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One of my favorite books, by one of my favorite artists and one of my favorite people.

Looks like a great place 16:59 Iron Cross?

If you liked this you have to get Skyscrapers of the Midwest, it’s in my opinion his best work!

Great find Carson. And I'm very glad you had exactly the same idea as myself 😄! I thought about relocating to the countryside several years ago. I came to the realization that a city life made no sense at all- unless one has a high rolling career with very high earnings. I am still a couple of years away from getting my own property, but I am saving for it. It will be completely off grid, and also a hub for creativity and a base of operations for my publishing and YouTubing (we wont be able to print or ship inhouse though- that will be done elsewhwere in europe)

Just amazing!

Beautiful...as someone living in a 300 sq ft studio...I am so happy for you!

Congratulations on 5k!

Well done blokes, balancing the channel and the awesome releases (as well as your lives in general) is an impressive feat! As an aside, ‘Surviving on Mars’ was a one sitting read. Equal measure of laughter and heartbreak/depression, I’m not familiar with Brandon’s backstory on the lead up to this but I can guess without the details. Timely reminder (surely we don’t need any more reminders!!), that the social media pile on has real impacts on people and de-humanises us all a bit more each time. Is Brandon doing better with bouts of depression? I hope so, but I’m not asking. Brandon is still here with us, keeping on and getting the job done and that’s enough, actually it’s everything.

Congrats on 5k!

I love Tardi`s crime books. You make a great point about his use of reference, I haven't really thought about the fitting-into-a-grid aspect.That's really true. I have traced photo reference in a pinch and was never really happy about it. It really goes against the whole point of cartooning for me, although of course some people have made it work before. As a rule of thumb I would advise against it.

Congratulations for reaching the 5000 mark! For the past few months I haven't been able to follow the channel on a daily or weekly basis like I did before and I'm sure I've missed a bunch of good stuff, that's thankfully now waiting in the archives. This feels like a good point to get back into it. I'm looking forward to see what you are cooking up, for the channel and the publishing side of things, including of course your own books. ...and I'm still patiently waiting to one day hear what Mr Robinson has to say about Floyd Gottfredson ;)

Carson needs to brush up on his pronouncations while reviewing Dragon Ball Z. Also, when will you review those hardcover Dick Tracy volumes from Library of American Comics (The Complete Chester Gould)?

Your work is much appreciated!! I've been able to find so much cool stuff because of this channel. Thank you!!🎉

you guys are making amazingly beautiful books, such care put into everything i’ve gotten from you

Jerry Moriarty did painting comics. The mundanity of his work speaks to me lol

Looks like after years (decades?), Tardi is back on making Nestor Burma books.

Love the video. The David Lasky point is ouchy, but an important conversation to present. I'm grateful you brought it up. Thanks for your personal account of the financial reality of the game. Great job, as always!

Carson, will you be Reviewing Akira by Otomo?

I loved Tardi's first and second world war books

I got that one. It's pretty good, some of Tardi's other crimes books are more exciting though.

Thank you very much for the meticulous review! Greetings from Buenos Aires!

Its based on old playbills that uses to advertise movies. Each image is a promo image for a movie

Keep going Rowan! Excellent work homie

I love the “Just Desserts” endings, but to each their own, EC has plenty to choose from

There was a recent collection of Trots and Bonnie

I still have my copy of Brandon's Escalator. I had to super glue the pages back into the cover so i'd be pretty happy for an opportunity to buy another copy. And speaking of fascist furry comics, i hunted down a few issues of that Lovelyn Monroe manga Brandon was talking about last show and tell and Jesus Christ, i wasn't expecting something THAT mean and brutal. The crown jewel of fascist furry comics.

is the Bio comic in stores yet?

Would love to find some of that old Brandon Graham stuff!

It's not hard to pronounce italian!! Mahl-TAY-zay

DBZ was a monumental work in terms of how much influence it still so visibly. So many major manga IPs were inspired by this. Specifically DBZ and specifically the stuff that is less appealing to you is what really is the core of DBZ that works. Dragon ball is more humorous and more of an adventure story, DBZ is a battle manga. You will enjoy Dragon Ball more, but DBZ is really what has had a massive global impact. Outside of sequential art too. Just Its presence on Toonami changed broadcast history and that was the biggest thing to have ever happened for manga in terms of making it known on a global scale. Thats part is basically talking about the zeitgeist of it. The only downside to this is when you repeatedly say he is bad at action. There's no polite way to put this, but I find that statement so ludicrous its almost grating. Its the action in DBZ which is what stood out and was inspired so many other manga.

"teaching them to live by themselves and make good choices" Good for you, Carson. Most folks don't give squirt of p*ss about anybody else.

