I'd buy that for a dollar
I'd buy that for a dollar
Jul 13Matt mentioned earlier that the new Escapist comic was coming out – this confused me to no end, as I’d bought a couple of the VERY expensive and sporatic Escapist comics from a few years back. They were good, but they were eleventy bucks or more, and they always felt like the comic equivalent of fast-growing a clone from a child to an adult in a matter of months – the whole point behind them seemed to be to portray the Kavalier and Clay story as fact over fiction. Which was cool and all, but I could only read so much about how Gil Kane did character studies for Amazing Midget Radio Comics, but it never went anywhere and he returned to DC. And whole pages of the books were a mix of fake and real letters. It was a great idea and I just couldn’t pay attention.
Now Dark Horse is doing a six part series, wherein Brian K Vaughan, Philip Bond, and Eduardio Barreto tell the tale of a man attempting to get The Escapist updated and publishing again. I dig Vaughn. I love Bond’s art. I should probably know who Barreto is, but don’t – his “golden age” Escapist art is excellent. The whole thing is awesome – and the first issue that just came out… is a buck.
In fact, the only downside to this whole venture is that they lead with Frank Miller doing the cover. It’s not quite an eyeball grabber – I actually tend to skip over Miller art when I visually scan the shelves, so I almost missed it. Why can’t that dude do feet properly? They always look odd. Brian Bolland did the backcover, so that kind of makes up for it.
Anyhow, if you liked The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, you might want to check this out – it’s almost like a sequel, without all the pretentions of presenting fiction as fact.
Chime in, Matt – what’d you think?
WikiWikiWhack: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
