able to locate any English translations. Does anyone here know of any?
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Post by berkley on Apr 22, 2020 21:55:36 GMT -5
I ran across this title on a list on Goodreads and it intrigues me, but I can find no listing for it on Amazon, mycomicshop or other resources, so I was wondering if anyone here had heard of it, read it, had thoughts on it, or might know where I might be able to order it... The Templars Vol. 1: In the Walls of Tyre by Jean-Luc Istin & others Any thoughts or ideas on it would be welcome. -M Weird, even the French wiki doesn't seem to list it in Istin's bibliography, but it does have an entry on goodreads. Abebooks appears to have the French edition (Templier) but not the English. I didn't check anywhere else as the interior artwork doesn't really appeal to me from the online samples I found, though the covers look great. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 23, 2020 15:55:08 GMT -5
I've been re-reading my stash of Journal Tintin, starting with year 29 (around 1975).
Most of the serials have aged remarkably well. But then what else could we expect with names like William Vance, Hermann, Hugo Pratt, Auclair, Hergé, Aidans, Cosey, Derib and more... most of these people became legends.
One strip played a real-life joke on this reader. In the Luc Orient adventure "The crystal door", the main characters are abducted by aliens and suffer from a time dilation effect; when they get out of the alien ship, thirty years have passed and they find themselves "in the future". However, what to them (and to me, at the time), was the distant year 2005 is now fifteen years in the past!!! Man, where does the time go?
An aspect of several series that I had forgotten is how the status quo would evolve and characters would actually age. In Bernard Prince, for example, the heroes' pet cub bear eventually grows up and has to be released in a wildlife sanctuary; the eternal teenage ward grows up and leaves for boarding school; the heroes' ship is sunk in an adventure. In the spy strip Bruno Brazil, a mission finally goes south and almost everybody dies, pretty much ending the series. In Comanche, civilization finally reaches the Wyoming town where the early adventures had been held; people don't dress like cowboys anymore and the main character leaves, preferring a wilder frontier. Even Corto Maltese is said to have died, as mentioned in another Hugo Pratt strip set a few decades later.
That was not universal, of course; Tintin was pretty much unchanging, and so were many others. But it's nice, in retrospect, to have had series where time did pass.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 23, 2020 17:37:19 GMT -5
A European friend of mine recently recommended Natacha to me, which is apparently a massively well-known classic in Belgium, but I have not been able to locate any English translations. Does anyone here know of any? I don’t, but perhaps I should mention that Natacha is mostly famous for pretty much the same reason Power Girl is in the U.S.A... not because her adventures are particularly noteworthy, but because there was a sense of “how far will Walthéry go when drawing Natacha? When will sexy become too sexy?” That Natacha is a character meant for a young audience and that there is no suggestion of sexual activities whatsoever in her stories makes the question all the more amusing. As a comic strip it is a good, wholesome humour/adventure series in the vein of Tif & Tondu, Spirou or Sophie. The art is pretty darn good, typical of the Spirou magazine from the 70s and 80s. I actually quite enjoyed Natacha, but would still probably not bother hunting down the series. |
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Post by shaxper on Apr 23, 2020 20:24:30 GMT -5
A European friend of mine recently recommended Natacha to me, which is apparently a massively well-known classic in Belgium, but I have not been able to locate any English translations. Does anyone here know of any? I don’t, but perhaps I should mention that Natacha is mostly famous for pretty much the same reason Power Girl is in the U.S.A... not because her adventures are particularly noteworthy, but because there was a sense of “how far will Walthéry go when drawing Natacha? When will sexy become too sexy?” That Natacha is a character meant for a young audience and that there is no suggestion of sexual activities whatsoever in her stories makes the question all the more amusing. As a comic strip it is a good, wholesome humour/adventure series in the vein of Tif & Tondu, Spirou or Sophie. The art is pretty darn good, typical of the Spirou magazine from the 70s and 80s. I actually quite enjoyed Natacha, but would still probably not bother hunting down the series. Good to know. Thanks. The person who suggested it, lumped it in with Usagi Yojimbo and Parks and Recreation as some of his favorite fictional works, so I was intrigued. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 24, 2020 5:48:20 GMT -5
