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@woops: I used an R4 card (will/may not work on 3/4gen DS's), loaded it up with this: http://gnese.free.fr/NDS/ComicBookDS/ and then put a load of .CBR's on my memory card.
@you: Do you mean the big 2000ad download? I can check the archives and see if I still have it.
@you: Do you mean the big 2000ad download? I can check the archives and see if I still have it.
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yeah, a while back you linked to a complete 2000ad set - but now the links dead....
If you don't mind checking that'd be sweet!
I used to read lots of comics on the DS,it certainly is cramped but zooming and navigation is easy when you hold it like a book.
Better for text driven narratives though.
I first read Biomega on the DS and when I actually got the print it was like reading a completely different book.
'Monster' and '21st century boys' are particularly good to read on the DS.
Better for text driven narratives though.
I first read Biomega on the DS and when I actually got the print it was like reading a completely different book.
'Monster' and '21st century boys' are particularly good to read on the DS.
The iPad is amazing for reading comics. Unfortunately, and somewhat incredulously, the digital vendors for comics have been somehow convinced by the retailers that they need to match the prices of print copies so all the comic shops don't go out of business, so some titles are horrendously overpriced.
connect_icut
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R.I.P. Moebius
bruno
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i loved moebius, my father had stacks of métal hurlant i would scour for drawings, i also met him briefly and can attest to his good nature and patience with a young admirer.
i think he is emblematic of a generation of frenchmen who took the major themes of the time, science, political/cultural turmoil, and traced brilliant, sometimes dark, sometimes very humorous possible futures out of these ideas. kids like giraud, druillet, marker, godard i guess, read their asimov, arthur c. clarke, american comics, westerns, and in collaboration with expats, exiles, honourary frenchmen, took these influences to psychedelic heights and interesting pastures. it was a fertile exchange between america and the old continent as well, culminating notably in film.
there is a piece called the long tomorrow that he did in 1975 while working with jodorowsky on the dune project, a noir based on a script by dan o'bannon, the visual aesthetic is pure blade runner and a key component of the film along with mead's work. all the noirish elements (and silly costumes) are there. alien before it used the swiss artist giger's work, then came dune and all the dystopian/philosophical/existential sci-fi that is now our standard vision of the future, unfortunately drained of some of the comical aspects, with brazil the notable exception.
comics being a neglected form of expression, giraud was never given the full recognition he deserved. bd satirists like reiser and the hara kiri contingent are an even more obscure memory of a more expansive time, satire being the one thing power loathes. with almost all major artists of that era gone, the french seem to have forgotten their role in the cultural upheaval, and this is exemplified in a sad mid-nineties interview with filmmaker robbe-grillet, where he is met with stupid/vacant expressions while he attempts to explain (almost excuse) the role of erotism/surrealism in his fims. with giraud, another exceptional proponent of comic/futurist/western/surrealist/erotic imaginings is gone.
i think he is emblematic of a generation of frenchmen who took the major themes of the time, science, political/cultural turmoil, and traced brilliant, sometimes dark, sometimes very humorous possible futures out of these ideas. kids like giraud, druillet, marker, godard i guess, read their asimov, arthur c. clarke, american comics, westerns, and in collaboration with expats, exiles, honourary frenchmen, took these influences to psychedelic heights and interesting pastures. it was a fertile exchange between america and the old continent as well, culminating notably in film.
there is a piece called the long tomorrow that he did in 1975 while working with jodorowsky on the dune project, a noir based on a script by dan o'bannon, the visual aesthetic is pure blade runner and a key component of the film along with mead's work. all the noirish elements (and silly costumes) are there. alien before it used the swiss artist giger's work, then came dune and all the dystopian/philosophical/existential sci-fi that is now our standard vision of the future, unfortunately drained of some of the comical aspects, with brazil the notable exception.
comics being a neglected form of expression, giraud was never given the full recognition he deserved. bd satirists like reiser and the hara kiri contingent are an even more obscure memory of a more expansive time, satire being the one thing power loathes. with almost all major artists of that era gone, the french seem to have forgotten their role in the cultural upheaval, and this is exemplified in a sad mid-nineties interview with filmmaker robbe-grillet, where he is met with stupid/vacant expressions while he attempts to explain (almost excuse) the role of erotism/surrealism in his fims. with giraud, another exceptional proponent of comic/futurist/western/surrealist/erotic imaginings is gone.
bruno
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i think it's important to pay tribute to the things one has loved sometimes, not to worship, but to honour memory. i say this because i greeted the news like any other at first, then i found my remaining moebius book, a time machine to a different version of myself, less tired, less damaged, but in essence the same as the current one. i've also not looked at these things in ages, so i was quite surprised by the level of detail and how effortless the drawings seem, something i hadn't noticed before.
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Hugely influential, especially on Japanese comics. Reading his Silver Surfer atm.
bruno
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crepax, manara and pratt are the trinity of erotic comics, i think. it's a question of taste, but i thought manara the most accomplished. the drawings are a pleasure, very elegant, and the stories are clever but mostly a vehicle to show the female form, which is what he does best. i remember one particularly beautiful album but not the name, i would start with perfume of the invisible and click déclic, both are good (erotic) stories. i like hugo pratt but i've only seen his work in stores.
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One for the Moebius fans. IIRC the story is a bit meh but the art is great.
http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=311&t=315921
http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=311&t=315921
speaking of the internet and european comics. here is the bestest scan-lation thread EVAR
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connect_icut
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Just heard that DC is about to publish a series of prequels to Watchmen. Alan Moore is not involved. This is bullshit.
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Just read Garth Ennis' 'The boys' up to issue 65. Shades of miracleman and marshall law, but very entertaining indeed. Come to think of it, his Punisher Max run was excellent too.
connect_icut
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I just read the first couple of issues of John Byrne's Man of Steel. Can you believe the trade paperback is out of print? Fuck you, DC!
you think it's at all possibie that a younger generation writer might not turn this out to be a complete embarrassment? who might that be? garth ennis? warren ellis?
connect_icut
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Wait are we talking about the Before Watchmen bullshit or are you saying you don't like Man of Steel?
Here's the info on the Watchmen thing:
- Before Watchmen: Rorschach (4 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo[8]
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen (6 issues) – Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke[8]
- Before Watchmen: Comedian (6 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J.G. Jones[8]
- Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan (4 issues) – Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist: Adam Hughes[8]
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl (4 issues) – Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artists: Andy and Joe Kubert[8]
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias (6 issues) – Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Jae Lee[8]
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre (4 issues) – Writer: Darwyn Cooke. Artist: Amanda Conner[8]
- Before Watchmen: Epilogue (One-Shot) - Writers: Various. Artists: Various
I like Len Wein. It makes me sad that he's involved with this.