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April 21, 2009 7:40 pm He looks like a pile of unripe bananas

March 31, 2009 10:09 pm Are they re-issuing all the books, or just the first?

July 12, 2008 10:39 pm This has been surprisingly fun, I'm wondering why there are no comments.

June 25, 2008 1:24 am

I Luv Halloween, Gyakushu & King City

I really enjoy the sensabilities of manga, but not so much the art. The Three titles listed are done by Anglos and published by TokyoPop.

I Luv Halloween is by Kieth Giffen and Ben Roman. Twisted, bloody and lots of running jokes. All three volumes are out and all are great. The second is a bit hard to get here in Australia, but it might be better elsewhere. The first is probably the best in illustration and story, but the aliens in the 3rd are lots of fun. You can pretty much start anywhere. Some of the first book has been animated and shown on youtube. Very nice.

Gyakushu is by Dan Hipp, the guy who did The Amazing Joy Buzzards. The topic is vengence, and blood, lots of blood. Two of the three are out. With Samurai sensabilities, the first hits hard and sets the pace. For manga readers the art is very Anglo and for Anglos it is manga.

King City is by Brandon Graham. Hard to describe, but it has that worldbuilding quality that good manga has. The art has an indie-feel. The first of three are out now.

I usually find myself liking all the stuff Josh puts forward (Neal Stephenson's Quicksliver, etc), so maybe he'll enjoy the things that I find interesting. Enjoy.

May 29, 2008 7:12 pm

Slow is good.
Great art, and a lon draw on the story. In trades might be better for the fast burners, but I like the way this one is playing.

May 27, 2008 8:16 pm

Charest at the moment is just doing covers for Star Wars and the like. Plus his fun web comic 'Spacegirl'.

I liked the Wildcats thing he did, mixed up the feel in American Comics, gave it an European feel.
Like a prelude to books like the fantastic 'Sleeper'.

May 22, 2008 4:00 am What no Travis Charest or Dave Johnson