Troisieme Testament

[incandescens]

Reading one of Grant Morrison's Animal Man books causes me to want to go out there and buy more of them; then again, this is a not uncommon thing with reading Grant Morrison.

On Thursday, when in London with SJ, I attempted to foist Alan Moore's D.R. & Quinch on him in spare moments. I wish I could say exactly why I find it so very funny and so very well done. Perhaps it's the minimalism of the piece? Every frame is packed and yet nothing drags, nothing is wasted.

This is a reminder to myself to tell arcangel that Alice and Dorison's Troisieme Testament has started to come out in English and is very much worth getting. (The Third Testament, they are unsurprisingly calling it; 4 graphic novels, already all out in French, the first out so far in English.)

This is also a reminder to myself that book 6 of the Requiem series is now out (though in French, not English). Hellfire Club is the subtitle. Sounds good.

Still tired. Astonishing, when I consider how late I slept in this morning. I must have built up quite a backlog on Thursday.

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"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it." -- Alfred Hitchcock

Comments

[evilmagnus]

I am very happy that I was able to pick up another copy of D.R & Quinch a few years back (before the reprint). It's a seminal work of, well, Moore getting away with far too much in a mainstream comic. And "Mind the Oranges, Marvin!" has to be Best. Movie. Evar.

[incandescens]

Though really, 2000AD always did push a lot of boundaries . . .

And yes. Best movie ever.

[dipping_sauce]

This is also a reminder to myself that book 6 of the Requiem series is now out (though in French, not English). Hellfire Club is the subtitle.

Hee! Let us know if Emma Frost shows up, will you? XD

[incandescens]

Heh. I'm sure that even if she isn't there, a lot of other people in corsets will be . . . the art style on that series has to be seen to be believed. Gorgeous as it is.

[mikeneko.livejournal.com]

Grant Morrison's Animal Man

I've no idea whether he did more than one run on that comic. But the series I'd followed back in the . . . argh, was it the '80s? . . . was worth it. Upsetting, but then weirdly touching toward the end.

[incandescens]

That's the one, yes, and that's what I'm looking at now.

[prodigal.livejournal.com]

The two Alans' work on DR&Q is a thing of beautifully violent glee.

[incandescens]

Totally.

[prodigal.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite installment was when that chirpy little preppy girl fell head over heels in love with DR, and Quinch's attempts to deprogram her turned her into an even worse menace than either of them could be. :)

[incandescens]

Mmm, yes. Crazy Chrissie.