Wednesday, February 22, 2006

He makes my brain work...DREW SMASH!

He makes my brain work...DREW SMASH!

If any comic lover's haven't checked out any of Chris Ware's work, you should. He's one of the 15 Masters of American Comics subjectively chosen by MOCA and deservedly so. His use of the panel to break up page space into sometimes postage stamp-sized (sometimes smaller) chunks is as frustrating as it is fascinating. Go for the obsessive fractioning of space, stay for the pretty colors and impeccable design. He sells his work cheap, too.

ChrisWare-alize!
  • Quimby Mouse
  • The Acme Novelty Library (I don't actually own this one, so I can't personally vouch for it.)
  • Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
  • The ACME Novelty Library #16 (This one's also known as Rusty Brown, and I absolutely love the way it's designed. It's a great package, especially for just over ten bucks.)

    Watching:
  • Shoot the Piano Player
  • Dolemite

    Listening to:
  • Be, Common
  • One Day It'll All Make Sense, Common
  • Anansi Boys CD

    Reading:
  • The Authority Vol. 3: Earth Inferno and Other Stories (Finished.)
  • The Authority Vol. 4: Transfer of Power (Finished.)
  • Runaways Vol. 1: Pride and Joy (Finished.)
  • Runaways Vol. 2: Teenage Wasteland (Finished. [For some reason Amazon doesn't have a link to the digest-sized volume that I read, so I provided a link to the volume one of the hardcover that contains digests 1 & 2.])
  • Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
  • Runaways Vol. 3: The Good Die Young
  • Captain America v5 (issue one - current)
  • Fell (issue one - current), by Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith (...which has no centralized website that I could find.)

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  • 1 Comments:

    At February 23, 2006 12:46 AM, Blogger Nic said...

    Fell #1 was based on a story that took place in Lake Jackson, Tx. I go to school in Lake Jackson, Tx. The lady that gave her husband a sherry enima FOR REAL was my buddy Dylan's nextdoor neighbor.

    All true.

    Swear to God.

     

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