tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post115996037788507429..comments2023-10-05T07:46:44.392-04:00Comments on And Now the Screaming Starts: Comics: I never drink . . . bootleg hooch.CRwMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-1160060895787583392006-10-05T11:08:00.000-04:002006-10-05T11:08:00.000-04:00Well, DOOMED is a mixed bag, and it is pretty pric...Well, DOOMED is a mixed bag, and it is pretty pricey. But they totally suckered me in on the Warren nostalgia.<BR/>They hedge their bets by adapting stories by other established horror writers (like David Schow), so i give them credit for that.<BR/>But, no one so far has really captured my imagination art-wise like some of the Warren stable.<BR/><BR/>Have you read any of Chester Brown's Ed the Happy Clown?<BR/>It appeared originally in his now defunct Yummy Fur comics, back in the, when?, late 80s? Naw... God, I'm old. Anyways, years ago.<BR/>One of my favorite comics.<BR/>They just republished it as a nine part series (Drawn and Quarterly) and i look forward to them releasing the TPB.<BR/>I HAVE a TPB of Ed the Happy Clown, but due to a printing error, one of the chapters is missing (replaced with a reprint of a previous chapter. D'oh!)and I had bought it years after it was printed so i couldn't replace it with a new one.<BR/>So I was very excited by the recent reappearance of it.<BR/><BR/>I never read Jonah Hex, but i've heard interesting things about it. Actually, i heard more about the writer of the comic during a controversy/libel suit with Fantagraphics/The Comics Journal years ago.<BR/>CJ referred to Michael Fleischer (that is the writer of the series long ago, isn't it? I'm totally doing this by memory) as a crazy fuck or something like that, but he (editor Gary Groth) meant it as a sincere compliment because the Hex series was so twisted.<BR/>I guess Fleischer took exception and sued Groth for libel.<BR/>Anyways, that intrigued me about the series, but I never looked into it in depth.<BR/>Perhaps i'll check out this Showcase Edition thingy.<BR/><BR/>And i can't even remember if I replied to your "head in the toilet" comments! I don't think I did!<BR/>But thank you! Not only for commenting but for the suggestion, which is actually very interesting.<BR/>Hell, in general I'm open to ANY suggestions, but this was something worth chewing on!<BR/><BR/>Since we're on the subject: here's something ELSE you might want to consider. I have a GREAT (well, i think so) ridiculous title for a horror movie: BLOOD MENUDO!<BR/>It came to me a couple years ago, and I just thought that rocked.<BR/>But, no story came along with the title, unfortunately.<BR/>The use of MENUDO was more a non-sequitor than any actual reference to the boy band, but when I tried to actually come up with anything serviceable or appropriately outlandish plotwise for this thing, I think I went too literally: some twisted priest with an unholy gang of altar boys doing his sacreligious bidding, or some jumping off point like that.<BR/>Or else, the title is just going to be a great non-sequitor title to some horror movie idea I have...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-1160056131365710662006-10-05T09:48:00.000-04:002006-10-05T09:48:00.000-04:00Hey the Works,Dracula vs. Capone is put out by Sil...Hey the Works,<BR/><BR/><I>Dracula vs. Capone</I> is put out by Silent Devil Inc. I've never really heard of them before, but a look at their Web site (www.silentdevil.com) shows they've got a handful of interesting looking titles. There's even a teaser that appears to be a wanted poster for Billy the Kid and a T Rex (the big lizard, not the glam rock legend). I have no idea what that's all about, but I like it.<BR/><BR/>You're welcome for the live journal post – I'm a regular reader now and the pleasure was all mine. Any time you need to share ideas about somebody's head being found in a toilet, you just let me know!<BR/><BR/>I haven't checked out <I>Doomed</I>. I must admit I'm a bit reluctant to get into IDW comics. I dropped their <I>Zombies</I> from my regular purchases because it was so generic and expensive. But I'm a big fan of the old Warren titles you mentioned, so perhaps I need to get over my anti-IDW prejudice check it out.<BR/><BR/>As if being a horror geek weren't enough, I'm a comic geek too. Thinking on the non-horror titles I regularly read, I'm currently into Wood's <I>DMZ</I> and <I>Local</I>. I dig <I>Ex Machina</I> and <I>The Exterminators</I>. I'm a long time <I>Jonah Hex</I> fan, though the current series (while fine) doesn't fully measure up to the classic stuff reprinted in the Showcase Edition. I find I read less and less superhero stuff these days, but I still pick up <I>Runaways</I>.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading.CRwMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-1160017559815053032006-10-04T23:05:00.000-04:002006-10-04T23:05:00.000-04:00Who puts out this book? Dark horse?It sounds inter...Who puts out this book? Dark horse?<BR/>It sounds interesting, although I'm actually trying to track down a copy of Recess Pieces, especially after I saw some of the art on your post on zombie comics. It looks really neat, reminds me a LITTLE bit of Dave Cooper's stuff. Cooper's awesome (I have RIPPLE; CRUMPLE; and SUCKLE) and very strange.<BR/>The one comic book store I go to, Atomic Don's (near Buffalo, NY), now refuses to stock anymore zombie comics because of the overkill of zombie titles, which coincidentally you yourself pointed out. <BR/>So they'll special order any zombie stuff you want rather than just stock the various titles.<BR/>There's even a locally published comic called DEAD PLANET and they're about to print issue four this year. I'm not rteally impressed by the comic but I'm impresed with their output.<BR/>The guy who writes the book is a strip club DJ, which really means nothing, I just thought that was interesting local color (grin).<BR/><BR/>By the way, thanks a lot for the comment on my head in the toilet post on livejournal!<BR/><BR/>What titles do you normally read. i'm assuming you don't read just horror themed comics. Although, while we're on the subject, have you checked out any issues of IDW's DOOMED? Obviously inspired by old CREEPY, EERIE and VAMPIRELLA line of B&W comics put out by Warren Publications.<BR/>I have mixed feelings for this new title.<BR/>I have all three issues so far, but alot of my zeal for the book is pure nostalgia for the Warren titles.<BR/>Ashley Wood's art I like, but he has an annoying habit (I feel) when he illustrates an actual comic story, to sometimes be vague on depicting details that sort of are supposed to tell the story. he's sort of a "messy" artist in his style, for lack of a much better term, which is fine for cover illustrations, but is a potential pitfall for the story art. They also come out with two variant covers an issue, one cover by Wood, another by... uh... a guy whose name i forget. Jason something, I believe. but his paintings are interesting realism type paintngs of the macabre.<BR/><BR/>Just nosy about what you like, man...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com