I don’t, but perhaps I should mention that Natacha is mostly famous for pretty much the same reason Power Girl is in the U.S.A... not because her adventures are particularly noteworthy, but because there was a sense of “how far will Walthéry go when drawing Natacha? When will sexy become too sexy?” That Natacha is a character meant for a young audience and that there is no suggestion of sexual activities whatsoever in her stories makes the question all the more amusing. As a comic strip it is a good, wholesome humour/adventure series in the vein of Tif & Tondu, Spirou or Sophie. The art is pretty darn good, typical of the Spirou magazine from the 70s and 80s. I actually quite enjoyed Natacha, but would still probably not bother hunting down the series. Good to know. Thanks. The person who suggested it, lumped it in with Usagi Yojimbo and Parks and Recreation as some of his favorite fictional works, so I was intrigued. If you Google images for “Walthéry + Natacha”, you will find pages of the actual books... but also the kind of solicitations that the artist has drawn for fans over the years. It gives a fair idea of what many of them were looking for!  . (NSFW, obviously). |
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Post by shaxper on Apr 24, 2020 6:00:45 GMT -5
Good to know. Thanks. The person who suggested it, lumped it in with Usagi Yojimbo and Parks and Recreation as some of his favorite fictional works, so I was intrigued. If you Google images for “Walthéry + Natacha”, you will find pages of the actual books... but also the kind of solicitations that the artist has drawn for fans over the years. It gives a fair idea of what many of them were looking for! . (NSFW, obviously). oh.... Yeah, probably don't need to read this one. Thanks. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 19, 2020 3:20:03 GMT -5
Been a while so a list of things I've been reading (excluding all the rereading time Covid game me):
- Wollodrïn by David Chauval and Jerome Lereculey: I've already read Arthur by this team, an adaption of the Arthur mythos using some of the earlier Welsh sources rather than the later French sources (so we get Gwalchmei instead of Gawain, Peredur instead of Percival, Myrddhin instead of Merlin, no Lancelot in sight etc.) which I enjoyed a lot. Lereculey also did an adaption of Nikolai Gogol's short story "Viy" about a young Russian man who need to stands vigil over the dead body of a young witch for 3 nights while besieged by the dead witch and her demons.
Wollodrïn is a completely original story though though I've heard that it is based on a story Chauval and Lereculey did for the series 7, called Seven Thieves ((another series I've mentioned before I think? Every issue is a standalone issue that has as concept a group of seven people. I did a couple of reviews for 7 Detectives, another oneshot that got its own series later). The concept is simple and reminiscent of Image Comics Reaver series right now (or more basic in concept "The Dirty Dozen").
It takes place in a pretty standard fantasy world and a group of six prisoners, all sentenced to death, are secretedly freed by a wealthy man. He offers them freedom in exchange for their service. The six (plus a warrior that was not in prison) are sent to find and recover a missing girl, the scion to one of the most powerful families in the world, who was set to unify that family with one of the other most powerful families. On a trip the girl's group was ambushed by orcs and all men were killed. The girl and her friends and guardian are missing though and presumably taken captive by the orcs.
It turns out that the six were all specifically chosen for this mission; because of their skills (2 of the team are skilled fighters, another is a former high-ranking officer and the dwarf is known for his persuasive abilities), their knowledge (a hunter is very familiar with the area where the ambush took place and the scout is familiar with the orcs and their customs) or who they are (the sixth, most unwilling member who is kept in chains during the whole trip, is a traitor to the orcs, his betrayal lead to the orcs losing a great war and being basically enslaved for years till the current uprising and the group plans to use him as a bargaining chip to get the girl back from the orcs). The mission, as is usual, runs into some problems though: the orc uprising turns into a full blown war and not every member of the group is who they seem to be.
This is only the starting point for the first issue, the story takes several twists and turns (I'm currently on issue 3 and will be picking up more this weekend). I think there are 10 issues in total published so far (11 if you want to take 7 Thieves as a prologue).
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 30, 2020 2:31:55 GMT -5
Couple of other comics I got this week:
Conquests #3: I got the first 2 issues about half a year ago, but don't think I talked about it here. Conquests is a Sci-Fi series, 5 issues in total and each issue is a standalone comic (a formula I've noticed more and more for European comics). The backstory is that Earth has become uninhabitable and 5 fleets leave, each in their own direction, to find a new homeworld. In this 3rd issue the East-Asian fleet (mostly Japanese/Chinese people, but there are others around) arrives on the planet Decornum (which is also the title of the issue). Decornum is inhabitable for humans, but it's magnetosphere is messed up. The local populations exists of a large slave race ruled over by a very powerful species called simple "The Rulers". There are some hints of the Avatar movies in here, with a human agent infiltrating the slave race (this time with a mechanical suit that mimics the slave race) and a lot of discussion whether humanity is as bad as the Rulers or even worse, should they defeat them. It's not a great series so far, but the art is nice and with each issue being a standalone (which allows for some differences in quality each issue) and also knowing it's just 5 issues, I'm in till the end.