Marco Fontanili was also the creator of KINGJIRA, the kaiju who loves pizza.

Loved his drawing style and artwork since my first time seeing it in Prophet and King City 🔥

Enjoyed this immensely!! This whole project is incredible!

thanks so much for inviting me ❤

th-cam.com/video/tuvSwb5KM6Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Zy8SWOgm1u9OX2HV I think the video above explains the popularity of DragonBall well. For me DragonBall opened a door to comics and animation in my life. I think it captures the essence of these mediums. Because of that young nostalgia most love it and don't mind the flaws it has.

In my country soccer is the biggest thing and I ask myself what it is with soccer that everybody seems to be crazy about it. I don't get it, I don't think I ever will. I guess it's something people associate with fun and thrill since they were kids as they parents would usually be soccer fans too. (Mine weren't). I like Dragon Ball since I was 6 or 7 years old - I'm almost 40. It's probably my favourite nostalgia IP along with Ninja Turtles. It just has something special to it. When I was a kid in the 90s I would watch many afternoon shows in which characters would learn a lesson every episode and everything would go back to what it was at the beginning of the story. Dragon Ball wasn't that; it offered me continuity and an ever-changing world with characters that would evolve and grow up, as opposed to most other shows from the era. The characters grew on me and that's why I still feel attached to the franchise, although I've got to remind myself not to expect too much on terms of story with every new DB show or movie. I don't say that's all there is to like about DB -I really think Toriyama is a good storyteller, as you say, more of a comedy writer, and I really like the dynamic feel of his action scenes. Then again, I'm not sure I would have liked DB that much if I had discovered it at some later point in my life. I probably would have gotten more easily distracted by some of its mistakes and plotholes, many of which were a result of the whole thing being a story written week to week with not much of a plan. Or maybe I'd have liked it just as much. I don't know. I don't see any attraction in soccer matches but people seem to love them. Maybe you'll never figure out what's the reason for DB being so popular, and that's ok. I just hope you enjoy the journey to some extension!

One thing you gotta admire Toriyama for is that he was great at world building.

I enjoyed the series as a kid(the cartoon was at it's peak when i was 5-10 back in 01-06). I fully understand the appeal (including the appeal of the genre of japanese it pioneered). I compare it to superhero comics in the sense that a lot of people enjoy then mainly for the epic fights, wish fulfillment aspect, the power scaling, and constant melodrama. Toriyama had a lot of other charms to his work that elevated it(particularly the first half hahaha) but still. What I find even funnier is when people will decry superhero comics but then lionize battle shounen. I like all of this stuff(with a critical I of course haha).

Fantagraphics doing a superb job as usual. I only wish Buzzelli works on Floating World Comics had the same treatment. Oh well...

I love blutch. His stuff looks like it shouldn’t work, but it does.

Looks like a potential influence on Miller and Mazzucchelli.

It wasn't till this video that I realised that I thought Jamie Hewlett and James Harvey were the same person xD Makes a lot more sense now that Jamie Hewlett didn't do the art for a small kickstarter boardgame about sex and consent.

I just started watching the video, and I'm sure I'm going to enjoy it as usual. But I wanted to give you an idea of how these surnames are pronounced in their countries of origin: - Crepax is KRAY-packs (you do pronounce the x at the end); - the Breccia family of cartoonists is Argentinian (father born in Uruguay); the surname is of Italian origin, though, and the Italian pronunciation is BREttcha; in Argentina it's pronounced very close to the original; I think the way it's rendered in other Spanish-speaking countries might be something closer to BREtcheea, but I'm not sure. - finally, Micheluzzi is pronounced MickleOOtsee (for the last two syllables think of Tootsie) I hope this doesn't come across as too pedantic (and for the pedants, too imprecise).

I've got the smaller edition of this, but man, this is a must-buy. It's by far the best visual adaptation of a Lovecraft story ever. The vision and the execution is stunning. And I'm glad you highlighted that spread with the fata morgana. I can almost feel the icy wind coming off the pages.

Cool that Phantagraphics is translating Micheluzzi, don't miss Roy Mann when it'll be published!

The narrator is Micheluzzi himself who is talking to Marcel. He does it also on other books. This book is full of exquisite irony, the boobs showing as well. He is generally respecting and tributing the classics but also showing the naif stuff that was going on back then. All this in an intricate storytelling full of political and historical references. If you want something less strange and more "serious", then I think that Siberia or Bab-el Mandeb are the best.

Love Micheluzzi's work , probably have a dozen of his books . Brilliant draftsmen / storyteller . Def underappreciated here in North America.

Praxis usually has more specific intent than practice. That is why praxis is used to test ideals through practice.

Dominique Grange is his wife! 🙃