Thursday, February 25, 2010
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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2/10/2010 07:25:00 PM
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7 Covers: Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champions
This week's 7 Covers is courtesy of PANELista Matt Kish, who had this to say about his choice:
"Unlike Brent, who has confessed to being an ardent Robert E. Howard fan, the fantasy paperbacks that filled my youth were the tales of Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champions. Elric. Hawkmoon. Corum. Erekose. And so on. I devoured every Moorcock book I could find, and I was thrilled when I discovered that Pacific Comics, and later First Comics and others, were turning his Eternal Champion books into comics. My first experience with these comics was the miniseries "Michael Moorcock's Elric," adapted by Roy Thomas and gorgeously illustrated by P. Craig Russell and Michael T. Gilbert. It was an amazing comic. Although the title jumped from publisher to publisher and changed artists several times, eventually Russell would bring the whole thing to a close in the late 90s at Dark Horse by adapting the novel "Stormbringer" on his own. Even more thrilling for a young fantasy addict like myself, the publishers saw fit to dig deeper into Moorcock's body of work, also bringing excellent comic adaptations of the Hawkmoon books, with art from Filipino komiker Rafael Kayanan, and the Corum books, with mindblowing art by a young Mike Mignola. Every one of these books is great and well worth checking out."
   
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Monday, February 01, 2010
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2/01/2010 07:03:00 PM
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
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1/10/2010 05:50:00 PM
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Friday, December 11, 2009
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12/11/2009 04:45:00 PM
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7 Covers: Xenozoic Tales
When I first discovered comic book specialty stores back in the 80s, it opened me up to a whole new world of comics not dominated by superheroes. Of the many, many black-and-white indie books that I got into, Xenozoic Tales was, and will always be, one of my favorites. Written and illustrated by Mark Schultz, and published by Kitchen Sink, the series lasted 14 issues. It told the story of mechanic Jack Tenrec and scientist Hannah Dundee in a post-apocalyptic Earth. Aside from the presence of dinosaurs, one of my favorite aspects of the comic was the fact that unlike the hundreds of Mad Max "scorched Earth" variations on the theme, this was a world overrun by jungles and reclaimed by nature. Needles to say, there was also a strong environmental theme running through the book.
Of course, Schultz's eye-meltingly gorgeous artwork also set it apart from anything else on the shelves:
   
  
According to Wikipedia, "under the more memorable title, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, the series spawned a cartoon series premiered on CBS, an arcade game from Capcom, a home video game from Rocket Science Games, action figures, trading cards, candy bars, and a Twilight 2000 system role-playing game." I do remember seeing an episode or two of the cartoon, but it did nothing for me. The other products I'm not familiar with, although there's one they forgot to list: Xenozoic Tales music CD (which I own and should probably review at some point on the blog...)
(Have a favorite series of your own? Or an artist? Character? Submit your own set of 7 covers by sending me small files (i.e. 72 dpi for the web) to ferret at ferretpress dot com and include "7 covers" in the subject line. Also, let me know if you have a blog or website you'd like me to link to.)Labels: 7 covers
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
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12/01/2009 08:36:00 PM
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
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11/15/2009 04:35:00 PM
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