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Héctor Germán Oesterheld's Swipe FIle - Part 2
I continue to notice how John Ford's films influenced Héctor Germán Oesterheld's scripts for some of "Sgt. Kirk"'s sequences. A rhetorical question comes to my mind, though: was it possible, in 1953,...
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Stagecoach: a Quick Note
The least that we can say is that John Ford was faithful to his movie sites. Monument Valley comes immediately to mind, of course, but what about Beale's Cut?John Ford (d), Bert Glennon (p),...
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On Stagecoaches and Indian Attacks, Again! Can the Indians Attack a...
...They can, at the hands of a truly great writer like James Edgar. If the result of the attack was drawn by a truly great artist like Tony Weare, it's the icing on top of the cake!James Edgar (w),...
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Héctor Germán Oesterheld: A Desinformação Continua, Também Em Portugal
Na barbárie em que irremediavelmente megulhámos no século XXI a banda desenhada só é falada nos meios de comunicação de massas pelas piores razões. A regra é simples: só se fala do que vende... e a...
View ArticleA Quick Note From Seth
In a private correspondence with Seth he pointed out that the stairs I mention below are two different sets of stairs because those are two different houses. I stand duly corrected.
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Death As a Character
March 5, 1975, somewhere in Argentina: Carlos Trillo and Guillermo Saccomanno interviewed Héctor Germán Oesterheld (Oesterheld was living underground already for political reasons; the interviewer,...
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Death As a Character - Coda # 1
Héctor Germán Oesterheld (w), Hugo Pratt (a), Stefan Stocen (c), "Tierra enemiga," Misterix # 345, May 6, 1955.Readers of Misterix just needed to look at Hugo Pratt's art and Stefan Strocen's colors...
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Death As a Character - Coda # 2
Yesterday I said that, after the story arc "El pais de los mungos," Hugo Pratt's art declined. I didn't change my opinion since then, but there are some cinemascopic panels on the covers of the next...
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Perspective As Symbolic Form
Hector Germán Oesterheld (w), Hugo Pratt (a), "El Sargento Kirk: El pais de los mungos," Editorial Abril, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Misterix # 359, August 12, 1955 (page 665 of the series, 46 of the...
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Feliz Dia de la Historieta!
Francisco Solano López, tapa de Hora Cero Suplemento Semanal # 12, 20 de noviembre de 1957.Hoy se celebra el Dia de la Historieta en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Capital Federal) y en toda...
View ArticleMat Brinkman's Skeleton Jelly, Part 1 (followed by Part 2)
Mat Brinkman, "Skeleton Jelly" is part of "Multiforce", Paper Rodeo # 6, October November 2000. Multiforce was collected in a tabloid sized book by Picturebox in 2009.
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Brian Evenson's Ed Vs. Yummy Fur
Brian Evenson, Ed Vs. Yummy Fur: Or, What Happens When a Serial Comic Becomes a Graphic Novel, Uncivilized Books, May 2014.I just finished reading Brian Evenson's book Ed Vs. Yummy Fur: Or, What...
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Uncivilized Books - A Quick Note
This is just to add that the idea of Tom Kaczynski publishing a Batman coffee table book is laughable, of course. I wish him all the luck and plenty of happy customers.Tom Kaczynski, "100.000...
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Brian Evenson's Ed Vs. Yummy Fur - Coda
Brian Evenson goes on at some point about why Ronald Reagan doesn't look like Ronald Reagan in "Ed the Happy Clown." Well, the explanation is a lot more simple. He would get an answer if he had read...
View ArticleBrussels: The Nightmare
Today I received a magazine with photos of the kitsch comics-themed murals in Brussels. If I ever go to said city I must carefully avoid every single one of those murals. They're a nightmarish reminder...
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Chester Brown As A Gothic Artist
When someone mentions Italian Gothic painting in your presence I bet that the first name coming to your mind is Sassetta. A few others are also likely candidates, of course, but, to me, at least,...
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More Landscape Panels By Hugo Pratt, Héctor Oesterheld and Stefan Strocen
Héctor Germán Oesterheld (w), Hugo Pratt (a), "El Sargento Kirk: Ruta de sangre" [blood route], Misterix # 441, April 26, 1957.Héctor Germán Oesterheld (w), Hugo Pratt (a), "El Sargento Kirk: Ruta de...
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September 25, 2008
This blog is 6 years old since last September 25. Did the situation of the real great artists in comics history improve since then? Are they recognized as such instead of the parthetic comics canon...
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Dan Mazur's and Alexander Danner's Comics A Global History, 1968 To the Present
Dan Mazur, Alexander Danner, Comics A Global History, 1968 To the Present, Thames & Hudson, 2014While flipping through the book it was my whole life as a comics reader that I saw passing...
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Dan Mazur's and Alexander Danner's Comics A Global History, 1968 To the...
"Aristophane was a better artist than Jack Kirby, obviously. Joost Swarte is better than Hergé."Domingos IsabelinhoNothing is obvious, ever, but, in this case, even less so. That is why I want to...
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