Comics!

[TechnicalBarbarity]

The only thing I know of that fits the bill is The Walking Dead

That's funny, considering most of the people who actually read comics don't even consider TWD to be that good .... not in the last 7-8 years, that's for sure. If you think it's the "only good long-running western comic" than you sure in the hell have not read enough comic books.

edited out some assholeness.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Huh. Could have sworn I responded to these.

By cinematic I mean comic books that are more adult, that seem like maybe they started off as a film script even. I should have just said adult.

Then you should definitely check out the other two books i mentioned.

 

[CiG]

Will do. I went ahead and saved a shopping cart on Dymocks dot com with everything mentioned here by you guys. Except for one, I forget which, which wasn't in stock.

 

[Vilden]

As for this comic you are highlighting; I usually very vary of things that draw influence from Lynch and Twin Peaks in particular, it has such an inimitable style and a lot of things that wear TP-influences on their sleeves often feel very artificial and cringy to me. Those two pages you show do look promising though.

Yeah I get what you mean, but this works extremely well imo. It isn't THAT lynchian either I guess, it's more the quirky small town feeling of the first two Twin Peaks seasons (mixed with the Midsomer Murder britishness) rather than the all in wtf-ness of the third. The creator actually cited The Prisoner as it's biggest influence, not TP, but well, he's watched some of it too, that's for sure.

...Why would a story taking place in rural Britain involve Indian mythology though?

That's for you to find out.

 

[CiG]

Lynch didn't invent the whole nice small town but not-so-nice behind closed doors thing anyway. The Wicker Man predates Lynch's first film by 4 years and it's based on an even older book.

Though he definitely helped to popularize and perfect it I suppose.

 

[Vilden]

Yeah and the earlier mentioned The Prisoner is older than The Wicker Man (the movie atleast). I think Strangehaven is mostly rooted in british small town drama mixed with some subtile supernatural weirdness (in the vein of TP).

 

[CiG]

I'm definitely fucking intrigued by what you've posted. I love small town British mystery/crime/dramas.

I have audiocassettes that I listen to all the time of the stuff.

 

[Vilden]

Re-reading Lucifer. I think Carey is one of the best Vertigo writers. The Unwritten is by far the best new age Vertigo and I probably like Luciferi more than Sandman actually.

 

[CiG]

That looks really cool. I saw a fly-headed bartender.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

The Unwritten is by far the best new age Vertigo

I've have first 12 or so issues of The Unwritten and i remmber it being one of my fav book att. Need to jump back in.

Jeff Lemires work is pretty awesome too, definitely one of the best writers today...

 

[Vilden]

I have only really read Essex County by Lemire which I thought was quite good, but I'm no fan of his art. Abit too sketchy for my tastes. I like my art quite detailed and clear. Maybe I should give Sweet Tooth a chance, I've seen it praised alot but it doesn't really intrigue me.

 

[CiG]

6 days ago I committed to an Ebay bid for Frank Miller's Hard Boiled set, thoughts on the books?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... haven't read it, but i've always been fascinated by Geof Darrows artwork.

 

[CiG]

Same, basically I'm buying them on the strength of a Google image search. Holy shit.

 

[Vilden]

Speaking of which, who are your fav artists? This has probably come up before but oh well.

IMO Jean Giraud/Moebius is the obv #1. Other contenders include Enki Bilal, Jaime Hernandez and Masamune Shirow.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

John Romita Jr
Jim Lee
Marc Silvestri
Frank Miller
John Byrne
Frank Quitely
Neal Adams
Todd McFarlane
Jack Kirby
Dale Keown
Olivier Coipel

edit: Alex Ross has some ridiculously awesome covers.

 

[CiG]

Some of my favourite graphic novel artists:

Barry Windsor-Smith
Masamune Shirow
Dave Gibbons
Katsuhiro Otomo
Akira Toriyama
Frank Miller
Tim Sale
Mike Mignola
Mœbius
Eiichirō Oda
Ronnie del Carmen
Paul Mendoza
Mokona
Kyle Baker
James O'Barr

Edit: also, Jim Starlin and Kentaro Miura

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Now this is a thread i wouldn't mind if you responded in all day C'mon now, flesh out that list.

 

[CiG]

Okay I edited it.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Nice list, cant believe i forgot about Tim Sale. Definitely belongs up there. He is a top 2 Batman artist for me. The Long Halloween is one of my all time favorites.

I'm kind of surprised that not a single one form my list made yours. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but some of those guys are widely considered to be among best the best of all time

edit: i missed Frank Miller there, ok i'll give you a pass