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Post by Teleram on Apr 18, 2015 14:10:02 GMT -5
The Far Side, mostly
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on May 6, 2015 13:23:53 GMT -5
I've grown up on Carl Barks and Don Rosa, so those are fundamental to me. Barks created most of the Duck universe, and Rosa put it into order. Those two are the only 'canon' Duck artists, as far as I'm concerned. Those, and a few comics by Marco Rota, which I just happen to like (the good thing about personal canons is that you can put whatever you want into them). The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck deserves an honorary mention for teaching me that comics can be so much more than simple entertainment.
I recently read Jeff Smith's Bone. I really liked it, and I'm currently looking into different hardcover versions of it so I can own it myself, even though I generally think comics are far too expensive to be worth it. This one really caught me, though. It's one that I wouldn't mind re-reading a couple of times, and even just having in order to look up random pages to relax with once in a while.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on May 7, 2015 12:11:44 GMT -5
I've grown up on Carl Barks and Don Rosa, so those are fundamental to me. Barks created most of the Duck universe, and Rosa put it into order. (...) The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck deserves an honorary mention for teaching me that comics can be so much more than simple entertainment. Omg, same. Carl Barks is classic, and Don Rosa was probably my first favourite comic illustrator (this might have foreshadowed me liking Robert Crumb later on in life). "Life and Times" was also the first long-form comic book I've ever bought. I also agree that comic books are usually too expensive for my tastes, but that's why I usually buy them used at second-hand stores or ebay or whatever. Also, softcover editions are sometimes no more than regular book prices.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2015 4:29:57 GMT -5
I love Locke and Key and Deadpool.
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Post by Esmé's meme is meh on Jul 31, 2015 12:06:18 GMT -5
X-men for ever.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Feb 6, 2019 20:18:31 GMT -5
COWBOY HENK by Kamagura / Herr Seele is dadistic brillance. You can check out a small selection here or on google images.
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Post by Foxy on Feb 8, 2019 11:39:48 GMT -5
Haha! I enjoy a good visual joke.
Calvin and Hobbes is my favorite. I like the blend of silliness and cleverness, and occasionally sentimentality. I really like when the author makes a long story out of several days or weeks of comics.
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Post by Reba on Feb 8, 2019 11:59:38 GMT -5
COWBOY HENK by Kamagura / Herr Seele is dadistic brillance. You can check out a small selection here or on google images. is it dadistic cuz it’s dad jokes?
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Feb 8, 2019 12:39:04 GMT -5
Some of them are more absurd than others; The one I picked shows more the main character's trait of behaving like a naive child. You'd find more surreal ones if you checked out some from the small compilation I linked to.
And yes, Calvin& Hobbes is one of my fav's as well!
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Feb 10, 2019 18:52:06 GMT -5
I've found a flickr photostream with more awesome Cowboy Henk comics. I'm gonna have to buy a book of this salsa. I was also reminded of how I enjoy Joan Cornella's darkly comedic absurdism (which I am now convinced was inspired by Henk):
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Apr 2, 2019 15:20:19 GMT -5
Read through a Gary Larson's The Far Side cartoon collection recently, and I don't understand how anybody could ever find it even remotely funny.
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Post by Foxy on Jul 11, 2019 11:14:40 GMT -5
I have been getting into Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce lately. I read the books first, and now I am reading the comic strips, too. I don't know what it is I like about it so much; maybe it's the school setting.
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Post by Reba on Jul 12, 2019 2:57:46 GMT -5
Read through a Gary Larson's The Far Side cartoon collection recently, and I don't understand how anybody could ever find it even remotely funny. lol
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Dec 28, 2019 15:30:42 GMT -5
Reba check out the Mark Newgarden anthology "We All Die Alone" from your library or something, you'd probably like it. Experimental comics with equal doses of depression and humor... I was reminded of that one comic strip you once wrote, esp. by his "Your Snappy Pals" (can't find it on the web, alas).
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Aug 18, 2020 10:30:36 GMT -5
Been reading Richard Sala recently (who worked with Snicket on "It was a dark and silly night", and who passed away this year) and I really dig it. Have read "The Grave Robber's Daughter" and just started "The Chuckling Whatsit."
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