going through my shelves #1 - European scifi comics ... from Druillet to Moebius and Serpieri, from Yoko Tsuno to Valerian and Gung Ho ... and a lot more scifi and even some not-scifi comics from Europe
Great video! During the past few weeks I have watched all your panellogys and they are invaluable resource for European and indy comics which are my main point of interest. Thank you very much for everything and I am eagerly awaiting the next detailed shelf tours :)
you have a face attached to those arms and hands...! You got down to the Schuiten books and I nearly lost my mind. Absolutely beautiful and it reminds me of how much I love his art. I need to revisit him again myself soon. Did you say that you have done a video about that art book? Must be one I missed, what a book! Good to know about Valerian, I felt the same when I read the first two volumes recently, was a little too cartoony and didn't really grab me like I thought it would. The coloured versions of Barbarella look incredible! The Humanoids version I have is all black and white. I watched an older video from Mind the Comics and that put me on to doing a search online for more Euro comics, stumbled on to Druuna there. Saw the art and it immediately made the list. The full figured woman might have had something to do with that. Lost in Time! Man, I loved the single English volume I found by Gillon and Forest. Really wish there was more. I only have two volumes of Don Lawrence's STORM and to be honest, I haven't really given them a fair chance. His art is incredible though...might be time to pull them off the shelf again and give it another go. Killer video. More!
the artbooks were included in pan227. ... and yes, Druuna, the lady really helps in terms of appeal and such :) if you want to check it out, you may start with Druuna zero/Anima... it's not the best book of the series but it's a silent story so you can pick up the italian, german or whatever version.
What an amazing collection of books. I love Druillet, Moebius and Jodorowsky but they have a lot of work that I haven't read yet. Very keen to continue exploring those creators. I've had my eye on the work of Don Lawrence for a while now, Trigan and Storm both look stunning. Definitely want to get into those as soon as I can afford a few purchases. I almost picked up Trigan a month back, but Storm might have jumped the queue. So many more here that I want to read like Druuna, Bilal's work, and Valerian. Wonderful tour! Thank you so much for sharing your passion and perspective along with all these beautiful comics. It's a real pleasure. Also so nice to finally have a face to put to the voice! 😊
Absolutely a platinum level of awesome in that collection. i could not help but drool a bit. i got myself back together after wiping away and jus sat saying "Yes...>next book< yes. ..>next book, talks, i agree... < Yes!......" Once again i feel sorry for our American friends who don't get to know, let alone SEE most of these books....at least as to say not enough of them do because, honestly, this gear is the best and outshines the rest by a long shot. Moebius is revered by nearly every sci fi / fantasy artist (writers, pencil/inkers, film directors and set designers and costume makers) worth their salt and he's only one of the great European creators. You, sir, have earned yourself a new sub. Hoping to find a look at some of the films made from some of these great artists. i'm still throwing the Blueberry film at people, even though it doesn't follow the books greatly, i see it as its own thing that Moebius did sign off on and is a blast ! If you haven't done that, maybe worth a video on them ?
thanks for your platinum level of comment, you're welcome big time... and as to the Blueberry movie, I have to confess, that I haven't seen that one... but it's on my to do list now
@@earlgrey862 It's weird that hardly anyone knows the Blueberry film even exists, even "Comic Nerds", yet you will balk at just how many known, "Name" actors are in it and ask even more strenuously "Why....why have i never seen this!?" Heh heh. Well met, this day, good sir. >places right fist on open left palm & bows
Loved this!! I highly recommend Pat Mills Charlie's War, Nexus (expensive), Walt Simpsons Thor Omnibus, The Elementals (80s fare), Alan Moores Swamp Thing...Gosh...on and on.... Oh Johnny Red (My fav)
I've just purchased two books by a writer/artist called James Stokoe: Grunt: The Art & Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe and Aliens: Dead Orbit. Oh my WORD, his art is INCREDIBLE! I'm not even a huge fan of the Aliens franchise, but I just HAD to buy it when I saw a couple of videos about it. Anyway, I'm just going to leave this information here for you to read and inwardly digest.
Very nice part of your collection. I was happy to see something from Yoko Tsuno: Since I read an album of her when I was about 9 that I hadn't seen anything of her. On another note, the Splitter-Verlag editions are simply gorgeous. I'll have to level up my German and get some of those editions.
Yup this confirms that English in comic books is not an advantage 😂. So much great material there is to discover but I cannot read in that many languages. Great to see and thank you for sharing.
