revisit comics and cover the gamut. What are comics, graphic novels, and why you would want to broaden your reading horizons to include this medium. Lone and Bjorn come through with some gems from Scandinavia that is wildly different from the commercial US fares you may be familiar with, and no less interesting. Also, what are the standouts Ivan and Sheldon will want you to check out.
Show Length: 1:10:07 mins
Links:
Edward Gorey (List of works here) Superdickery Vertigo, imprint of DC Comics Joakim Pirinen, Swedish cartoonist Pixy, Max Andersson Pippi Longstockings Bloom County (strip here and here) Moomin Peter Madsen (gallery) Guest: Sheldon Goh (Twitter) Guest: Ivan Yeo (uhm, contact Sheldon).
Books Mentioned:
A Contract With God, Will Eisner Maus, Art Spiegelman X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, Chris Claremont, Brent Anderson Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud Batman: Year One, Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli Watchmen, Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller, Klaus Janson Cerebus, Dave Sims Ex Machina, Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days, Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris Sin City, Frank Miller American Virgin, Steven T. Seagle, Becky Cloonan Bone, Jeff Smith Blankets, Craig Thompson The Chosen, Chaim Potok Alias, Brian Michael Bendis Mouse Guard, David Petersen Criminal, Ed Brubaker, Sean Philips The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore Shortcomings, Adrian Tomine
Notes:
A note from Sheldon after the show:
The term /"graphic novel/" actually came into popular use after Will Eisner/'s /"A Contract With God/" used it in the late 70/'s. Marvel/'s graphic novel line later used it to describe original comics works that were longer form and printed on higher quality, larger format paper. /"God Loves, Man Kills/" wasn/'t even the first graphic novel of that series. The first Marvel graphic novel was actually /"The Death Of Captain Marvel/". The first ever use of the term /"graphic novel/" pre-dates even Contract With God (you can Wikipedia /"graphic novel/" if you need the actual details).
Renee asked me to mention several works, which I did, albeit before I actually did the recording! They are: R. Crumb, a cartoonist who did works like America and Kafka, among many others. Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, by Gilbert Shelton. A 60s comics strip with hippies and, uhm, other things. Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury. An early collection can be found here.
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