Comments on Comics Comics: Some Recent Reading

Good idea. Thanks.

2008-03-24T21:08:00.000-04:00

Good idea. Thanks.

I've noticed the back issues coming down in price ...

2008-03-24T20:56:00.000-04:00

I've noticed the back issues coming down in price actually. Search stores directly, not on ebay. I'm sure you can find beater copies to read.

Damn. I haven't read Miracleman since it came out...

2008-03-23T00:03:00.000-04:00

Damn. I haven't read Miracleman since it came out, but it seems like it's out of print. I remember thinking it was super good and not quite as overblown as Watchmen. Anybody have any idea where I might come across this on the cheap?

Chaykin's takedown of Ann Coulter in Challengers w...

2008-03-21T21:00:00.000-04:00

Chaykin's takedown of Ann Coulter in Challengers was childish, tasteless, and totally obvious. It was tremendously satisfying.

From the early Marvel/Miracleman, I've always loved Sue Moran's assessment of superhero comics: "Some of it's better than you'd expect, but most of it's crap." Yes. Yes, indeed.

--Chris K

I agree with Jog that the Challengers series is "k...

2008-03-21T15:31:00.000-04:00

I agree with Jog that the Challengers series is "kind of the loudest, shrillest satire ever", but I don't agree that it's "totally bolstered by the world he builds visually."

I'd replace "totally" with "kinda, sorta" -- it's really loud and really shrill. Others disagree, obviously.

Hmm, I'll check out the Challengers series. Sounds...

2008-03-21T14:28:00.000-04:00

Hmm, I'll check out the Challengers series. Sounds good. Blackhawk holds up wonderfully. Chaykin ... what a character.

Chaykin, great!

2008-03-21T10:52:00.000-04:00

Chaykin, great!

Chaykin podcast:http://wordballoon.libsyn.com/inde...

2008-03-21T07:26:00.000-04:00

Chaykin podcast:

http://wordballoon.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=126533

Thanks for the tip.

Also, hey Dan, there's a Matt Fraction interview also on their site.

http://wordballoon.libsyn.com/index.php?
post_id=299104

Oh, yeah, I wanted to mention that I've seen some of those Miracleman pages in person when John Totleben used to go to Pittsburgh shows in the early 90s. Some of the most amazing drawing for comics I've ever seen.

am I the only one who finds it really hard to look...

2008-03-21T02:13:00.000-04:00

am I the only one who finds it really hard to look at Jeff Smith's drawings of "realistic" looking Humans? theres just something weird about them, like they are baby people or adults with child like faces, even the old grandma in bone was like that. they frighten me.

also yes! Miracleman, I read it at age 18 and declared it by favorite comic of all. recently I re-read it. 10 years later and having read many more and different comics, I wasn't sure I would still even like it. But it's still totally awasome. not at the top but still on the list of favorite comics. I am glad I bought all 5 trades back when you could find them all over the place cheap, look at the prices for them on ebay today yikes!

Chaykin is the man. Check out his Word Balloon int...

2008-03-21T01:43:00.000-04:00

Chaykin is the man. Check out his Word Balloon interview.

With the Challengers series, I kept marveling at h...

2008-03-20T22:18:00.000-04:00

With the Challengers series, I kept marveling at how Chaykin could fit all the characters into one panel, let alone one page! I could write a term paper on his layouts.

Did the TV show 'Heroes' totally bite the concept of the programmed sleeper agents who all find themselves in a "situation"?? I missed the Challengers series when it came out and when I finally read it I noticed that it pre-dates Heroes. Hmmm.

Oh man, I really liked his Challengers series, eve...

2008-03-20T20:09:00.000-04:00

Oh man, I really liked his Challengers series, even if it kind of falls to pieces by the end... like, it's kind of the loudest, shrillest satire ever (the villain for most of it is FOX NEWS), but it's totally bolstered by the world he builds visually... I think there's several action bits where it's literally nothing but people flailing with blazing guns against a background of nothing but BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM in neat rows. I also dug the way he used repeating page layouts to emphasize the shared struggle of the hero characters against the elite... probably my favorite of his since Blackhawk...

Chaykin!I just picked up a bunch of Chaykin from t...

2008-03-20T17:01:00.000-04:00

Chaykin!

I just picked up a bunch of Chaykin from the dollar bin. The Challengers series? Really great actually. He's a retarded craftsman of the highest order. Solid in and out, ya gotta love Chaykin.

TIME2! Get ready for a Chaykin profile in the next ComicsComics newspaper edition...