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Post by The MRP! on Oct 12, 2015 19:44:48 GMT -5
Just read the first volume of Injection by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire.
It's typical Warren Ellis in that I am not quite sure I know what the fuck is going on or that I really want to, but I am completely engrossed by it and can't put it down. It's interesting to see bits of research he mentioned in his Orbital Operations newsletter and Morning Computer writing over the last year come into play in this story-particularly the bits about cunning folk and see how he used it (I love the behind the curtain of the craft kind of stuff).
And the art by Shalvey and Bellaire is just top notch. Beautifully horrific in places but the storytelling is clearly crafted while still visually interesting.
It's going to be a long wait for the second volume I fear though.
-M
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Post by The MRP! on Oct 12, 2015 19:48:00 GMT -5
This was the final tally for September...
September
-Iron Man from Tales of Suspense #39-48 (1963)
-Rattle of Bones by Robert E. Howard (Solomon Kane short story from Weird Tales June 1929, collected in Shadow Kingdoms: The Weird Works of REH Vol. 1)
-Forbidden Magic by REH (poem from Weird Tales July 1929; collected in Shadow Kingdoms)
-The Moor Ghost by REH (poem form Weird Tales Sept 1929; collected in Shadow Kingdoms)
-Red Thunderer by REH (poem from JAPM: The Poetry Weekly, Sept 16, 1929; collected in Shadow Kingdoms)
-Chase #4-9, 1 Million (1998)
-Strange Kiss #1-3 (1999-2000)
-Shadows #1-4 (2003)
-Challengers of the Unknown #1-6 (2004-05)
-Velvet Vol. 2 (including #6-10; 2015)
-Nick Fury in Strange Tales #163-168 (1967-'68)
-Flying Saucer #3 (Dell; 1967)
-Robo Hunter: Verdus (including material form 2000 AD Prog 76-82, 100-112; 1978-1979)
-Skull-Face by Robert Howard (novella serialized in Oct, Nov and Dec 1929 issues of Weird Tales, collected in Shadow Kingdoms)
-Dead Man's Hate by REH (poem, from Weird Tales Jan 1930 issue, collected in Shadow Kingdoms)
-Rachel Rising Vol. 1 (including #1-6; 2011-12)
-Daredevil #26-34 (2001-02)
-Marada the She-Wolf HC (including Marada stories from Epic Illustrated #10-12, 23, 24; 1982, 1984)
-Archie #2 (2015)
-Mighty Avengers #12-20 (2008-09)
-World War Hulk Prologue #1; #1-6 (2007)
-The Green Room: A Story of the Strike Force Universe by Aaron Allston (in Heroes! The Origins Game Fair Fiction Anthology; 2013)
-Fantastic Four #27-28 (1964)
-The New Wave #1-5 (1986)
-Bat Lash: Guns and Roses (including #1-6; 2008)
-Nazis in Paradise by Don Webb (Rocketeer short story collected in Rocketeer: Jet Pack Adventures; IDW; 2014)
-Jon Sable, Freelance #1-11 (1983-84)
-X-Men #110-115 (1978)
-Star Wars #1-3 (2015)
-Darth Vader #1-2 (2015)
-Princess Leia #1-2 (2015)
-Heroes Final Walk by Timothy Zahn (in Heroes! The Origins Game Fair Fiction Anthology; 2013)
-Black Panther #14-21 (2000)
-Hardcore Station #1-6 (1998)
-Five Ghosts Vol. 3 Monsters & Men (including #13-17, Special #1; 2014-15)
-New Avengers #44-47 (2008)
-Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1 (2008)
-Showcase Presents Hawkman Vol. 1 (including Brave & the Bold #51, Mystery in Space #89-90; 1963-64)
and October so far...
October
-Darth Vader #3-4 (2015)
-Dark Avengers #1 (2009)
-Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation #1-6 (2005-2006)
-Creepy #1 (1964)
-Unknown Worlds #24 (1963)
-From Beyond the Unknown #3 (1970)
-The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 1893; short story collected in The World's Greatest Horror Stories)
-Vampirella #1 (IPC UK Edition; 1975)
-Witching Hour #9 (1970)
-John Bolton's Halls of Horror #1-2 (1985)
-Star Wars: Smuggler's Run: A Journey to Force Awakens novel by Greg Rucks (w/illustrations by Phil Noto; 2015)
-Star Wars: Kanan the Last Padawan #1 (2015)
-Star Wars: The Weapon of A Jedi: A Journey to Force Awakens novel by Jason Fry (w/illustrations by Phil Noto; 2015)
-Mighty Avengers #21-23 (2009)
-Southern Bastards Vol. 2 (including #5-8; 2014-2015)
-Dagon by HP Lovecraft (short story; 1919)
-New Avengers #48-50 (2009)
-Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery #38 (1971)
-The Valiant #1-4 (2014-15)
-DC 100 Page Super Spectacular #4 (Weird Mystery Tales; 1971)
-The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graces #25 (1971)
-Giant Size Creatures #1 (1974)
-Injection Vol. 1 (including #1-5; 2015)
-M
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Post by The MRP! on Nov 19, 2015 3:13:29 GMT -5
Just read the recent English edition of Philippe Druillet's The 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane, a gorgeous oversized hard cover album... Started in on The Throne of the Black God (the first voyage). So good, but by the end of it I think I started feeling a twitchiness in the brain. Sometime in the middle of the Bridge over the Stars (the 4th voyage) I think my brain melted, and by the time I finished Terra (the 6th voyage) I was sitting staring vacantly at the mind-blowing art and drooling a little bit. Time passed, I came back to myself, but I think a part of my brain is now permanently surfing the ether never to be seen again.  These are from the French version (art's the same lettering is different) as I cannot find images online of the English version From The Throne of the Black God...  The 2 page splash from The Bridge over the Stars...  From Rose (the 5th Voyage)  just jaw dropping sci-fi art. -M |
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Post by hawksmoor on Nov 19, 2015 16:59:05 GMT -5
Mate, Euro comics are the best.
Blacksad is one of the best, most beautifully illustrate comics I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I have an English translation, but also a plus sized Euro Graphic Novel in the original Flemish and it's wonderful.
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Post by The MRP! on Nov 19, 2015 17:32:34 GMT -5
Blacksad has been on my radar for about 6 months now, but I haven't pulled the trigger on getting it yet. I am slowly putting money away for the Moebius hardcover collection Dark Horse announced for next year, and the next Lone Sloane volume comes out in December. I also need to catch up on the Hugo Pratt Corto Maltese stuff IDW has been releasing.
I still have to finish reading the English translation of Secret History (I have omnibus vol. 1 and 3 and the individual issues that make up vol. 2, but have only read through Vol. 1, and need to retrack down Metabarons and Technopriests by Jodo, as those volumes were sacrificed in the great cross-country move over a decade ago.
There are bunches of other Euro comics I have on my radar that I have gotten recommended to me over the past year as well.
-M
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