@@earlgrey862 I can always get the Polish or Spanish editions but then I'm stuck with the shipping costs. I need to make sure my lists are ready next time we go to Europe.
I also agree with you about Valerian. The big-foot cartooning in the beginning of the series is kind of silly, but as it progresses the art becomes very beautiful. I currently have volumes 2, 3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, &18. I started buying them after I saw the film adaptation, which I thought was pretty good, but the male lead actor was an odd choice.
Hi Earl Grey, I have minimized my buying from Marvel and DC since I started watching you years ago. I will mention couple of books which you probably know (Sci-fi) but I did not see in your collection. Some might be worth looking at! Meka (1 HC book) by Morvan , Warship Jolly Roger (2 HC) by Runberg, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers (1 Trade) by Joe Casey, Sea of Stars (2 Trades) by J.Aaron , Shangri-La by Bablet, ( haven ‘t read the “ Chixin Liu graphic novels - so no comment), Sci-Spy Complete Series(1Trade- older series) by Moench, Eclipse (i believe you have it …4Trades) by Z.Kaplan, Symmetry (2Trades) by Matt Hawkins, Under (Titan books) by C.Bec, Downward to Earth (1HC I believe heard it from you) P. Thirault, Infinity 8 (8HC) by Killoffer, All the Skydoll books (100% sure I saw them in your videos) by Barbucci, Chrononauts (2Trades) by M.Millar, Orbital (8Trades) by Runberg, Wings of Lights (1Trade) by J.Verlanger and last but not least Dune the Graphic novel! I did not write the obvious books and the ones you own (Remender ,Vaughn, Millar, Ellis etc) Hope you find one or two interesting. I follow Humanoids and Titan closely. Thanks for guiding me and making me realize I love Scifi especiallyin Space!
wow, what a list! yeah there are some who I've wanted to check like Morvan and Shangri-La and some others that I didn't continue with (like Infinity 8 which I just read Vol.1 of) and lots I've maybe heard of but don't have a clue of what they are about. Thanks for commenting... good to know to have some good influence on you people out there :) Suggestion: you start your own channel and I will sub asap!
I am also a big fan of Druillet, he is really on another level in psychedelic sci fi comics! He is also very unique, at least as I take it, his work is very heavily permeated by his life and feels so true, honest and straightforward . Each feels like a piece of art communicating way more than purely a story - as the pages of Night are full of griev and hope, Gail is soaked with pain, depression, kind of 'no way out feeling'... I was so eager to see Chaos, and I somewhat releaved that he, as Sloan challenged his Shaan... but maybe I am wrong, who knows :D Anyway I would be very much interested in your review of 'Chaos', and if you had similar impression.
English, Swedish and Somali are the only languages I know. Seeing your collection makes me wanna take some French and German courses so I can add some of these books to my tbr list.
some would say that German is exactly the language you get when you stuff English, Swedish and Somali into a blender... very probably you're able to speak it without even knowing it :)
I definitely see your point Iman. As a swede I think you can pick up the basics of the German language kind of easily. Many words are/feel similar, both in reading and speaking. I "read" German in secondary/high school, which pretty much meant I sat in the back of the classroom drawing for a couple of hours each week, for three years. This was a long time ago and I can't say I remember much but when I recently bought a German copy of Storm I found it surprisingly readable, even with my limited German knowledge. Though I have to admit my interest lies mostly in Don Lawrence's art, which usually fills in the gaps.
@@snaabras I just looked up Don Lawrence and I agree, the art looks great. Reading comics is the way I learned English so maybe I’ll get some German editions to pick up the language.
needless to say... a mind-blowing collection consisting of many gems, most of which already hinted at in your first video which is still treasured by me and never seems to get old. But hell, plenty of new material that I can hardly comment on but would love to see more of. Are you seriously indicating it was a spontaneous decision to step in front of the camera? Anyway, I am glad. 2020 seems to bring something good after all.
now I wait on your collection tour, my friend :) ... and it was actually half-spontaneous... I haven't felt the "necessity of hiding" for a while even though it was and is still the easiest way to do these videos
Great video! It's weird that the comic at 38:43 was renamed Marc DeVille, normally it's called Die Vagabunden der Unendlichkeit/Le Vagabond des Limbes. There's like 15 volumes of it, and it looks very colorful and trippy, very 70's.
