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Posted on 02.12.09 by Widge @ 2:31 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. I first encountered Street Angel back in 2004. The first issue was unbelievably wicked. Now I learn from Chris Sims that some folks in Australia have made a short film adaptation of the first issue? There is nothing about this notion which is not badass. For the uninitiated: Street Angel is a homeless eighth grader with a skateboard who Can Kick Your Ass. There, that's all you need to know, really. Direct link for the feedreaders. A behind the scenes bit comes after the break. Categorized as: Comics
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Posted on 08.27.08 by Widge @ 4:10 am
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Written by: Kevin Abrams & Adam Moore Welcome to the future. It's fucked. There's this virus-thing called Moss that if it gets on you, basically just devours your flesh. Highly contagious and flat out lethal, your only hope is to lop off the offending limb or bit of you. It's been ten years since the Moss showed up and started treating people like they were a big buffet of Jordy Verrills. But don't worry: John J. Vendor will sell you a replacement body bit should you happen to be needing one post ad hoc surgery. And now he may have stumbled upon somebody who's found the cure...but now she needs saving. It's hard to create a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world that's both A) novel and B) works. It's easy to string together a bunch of different bits of ideas--but not so easy to get them to work. And it's easy to find something that works, especially if you're treading on a well-beaten path. But Vendor is solid. It's hard to say something as flippant as "It's like Blade Runner but with a lot more in the way of amputation." Because that's just flat wrong. The idea of people running around casually lopping bits off of themselves when said bits start to turn green--and how one responds to this is such a great idea I'm going to make you read the book to find out how our lead character copes--is just so wonderfully mental. It's so much so that even when the mental stuff goes up to eleven in the "big fight," it's sort of pointless to balk--because at that point, you're in for a penny, in for a pound. Sure, go batshit nuts, you say to Abrams and Moore. We've made it this far. Categorized as: Comics and Reviews
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Posted on 07.30.08 by Widge @ 12:19 am
Comments on this: 2 so far. Add your own. ![]() This fabric was used by Kristen at Woolgathering to make a dress and it's actually the perfect dress for Comic-Con, which is where she wore it. So congrats. Here's my favorite bit: Compliments at Comic Con - 22 (yah, I totally counted), including one large black man who pointed at me as he walked by unsmiling and said, "I want a dress like that!"
I must also commend Kristen for this, and maybe this is a completely male comic book reader reaction, but she was smart not to position panels with "ARGGH" over certain parts of her anatomy. Because that's the sort of commentary that no one wants. Instead "I'll get you yet!" appears there. Which is a more positive sentiment, to be sure. Yeah, it's sad that I noticed that. But if you're just figuring out I'm sad then you haven't been paying attention. Found via Craftzine. Categorized as: Comics
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Posted on 07.09.08 by Widge @ 6:46 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. ![]() We've talked about High Moon before. Well, it just ended. Maybe. The final pages are up and the story is told. Mostly. If you haven't checked out the story, then you should. I like it because it's deceptively straightforward. You read the first installation and say, "Yeah, okay, I see where this is going." And it involves werewolves and very large revolvers, so you don't mind that. But as the story progresses it goes somewhere else, then goes three blocks west of there--and it's good. I'm almost sorry it's over in sixty pages, to be honest. I felt it might have could have been pulled out a bit longer in places. But--as a couple of panels reveal, there are other stories. And I keep saying maybe and kinda and sorta about the ending because I'm thinking sequel or prequel or who knows what. Gallaher and Ellis have set the stage for the Highmooniverse and I think we need to go back there again soon. With even more guns. Categorized as: Comics
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Posted on 06.15.08 by Widge @ 4:54 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. ![]() We'll say this for Chris Schweizer: he has figured out a way to finally get Marvel Comics on fire again. By showing the characters who light up. It's about the only heat happening over there, I'm afraid. And the fact that he remembered to include Mentallo and Fancy Dan speak volumes to his geekitude. We salute you, sir. Categorized as: Comics
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