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May. 8th, 2008 11:37 amNovels/prose books:
Christie, Agatha: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
(sadly, I guessed in thirty pages in. By my generation, the stuff you need to think of the possibilities required to guess this one are pretty common. But it's really good anyway, and unlike And Then There Were None, I think this one doesn't cheat).
Graphic novels:
Rodionoff, Hans with Keith Giffen, authors, Enrique Breccia, artist: Lovecraft
(a strikingly illustrated blithering mess of a story).
Weir, Christina and Nunzio DeFilippis, authors., Christopher Mitten, artist: Past Lies: An Amy Devlin Mystery
(I like the art. I did think of manga, not because it's stylistically manga-influenced in any way, but because it possesses a quality I see in manga more often than American comics art, which is great use of the clarity black and white line art can have. There's plenty of grey, but Mitten knows how to use it without fucking up. I guess the simplest way to describe the art is, "easy on the eyes and very effective at conveying the narrative." You learn not to take that for granted in comics, after a while... The plot is nothing special, but readable; I liked Amy Devlin a lot and would happily read more books with her as the protagonist, especially if they were graphic novels with art by Mitten).
Manga:
Ito, Junji: Uzumaki vols 1-2
(still creepy as fuck).
Koike, Kazuo, author, and Kazuo Kamimura, artist: Lady Snow Blood vol. 1
(oh wow, that 1970s manga art, how I dig it. It's a visual feast and great comic art. It's a visual feast of naked women stabbing things and having sex--no, let me make that, "being had sex with"--and blood sprays, frequently all at the same time, but damn, it's stylish. The story is...eh, a revenge plot. I don't really care. It's just there to provide an excuse for fantastic art containing all the elements the creators really liked to use, i.e. naked women being had sex with and killing things and blood spatters. Those elements are not particularly appealing to me, but good 1970s manga art is).
Christie, Agatha: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
(sadly, I guessed in thirty pages in. By my generation, the stuff you need to think of the possibilities required to guess this one are pretty common. But it's really good anyway, and unlike And Then There Were None, I think this one doesn't cheat).
Graphic novels:
Rodionoff, Hans with Keith Giffen, authors, Enrique Breccia, artist: Lovecraft
(a strikingly illustrated blithering mess of a story).
Weir, Christina and Nunzio DeFilippis, authors., Christopher Mitten, artist: Past Lies: An Amy Devlin Mystery
(I like the art. I did think of manga, not because it's stylistically manga-influenced in any way, but because it possesses a quality I see in manga more often than American comics art, which is great use of the clarity black and white line art can have. There's plenty of grey, but Mitten knows how to use it without fucking up. I guess the simplest way to describe the art is, "easy on the eyes and very effective at conveying the narrative." You learn not to take that for granted in comics, after a while... The plot is nothing special, but readable; I liked Amy Devlin a lot and would happily read more books with her as the protagonist, especially if they were graphic novels with art by Mitten).
Manga:
Ito, Junji: Uzumaki vols 1-2
(still creepy as fuck).
Koike, Kazuo, author, and Kazuo Kamimura, artist: Lady Snow Blood vol. 1
(oh wow, that 1970s manga art, how I dig it. It's a visual feast and great comic art. It's a visual feast of naked women stabbing things and having sex--no, let me make that, "being had sex with"--and blood sprays, frequently all at the same time, but damn, it's stylish. The story is...eh, a revenge plot. I don't really care. It's just there to provide an excuse for fantastic art containing all the elements the creators really liked to use, i.e. naked women being had sex with and killing things and blood spatters. Those elements are not particularly appealing to me, but good 1970s manga art is).
