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by Dan Nadel
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Numerous Comics Comics contributors have wound up on Top 10 lists, and here‘s an unusually nice mention of project close to Frank’s inky heart: the Cold Heat Special, co-created by Jon Vermilyea.
Labels: Cold Heat, Frank Santoro, Jon Vermilyea
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Jon V earned the top spot (!) on the Forbidden Planet Europe best of list for 2007 for his masterful Princes of Time.
http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=6071
Princes of Time by Jon Vermilyea
I chose this comic because it is basically flawless. It works on all levels. And even though the comic itself is nothing out of the ordinary, I can’t see anybody not liking this. Princess of Time is a wordless, black and white comic tabloid that features three gentlemen smoking pipes, dressed as 19th century professors on a galaball. The drawings are very nice, kind of like early Moebius and the whole comic is in a very strict 9 panel per page division to let the whole joke work better. The story starts with those three gentlemen arriving in a car (with three steering wheels) at a strange building somewhere in the jungle. They end up in another universe and have to battle some sort of monster. It’s all pretty funny, actually and the end joke is so lame, that you can’t help but burst out. Don’t worry, I am not spoiling it here.