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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2014 8:46:56 GMT -5
I really like Brüno Thielleux's artwork. Such a great stylized artwork   A big fan of his books when they hit the book shop near me.... That looks amazing, and like something I definitely need to check out. No chance in hell my local shop will have it though, but something I will keep an eye out when I tour shops in the area. -M |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 15, 2014 8:55:18 GMT -5
I can't sing the praises of Joann Sfar's Le chat du rabbin ("The rabbi's cat") loudly enough. It's a funny, clever and beautiful humanist fable, and everything that a Bloodwülf vs Spatterdeath comic wouldn't be. It's been made into a movie. I don't know how I fell about that. Recent history shows that some comics can make a nice transition to film ( Persepolis was excellent), but Sfar's artwork is pretty far from animation, so... we'll have to see. |
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Post by DubipR on May 15, 2014 9:01:05 GMT -5
I really like Brüno Thielleux's artwork. Such a great stylized artwork A big fan of his books when they hit the book shop near me.... That looks amazing, and like something I definitely need to check out. No chance in hell my local shop will have it though, but something I will keep an eye out when I tour shops in the area. -M I'll pimp the shop I get my European Comics from... stuartngbooks.com/They do mail as well, MRP. |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2014 9:03:14 GMT -5
Cool. I need to do a tour of local shops to see if I can place some books from our studio in the shops, and will look for it-I like to support local, but if I turn up empty, I will definitely check out their mail order option.
-M
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Post by DubipR on May 15, 2014 9:08:40 GMT -5
Cool. I need to do a tour of local shops to see if I can place some books from our studio in the shops, and will look for it-I like to support local, but if I turn up empty, I will definitely check out their mail order option. -M Stuart's place is great. He's really plugged into the French market for what to import over. Also he's wired into the animation studios. Tons of animators and artist come from all over to shop at his place. |
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Post by hondobrode on May 15, 2014 12:08:16 GMT -5
Stuart Ng ! Yeah, I like his selection of stuff, though he can be pricey.
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Post by the4thpip on May 15, 2014 13:52:27 GMT -5
There aren't too many German comic book artists (compared to France, Belgium, the US and Japan at least!), but here are some eclectic examples. Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness is a graphic novel by Reinhard Kleist.  The best selling German comics of the past 20 years or so are, oddly., Ralf König's gay themed funny books. Maybe not that odd, as he is very funny and highly intelligent and a gifted cartoonist. Two of his graphic novels have been turned to successful movies with all-star casts, and he's lately turned to biblical themes:  Around from 1953 to 1994 and then again from 2000 to 2010, Germany's longest running funny animal strips were Rolf Kauka's Fix und Foxi. Not my cuppa.  I'm about 20 years to young to have become a fan of Hansrudi Wäscher's various adventure comics, mostly ripped of from Tarzan, Prince Valiant et. al  I did enjoy Gerhard Seyfried's anti-establishment underground comics, though:  |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2014 14:07:40 GMT -5
SO I broke down and got the Manara Marvel posters for Wasp, Shanna and Captain Marvel today, now to get them framed and find a palce to hang them...which means they will sit with the Gamora poster I already had until I find a place for them...
-M
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 15, 2014 14:19:08 GMT -5
There aren't too many German comic book artists (compared to France, Belgium, the US and Japan at least!)... True, but I still love Wilhelm Busch's Max und Moritz!!!  I also enjoyed Walter Moers' Der alte Sack, das kleine Arschloch und andere höhepunkte des Kapitalismus. The joke about "the beginning of a very short friendship" was gallows humour at its best! |
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Post by berkley on May 15, 2014 22:25:30 GMT -5
That probably was me. Problem is that I don't think it was translated that much. Artwise probably between issue 6 and 7, storywise, I think around issue 9 it really takes off. Also after issue 7 the art still changes. Thanks, exactly what I wanted to know. I might try to see if I can find some of the French translations. Should be able to muddle through those. |
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Post by Dizzy D on May 16, 2014 3:05:16 GMT -5
AS I've offered before to others, I'm willing to write up english translations for anybody who asks.
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Post by Dizzy D on May 16, 2014 3:08:22 GMT -5
SO, for this weekend, I picked three comics at random from my shelves:
- Bob Morane #09: Guerilla in Tumbaga (1981)
- I.R.$. #2: The Haagen strategy (2000)
- Arsamia #1: The School of Arsamia (1997)
Anybody any preferences?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 16, 2014 6:29:03 GMT -5
SO, for this weekend, I picked three comics at random from my shelves: - Bob Morane #09: Guerilla in Tumbaga (1981) - I.R.$. #2: The Haagen strategy (2000) - Arsamia #1: The School of Arsamia (1997) Anybody any preferences? I've only read the first one, and although it is blessed with William Vance's art, it is not the best of Vance's Bob Morane books. If memory serves, it is a rare instance of a Bob Morane story that was first seen in comics form and later adapted into a novel, instead of the usual opposite. How did you like it? |
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Post by Dizzy D on May 16, 2014 6:39:33 GMT -5
Haven't read it in ages and remember little of it. I usually write as I read so I have absolutely no opinion on it at the moment.
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Post by DubipR on May 16, 2014 9:15:52 GMT -5
Dizzy, Ever ready any of Pierre Alary's Belladone books? or any of the Alary series (Silas Corey or Sinbad)? I really like his style. He did some animation on Disney's Tarzan before working in comics.  |
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