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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2004 3:01 pm    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

FirstGeer wrote:
Watchmen, Rex Mundi,

I would say Preacher, but it is much more twisted tahn the other books, but many think it is as good as Sandman. The art is great!

yeah, preacher was one of the 1st comics i bought in trades, along w/ sandman... not sure if i'd really compare the 2 though other than good comics... story & art style seem pretty different.
kabuki reminds me alot of sandman... some of the artwork really reminds me of dave mckean's sandman covers.
if you haven't picked up endless nights, it's pretty cool. artwork is amazing!
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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2004 3:03 pm    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

Dusto wrote:

What's Kabuki about? I've never really looked at it.


this is David Mack's site and it's a pretty good peak into the world of Kabuki.
http://www.davidmack.net/comics.html
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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2004 3:04 pm    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

Dusto wrote:
What's Kabuki about? I've never really looked at it.

Jason Lutes? Who's he? What's his stuff like?

What are Andi Watson's other books?

I'm also thinking of getting Hicksville.


Hicksville's wonderful. Dylan's an acquaintance, I can't recommend his work enough. I really wish Atlas would start coming out again...

Andi Watson's other books are Geisha, Dumped, Breakfast Afternoon, and Slow News Day. I've read Dumped, it was very sweet, but not something you'll reread often...

Jason Lutes is one of the best in the business. His "Jar of Fools," about a poor magician coming to terms with his brother's suicide, is a favorite, but his masterwork is "Berlin," about the city in between the two world wars, is about as good as comics can get--the first TPB is out, but the comic is only released something like once a year, so not much past the trade is available yet.

And Kabuki? What can be said about Kabuki that hasn't been said. Gorgeous, affecting, revolutionary... you have to experience it to believe it. What starts out as a sort of neo-noir story about a series of government assassins (told as a sort of modern Alice in Wonderland) quickly becomes an examination of identity... you can't sum the book up. It's must-read.
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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2004 3:09 pm    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

Dusto wrote:
What's Kabuki about? I've never really looked at it.
I can't really explain it, but check out the first volume (or the first issue of Alchemy, if you want to risk a smaller investment) and see what you think. Or someone else will explain it. The problem with a description is that the story surpasses the plot.
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What are Andi Watson's other books?

The Skeleton Key series, Geisha, Breakfast After Noon, Dumped, Slow News Day. The first two are fantastic, the last three are more realistic. Well, they're all fantastic, but Skeleton Key is about a girl with a key that opens interdimensional portals and her japanese fox spirit best friend, and Geisha is about an android artist with some extra craziness thrown in. Whereas the last three are much more grounded in what could be this world.

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And we like Scott Morse. And Blankets was okay, too.

Oh yeah, Morse is great. If you thought Blankets was okay, you might want to check out (if you haven't already) Conversation #1, by Craig Thompson and James Kochalka. It's not a tpb, but it's pretty fun and thought-provoking.

Also, I haven't been reading it since the art change at #25, but I'd suggest the Ed Brubaker Catwoman tpbs, as well as Darwyn Cooke's "Selina's Big Score".
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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2004 3:17 pm    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2004 3:34 pm    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

The Walking Dead and Gotham Central. Not very similar except that they are both very character driven books with great art. If you like Powers, you'll probably dig Gotham Central.
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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2004 4:18 pm    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

I think we'll try Kabuki. Maybe a few others eventually. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2004 4:22 pm    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Aug 11, 2004 6:13 am    Post subject: Re: TPB suggestions, please Reply with quote

Hey Dusto,
Thanks for deciding to check out Kabuki.

And thanks a bunch to all of you who recomended it!!!

You can see from the site that there are 6 volumes so far. The site has descriptions of each.

My favorite is KABUKI: Metamorphosis. Probably my best or most evolved completed work in comics so far. Though I'm trying to top it with the current story at ICON.

But the first volume, KABUKI: Circle of Blood is a very popular one too.

Please post on the board your feedback when you get a chance to read it.
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David
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