What a beautiful collection you have there! I'm honestly surprised by the amount of series that have been translated to German, I might buy some German copies to brush up my German. Greetings from Belgium
oh I'm pretty positive that there are even more comics out there in Flemish (not to speak of the French ones, of course), but yes, given the small community of actual comic readers here it is a wonder, that we have all these editions. I think it's just possible because a lot of the publishers are true comic enthusiasts themselves.
What a fantastic part of your collection! I am simultaneously depressed that I will never get my hands on so many of these and happy to be saving some money. But the way, I have been watching your videos for many years but this is the first time I've seen your face - is this the first time you've been on camera?
Greetings from Texas, Earl Grey. It was great to see you in the video. I finally got an affordable copy of Brussels, albeit in German, since the English version is presently for sale on Amazon for $80 +. I've given The Leaning Girl to 3 people and not one has read it. I thought I'd given it to readers who might find it interesting, but apparently I was wrong. I'm no longer buying anymore to give away, especially since now the English version is getting expensive again (As is Theory of a grain of Sand). You have a great library, as you've heard me say many times, but unfortunately many of the books you showed have not been translated into English or are unreasonably expensive. I've been doing as pleasure reading as I can, because after tomorrow, Tuesday and it's aftermath will be taking my time. Before I watched your video I'd finished reading Gideon Falls (I finally completed my collection in singles and was able to read it) in one sitting. On weekends I wake up early to read. I made the mistake, though, before watching your video, of reading the news and the one article that struck me was about Biden/Harris campaign bus heading from San Antonio to Austin that was surrounded by vehicles with Trump signs and managed to slow it down. It rattled the campaign, which cancelled the trip (the candidates were not on board). It was a mistake to do so, because it only emboldens them. One of the ironies is that Texas is has "stand your ground law" and one has right to carry a firearm. (I was at a friends wedding last night and one of the guests has a pistol tucked in the back of his pants). If roles were reversed, we know what the occupants of a Trump/Pence bus would've done. I don't remember seeing such devotion to a political leader, cult of personality doesn't even begin to explain it. There is something deeper going on here and it's not good. Watching you and your beautiful library was just what I needed to see and take me away from the reality we're in.
glad that I could help ... but yes, actually the only reasonable reaction to the reality we're living in would be to go crazy, arkham asylum level mad.
A shame that your friends never read The Leaning Girl. That's a very kind gift from you. Wishing you and your family safety during the next few days. It's pretty terrifying.
Beautiful collection. I didn't see "The cycle of Cyan" from Bourgeon/Lacroix. It was one of my favorite sf series. Don't know if it is available in German, but really worth a read.
You should not hesitate, especially the first 2 books. Also the series of Aldebaran by Leo is great (the rest of the series are nice but the original one is great). Btw, I am thinking about getting back to collect some more. Got a bit sidetracked last years. Greetings from Belgium
The reason those Schwermetall books have such shitty binding is because they took actual copies of the original magazines and stuck them inside a hardcover. At least I'm assuming that's what I'm seeing here. That's how they did it with French prepublication mags back then as well.
@@earlgrey862 Yes, very little has been translated to English here in the US too. Hoping that someday more will be. I went to Lucca last year and bought a bunch, but I can't read them... just grabbed the best looking volumes for the art.
Hi, dear friend. Love you video’s you made about Lone Sloane and Druillet. I have a question. I live in Holland and we only have the 6 voyages of Lone Sloane, Dellirius and Gail. The only option I have the read and understand Chaos and Salammbo is to buy them from titan books. I saw your video about The Night from titan books and I was shocked to see how bad the colors where compared to the old versions. My question is, how are Chaos and Salammbo from titan books holding up against the originals? Are they better quality then the The Night? I can only buy them from titan books because they are in English, but I would like to know if they are as bad as The Night..😔 Im sad the quality from The Night is so bad 😔 Thank you 😊
hey, I didn't know "Chaos" from Titan is already out... ordered immediately, thanks. I most likely will do a video in which I compare it to the older French one I have. In terms of Salammbo: the colors and reproduction in general of the titan version look okay... even though I don't have another version to compare it to.
earl grey Yes, I got mine in the mail today 😊. Looking forward to your comparison video of Chaos. I was wondering. Did you compare the titan versions from 6 voyages and delirius to your german ones, and what did you think about the quality?
@@earlgrey862 oh oke. And what did you think about the colors? Are the night and Urm the only ones with bad colors do you think? Sorry for the bombardement of questions ha ha
the night, urm and gail have problems with the coloring... I have the two lone sloane books only in German and these are fine, I guess... just did a brief comparison in the comic shop (hence my assessment in terms of the better paper of the German books, but there was no color difference that caught my eye).
