Comments on: Twelve most overlooked comics in the last dozen years from Tom, two from me, what about you? http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2008/twelve-most-overlooked-comics-in-the-last-dozen-years-from-tom-two-from-me-what-about-you/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Fri, 25 May 2012 19:20:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=222 By: Kenny http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2008/twelve-most-overlooked-comics-in-the-last-dozen-years-from-tom-two-from-me-what-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-155250 Kenny Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:48:47 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=8052#comment-155250 Three from me. How strange you picked Alex, although it's old i literally just finished reading it last week. I thought it was pretty good, and supposedly Kalesniko's next book will be a sort of a follow on from the ending of this book. I thought his animation background shows much more overtly in this earlier work than in his later Mail Order Bride which I personally loved and think should make this list also. I don't think many people know Frank Santoro's Storeyville - but it's a magnificent comic - decent story, great pacing and a mesmerising, inspiring, evolving art style. Chris Ware did the commentary for the recent PictureBox re-issue - that should just about be eall you need to know - not to be missed. Miguelanxo Prado's 'Streak of Chalk' got a lot of attention when released - and it's a terrific book but if anything, for me, the volume of short stories which came after it 'Tangents' is even better - I don't have it to hand - so I can't remember if the story 'Crepuscule' kept it's french printing title in the NBM book - but it's possibly one of the top 20 single comics stories ever. The art is magnificent, the story as true to life as can be, the simple mixed up pain, of loss, regret and slight shame almost palpable - if you don't have this book you should. Really you should own all Prado (not all of it is in English but much is) as he is one of the world's truly great (a word we all use a little easily) comics artists. Three from me. How strange you picked Alex, although it’s old i literally just finished reading it last week. I thought it was pretty good, and supposedly Kalesniko’s next book will be a sort of a follow on from the ending of this book. I thought his animation background shows much more overtly in this earlier work than in his later Mail Order Bride which I personally loved and think should make this list also.

I don’t think many people know Frank Santoro’s Storeyville – but it’s a magnificent comic – decent story, great pacing and a mesmerising, inspiring, evolving art style. Chris Ware did the commentary for the recent PictureBox re-issue – that should just about be eall you need to know – not to be missed.

Miguelanxo Prado’s ‘Streak of Chalk’ got a lot of attention when released – and it’s a terrific book but if anything, for me, the volume of short stories which came after it ‘Tangents’ is even better – I don’t have it to hand – so I can’t remember if the story ‘Crepuscule’ kept it’s french printing title in the NBM book – but it’s possibly one of the top 20 single comics stories ever. The art is magnificent, the story as true to life as can be, the simple mixed up pain, of loss, regret and slight shame almost palpable – if you don’t have this book you should. Really you should own all Prado (not all of it is in English but much is) as he is one of the world’s truly great (a word we all use a little easily) comics artists.

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