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Monday, April 6, 2009

Books I Went to the Emerald City Comicon...

Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:34 PM

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...and by far the best thing I bought was the first issue of Boom Studios' Muppet Show comic book by Roger Landridge, who drew the great Fred the Clown comic book back in the day.

Even those endearingly gruff and snooty cartoon snobs over at Fantagraphics Books loved the Muppet Show comic book. Eric Reynolds says:

It's a very well done comic. I can't say I flipped over it. I mean, it's a Muppets comic. But it's the goddamn best motherfucking licensed Muppets comic you could ever imagine...It plays to the strengths of the creator and the creation. Hell, it's not just well-done, it's impeccably well done.

This is a perfect comic book for kids. It's got singing and dancing and Statler and Waldorf and the Swedish Chef and a real, complete story with an emotional climax and a resolution and so on and so forth. You can read the first eleven pages over here. Most comics shops in Seattle are currently sold out of it, but it will be reprinting very soon. This is the best single issue of a comic book I've read in forever. I'm totally serious.

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Never thought I'd be one to admit it, but I bought a mighty thick compendium of Prince Valiant comics for a mere 10$. I always liked the art in the Sunday strips, and the goddamn thing has been around since 1937! The art is alot like Conan minus the swearing and wenching and cleaving- so maybe not that much like Conan.

Posted by Fortuna Mandolin on April 6, 2009 at 3:43 PM

I like Eric Reynolds.

Posted by jackie treehorn on April 6, 2009 at 3:59 PM

Make that Roger Langridge...

Posted by MEC on April 6, 2009 at 4:00 PM

"I Went to the Emerald City Comicon . . ."

. . .and all I got was this lousy/great _______.

Posted by whatev, mind on April 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM

Did you go on Saturday or Sunday, Paul? I went for the BSG and Wil Wheaton panels. Frakkin' great experience.

Posted by If Starbuck was there, my heart would explode on April 6, 2009 at 7:22 PM

Better than THRIZZLE?!?

j/k. They're both great.

I like Jackie Treehorn.

Posted by Eric Reynolds on April 6, 2009 at 8:06 PM

I unthinkingly gave the Muppets a pass, but I'm glad you didn't. It's pretty fun. Oh, I did like "Thrizzle," that's for sure. But the only thing I blew money on was the new Love & Rockets collection because Xaime Hernandez was right there signing them! I couldn't resist. He even gave me a quick sketch for free!

Posted by Gurldoggie on April 6, 2009 at 8:17 PM

If I bought Thrizzle #4 at the Comicon, that would've been the best single issue I've read in a long time. But I bought Thrizzle #5, and that was not as good as #4 or the Muppet Show book. Still great, though.

Posted by Paul Constant on April 6, 2009 at 11:26 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1_HJGh0M…

Posted by azeller on April 12, 2009 at 12:22 PM