Thank you for showing us your collection. I took notes of few I want to get. Do you shelf your comics by genre? I find this method appeal to the status of the mood better.
yes, I try to sort the books by genre (you may want to watch panellogy 332 with an overview of my entire collection)... it works pretty well for the most part, some cuckoo books like the Jodorowsky-wild-western books between all the scifi aside
no... just doing the yt thing here... and in terms of books that I've read I think I always give a different answer, because I'm not counting for real. But in regard of euro scifi I've read almost all of them... with the exception of some of the Yoko Tsuno books and one or two Paul Gillon ones I have read them all, some of them twice or thrice. With some other sections of my collection it's quite different. For an example if you have asked me about golden age superheroes ... I'm constantly reading this stuff as well, but there's so much stuff, esp. the golden age omnibi from DC of which I've just read a fraction
@@earlgrey862Cool, you have over 300 videos, you might ave read more than 1000 by my estimation. I'm hunting for comics made by Peter Pontiac like Styx or Kraut? Do you have them? If you do, would you sell/borrow them?
@@earlgrey862 Dutch author, both titles are autobiographical, one is a memoir of his trials during the disease that brought his death the other is like a reversed Maus
When I was kid, Heavy Metal-type stuff was deeply uninteresting to me. I found the whole "titties and monsters" aesthetic of the covers immature and simplistic, ironically enough. However, looking at european sci-fi here, it is startling just how much ass and titties there really is! I mean, even in supposedly "classy" comics like Obscure Cities: in the story with the young cartographer, his map is literally drawn on her ass. Not to be too puritan or anything, but it is really quite funny when you put it all together like this.
actually I thought the same while recording all the books... must be the part of my collection with the highest t&a - density .... okay there are the Manara and Crepax books on the other shelves. yeah, you don't get that with superheroes! :)
Jodorowsky? Gimenez? ... so, should I tell South America they're part of Europe now, or will you? Also, you stay away from Sarvan, that's a sword and sorc... and planet masterpiece. Also also, YOU HAVE A FACE! I always thought you were just two Adam's family disembodies hands with a German accent and a bunch of self emptying tea cups. EDIT. Also, also, also, is it me or do you not have Jodo's Megalex in your collection?
hello captain obvious! yes, Jodo and Gimenez are not exactly European, but their books have a very European feel, format and are produced for the most part for the "European market". And if you want to look for more "mistakes" in my video you will get plenty for sure: only half of the jodo books belongs to scifi etcetera etcetera sarvan obviously is for the most part a fantasy (satire) but contains scifi elements as well... and no I don't have megalex
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Everyone said 2020 was horrific...but then we got to see Earl Grey live and in the flesh! Best year ever!!!!
Haha! Yes!
This channel deserve so many more subscribers. You have introduced me to so many amazing books that I never would have found on my own.
I love Yoko Tsuno. I started buying them because of the same reason- the technical skill in the drawing of the setting/backgrounds.
Great video! During the past few weeks I have watched all your panellogys and they are invaluable resource for European and indy comics which are my main point of interest. Thank you very much for everything and I am eagerly awaiting the next detailed shelf tours :)
thanks for watching and commenting... all the episodes! that's the dedication I expect!! :)
Been watching for ages! nice to put a face to the voice.
Oh man......I am almost scared to watch this one! This needs to be watched on the big screen later tonight
you have a face attached to those arms and hands...!
You got down to the Schuiten books and I nearly lost my mind. Absolutely beautiful and it reminds me of how much I love his art. I need to revisit him again myself soon. Did you say that you have done a video about that art book? Must be one I missed, what a book!
Good to know about Valerian, I felt the same when I read the first two volumes recently, was a little too cartoony and didn't really grab me like I thought it would.
The coloured versions of Barbarella look incredible! The Humanoids version I have is all black and white.
I watched an older video from Mind the Comics and that put me on to doing a search online for more Euro comics, stumbled on to Druuna there. Saw the art and it immediately made the list. The full figured woman might have had something to do with that.
Lost in Time! Man, I loved the single English volume I found by Gillon and Forest. Really wish there was more.
I only have two volumes of Don Lawrence's STORM and to be honest, I haven't really given them a fair chance. His art is incredible though...might be time to pull them off the shelf again and give it another go.
