Comments on: Random Riff Round-Up http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html A magazine of comics criticism and history Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jonathan Baylis http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5506 Jonathan Baylis Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:49:22 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5506 Indeed, Frank, that was my first thought actually when I heard about it. I love Rubber Blanket! Actually just finished reading Asterios Polyp yesterday. I've been reading it a few pages at a time. SOO many ideas that people will be stealing from for years. Really inspiring, and I wasn't expecting to laugh so hard on the subway with that ending. I almost wish I'd had milk just to shoot it out my nose a few feet. Indeed, Frank, that was my first thought actually when I heard about it. I love Rubber Blanket!

Actually just finished reading Asterios Polyp yesterday. I’ve been reading it a few pages at a time. SOO many ideas that people will be stealing from for years.

Really inspiring, and I wasn’t expecting to laugh so hard on the subway with that ending. I almost wish I’d had milk just to shoot it out my nose a few feet.

]]> By: Frank Santoro http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5303 Frank Santoro Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:12:05 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5303 BWS is doing a Hulk riff? He's "doin' a Mazzucchelli?" (get it? Big Man, Hulk riff...) BWS is doing a Hulk riff? He’s “doin’ a Mazzucchelli?”

(get it? Big Man, Hulk riff…)

]]> By: Jonathan Baylis http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5298 Jonathan Baylis Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:32:43 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5298 Windsor-Smith did that Adastra book which was supposed to be the third part in that X-men Storm/Forge trilogy. And his new project is a riff off a Hulk story he wanted to do once I believe. Windsor-Smith did that Adastra book which was supposed to be the third part in that X-men Storm/Forge trilogy. And his new project is a riff off a Hulk story he wanted to do once I believe.

]]> By: Rob Clough http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5216 Rob Clough Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:39:29 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5216 It was interesting to me because this is a portion of Marvel's history that hasn't really been recorded anywhere from a ground-level or oral-history perspective. Hearing some of the perspective behind the end of the Epic line (which really was a weird, interesting period in mainstream comics history), the free-wheeling fun between the end of the Shooter era and the massive lay-offs in the mid 90s, the surprising number of women who popped up in editorial and elsewhere...it made for interesting reading. It was interesting to me because this is a portion of Marvel’s history that hasn’t really been recorded anywhere from a ground-level or oral-history perspective. Hearing some of the perspective behind the end of the Epic line (which really was a weird, interesting period in mainstream comics history), the free-wheeling fun between the end of the Shooter era and the massive lay-offs in the mid 90s, the surprising number of women who popped up in editorial and elsewhere…it made for interesting reading.

]]> By: Dan Nadel http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5207 Dan Nadel Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:52:00 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5207 Wow, that facebook page is unbelievable. The "how did you get fired or quit" thread is really something. Good stories -- the odd professional underbelly of the comics industry. Someone better be copying and pasting all that stuff. Wow, that facebook page is unbelievable. The “how did you get fired or quit” thread is really something. Good stories — the odd professional underbelly of the comics industry. Someone better be copying and pasting all that stuff.

]]> By: Rob Clough http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5204 Rob Clough Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:39:28 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5204 Frank, You don't need a facebook account to look at this page. --Rob Frank,

You don’t need a facebook account to look at this page.

–Rob

]]> By: Frank Santoro http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5196 Frank Santoro Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:49:03 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5196 I'd rather not at this point since they all seem so impressionable and fragile. They're young. They'll figure it out someday. Also I can't read anything on Facebook cuz I don't have a Facebook page. I’d rather not at this point since they all seem so impressionable and fragile. They’re young. They’ll figure it out someday. Also I can’t read anything on Facebook cuz I don’t have a Facebook page.

]]> By: Rob Clough http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5195 Rob Clough Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:35:04 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5195 Frank, Can you give me a name or two from "The Elmo Generation"? I'm not sure I've seen the works of the folks you're talking about. PS: Have you seen this page? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&gid=63353950184 When I saw it, I immediately thought you might be interested in reading some of the entries. Frank,

Can you give me a name or two from “The Elmo Generation”? I’m not sure I’ve seen the works of the folks you’re talking about.

PS: Have you seen this page?

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&gid=63353950184

When I saw it, I immediately thought you might be interested in reading some of the entries.

]]> By: Frank Santoro http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5167 Frank Santoro Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:18 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5167 I had a dream last nite that I met Ho Che Anderson at the Strand bookstore in NYC. I told him that I thought the King hardcover collection was like his autobiography. Meaning, there is the story of King but also the pained history of Anderson making the book. There is a call and response back and forth between the history and the making that really resonated with me. He was about to say something and then a giant bookcase fell over and I woke up. I had a dream last nite that I met Ho Che Anderson at the Strand bookstore in NYC. I told him that I thought the King hardcover collection was like his autobiography. Meaning, there is the story of King but also the pained history of Anderson making the book. There is a call and response back and forth between the history and the making that really resonated with me. He was about to say something and then a giant bookcase fell over and I woke up.

]]> By: Zack Soto http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/03/random-riff-round-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-5165 Zack Soto Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:07:17 +0000 http://comicscomicsmag.com/?p=1257#comment-5165 Dusty- The Dungeon books are indeed printed album-style in France and Spain at least. I picked up a bunch of them in Spanish when I was in Madrid a few years back (got at least one of the Early Years and that Blanquet volume of Dungeon Monsters in glorious HC album format!). Dusty-
The Dungeon books are indeed printed album-style in France and Spain at least. I picked up a bunch of them in Spanish when I was in Madrid a few years back (got at least one of the Early Years and that Blanquet volume of Dungeon Monsters in glorious HC album format!).

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