Black Squaw: And now for something completely different; Henriet & Yann do a historical comic based on the life of Bessie Coleman. How historical it actually is, is probably *very* little (though the backup probably is better about it than the story itself). The first part has Bessie smuggling liquor into the US during the Prohibition and getting into conflict with the KKK (as in the KKK members are actually flying a white plane with Nazi regalia while they are in the white hoods and all, which sounds... unlikely. Bessie crashes their plane by destroying its tail with her own plane's landing gear and now the KKK are after her.) The issue also spends quite some time on her mixed heritage as both African-American and Native American.
Danthrakon: Arleston, known from Lanfeust, Ekho, Elfes, Ythaq and many other (mostly fantasy-related) titles, creates a new fantasy title. This time on art is Boiscommun, who hasn't worked with Arleston (at least I think so, Arleston is *very* productive) but who has adapted his artstyle to resemble those in Lanfeust, Ekho and Ythaq (all have different artists). I don't think I have any of his other works, but his style is usually a bit different from this. I wonder if Arleston just has instructions for all these artists how to match the style needed for these type of series.
Anyway back to the title itself: Nuwan is assistent-cook serving at the house of a great mage. After work, one of the mage's three students, the beautiful Lereeh teaches the young man to read. Nuwan has ambitions to became a mage himself (specifically a mage/cook). Nuwan has a rivally with one of the other students, an arrogant and lazy young man. The master mage has recently obtained the most powerful magical tome on the planet, thee titular Danthrakon and has enlisted his three students to help him translate its unknown language. After one of Lereeh's lessons, Nuwan stays in the library to practice, but starts to sneak peeks at the various magic books (Lereeh has him currently practicing on a children's book), but he of course stumbles upon the Danthrakon and the book spells embed themselves within his mind. Filled with forbidden magic that he can barely control, Nuwan flees with Lereeh chased by Inquisitors who sense the use of forbidden magic.
So far it's basically another Arleston work; a forward plot, simple but likeable characters, lots of worldbuilding, nice art. It's also a three issues and done story which makes the investment a lot easier than another work that will go on indefinitely.
Also continued with Wolodrin. And upcoming (officially to be published in August, but Silvester Strips, the publisher is notoriously unreliable): Cafe Noir, part 3 of 3 and Detectives 5 of 7 and apparently a new issue of Donjon in the main series instead of its billion spin-offs.
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Post by Dizzy D on Sept 2, 2020 6:46:21 GMT -5
Unrelated to things I've been reading, but I was looking through European comics I've missed during the lockdown and I was amazed how many comics there are that are based on pilots and planes (using comics that were translated to dutch as they have come out according to . There is no point to this, just a realisation that there is a whole thriving subgenre that I have had basically zero contact with (apart from the issue of Black Squaw mentioned above). I'm listing comics that I've assumed are about pilots/planes because they have planes very prominently displayed on the cover (often even without any characters visible with just a small part of the pilot's helmet visible) from the last 25 weeks (starting with the newest and working back) with a short description of the cover/my rational for adding it to the list: - Team Rafale #6 (cover is from inside the cockpit of a modern fighterjet with the pilot looking at another jet where the pilot ejects) - Black Sheep Squadron #3 (cover of WWII planes dogfighting) - Black Sheep Squadron #4 (cover of WWII planes bombarding an airport with other WWII planes) - Helden van de Luchtmacht #1 (Translated: Heroes of the Air-Force. Another WWII dogfight, this time just between two planes). - Helden van de Luchtmacht #2 (WWII planes bombarding a train.) - De koerier van Casablanca #1 (Translated: The Courier of Casablanca. Two double-decker planes flying.) (I considered Shanghai Dreams #2 for a moment, but the focus of the cover are two people inside a prisoner camp looking at the American planes flying overhead while Japanese guards aim their guns at the planes, so it's probably more focused on the prisoners in the camp at the end of the war than pilot/planes). - Wunderwaffen #11 (Airplanes based on sketches of german WWII prototype planes that were never build) - Buck Danny 1946-1969 #1 (Didn't even have to look at the cover. Buck Danny is pretty reknown as a comic about a pilot. These are collected editions containing reprints from the years named) - Buck Danny 