Killer video. More!
the artbooks were included in pan227. ... and yes, Druuna, the lady really helps in terms of appeal and such :) if you want to check it out, you may start with Druuna zero/Anima... it's not the best book of the series but it's a silent story so you can pick up the italian, german or whatever version.
Cheesecake is a great euphemism. Going to have to borrow this. 😊
Panellogy #356 1st appearance of Earl Grey. Bag and board this episode.
Ooooh baby I can't wait for this! I'd kill to browse your books for an afternoon!
Earl Grey, the man the myth the legend, ...European scifi comics make me salivate , thank you sir for your awesome video!!!.
A very fine collection! You have a face and eyes and stuff!
crazy :P .... it was just the easiest way to show the books
What an amazing collection of books. I love Druillet, Moebius and Jodorowsky but they have a lot of work that I haven't read yet. Very keen to continue exploring those creators. I've had my eye on the work of Don Lawrence for a while now, Trigan and Storm both look stunning. Definitely want to get into those as soon as I can afford a few purchases. I almost picked up Trigan a month back, but Storm might have jumped the queue. So many more here that I want to read like Druuna, Bilal's work, and Valerian. Wonderful tour! Thank you so much for sharing your passion and perspective along with all these beautiful comics. It's a real pleasure. Also so nice to finally have a face to put to the voice! 😊
Absolutely a platinum level of awesome in that collection.
i could not help but drool a bit. i got myself back together after wiping away and jus sat saying "Yes...>next book< yes. ..>next book, talks, i agree... < Yes!......"
Once again i feel sorry for our American friends who don't get to know, let alone SEE most of these books....at least as to say not enough of them do because, honestly, this gear is the best and outshines the rest by a long shot. Moebius is revered by nearly every sci fi / fantasy artist (writers, pencil/inkers, film directors and set designers and costume makers) worth their salt and he's only one of the great European creators.
You, sir, have earned yourself a new sub.
Hoping to find a look at some of the films made from some of these great artists. i'm still throwing the Blueberry film at people, even though it doesn't follow the books greatly, i see it as its own thing that Moebius did sign off on and is a blast ! If you haven't done that, maybe worth a video on them ?
thanks for your platinum level of comment, you're welcome big time... and as to the Blueberry movie, I have to confess, that I haven't seen that one...
but it's on my to do list now
@@earlgrey862 It's weird that hardly anyone knows the Blueberry film even exists, even "Comic Nerds", yet you will balk at just how many known, "Name" actors are in it and ask even more strenuously "Why....why have i never seen this!?"
Heh heh.
Well met, this day, good sir.
>places right fist on open left palm & bows
Cameo by Christopher Lambert
Loved this!! I highly recommend Pat Mills Charlie's War, Nexus (expensive), Walt Simpsons Thor Omnibus, The Elementals (80s fare), Alan Moores Swamp Thing...Gosh...on and on.... Oh Johnny Red (My fav)
I've just purchased two books by a writer/artist called James Stokoe: Grunt: The Art & Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe and Aliens: Dead Orbit. Oh my WORD, his art is INCREDIBLE! I'm not even a huge fan of the Aliens franchise, but I just HAD to buy it when I saw a couple of videos about it. Anyway, I'm just going to leave this information here for you to read and inwardly digest.
Stokoe is something I agree wholeheartedly
Great video! All kinds of amazing things. Thanks for this! I collect vintage SF&F paperbacks, but not comic books. :)
Very nice part of your collection.
I was happy to see something from Yoko Tsuno: Since I read an album of her when I was about 9 that I hadn't seen anything of her.
On another note, the Splitter-Verlag editions are simply gorgeous. I'll have to level up my German and get some of those editions.
We finally get to see batman unmasked aka earl grey face
Yup this confirms that English in comic books is not an advantage 😂. So much great material there is to discover but I cannot read in that many languages. Great to see and thank you for sharing.
Oh god I'm just starting this video but I can already see it's going to cost me money.
... probably... or it's even worse: I'm afraid it's one of the videos that show a lot of gorgeous comics that aren't available in English... yet.
@@earlgrey862 I can always get the Polish or Spanish editions but then I'm stuck with the shipping costs. I need to make sure my lists are ready next time we go to Europe.
@@ChaosandComics make a "short" sidetrip to Hamburg and we can comicshop together :)
@@earlgrey862 wroclaw/breslau is closer to Hamburg than Los Angeles is to San Francisco so it's certainly not out of the question
An entrepreneur needs to make an Ebay which is exclusively for comics.
