In a post earlier today, PinkDreamPoppies asked for comic book recommendations; in particular, he’s looking for comics aside from strips and aside from superheros. As it happens, I have some rather strong opinions on the subject. In an attempt to keep this list of reasonable length, I’m going to limit myself to recommending comics that are available as bound books. Also, my list is deficient because I\u2019m pretty ignorant when it comes to manga and Eurocomics. And the recommendations aren’t given in any particular order.
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So what’s it about? Umn, on the surface, it’s sort of a hard-boiled detective novel, except it’s really about an author of hard-boiled detective fiction who gets sucked in to pretending he’s an hard-boiled detective, and one of the false identities he takes on is Paul Auster, the author of the novel this comic is based on.<\/p>\n
The problem with Palomar <\/i>is that it doesn’t give you any of Jamie’s stuff. I’m not sure where to recommend starting with Jamie; you could start with volume one of the reprints, but he hadn’t yet developed into the powerhouse he’d become, so maybe you’re better off starting with volume 3<\/a> or thereabouts. Anyhow, Jamie draws better than almost anyone in comics. His writing is terrific, too; part slice-of-life, part soap opera, focusing on twenty-something punk Mexican-American women living in L.A.. Totally absorbing.<\/p>\n Well, that should be enough for a while…..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a post earlier today, PinkDreamPoppies asked for comic book recommendations; in particular, he’s looking for comics aside from strips and aside from superheros. As it happens, I have some rather strong opinions on the subject. In an attempt to … Continue reading