1946-1969 #2 (Same as above) - Code Kimono #2 (Just one thing on the cover: a fighter jet firing missiles at an unseen target.) - Pin-Up Wings #5 (Bit of doubt here, the focus of the cover is the woman, but the plane is still a large part of the cover.) - Engelenvlucht #4 (Translated: Angel Flight. Cover has two double-decker planes shooting at/escaping from? an exploding zeppelin) - Liberty Bessie #1 (Another Bessie Coleman comic? There were not that many black, female pilots during the 40s and we see a black female pilot in front of a 40s plane. Also it has Bessie in the title, so I'm feeling my guess is educated. Then again the title of the issue itself is "A pilot from Alabama" and Coleman was from Texas. Then again again the title may not refer to the main character) - Oostfront Squadron #4(Translation: Eastfront Squadron. Ah, much less discussion needed than the on above. 2 WW2 planes dogfighting, no human figures in focus). - Flying Aces #3 (At least this time, somebody gets a headshot, above the two double-decker planes dogfighting) - De vlucht van de Concorde #3 (Flight of the Concorde. And the cover has a concorde on it. But also figures prominently displayed, so probably more focus on characters than planes here) - Black Squaw #1 (see above, comic loosely based on Bessie Coleman's life. - Team Rafale #5 (modern jets, one is trying to avoid a missile. Closeup of pilot, but they are wearing helmet&mask). - Uur U #15 (Hour "U", alternate WWII versions of planes, dogfighting) - Engelenvlucht #3 (Translated: Angel Flight. Two doubledecker planes, one German, one British) - Luchtpost Saint Exupery (Airmail St. Exupery. More focus on the pilot than the plane in this case, but the plane is still a decent part of the cover. (Semi?) biographical comic about writer/aviation pioneer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry). - Onbemande dreiging #1 (Unmanned Threat, I see a WWII pilot, plane and a German V1, so I can take a guess what's this about: British pilots trying to intercept the German unmanned planes). - Oostfront Squadron #3 (Translation: Eastfront Squadron. WWII planes: check. Dogfights: check. No human being visible except maybe a face of a pilot in one of the planes: check) - Bomb Road #3 (They tried to trick me here. No cover available, but another site shows two fighter jets with no other objects of focus, so you made the list.) So that's about 25 titles out of 500 (~20 titles a week times 25 weeks, not counting softcover/hardcover variants), so 5%, which is a decent part for an industry that is not dominated by a single genre. If I picked any cover with planes on it, I'd be a bit higher than that, but I really went for the ones the were trying to sell the planes or being a pilot as the point of interest. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 2, 2020 10:55:35 GMT -5
Well, aviation stories have always been great fodder for adventure series and Buck Danny was a very popular strip for decades. Also Tangy et Laverdure. It was true, here, in the 30s and 40s and Steve Canyon carried it through to the 50s; but, it kind of petered out, as a genre, in the 60s.
My dad, who grew up in the 30s and 40s, loved aviation stuff and stories of flying. He found a bunch of Ernie Gann novels at a used book store and was in heaven.
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Post by Dizzy D on Sept 10, 2020 4:52:16 GMT -5
A triple Spirou post (pure coincidence, didn't plan on reading these three at the same time):
Supergroom by Yoann and Vehlmann: A reimaging of Spirou as a superhero.. or not really. It's a new series at least. The duo has been on Spirou for 10 years (is it 10 years already) and I actually quite liked their work on the series, doing both new things and callbacks to earlier adventures, but fandom as a whole has apparently been less enthused. In an attempt to find a new audience so this reimaging/spin-off/who knows what. I guess this is Yoann and Vehlmann's version of "Machine Qui Reve" (The cyberpunk story that Tome&Janry did as their final issue on the main series).
Supergroom is not quite as different from their previous work as Machine Qui Reve was from the rest of Tome&Janry's run. Spirou has become a bit depressed: life as an adventurer is hard to combine with his social life; travelling the world while also being aware of the impact it has on the environment; the public's infatuation with superheroes makes him jealous. So he decides to retire and live a quiet life, but quickly gets bored. As a joke he asks the Count to help him create a superhero costume. He plans to act as a superhero for a short while and then unmask himself in public as a sort of practical joke, but his short career as a superhero has some collateral damage, so "Supergroom" decides to just quietly disappear. But a while later, a new Supergroom appears, this one not afraid to take decisive action. Spirou is forced to wear the costume again.
