Comments on: Collect This Now! Rubber Blanket http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/ Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:59:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-15827 Eric Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:19:11 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-15827 Thank you for this thoughtful, lovely paean to Mazzuchelli's sorely underrated Rubber Blanket. With Astorios Polyp now in bookstores and securing rave reviews far and wide, a reassesment of this seminal work in Mazzuchelli's career was due. How wonderful to see his incredible artwork again, his pen reminiscent of Alex Toth yet considerably more abstract, expressionistic. "Big Man" I always thought one of the finest short comic stories and certainly a high-water mark for Mazzuchelli. Thank you for this thoughtful, lovely paean to Mazzuchelli's sorely underrated Rubber Blanket. With Astorios Polyp now in bookstores and securing rave reviews far and wide, a reassesment of this seminal work in Mazzuchelli's career was due. How wonderful to see his incredible artwork again, his pen reminiscent of Alex Toth yet considerably more abstract, expressionistic. "Big Man" I always thought one of the finest short comic stories and certainly a high-water mark for Mazzuchelli.

]]> By: Karl Erickson http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-12886 Karl Erickson Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:00:25 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-12886 Asterios Polyp truly is a wonderful graphic novel. Mr. Mazzucchelli will be discussing it and his exhibition “Sounds and Pauses: The Comics of David Mazzucchelli” with curator and PictureBox publisher Dan Nadel on Thursday July 16th at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. David is also scheduled to appear at Bryant Park on August 19th with Heidi and Danny Fingeroth, Chip Kidd and more! It was a great pleasure to put together the show with David and Dan and I hope everyone will have a chance to come see it! Asterios Polyp truly is a wonderful graphic novel. Mr. Mazzucchelli will be discussing it and his exhibition “Sounds and Pauses: The Comics of David Mazzucchelli” with curator and PictureBox publisher Dan Nadel on Thursday July 16th at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art.

David is also scheduled to appear at Bryant Park on August 19th with Heidi and Danny Fingeroth, Chip Kidd and more!

It was a great pleasure to put together the show with David and Dan and I hope everyone will have a chance to come see it!

]]> By: Chris Beckett http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-12372 Chris Beckett Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:32:44 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-12372 Those three issues of Rubber Blanket and City of Glass (along with Born Again & Year One) all reside in places of honor on my bookshelves along with books like From Hell and Lost Girls and the works of Paul Pope, Scott Morse, and Chris Ware. RB is essential, and I can't wait to get my copy of Asterios Polyp and dive into that. Thanks for the profile on such an important book. chris Those three issues of Rubber Blanket and City of Glass (along with Born Again & Year One) all reside in places of honor on my bookshelves along with books like From Hell and Lost Girls and the works of Paul Pope, Scott Morse, and Chris Ware. RB is essential, and I can't wait to get my copy of Asterios Polyp and dive into that.

Thanks for the profile on such an important book.

chris

]]> By: Julian http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-12246 Julian Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:19:13 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-12246 Mazzuchelli's adaptation of City of Glass blew my mind. Mazzuchelli's adaptation of City of Glass blew my mind.

]]> By: Randall Kirby http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-12241 Randall Kirby Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:25:24 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-12241 What about the Mazzuchelli pages in Durwin Talon's book "Panel Discussions"? What about the Mazzuchelli pages in Durwin Talon's book "Panel Discussions"?

]]> By: Greg McElhatton http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-12236 Greg McElhatton Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:28:54 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-12236 Years ago I asked someone at Pantheon about a RUBBER BLANKET collection, and the response I got was that David Mazzucchelli was the one keeping it from being collected in English. If I remember correctly, Mazzucchelli was already working on POLYP and didn't want older material showing up in the meantime. Maybe now that POLYP is done we might get a collection? Hopefully? Until then, I shall continue to treasure my copies of all three issues! (For those who can read French, there were a couple of the stories from RUBBER BLANKET reprinted as stand alone graphic novels that way.) Years ago I asked someone at Pantheon about a RUBBER BLANKET collection, and the response I got was that David Mazzucchelli was the one keeping it from being collected in English. If I remember correctly, Mazzucchelli was already working on POLYP and didn't want older material showing up in the meantime. Maybe now that POLYP is done we might get a collection? Hopefully? Until then, I shall continue to treasure my copies of all three issues!

(For those who can read French, there were a couple of the stories from RUBBER BLANKET reprinted as stand alone graphic novels that way.)

]]> By: Chris Mautner http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-12227 Chris Mautner Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:45:57 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-12227 Mark -- I was being a wee bit facetious. Mark -- I was being a wee bit facetious.

]]> By: Peter http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-12226 Peter Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:09:54 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-12226 Me, I hope that Mazzucchelli is inspired to do more work after Asterios Polyp is published. It would be nice to see Rubber Blanket collected, but the Mazz is a true genius and we'd be lucky to see him publish more graphic novels (or return to the monthly world - but that will never happen). Me, I hope that Mazzucchelli is inspired to do more work after Asterios Polyp is published. It would be nice to see Rubber Blanket collected, but the Mazz is a true genius and we'd be lucky to see him publish more graphic novels (or return to the monthly world - but that will never happen).

]]> By: Mark Kardwell http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/collect-this-now-rubber-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-12220 Mark Kardwell Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:09:33 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=14092#comment-12220 Mazzucchelli's contribution to LEGEND OF ARZACH was just one poster in a portfolio, surely? Mazzucchelli's contribution to LEGEND OF ARZACH was just one poster in a portfolio, surely?

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