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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 29, 2015 11:31:09 GMT -5
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Post by shaxper on Dec 29, 2015 12:49:03 GMT -5
Corto Maltese is one of my favorite things ever Where do I go with that? Funnily enough, I really think that Paul Pope is one of the greatest heirs to Pratt in a way, both visually and in mood. But he's not european... So I think it would be worth your while to investigate Andreas :    He reminds me of a more quirky Wrightson (Frankenstein area...), with great and original stories. What Andreas or Pope work would you recommend as a starting point? |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 29, 2015 13:15:46 GMT -5
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Post by Dizzy D on Jan 2, 2016 7:22:44 GMT -5
Got a couple of titles around Christmas:
The latest Petite Spirou, which is funny as usual. Some good jokes there.
I got the first four issues of Murena at a used bookshop. Murena is a historical comic about Lucius Murena, a friend of future emperor Nero. The thing I appreciate most about this series is that whenever it diverts from historical sources (and let's be honest; 2000 year old historical sources also will have had their own changes to and interpretations of events as they really happened), the creative team has added footnotes to notify the reader that they do know that and give a short synopsis of the real events, but consider this better for their story. The biggest problem with the story so far is that some characters really look the same, which can make the story confusing.
And finally I got the new Bob Morane, a reboot/modernization of the original series, but I got no chance to read it yet.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jan 11, 2016 5:20:00 GMT -5
New Bob Morane was disappointing to me. Not bad or anything, but I can't stop comparing it to the old series and that's a classic. It's a bit too slow and the premise doesn't speak to me. It's action with sci-fi elements (cybernetics). I think they should have done a done-in-one issue to start with or don't go as much into Morane's backstory in this one. A few more new titles I've tried out the past week: Cutting Edge (yes, it's called that in French as well) by Francesco Dimitri and Mario Alberti.  plot: The Leviathan Corporation, one of the biggest companies in the world, has invited the best of the best to a secret party and offers them a challenge. The people who sign up will be put into teams and given 12 challenges, based on the works of Hercules to find the modern day Hercules (why exactly, they have not said yet). The series (or at least the first issue I have so far) follows one of these teams which has an Italian socialite, an American .. well, we don't know yet, but he has a way with people, an Australian photographer, a Japanese physicist and a British?(possible American) psychologist. Their first assignment doesn't seem too spectacular to start with: they have to find and help a missing Jazz musician. Towards the end of the story, things turn out to be not as mundane as first believed. The artwork is nice, very stylish. The story takes a bit to get going, but it will be a four issue series, so the creators do seem to have a plan, which usually is a problem with series like these. I'm in for the long run at least. and Les vieux fourneaux by Paul Cauuet and Wilfrid Lupano  It was one of the big successes of 2014, so I finally got around to buying issue #1 and will be buying #2 and #3 as soon as I get to a comic shop. It's beautiful and funny. I haven't finished it yet, because I'm taking my time, but I'm loving every panel of it so far. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jan 11, 2016 10:34:44 GMT -5
Any fans of Thorgal here? I still find it weird that sci-fi elements were introduced very early on and never mentioned again
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Post by Dizzy D on Jan 11, 2016 13:07:26 GMT -5
Any fans of Thorgal here? I still find it weird that sci-fi elements were introduced very early on and never mentioned again The sci-fi elements do return from time to time. Issue 26 (Kingdom beneath the Sand, I think is the translation) the sci-fi elements are center of the story and if you count psychic powers as sci-fi elements (which I do because the source of the psychic powers always seems to be related to being part of or being descendent of the People from the Stars), then basically anything involving Thorgal's son counts. |
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Post by antoine on Jan 11, 2016 14:12:23 GMT -5
Any fans of Thorgal here? I still find it weird that sci-fi elements were introduced very early on and never mentioned again The sci-fi elements do return from time to time. Issue 26 (Kingdom beneath the Sand, I think is the translation) the sci-fi elements are center of the story and if you count psychic powers as sci-fi elements (which I do because the source of the psychic powers always seems to be related to being part of or being descendent of the People from the Stars), then basically anything involving Thorgal's son counts. I thought that the sci-fi elements never really went away. Just think about the power of Tanatloc, Louve and Jolan. Then there's the Weapon in #18, l'épée-Soleil, and I don't remember exactly in what issue, but we see spaceship in 2 or 3 issues, if I remember correctly. Then there's the Alinoë Issue, and #16 about time travel. I personally think it counts as Sci-Fi. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 11, 2016 14:25:37 GMT -5
There are a few great story arcs in Thorgal, but also a few books that might as well not have been written. Luckily. even in those, the art is never less than stellar!