I didn't hate it, but I also didn't like it. The jokes feel kinda forced, the action is meh. There are the usual callbacks (The Count's super-strength and super-intelligence formulas X1 and X4 are back as a way to give Supergroom actual superpowers.), Spip bounces around between cynical observant and willing partcipant to everything. I liked their Spirou issues, but I don't think this was really working, afraid to either commit to the superhero bit or just go for the parody, now it's a mixture of both.
Spirou at the Soviets by Neidhardt and Tarrin. Appareantly it's part of the Une Aventure de Spirou par... series, but I couldn't tell, because the cover does not mention the series name or have any number on it. It's a standalone period piece, set during the Cold War the Count is kidnapped by Soviet Spies to work on a secret formula to awaken the Communist Gene in people (the activator for the gene is produced by a mushroom, so they need world's foremost expert on mushrooms to help them cultivate the rare, slowly growing mushroom). Spirou and Fantasio to the rescue using their job as reporters to infiltrate the Soviet Union (with a joke I quite liked: they show a cover of Tin Tin in Soviets and comment there was no way the Soviets were going to let in the competition after what he did to them). Overall, I didn't find it that funny, the conclusion of the story is interesting, but a few panels later it ended and I would have been interested to see them do more with the final idea. Overall, it has some good ideas, the art is nice, but this specific title has had some amazing stories and artwork and this just doesn't live up to many of those.
Marsupilami by ...*takes a breath* David Tako and Jérôme Hamon , also by Renaud Collin, also by Jose Luis Munuera, also by Gijé and Jonathan Garnier, also by Valérie Vernay and Vincent Zabus, also by Goum and Aurélien Ducoudray and finally, also by Mobidic and Joris Chamblain. A collection of 7 short stories, all focused on Franquin's creation. The stories differ wildly in tone and artstyle and one review I read had difficulties with the mood whiplash when reading the whole thing in one sitting and I can see their point. All of the stories bring something to the table. Keep in mind with a non-speaking protagonist, many of these stories lean on art or a narrator to tell the story so some can be rather sparse (Munerva's day in the life of a wild Marsupilami while it battles a jaguar is funny and dynamic, but does not have more to say than that.) Of the three books, definitely the one I recommend the most.
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Post by Dizzy D on Nov 2, 2020 14:03:24 GMT -5
Took some time to read two new European comics:
Storm: Hommages (translation: Homages means "Tributes". Comic book star Storm (the Don Lawrence one, not the X-Men) has been around for 45 years and Don Lawrence collection wants to celebrate that with putting out a bundle with various creators all putting in a short story starring our hero. This seems to be a new tradition in European comics (see Marsupilami in my previous post for instance). I can only applaud this, because it gets you some unusual and fresh stories for these characters and with that many creative teams at least one or two will appeal.
Our creative teams:
Martin Lodewijk, Romano Molenaar en Jorg de Vos: Not one of the seven hommages, as Martin Lodewijk is co-creator of Storm and this is the creative team that took over the title from Don Lawrence after his death. This was an incomplete story that they never finished for the main series, but they now turned into a short story for this issue. It's also the longest of the stories in the book and it's just a regular Storm story. I like this one even better than their other issues of Storm: Storm finds another Earthling on Pandarve, a truckdriver from the early 21st Century who has now become something of an interdimensional courier. The truck is currently transporting an island from one planet to another (it's bigger on the inside as the Doctor would say). I'd have liked to see this one turned into a full story, because Storm interacting with somebody from back home, even if they were several decades apart, was nice to see.
Kim Duchateau: For something completely different, Duchateau is mostly known for alternative comics (think a Belgian Roger Crumb). The short story is mostly a longer gag. Not superfunny, but the weirdness kinda makes up for it.
Fred de Heij: Not that familiar with him, quick look give some horror comics for him. He's a painter and his style would work with a regular Storm story. It's kinda of an adaption of Hansel and Gretel. It's a bit too short at four pages to really work (the pacing is too quick with no chance for the story to tell itself).
Robbert Damen: Another one I'm not familiar with. Quick look gives comics like Donald Duck and some books for younger readers. The story itself works well as a Storm story and the pacing is good for its short length. The bit of fourth-wall breaking I find annoying, but overall a good entry.
