There are a few webcomics out there that I have been following recently. And I wanted to take a minute to highlight some of them.
www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics
This site contains some of my favorite webcomics.
Nightmare World - A horror comic by Dirk Manning and a plethora of artists. I like this one because Dirk crafts some really good tales with twists and surprises, and packs it in only 8 page stories.
Brat-Halla - A Norse gods comic, with a twist. Most of the gods are children. Done by Jeffery Stevenson, Seth Damoose and Anthony Lee this comic is just fun to read.
Platinum Grit - Written and drawn by Trudy Cooper and Danny Murphy is an interesting tale of two friends that happen into some interesting times. It took me a little while to get in to this one, but after reading the introduction to the series I was hooked. Also Shadowline just published the parts covered in the introduction segment in trade form, so if you really like it and want the whole story you can have it.
There are several others that are good by their own rights, but those are the ones that I read regularly and without fail.
Another great little strip I found out there can be found at ctrlaltdel-online.com/index.php.
While not technically a webcomic it has a couple of extremely funny comics that go along with the site. If you have any video gamer inclinations you should check this out.
Next update we'll be back to comics in print, but I had a few minutes and wanted to get this on "paper".
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Comics I Dig vol. 1
Wednesday saw the release of one of the comics I have been waiting to come out for awhile now. American McGee's Grimm. It's published by IDW, and written Dwight MacPherson. Dwight has written several books to include; The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allen Poo I and II, and is one of my favorite writers. The art was done by Grant Bond who worked with Dwight on the first two Archibald Saves...books.
Based on a video game series, where the title character is sick of happy fairy tales, he goes out to set them back to the darker original versions. After conquering the fairy tales Grimm is looking for new wrongs to "right". That leads us in to this first issue.
In the first issue Grimm, just finishing up fixing up a fairy tale, comes across a comic book stand. Takes on look at a "superhero" comic, and decides he has new work to accomplish.
The artwork has a video game feel to it. Grant did a great job of translating the game to the paper format and carries it off quite nicely. He mixes comic book style art with digital style representation of Grimm in such a way that it looks like the game is actually taking over the comic book.
The highlight though has to be Dwight's writing. No hero, or villian, for that matter is safe in this romp. With villians like; the Headless Skeleton, Westseid, and Killer Cock opposing heroes like; Flesh (the naked speedster), Captain Trustworthy, and the Spitting Spider I was laughing before I even got to some of the greater observations and quotes that quite literally litter the book.
Highly recommend picking a copy of this great little book, and sitting back and enjoying the ride. It irreverent, fun, and says a lot about the modern comic book. I enjoyed it, and I think you will too.
Based on a video game series, where the title character is sick of happy fairy tales, he goes out to set them back to the darker original versions. After conquering the fairy tales Grimm is looking for new wrongs to "right". That leads us in to this first issue.
In the first issue Grimm, just finishing up fixing up a fairy tale, comes across a comic book stand. Takes on look at a "superhero" comic, and decides he has new work to accomplish.
The artwork has a video game feel to it. Grant did a great job of translating the game to the paper format and carries it off quite nicely. He mixes comic book style art with digital style representation of Grimm in such a way that it looks like the game is actually taking over the comic book.
The highlight though has to be Dwight's writing. No hero, or villian, for that matter is safe in this romp. With villians like; the Headless Skeleton, Westseid, and Killer Cock opposing heroes like; Flesh (the naked speedster), Captain Trustworthy, and the Spitting Spider I was laughing before I even got to some of the greater observations and quotes that quite literally litter the book.
Highly recommend picking a copy of this great little book, and sitting back and enjoying the ride. It irreverent, fun, and says a lot about the modern comic book. I enjoyed it, and I think you will too.
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