Cat ninja tyrone5/10/2023 Ever wondered what would happen if Superman lost it and turned evil? It would probably look a lot like this book. If you aren't reading this series, you really should be. I liked it way more than I should.ħ) Irredeemable - by Mark Waid & Peter Krause It's a streetwise tale about two mercenaries (one a Vietnam vet, one a Vietnamese war orphan) tracking down a killer. I picked up this 80s gem on a whim at a convention, remembering the ads in the back of DC comics from that era. And while the twelfth volume was certainly not the most intense or disturbing, there was something very unsettling about it all.Ħ) Cinder & Ashe - Gerry Conway & Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez And Scott Pilgrim's character arc from beginning to end is really something.ĥ) Walking Dead 12: Life Among Them - Robert Kirkman & Charlie AdlardĪs the television series premiered (and kind of wobbled at the end), I threw myself back into this fine zombie-centric horror series. I found the hyper-realistic, super-manga backgrounds a bit jarring, but it was a satisfying finale. The final chapter to one of my favourite comic series of all time did not disappoint. And David Mazzucchelli (Batman: Year One) is a fantastic illustrator.ģ) Criminal 3: The Dead and the Dying - Ed Brubaker & Sean PhillipsĮverything Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips do is outstanding, but I found this Criminal installment, with three separate narrators and three intersecting stories, particularly affecting.Ĥ) Scott Pilgrim 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour - Bryan Lee O'Malley The story also focuses on the great supporting character of Ben Urich, Daily Bugle reporter. Never thought I'd put a Frank Miller book on this list, but this was when he was 80s-inner-city gritty before going completely off the deep end. I thought it could stand to amp the satire up a bit, but that's a minor complaint.Ģ) Daredevil: Born Again - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli Killer concept, and the vintage illustration styles are expertly done. (Read in 2010, not necessarily released in 2010) I could add other categories, but books are a dangerous territory for me to enter (as a book publicist), television shows are difficult to rate as ongoing entities and few tapestries have made an impact on me this past year. I've kept it to comic books, movies and songs (in no particular order). ![]() Also, I want to see if any of the other Sketchkriegers are willing to share their lists. These lists are relevant - they're all cultural artifacts that, in some way or another, will influence my work - so this is a valid exercise. Don't I have as valid an opinion as, say, ?īut the main reason I'm posting this list: I haven't done as much illustration over the holidays as I was planning and am stuck for a blog post. I realize that year-end lists are the height of self-absorption, but everyone else is busy making them. We hope you can join us for the opening night party! Details below: ![]() Characters die and are reborn, their motives change as often as the illustration style. In-between gutters, genres flip from post-apocalyptic saga to romantic comedy to political thriller. The resultant story (currently still in progress) is full of bizarre twists and turns as the paper chain progresses. Everything was intended to be surprising and improvised. ![]() No plot or outline was devised before committing ink to paper. The sequence was illustrated one panel at a time, each illustrator unaware how the previous illustrator intended the story to progress. ![]() That illustrator would pass that new panel (and the original) to a third illustrator, and the cycle would continue. That panel would be passed along to a second illustrator, who was then instructed to illustrate a new panel within the next four days. It started like this: one SketchKrieger would create one comic panel - any size, any format. Showcasing the work of SketchKrieg!, 'Paper Trail' is a collaborative comic book narrative intended for gallery viewing. This is happening in February: the XPACE Cultural Centre exhibits 'Paper Trail,' an art project that takes the Surrealists’ ‘exquisite corpse’ technique and runs it through a pop art meat grinder of comic illustration.
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