Kenny Rubenis: A full out gag comic artist, known for his Nerds! and "Dating for Geeks" short comics. 4 pages for a gag works well here and his comedic art works with the story he's telling. Not the usual thing for Storm, but in this kind of collection it works.
Dick Matena: Matena actually wrote issues of the regular comic series, so I had quite high expectations of him for this one. With only four pages, Matena decided to just start halfway through the story and have no ending either, so it's a bit of a clip from larger story, except the larger story won't ever be told. The fourth wall break here is even more blatant and annoying and Matena really didn't need it. Great artwork and could have been part of a regular story except for the fourth wall break, but as it is, it just is kinda disappointing and I expect far far more from a veteran like Matena.
Gerben Valkema: Known for very popular kids comic "Elsje", his style is closer to Spirou and Asterix than Don Lawrence, but he manages a short story with a beginning and end in four pages, it's funny enough and the artwork is attractive.
Przemyslaw Klosin: Another story that could have been part of the regular series. Klosin is known for viking saga Jylland, and his artwork works well on this title. It also works well as a regular Storm story; Storm and his companion Roodhaar (Redhair, Carrots or Ember depending on which english translation you follow, but you get the gist of it) find a boy that looks exactly like Storm running around in a town. Roodhaar suspects that her companion has had an affair behind her back, even though he denies it. Story has a setup, beginning and ending, though with a cliffhanger. Again a story that works well within the constraints of this book.
Overall; some disappointments, especially from those that I expected more from, some pleasant surprises and it was not expensive, so I'm satisfied. Something similar when Storm turns 50?
Nevada #1: Lone Star So we have on writing Fred Duval (one of my favourite writers, known for Cyberpunk titles Carmen McCallum and Travis among other work) and Jean-Pierre Pécau (mostly known for his interconnected alternate history series with supernatural elements The Secret History/Arcanum/Empire among other work) and on art you have Colin Wilson (friend/protege of Moebius and artist on Blueberry, also reknown for his work on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. Also one of my favourites). That's quite a stable of artistic talent you have here, so Nevada was a must-pick-up-as-soon-as-possible title. No Cyberpunk or Supernatural Alternate History here though, Nevada takes place during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Nevada Marquez (nothing to do with the state, it's the name of the main character) works as a fixer for Hollywood producer Louise Hathaway to bring in wayward stars that are under contract. His latest assignment is Mac "Lone Star" Nabb, Wild West superstar who has gone on a bender in Tijuana with notorious violent drunk Bob "Dynamite" Lacy. Nevada has to go to Mexico, bring back Lone Star unharmed (or at least, keep his face intact for the camera) so that the million dollar movie can resume operations.
It's a modern western. It's a first issue, but the artwork is great, Nevada is resourceful and sympathetic. Lone Star is arrogant and obnoxious. I fully recommend this title. Still 2 issues to go (the Lone Star story is wrapped up in this first issue as far as I can tell, but there is an ongoing plotline as for why Nevada is working for Louise; she can use her contacts to help him find the person he's really looking for.) so 3 issues total is not a big investment.
I saw that Cafe Noir part 3, Detective part 5 and Donjon Zenith translations are coming out this week, so a lot to look forward to as well.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Nov 3, 2020 12:48:43 GMT -5
I just brought home an immense volume which collects all three parts of Enki Bilal's Monster trilogy. The storytelling is weirdly disjointed even by his standards, with large chunks of intrusive prose. I suspect after I read it a handful of times it will gel for me and then I'll love it, but right now I'm a bit nonplussed.
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Post by berkley on Nov 3, 2020 14:01:45 GMT -5
I just brought home an immense volume which collects all three parts of Enki Bilal's Monster trilogy. The storytelling is weirdly disjointed even by his standards, with large chunks of intrusive prose. I suspect after I read it a handful of times it will gel for me and then I'll love it, but right now I'm a bit nonplussed. Yeah, I've read parts in Heavy Metal and coming to it in the middle or near the end I was naturally left scratching my head. Still, it looked great and I'm interested in the environmental premise (I think it was?), so I'll most likely buy the collected edition - though I'm almost scared to check what the price will be for it!
edit: oops, after checking wiki I see that the one I was talking about is probably the series that started with Animal'Z, not Monster. I'll probably read both of them eventualy, though.
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