|
|
|
here's a list of comic related links to
sites and books i like. there's lots of
great work out there so i'll be
adding more URLs on an irregular basis.
|
sign up now for traced updates
tomorrow…or some time after that.
|
|
links
|
|
email me
|
|
about me
|
|
buy stuff
|
|
come home
|
|
|
|
links: an ongoing list in no particular order
|
|
digital comics
|
some comics
scott mccloud…totally inspiring…he's a major reason why i make digital comics
electric sheep comix
patrick farley
e-merl
daniel merlin goodbrey
john barber comics
john barber
magic inkwell
cat garaza
lowbright
derek kirk kim
bruno strip
chris baldwin
nowhere girl
justine shaw
dicebox
Jenn Manley Lee
narbonic shaennon garrity
modern tales and serializer
comic portals with wide range of work
|
graphic novels, and bound comics
surprise…most of them are autobiographical, or feel like they are
|
Understanding comics and Reinventing Comics
by scott mcCloud…read them.
I Never Liked You
by chester brown… this is chester's autogiographical coming of age story...it's had a BIG impact on my own
storytelling and comic sensibility.
Cruddy
an illustrated novel by lynda barry (she also does the awesome weekly strip marlys).
Tales of a Young Urban Failure
an hysterical somewhat autobiographical account of being out of work by eric moe…drawn with stick figures.
The Poor Bastard
issues 1 thru 6 of joe matt's comic autobiographical comic peepshow…this is someone who is not afraid to show his ugly side to the world.
Through The Habittrails
by jeff nicholson…semi-autobiographical, surreal graphic novel about
being at a job you hate and in a life you can't stand…i think this is self-published so look for it on ebay or in a good comic book store.
Epileptic 1
by david b…beautifully drawn…an autobiographical story recently translated from french to english (lucky for me)…it's not just about a family struggling with a son/brother who has epilipsy, it's also about
how david used fantasy to escape it all…great use of black and white images.
Alec: How to be an Artist
by eddie campbell…an autobiographical work starring eddie's alter ego, alec. this is his story of
trying to survive as a comic artist.
Ghost World
by dan clowes…[who writes the comic eightball among other projects] ghost world is the story of enid and rebecca, two teenage friends trying to deal with life…and
by some amazing fluke
the movie is actually good too.
Sleepwalk
the first four issues of optic nerve by adrian tomine…stories about angst ridden and disenfranchised people.
Gemmy Bovary
by posy simmons …i like the layout of words and images it's really different from most graphic novel and the story, told using a mixture
of past diary entries and first person narrative, shadows flaubert's classic Emma Bovary, but with a twist of course.
Box Office Poison
by alex robinson…follows the lives of a bunch of twenty somethings in nyc and brooklyn
i think just about every page of this 602 page read was riviting...funny to boot.
Batman: The Killing Joke
by alan moore…while i don't usually go for mainstream stuff, this
dark psycological take on the joker and batman works for me…alan moore also penned (among others) the thought provoking anti-hero hero comic Watchman
and the classic horror meets anarchy story V is for Vendetta and yeah, they are all on the violent side.
Transmopolitan
by warren ellis…sometime in the not so distant future our country could end up like ellis' chaotic vision…if you like snow crash
by neal stephenson and cyber/sci-fi material along those lines, you may like this.
|
|