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Jan. 15th, 2009 10:08 pmGraphic novels:
Pink, Daniel H., writer, and Rob Ten Pas, artist: The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need
(oh gee. Had I but known, Tam Lin, that this was, in fact, a career guide, written by a guy who writes career guides, marketed towards hip young things who read manga, I would have skipped it and reclaimed those twenty precious minutes of my mortal existence. I mean what the hell now.
On the other hand, I did read the whole thing).
Simmons, Josh: Jessica Farm vol. 1
(pluses: it's not just a cheap horror flick in comics form. Minuses: it makes even less sense than Simmons' other work, House. Unless that's a plus? I'm losing track).
Orff, Joel: Thunderhead Underground Falls
(sweet, sketchy, bittersweet).
Blanchet, Pascal: White Rapids
(Drawn and Quarterly. This is the most wonderful thing I have read in a while. I should have jotted down the back cover blurb, which nicely summarized the elements of the art style that entranced me--something about neo Art Deco retro something blah blah fishcakes. And a four or five color palette, and really striking, well-thought out layouts, wonderful use of silhouette, cartooning, great perspectives... It chronicles the history of a small company town in Canada which was founded by a power company for its employees in the 1930s, and eventually abandoned in the 1970s, when the power industry was nationalized. The marriage of style to subject is perfect. It is just so cool. I wish I could have prints of basically all of it to put on my wall).
Pink, Daniel H., writer, and Rob Ten Pas, artist: The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need
(oh gee. Had I but known, Tam Lin, that this was, in fact, a career guide, written by a guy who writes career guides, marketed towards hip young things who read manga, I would have skipped it and reclaimed those twenty precious minutes of my mortal existence. I mean what the hell now.
On the other hand, I did read the whole thing).
Simmons, Josh: Jessica Farm vol. 1
(pluses: it's not just a cheap horror flick in comics form. Minuses: it makes even less sense than Simmons' other work, House. Unless that's a plus? I'm losing track).
Orff, Joel: Thunderhead Underground Falls
(sweet, sketchy, bittersweet).
Blanchet, Pascal: White Rapids
(Drawn and Quarterly. This is the most wonderful thing I have read in a while. I should have jotted down the back cover blurb, which nicely summarized the elements of the art style that entranced me--something about neo Art Deco retro something blah blah fishcakes. And a four or five color palette, and really striking, well-thought out layouts, wonderful use of silhouette, cartooning, great perspectives... It chronicles the history of a small company town in Canada which was founded by a power company for its employees in the 1930s, and eventually abandoned in the 1970s, when the power industry was nationalized. The marriage of style to subject is perfect. It is just so cool. I wish I could have prints of basically all of it to put on my wall).
