tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post2910961841778012844..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Friday Favorite ComicsDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-22553789895251657642009-03-07T13:16:00.000-08:002009-03-07T13:16:00.000-08:00Way back in '79 when Superman was just battling Le...Way back in '79 when Superman was just battling Lex Luthor, <EM>Swamp Thing</EM> was wrestling with what it means to be human, and losing badly. <EM>Omega Man</EM> needed money to escape this planet and its constant chatter, and got what he needed in Vegas (telekinesis will do that for you). But then lost it in an altercation with a con woman, in which "his size and gender marked him as the aggressor". But my friend and I were ridiculed by the college librarian when he saw us comparing notes over them.<BR/><BR/>Then came <EM>Maus</EM> and <EM>The Crow</EM> and the floodgates burst open. <EM>Batman, Year One</EM>. My kids grew up on <EM>Sandman</EM>. Well, that and <EM>The Simpsons</EM>.<BR/><BR/>Yet the comic form is still not taught as literature in most universities. A few classes where I work have discussed <EM>Maus</EM> but that's it. Why?george.whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893495384863805805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-76671749841282650332009-03-07T11:19:00.000-08:002009-03-07T11:19:00.000-08:00Sandman, definitely. It's the comic that taught me...Sandman, definitely. It's the comic that taught me that comics don't always have to be about badly-written superheroes in spandex. In webcomics, <A HREF="lackadaisycats.com" REL="nofollow">Lackadaisy</A>, <A HREF="http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/" REL="nofollow">The Pheonix Requiem</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.graphicsmash.com/comics/digger.php" REL="nofollow">Digger</A>. Finally, in manga, Death Note and Fullmetal Alchemist. The titles of both sound a little silly, but one deals with some pretty heavy moral questions ("If given the power to kill anyone, in any way, with barely more than a thought, is it right to use this to kill criminals and 'reform' the world?") and the other has some pretty interesting subtleties and not a few deep questions of its own, including pondering the meaning of "humanity" when several characters are human/animal chimera hybrids and/or animated suits of armor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-83926376313497705412009-03-06T13:33:00.000-08:002009-03-06T13:33:00.000-08:00I have to add my vote for "Fell" also. Along with...I have to add my vote for "Fell" also. Along with Transmet, Warren Ellis at his absolute best. "The Invisibles" by Grant Morrison. Obviously he was doing the same drugs as Philip K. Dick writing this one, but impressed me with how absolutely outside the limits he takes this concept, channeling his own little chaos magician Id into every moment. One of the most imaginative things I've read. Lastly, "The Walking Dead" for one of the harshest, most unpleasantly but excellently human perspectives on what a zombie apocalypse would really mean. Not an easy read, but a very nice perspective on that the whole zombie genre.Chaos Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439992454942426990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-86543660487167598112009-03-06T13:32:00.000-08:002009-03-06T13:32:00.000-08:00little typo: Staczynski -> Straczynski.little typo: Staczynski -> Straczynski.Efriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526031804261484547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-4430834834719383952009-03-06T08:10:00.000-08:002009-03-06T08:10:00.000-08:00The Hypertwin says: Warren Ellis? Fell and FreakAn...The Hypertwin says: <A HREF="http://warrenellis.com/" REL="nofollow">Warren Ellis</A>? <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell_(comics)" REL="nofollow">Fell</A> and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreakAngels" REL="nofollow">FreakAngels</A>. (We figure you must surely know of these, and that their omission was merely due to some inexplicable freak typographical mishap, or perhaps well-meaning but misguided editing for brevity...) Hypertwin also says there must be exclamation points after the previous sentence, so let's try this again...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell_(comics)" REL="nofollow">Fell</A>!!!!!11!! <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreakAngels" REL="nofollow">FreakAngels</A>!one1!1!Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.com