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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
The Blogger That Came in From the Cold
I've got the sniffles right now so this will all probably sound bad upon reading. I apologize for any awkwardness (like that's anything new) and promise that future posts will be much healthier thanks to the magnified intake of Vitamin C. Let's start with the random ramblings of a rambler.
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Considering BeaucoupKevin and David Welsh's take on Alex Ross and his appeal I have thought of this: if fans of Alex Ross' work want so desperately to have their favorite hobby of comics to be taken so seriously why don't they support books by artists who are allowed to be as creative as they want and are making new grounds in comics as well as supporting the publishers like Fantagraphics or Top Shelf, that let the artists do that? That seems to be a lot better way to prove "this ain't kids stuff" than buying a poster with a grimacing Captain America on it.
Oh wait, would that mean leaving out those beloved superheroes? Well, if a reader wants his obsession to be taken seriously but cannot leave behind stories of a guy dealing with his parents’ death by dressing up as a bat, then I suggest that reader drops all comic book purchases and goes see a fucking psychologist. See, I get crankier when I'm sick.
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Back in 1993 Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, Steve Bissette and a few other artist created the mini-series 1963. It was a well done throwback to the early Marvel comics done at the time by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby and the rest of the bullpen. Complete with "Affable Al's Soapbox" and fake ads these comics were pitch perfect in the way they paid tribute to the early and best years of Marvel's superhero line. There were characters barely disguised as the Fantastic Four, Captain America and Thor. There was meant to be a crossover with the current Image superheroes at the time, but the whole thing went bust before that could happen.
This brings me to my idea. I want to see a mini-series called 1975. This will pay tribute to the Marvel of the 70's, where it felt like the inmates were truly running the asylum. The writing would channel how Marv Wolfman and Steve Englehart took the Stan Lee style of scripting into a more serious (although never too serious) direction and we could have artist paying tribute to Gene Colan and Dave Cockrum left and right. Characters would be based on Mantis, Blade, Shang-Chi and Luke Cage. I would like to see a Hoawrd the Duck-like character but Howard's creator already has created a few. Oh well, I suppose one more wouldn't hurt. I can't see it happening (although we are getting a lot of 70's Marvel in the Essential line) but I think it would be a cool book.
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This might be the coolest thing ever. Jason sees his work given the Sin City treatment on the Minnesota stage. I would think that his work specifically would translate well into moving storytelling because the lack of dialogue in his books means he relies more on how the characters express themselves visually to us. If this adaptation ever comes to wherever I'm at I'll check it out.
Still, I won't be fully happy until we get an Angry Youth Comix play. His work is like Shakespeare, only if that hack Shakespeare had any talent.
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