Bellissima collezione
I also agree with you about Valerian. The big-foot cartooning in the beginning of the series is kind of silly, but as it progresses the art becomes very beautiful. I currently have volumes 2, 3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, &18. I started buying them after I saw the film adaptation, which I thought was pretty good, but the male lead actor was an odd choice.
"odd"... a much too nice way to put it :)
Hi Earl Grey, I have minimized my buying from Marvel and DC since I started watching you years ago. I will mention couple of books which you probably know (Sci-fi) but I did not see in your collection. Some might be worth looking at! Meka (1 HC book) by Morvan , Warship Jolly Roger (2 HC) by Runberg, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers (1 Trade) by Joe Casey, Sea of Stars (2 Trades) by J.Aaron , Shangri-La by Bablet, ( haven ‘t read the “ Chixin Liu graphic novels - so no comment), Sci-Spy Complete Series(1Trade- older series) by Moench, Eclipse (i believe you have it …4Trades) by Z.Kaplan, Symmetry (2Trades) by Matt Hawkins, Under (Titan books) by C.Bec, Downward to Earth (1HC I believe heard it from you) P. Thirault, Infinity 8 (8HC) by Killoffer, All the Skydoll books (100% sure I saw them in your videos) by Barbucci, Chrononauts (2Trades) by M.Millar, Orbital (8Trades) by Runberg, Wings of Lights (1Trade) by J.Verlanger and last but not least Dune the Graphic novel! I did not write the obvious books and the ones you own (Remender ,Vaughn, Millar, Ellis etc) Hope you find one or two interesting. I follow Humanoids and Titan closely. Thanks for guiding me and making me realize I love Scifi especiallyin Space!
wow, what a list! yeah there are some who I've wanted to check like Morvan and Shangri-La and some others that I didn't continue with (like Infinity 8 which I just read Vol.1 of) and lots I've maybe heard of but don't have a clue of what they are about. Thanks for commenting... good to know to have some good influence on you people out there :) Suggestion: you start your own channel and I will sub asap!
I am also a big fan of Druillet, he is really on another level in psychedelic sci fi comics! He is also very unique, at least as I take it, his work is very heavily permeated by his life and feels so true, honest and straightforward . Each feels like a piece of art communicating way more than purely a story - as the pages of Night are full of griev and hope, Gail is soaked with pain, depression, kind of 'no way out feeling'... I was so eager to see Chaos, and I somewhat releaved that he, as Sloan challenged his Shaan... but maybe I am wrong, who knows :D Anyway I would be very much interested in your review of 'Chaos', and if you had similar impression.
the book is on its way :)
English, Swedish and Somali are the only languages I know. Seeing your collection makes me wanna take some French and German courses so I can add some of these books to my tbr list.
some would say that German is exactly the language you get when you stuff English, Swedish and Somali into a blender... very probably you're able to speak it without even knowing it :)
I definitely see your point Iman. As a swede I think you can pick up the basics of the German language kind of easily. Many words are/feel similar, both in reading and speaking.
I "read" German in secondary/high school, which pretty much meant I sat in the back of the classroom drawing for a couple of hours each week, for three years. This was a long time ago and I can't say I remember much but when I recently bought a German copy of Storm I found it surprisingly readable, even with my limited German knowledge. Though I have to admit my interest lies mostly in Don Lawrence's art, which usually fills in the gaps.
Do your employers know that you are watching TH-cam at work? You should put some Earl Grey on the big screens.
@@snaabras I just looked up Don Lawrence and I agree, the art looks great. Reading comics is the way I learned English so maybe I’ll get some German editions to pick up the language.
@@forgerelli1 No. and they won’t if you don’t tell them.
needless to say... a mind-blowing collection consisting of many gems, most of which already hinted at in your first video which is still treasured by me and never seems to get old. But hell, plenty of new material that I can hardly comment on but would love to see more of. Are you seriously indicating it was a spontaneous decision to step in front of the camera? Anyway, I am glad. 2020 seems to bring something good after all.
now I wait on your collection tour, my friend :) ... and it was actually half-spontaneous... I haven't felt the "necessity of hiding" for a while even though it was and is still the easiest way to do these videos
Great video! It's weird that the comic at 38:43 was renamed Marc DeVille, normally it's called Die Vagabunden der Unendlichkeit/Le Vagabond des Limbes. There's like 15 volumes of it, and it looks very colorful and trippy, very 70's.
oha, thanks, didn't know that... should give the two albums a re-read soon
What a beautiful collection you have there! I'm honestly surprised by the amount of series that have been translated to German, I might buy some German copies to brush up my German.
