Rolling SERIOUS GRAPHIC LITERATURE Thread for Comics in 2016

and here, if you don't trust me; read the first 36 pages:
http://www.shigabooks.com/demon_chapter01.pdf

Demon is amazing, you're going to be tortured knowing you have to wait for First Second's whim to get the next chunk

The next book is up for pre-order on Amazon, with the publication date of 7 Feb, 2017?

now i regret not buying the chapbooks/slipcase when he was selling them online
and ultimately i will regret not waiting for the single volume edition
anyways i wannit NOW

the single issues are one of the greatest feats of serialisation in comics history

if i ever see him at a convention, i'm buying the slipcase for sure.

i wonder if he'll be at CAB

well he's moved to France for an angouleme grant, right? i would love to let him know how exciting it is watching him develop into one of the great voices of his generation.

oh i didn't know that

yeah no shiga on CAB list

Steve Weissmann though! I haven't talked to him in ages

will be nice to say 'Hej'

just checking the list now; there's lots of solid creators there but nobody really breaking my brain to meet in person... seems a bit light on big names, no?

what i thought too but i am not very well informed about who might be new and amazing these days

you should definitely check out andrea tsurumi's stuff, she is super super talented

oh yeah, i bought stuff from her a year or two ago; she's very good!

this in particular:
http://andreatsurumi.com/filter/Comics/Andrew-Jackson-Throws-a-Punch

k that Demon preview 100% sold me, will buy

RIP Steve Dillon.

WTF?

whoa, that's abrupt isn't it? RIP.

as reported on the ILX obit thread, Jack Chick apparently died yesterday.

I'm less taken aback about Jack Chick's death than I am by my sudden discovery that Jack Chick is an actual person.

My being surprised by the existence of such extreme people is becoming increasingly common.

https://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp

and lest we forget the man was an explicit bigot
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1052/1052_01.asp

Here's a PDF of The Imp #2, Dan Raeburn's tract-format biography of Chick.

sic, that was a phenomenal bio. thanks!

http://www.tcj.com/reviews/my-favorite-thing-is-monsters/

A review/preview of the aforementioned Emil Ferris book.

that looks really really good.

For those of you not reading Strong Female Protagonist, i STRONGLY recommend it. Likely my fave webcomic.
You could start at the start but if you wanna jump in when Ostertag's art hits stride, I'd recommend here: http://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-5/chapter-5-cover/

roll call on Brooklyn Comics Festival attendees this weekend?

is that the same as CAB? Cause I'll be at CAB

That's CAB, yes. See you there! You selling anything new Jon?

Nothing new from me until the hardback collecting the 2000-2001 true swamps, for spring 2017 publishing season. Which is not new work anyway. I'm still limited to prose and music bc of my nerve injury unfort

ulysses - wow halfway through the chapter is EXACTLY where i stopped reading it years ago (for reasons unrelated). thanks for reminding me about this comic

it's great! it was great! it got better though i think.

Mickey's Inferno is available in early December; I found an online scan and it's AWESOME
https://www.amazon.com/Disney-Graphic-Novels-Parodies-Mickeys/dp/1629915920

what is that?

it is a for real retelling of dante's inferno starring mickey and goofy as dante and virgil that's been translated from Italian and you can buy it!
http://67.media.tumblr.com/ba01a6cb5365d5edfa1aa60d9b66e26b/tumblr_nd6hqqd8X21sp3y55o1_500.jpg

wow! must find.

$8 in hardcover via that amazon link up there!

bob dylan discussing his painting
http://media.vanityfair.com/photos/581a602f784cf8ac089e6930/master/w_900%2Cc_limit/bob-dylan-paints-exhibit-03.jpg

There was a conscious attempt to dismiss consumer culture or popular culture, including mass media, commercial art, celebrities, consumer or product packaging, billboard signs, comic strips, magazine advertising. “The Beaten Path” works represent a different subject matter from the everyday imagery of consumer culture. There is nothing to suggest these paintings were inspired by the writings of Sigmund Freud or that they were based on any mental images that occur in dreams, no fantasy worlds, religious mysticism or ambiguous subject matter. In every picture the viewer doesn’t have to wonder whether it’s an actual object or a delusional one. If the viewer visited where the picture actually existed, he or she would see the same thing. It is what unites us all.

Bob Dylan, frustrated photographer.

Bob Dylan, frustrated photographer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjPxlzjuLww
Great looking cast; Harrelson is absolutely perfect based on the clips and I would follow Laura Dern into a forest fire.

Seemed kinda off to me, honestly. But the original book didn't exactly have much of a plot, so I can see how they'd have to come up with more material for a film.

the original book is garbage but I am v favorably inclined to that cast

http://scroll.in/article/737262/graphic-novel-what-if-the-british-had-never-left-india

I'm a fan of Alcatena but I haven't read much of his comics.

In case that link does someday it's Empire of Blood, by Arjun Raj Gaind/Enrique Alcatena from Graphic India

interesting

http://www.tcj.com/kerascoet-interview-by-alex-dueben/

Includes the news that Kerascoet are doing a kids book with Malala Yousafzai

rad. highly underrated duo in us for my money.

Beautiful Darkness was kinda incredible but also so fucked up I kinda never want to read anything else they ever make