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FORMER GUY (2022):
The only consolation regarding the Dallas Morning News dropping Doonesbury is that Andrews McMeel publishes a collection every other year. Speaking of which, isn't about time for a new one to come out? No, actually. The last one, Day One Dictator, was released in 2024, so we've got another year to wait. (Has it only been a year? Seems like longer.) But while looking, I realized that I did miss one: Former Guy (2022). Now that it's in my hands, I'm readig them all in order.
NEW COMICS I HAVE READ TODAY THIS MONTH:
OLD COMICS: I just finished reading Moon Knight (1980) and will likely finish Silver Surfer (2014) today. Also, insprired by the second (and) season of the Sandman TV show, I have picked up where I left off last time, with "The Kindly Ones."
COMIC STRIPS: Flash Gordon, Pogo, Peanuts and Tarzan have all stalled, but I have finished for Better or for Worse, and Doonesbury and Gasoline Alley are moving along at a steady clip.
AROC OF ZENITH: Episode #201
REPLACEMENTS: Moon Knight (1980), Silver Surfer (2014) and "The Kindly Ones" have been replaced with Norse Mythology (Dark Horse), DCF Blue Beetle and "The Wake."
I actually read about a month's worth of comics but:
Habibi - I finally finished slogging through this monstrosity. It took me a month and half to get through this nearly 700 page book. Two thing struck me as I was reading this: 1. This came out in 2011 and I bought it fairly early, so it has been sitting on my book shelf for 15 years. 2. No idea why I bought this, as I didn't like Blankets either (maybe I got a discount?). I will admit I did enjoy the beginning, but about the halfway mark I was just losing steam. The art is nice though
I know I've said this before, but it's nice to be reminded that I'm not alone in not liking the otherwise beloved Blankets.
PEANUTS EVERY SUNDAY Vol. 9 (1991-1995):
Nine down, one to go.
KRAZY KAT: I don't have any dedicated collections of Krazy Kat, but I have been reading strips (circa 1929-1932 so far) while reading Gasoline Alley in Comics Revue. Herriman's artwork is certainly distinctive, and his strips are gently funny, but... I don't know. I do have three volumes of Baron Bean (1916-1918), and I may move on to those in the near future (say, next year maybe).
STRIP UPDATE: My intention had been to read all (I have) of Flash Gordon, Pogo and Tarzan in 2025, but my purpose has cooled recently. I try to read at least one month of each per sitting, but there are some days I do not read any at all. I plan to continue each series through the end of 2025, but if on December 31 I have not finished them, I will replace them all with different collections and start 2026 with a clean slate.
KRAZY KAT: It's growing on me. The patois George Herriman uses for Coconino Country in the strip is simply the ordinary speech he heard growing up in New Orleans, a dialect known as "Yat." The word comes from the common greeting "Way yat" or "Where y'at." The Yat dialect is spoken only in certain parts of that city. It's been compared to Brooklynese, but there are definite differences. It was shaped by the same linguistic forces as Brooklynese (mostly, a population from all parts of the world, all trying to speak English in a mutually-understandable way, leavened with frequent visitors from even more exotic places as one would expect in a major port, and the occasional wave of new immigrants), but acting on a different initial ethnic mix.
GASOLINE ALLEY: It occurs to me that Dick Moores draws some of the most beautiful women in all of comics.
I'm reading Art: The Way It Is by John Adkins Richardson and in a section on comic strip art Richardson calls Krazy Kat "the most poetic comic strip of them all".
UFO Mushroom Invasion, by Shirakawa Marina ("Shirakawa" was his actual family name, "Marina" was a pen name, a "Japanization" of "Mariner" from the space probe.) It was originally published in 1976. In some ways, it's a standard "Invasion of the Body Snatchers/Invasion from space" story, but it's a very well-done story of that type, with a lot of the body horror that Japanese horror artists seem to specialize in. The story is interspersed with information about mushroom myths and legends from around the world. Overall, a good read.
Fury of Firestorm #15-19 - Pretty standard superhero fare of its time. It was good, not great. Two things though. First, in one issue they announce a new artistic team. 2 issues later they are listed on the cover credits. Inside we actually get Gene Colan and Rick Magyar, which was a pleasant surprise. Second, just a little typo that tickled me, instead of "Manual Override" someone was looking for a "Manuel Override"
Wraithborn vol 1. - Story and and pencils by Joe Benitez. With story and script by Marcia Chen. This is in the same vein as The Darkness or Witchblade. So, if you like that you might like this. Its a 6 issue origin story, and that seems a bit too long for me.
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