Alinoë was one creepy tale. No wonder Thorgal was one of the most popular characters in the journal Tintin in the '80s.
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Post by berkley on Jan 11, 2016 23:18:11 GMT -5
Like the look of non-European Paul Pope's art, will certainly have to give something a try soon..
Andreas has me wavering on the fence a bit, based one the samples here: love the detailed line work but the elongated, angular anatomy of his characters doesn't attract me. Still, I like the sound of Rork and might have to read a book to see if I can't learn to like his style of figure-drawing.
David B. has long been on my to-read list, it's about time I did something about that.
Cutting Edge and Les Vieux Fourneaux both look good as far as the artwork is concerned, and that's enough to make me curious about the stories.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jan 12, 2016 4:13:38 GMT -5
Like the look of non-European Paul Pope's art, will certainly have to give something a try soon.. Andreas has me wavering on the fence a bit, based one the samples here: love the detailed line work but the elongated, angular anatomy of his characters doesn't attract me. Still, I like the sound of Rork and might have to read a book to see if I can't learn to like his style of figure-drawing. David B. has long been on my to-read list, it's about time I did something about that. Cutting Edge and Les Vieux Fourneaux both look good as far as the artwork is concerned, and that's enough to make me curious about the stories. I like Andreas a lot (especially Capricorne, which I posted earlier in this thread I believe .. or was that still back on CBR?), but his character work is an acquired taste, so I can get that it's a turn-off for many readers. |
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Post by berkley on Jan 12, 2016 13:47:57 GMT -5
What ever happened to Bihannic? I liked his artwork in some of the early Heavy Metals:   where he collaborated with Druillet, with the latter writing and Bihannic providing the art. Can,t seem to find much info on him online, other than that his first name was Serge. Did he get out of comics, change names, or what, I wonder? I think he was seriously talented, based on the little I've seen. |
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Post by antoine on Feb 23, 2016 8:19:23 GMT -5
EDIT - this should go in the What Classic Comics have you read thread.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 3:02:56 GMT -5
For those more versed in les bandes desinees, can anyone tell me anything about Les Demons des Carpathes-I saw a cover for it over at our old home (I think it caught Foxley's attention too). I know there are 3 volumes in the series and that's it. The cover I saw was vol. 2. IS it available in English translation or French only. Can summon point me to a synopsis or samples of interior pages, or give a quick overview of it and/or its creators (Marniquet & Chanoinat). I think the publisher is Delcourt-is that European distribution only?
Any help will be appreciated.
-M
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 25, 2016 7:18:05 GMT -5
For those more versed in les bandes desinees, can anyone tell me anything about Les Demons des Carpathes-I saw a cover for it over at our old home (I think it caught Foxley's attention too). I know there are 3 volumes in the series and that's it. The cover I saw was vol. 2. IS it available in English translation or French only. Can summon point me to a synopsis or samples of interior pages, or give a quick overview of it and/or its creators (Marniquet & Chanoinat). I think the publisher is Delcourt-is that European distribution only? Any help will be appreciated. -M I'm not sure how english available this is, but I read both first voumes a while ago at a friends, ans I must tell you to not set up your hopes too high. The plot is really boring, hte action predictable, and if yuo want some EP Jacobs art, well, you'll sure find a spoof there, but nothing spectacular. The artist in this usually operates under another alias with a much more basic style IMHO. |
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