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Bookgasm » Blog Archive » Free Comic Book Day 2007 Roundup — Mon, 07 May 2007 11:44:09 +0000

[...] will). But we got our fix by hitting two other stores afterward, thus allowing us to review – for the second year in a row – a healthy number of the day’s offerings, in no particular order. Here are [...]

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The Best American Comics 2006 » Bookgasm — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:52:23 +0000

[...] That said, there’s some good stuff here. Joel Priddy’s stick-figured “The Amazing Life of Onion Jack” is as funny as when I first read it (in a Free Comic Book Day offering, no less), as is Chris Ware’s clever “Comics: A History,” a bite-sized pastiche originally created as the wraparound cover for MCSWEENEY’S #13. [...]

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Sun, 14 May 2006 01:21:47 +0000

If these weren’t capsule reviews, Eric, you would’ve read me going on and on about Kupperman. His stuff is awesome.

By: Eric L

Eric L — Sat, 13 May 2006 19:55:08 +0000

Part of the reason the lettering in Savage Dragon is so bad ois because the artist/ writer recently decided he wanted to do it himself. If his reasoning was that he wanted to shine a spotlight on these underappreciated letterers by showing us had bad lettering can affect a book then I applaud him. Otherwise… look, there’s something to be said for DIY, but there’s also something to be said for realizing when it’s best to just let someone else do a competent job.

As for Donald Duck’s girliness- looking at his sailor suit I can sort of see why they might think he looks a little girly.

And as for the Fantagraphics book- Michael Kupperman’s work is sheer genius. Sheer, warped genius.

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Bookgasm » FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGASM >> 5.12.06 — Fri, 12 May 2006 21:30:15 +0000

[...] • Free Comic Book Day 2006 Roundup. AMELIA RULES fans, click now to get the lowdown! … Okay, now that they’re gone, I’ll let you in on a secret: There’s no review of the AMELIA RULES book. There is, however, a heartfelt journey into the land of SUPERMAN/BATMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED, X-MEN/RUNAWAYS, STAR WARS/CONAN, G.I. JOE and THE TRANSFORMERS (more than meets the eye), among others. [...]

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Thu, 11 May 2006 17:46:06 +0000

Ron, my daughter got OWLY, as she did last year. This time, however, she called it “a coloring book.” Sure enough, I’ve found torn-out pages of it throughout the house, half-Crayoned.

Christopher, I’ll have to check out CONAN. I liked the Marvel-era CONAN okay, but it was cooler to look at than it was to read, to tell the truth.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 11 May 2006 14:29:34 +0000

I missed FCBD this year, but wanted to chime in on Dark Horse’s CONAN. I really didn’t think I would like this and avoided it until it had been recommended to me countless times. Finally, when I was in the need of some testosterone packed bloodshed and carnage, I picked up the first trade. It’s really awesome and I can’t recommend it enough. Conan is one of those things where you either like it or you don’t. But if you like barbarian action with beautiful art, it doesn’t get much better.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:58:31 +0000

My favorite was Top Shelf's Owly: Breaking the Ice, which is perfect for young kids. I wish I'd seen the Scott Pilgrim, though--by the time I got to my stores, they were all out.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 10 May 2006 13:46:51 +0000

It’s unfortunate that Marvel chose Skottie Young to illustrate the X-Men/Runaways story – his art is painfully awkward in that ghetto tagger style, which contradicts the smart, sharp writing of Brian K. Vaughn.

I passed on the Image book this year since last year’s issue spoiled some as-yet-unread events in their series INVINCIBLE, which I buy in trade paperback form. GØDLAND is a fun read. The writer’s about half as clever as he thinks he is, and the artist should be paying royalties to the Jack Kirby estate, but it’s big, dumbish fun.

I picked up ONI’s FREE SCOTT PILGRIM and Drawn & Quarterly’s MR. JEAN, because my store is a lot cooler than Rod’s.