These are the manic ramblings that go through my head at all hours of the day or night.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Forever.
You guys. No one told me Naoki Urasawa’s “Monster” was such a baller comic.What the hell, you guys.
NOS4A2
Just finished Joe Hill’s latest, NOS4A2. I enjoyed it, in that pulpy, brainless way. It is perhaps his most blatant homage to his father’s work, both in its mixture of folksy simplicity and cool detachment in it’s tone and language. Even the plot seems to track in a very Stephen King type way; I couldn’t help but picture the somewhat dated 70s version if the book, the stepsister to “Carrie.”
In usually pretty critical of this particular oversimplified tone which is why I can frequently find his father’s books tiresome. It’s something I’m rarely capable of myself. Usually, I stick to things with a sort of self-conscious lyricism and beauty that I might consider “brainy” and challenging, as though I wasn’t content to go jogging, I had to have fucking weights around my ankles.
Then again, I’ve been functioning as a poor illiterate until this most recent book, so it was a nice soft landing. Fun, briskly written, the book is still capable of those moments of beautiful humanity that can be striking. Even the relentlessly pulpy, Twilight Zone styled “bwahaha!” ending is a nice touch. I enjoys it.
The most badass birthday present possible. Thanks Josh and Bri. Love ya both.
A little Pignose 30/60. Not too bad for $50. Sounds pretty grimey, which of course I enjoy. (at Homestead)
BARTKIRA covers 1-6: COMPLETE!
As soon as I heard about the BARTKIRA idea, I jumped at the chance to contribute pages. The editors told me that the 2,200 pages had already been assigned to 400+ artists (within days!), but encouraged me to try my hand at the covers. I drew the Vol. 1 cover as an experiment, but got such a positive response that I went ahead and obsessively drew Volumes 2-6 without much sleep in the past 2 weeks.
Blatantly copying Katsuhiro Otomo’s covers was a fun and enlightening exercise. That being said, apologies to Otomo and The Simpsons people for all the liberties I took with their creations! I’m excited to follow all the new Bartkira artwork as they trickle in from the many talented artists/fans involved.
