The Sword and Laser discussion

Since the other thread is closed. How about french comics? Apparently a lot of new ones are being translated and available digitally according to this audio only video. There's one artist that's a former architect (François Schuiten?). I hear there's some good sales on Comixology. The prints are in a bigger "album" size.

Why I Moved to Franco-Belgian Comics [Pipeline Comics Podcast #1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRFvY...

show notes: https://www.pipelinecomics.com/episod...

Star Trek in French?

Geez, this guy doesn't hold back. NSFW.

The Rageaholic -- Enter Bandes Dessinées: The Best-Kept Secret in Comics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EQpX...

Mark wrote: "Star Trek in French?
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Mon dieu, mon capitan! Je n'aurais pas dû porter une chemise rouge!

I’ve read a few French, Spanish and Italian comics. It’s interesting how they’re so much shorter page-wise than American or Japanese books, but physically so much larger. In terms of quality, I find them on par with anything else: some good, some not. I do sometimes feel like I’m missing some cultural references.

I quite like Blacksad. A cool anthropomorphic cat doing the noir detective thing, what’s not to like? Plus the art is gorgeous.

Unlike a lot of manga which is often just characters on a blank background, the European artists really cram in tons of detail. Which explains the brevity of the work — it must take them two weeks to do each page.

https://i.ibb.co/rKsDkmcT/IMG-6947.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/svRYD2tC/IMG-6946.webp
https://i.ibb.co/67s3x0Q2/IMG-6944.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/pjyZysrg/IMG-6943.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/B5tL0Pnh/IMG-6942.png

Trike wrote: "Mon dieu, mon capitan! Je n'aurais pas dû porter une chemise rouge!"

Spock: Mon pantalon est rouge aussi!

Well, it’s not like Spock can die twice.

Oh, wait…

Watched this video about it. He shows some beautiful albums but they might not have English translations (Comixology? Hoopla?). At least they're nice to look at. That youtuber makes comics too.

Michael Bancroft - Can You Believe It: 1 in 5 Books Sold In France Is A Comic?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWLyD...

Le Parisien - "53,1 millions d’albums vendus en 2020: la BD est en pleine forme!" (53.1 million albums sold in 2020: comics are in great shape!) https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loi... [article in French in 2021]

English version of Prophet? The Book of Chaos: Oversized Deluxe

Trailer: Long John Silver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFU8L...

Mathieu Lauffray - Prophet
Vatine & Varanda - La Mort Vivante
Mathieu Lauffray - Long John Silver
Meyer & Delabie & Dorison - Undertaker
Mathieu Lauffray - Valerian: Shingouzlooz Inc.
Mathieu Lauffray (or others) - Conan

Just picked up Saga, Volume 12 at my local bookstore,

Stephen wrote: "Just picked up Saga, Volume 12 at my local bookstore,"

Ooh, thanks for the heads up!

It continues, an expands on, an already great masterpiece of literature.

Apparently 6 Volumes (36 Issues) until it comes to its conclusion.

I think I got three volumes in. Maybe six? Anyway, I enjoyed it at the time but it was too over the top for me. I might go back and finish, if the local library gets them all. They are likely to. (I got to read all of Fables in large format that way and it was *chef's kiss* good.)

Gotta thank the thread for reminding me that my copy of Mike Baron's Sherlock Holmes came in. It opens fairly well with some Holmesian detecting on who and what his visitor is. Plus a gratuitous couple of panels about cocaine addiction. Sigh, that was the stupidest part of the Holmes cycle. Well anyway, looks competent if not great. (I have been spoiled in my day by Simonson and Kirby, and even Baron was pretty great in some of Nexus and Badger.) I will likely finish up in the next few days.

I borrowed european scifi comic album Orbital Vol. 1 by Runberg & Pellé (art) on Hoopla.