Greetings from Belgium
oh I'm pretty positive that there are even more comics out there in Flemish (not to speak of the French ones, of course), but yes, given the small community of actual comic readers here it is a wonder, that we have all these editions. I think it's just possible because a lot of the publishers are true comic enthusiasts themselves.
What a fantastic part of your collection! I am simultaneously depressed that I will never get my hands on so many of these and happy to be saving some money.
But the way, I have been watching your videos for many years but this is the first time I've seen your face - is this the first time you've been on camera?
yeah, should have had a shave first :) ... wasn't planned
@@earlgrey862 Hahaha! But...what's a shave? 😋
I should have shaven off the stubbles from this incredibly well-formed double chin
Greetings from Texas, Earl Grey. It was great to see you in the video. I finally got an affordable copy of Brussels, albeit in German, since the English version is presently for sale on Amazon for $80 +. I've given The Leaning Girl to 3 people and not one has read it. I thought I'd given it to readers who might find it interesting, but apparently I was wrong. I'm no longer buying anymore to give away, especially since now the English version is getting expensive again (As is Theory of a grain of Sand). You have a great library, as you've heard me say many times, but unfortunately many of the books you showed have not been translated into English or are unreasonably expensive. I've been doing as pleasure reading as I can, because after tomorrow, Tuesday and it's aftermath will be taking my time. Before I watched your video I'd finished reading Gideon Falls (I finally completed my collection in singles and was able to read it) in one sitting. On weekends I wake up early to read. I made the mistake, though, before watching your video, of reading the news and the one article that struck me was about Biden/Harris campaign bus heading from San Antonio to Austin that was surrounded by vehicles with Trump signs and managed to slow it down. It rattled the campaign, which cancelled the trip (the candidates were not on board). It was a mistake to do so, because it only emboldens them. One of the ironies is that Texas is has "stand your ground law" and one has right to carry a firearm. (I was at a friends wedding last night and one of the guests has a pistol tucked in the back of his pants). If roles were reversed, we know what the occupants of a Trump/Pence bus would've done. I don't remember seeing such devotion to a political leader, cult of personality doesn't even begin to explain it. There is something deeper going on here and it's not good. Watching you and your beautiful library was just what I needed to see and take me away from the reality we're in.
glad that I could help ... but yes, actually the only reasonable reaction to the reality we're living in would be to go crazy, arkham asylum level mad.
@@earlgrey862 Unfortunately, you are correct. The undercurrent is an abyss.
A shame that your friends never read The Leaning Girl. That's a very kind gift from you. Wishing you and your family safety during the next few days. It's pretty terrifying.
@@peterlinfield Thank you, Peter. Same to you.
Beautiful collection. I didn't see "The cycle of Cyan" from Bourgeon/Lacroix. It was one of my favorite sf series. Don't know if it is available in German, but really worth a read.
yes, it's still available, I think... I was close enough of buying it several times...
You should not hesitate, especially the first 2 books. Also the series of Aldebaran by Leo is great (the rest of the series are nice but the original one is great).
Btw, I am thinking about getting back to collect some more. Got a bit sidetracked last years.
Greetings from Belgium
The reason those Schwermetall books have such shitty binding is because they took actual copies of the original magazines and stuck them inside a hardcover. At least I'm assuming that's what I'm seeing here. That's how they did it with French prepublication mags back then as well.
yes, exactly!
The metabaron second cycle came out collected 2 weeks ago from humanoids
Wonderful collection, but you know that!
Do you ever read any of Italy's Bonelli comics, like Martin Mystere, Dylan Dog, Nathan Never, etc.?
unfortunately just a few were translated, but I have a pretty extensive collection of Dylan Dog - great series!
@@earlgrey862 Yes, very little has been translated to English here in the US too. Hoping that someday more will be. I went to Lucca last year and bought a bunch, but I can't read them... just grabbed the best looking volumes for the art.
