Illusions of allusions.
I’ve noticed that the majority of the entires I’ve written recently have related in some way or another to comics. Strangely, though, I own less than twenty of the things.
I like many of the characters and the stories that these modern dramatists create, but I shun the collecting aspect of the hobby. I can remember almost all of the operatic sagas of my favorite characters even just hearing them from friends. And, not to cast aspersions on those talented illustrators and writers, my imagination tends to fill in the gaps of my need for heroism.
Which comics could I not live without? I’m glad you asked. These links were just hanging out with nothing to do and I told them they could be all hover pseudoelemented under this paragraph.
The Maxx, issues 1-4.
The Tick, issues 1-12.
The Sandman: Game of You.
Man, I KNEW there was a reason we got along so well… among many…
The MAXX is Tha Bomb. Really. Truly.
The Tick? Brilliant. Spoon!
And the beauty of all things Sandman graces us with its presence.
But you forgot an important saga in the land of kickass comix…
http://www.strangersinparadise.com/
Yeah. Real women have curves, not wasp waists and snap-away ankles. Much as I love the X-people, I’ve always had issues with the antigrav breasts and organ-free abdomens the fanboy illustrators portray. (I can get away with bitching about it, I went to high school with one of the more recent artists who gives life to the superhero playmates. So there. Bleah.)
Terry Moore, rock on with your bad self.
Although, to be honest, I’ve been told I look like one of his villains (see Vol. 7, Issue 6 cover art if you don’t believe me. I had more hair then, it’s true). Not as close a resemblance as Jamie Buchman to, um, I think the villainess’ name was Talon or something like that, on Mad About You.
…
What was I talking about again?
I think the underpants gnomes made off with my brain again. Either that, or it simply turns into a pumpkin after the stroke of midnight.
Comix Rule.
Comment by Katchoo — 4/3/2004 @ 12:28 am
http://www.comicfetish.com is not yet taken. I believe I hear a knocking at the door.
tee hee
Comment by SmittenKitten — 4/5/2004 @ 8:50 am
That’s hard to believe. Seems like that one would have been snapped up by now. Let me check…
I’ll be damned. Not even a squatter. Still, not sure what the audience would be for that exactly. ;)
Comment by steelbuddha — 4/5/2004 @ 12:33 pm
TL, I just was never much into comics that don’t feature superheroes. Sandman, sure, but those are fairy tales in graphic form. That I can do.
I did like American Splendor as a film, for example, but I doubt I would find myself reading the comics.
Comment by steelbuddha — 4/5/2004 @ 12:34 pm