No Mod Required » comics http://www.drunkenfist.com/304 Rob Larsen writes on entertainment, sports and culture. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:56:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Surrounded By All That Four Color Splendor, I Drew Wolverine (in Graytones…) http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2010/09/01/surrounded-by-all-that-four-color-splendor-i-drew-wolverine-in-graytones/ http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2010/09/01/surrounded-by-all-that-four-color-splendor-i-drew-wolverine-in-graytones/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:08:03 +0000 rob http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/?p=7787

Enter the Dragon? I'm seeing it.

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I overhead the above quote while riding in the elevator at my hotel. It was spoken of him after he left the elevator. I won't embarrass him, but it's kind of a funny comparison.

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It's kind of fun.

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Over at my comics blog, I did a 10 for 10 post about comics. You should really check it out.

The focus here is on American mainstream comics. I have no apologies for that :) These are in no order. They are, however, presented with plenty of love for a decade chock full of good comics.

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Sleeper

Comprising Sleeper: Season One and Sleeper: Season Two, this series went way too far under the radar. It was clearly one of the best superhero efforts of the decade, although at the end of the day it was more cloak and dagger than capes and cowls. Thankfully both Phillips and Brubaker went on to become fancy, big-selling stars for Marvel after finishing up this classic. I just wish a few more people had been able to check out Sleeper when it was running. It was tough talking into a vacuum.

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Criminal

Criminal took the Noir aspects of Sleeper, jettisoned the superhero aspects and distilled a pure drauft of crime drama. I have an affinity for their source material and love these two guys as individual talents so I was basically made to love this book.
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Secret Asian Man: The Daily Days

The self-published collection (which means you really ought to buy it since all the money goes to the artist,) collects all the strips Tak did when he was syndicated by United Features.

Have you pre-ordered it yet?

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