Hi, dear friend. Love you video’s you made about Lone Sloane and Druillet. I have a question. I live in Holland and we only have the 6 voyages of Lone Sloane, Dellirius and Gail. The only option I have the read and understand Chaos and Salammbo is to buy them from titan books. I saw your video about The Night from titan books and I was shocked to see how bad the colors where compared to the old versions. My question is, how are Chaos and Salammbo from titan books holding up against the originals? Are they better quality then the The Night? I can only buy them from titan books because they are in English, but I would like to know if they are as bad as The Night..😔 Im sad the quality from The Night is so bad 😔
Thank you 😊
hey, I didn't know "Chaos" from Titan is already out... ordered immediately, thanks. I most likely will do a video in which I compare it to the older French one I have. In terms of Salammbo: the colors and reproduction in general of the titan version look okay... even though I don't have another version to compare it to.
earl grey Yes, I got mine in the mail today 😊. Looking forward to your comparison video of Chaos. I was wondering. Did you compare the titan versions from 6 voyages and delirius to your german ones, and what did you think about the quality?
@@SandroSensei the German ones have slightly better paper (but their price was almost twice as much as the titan books)
@@earlgrey862 oh oke. And what did you think about the colors? Are the night and Urm the only ones with bad colors do you think? Sorry for the bombardement of questions ha ha
the night, urm and gail have problems with the coloring... I have the two lone sloane books only in German and these are fine, I guess... just did a brief comparison in the comic shop (hence my assessment in terms of the better paper of the German books, but there was no color difference that caught my eye).
Thank you for showing us your collection. I took notes of few I want to get. Do you shelf your comics by genre? I find this method appeal to the status of the mood better.
yes, I try to sort the books by genre (you may want to watch panellogy 332 with an overview of my entire collection)... it works pretty well for the most part, some cuckoo books like the Jodorowsky-wild-western books between all the scifi aside
Do you have a list where you put all the comic/books you have ever read on goodreads or another site? How many do you think you have read?
no... just doing the yt thing here... and in terms of books that I've read I think I always give a different answer, because I'm not counting for real. But in regard of euro scifi I've read almost all of them... with the exception of some of the Yoko Tsuno books and one or two Paul Gillon ones I have read them all, some of them twice or thrice.
With some other sections of my collection it's quite different. For an example if you have asked me about golden age superheroes ... I'm constantly reading this stuff as well, but there's so much stuff, esp. the golden age omnibi from DC of which I've just read a fraction
@@earlgrey862Cool, you have over 300 videos, you might ave read more than 1000 by my estimation. I'm hunting for comics made by Peter Pontiac like Styx or Kraut? Do you have them? If you do, would you sell/borrow them?
@@cojojojo1222 sorry, never have heard of them
@@earlgrey862 Dutch author, both titles are autobiographical, one is a memoir of his trials during the disease that brought his death the other is like a reversed Maus
Jetzt kenne ich nach zwei Jahren auch das Gesicht zur Stimme :)
tja, hätte meine Visage gerne noch eine Weile versteckt... ging aber so am leichtesten mit dem Bücherzeigen :)
Are you telling me that you don't have a red deapool/batman like face in real life?
Are you a fan of L' Association? If so, have you ever done a video spotlighting their publications?
no... haven't heard of them tbh
can you do videos reviewing Siberian 56 and Prophet?
(at least) not very soon, I'm sorry... I have a very long list of books I have to talk about before
When I was kid, Heavy Metal-type stuff was deeply uninteresting to me. I found the whole "titties and monsters" aesthetic of the covers immature and simplistic, ironically enough. However, looking at european sci-fi here, it is startling just how much ass and titties there really is! I mean, even in supposedly "classy" comics like Obscure Cities: in the story with the young cartographer, his map is literally drawn on her ass. Not to be too puritan or anything, but it is really quite funny when you put it all together like this.
actually I thought the same while recording all the books... must be the part of my collection with the highest t&a - density .... okay there are the Manara and Crepax books on the other shelves. yeah, you don't get that with superheroes! :)
Jodorowsky? Gimenez? ... so, should I tell South America they're part of Europe now, or will you? Also, you stay away from Sarvan, that's a sword and sorc... and planet masterpiece.
Also also, YOU HAVE A FACE! I always thought you were just two Adam's family disembodies hands with a German accent and a bunch of self emptying tea cups.
EDIT. Also, also, also, is it me or do you not have Jodo's Megalex in your collection?
hello captain obvious! yes, Jodo and Gimenez are not exactly European, but their books have a very European feel, format and are produced for the most part for the "European market". And if you want to look for more "mistakes" in my video you will get plenty for sure: only half of the jodo books belongs to scifi etcetera etcetera
sarvan obviously is for the most part a fantasy (satire) but contains scifi elements as well...
and no I don't have megalex