Comments on: This Wednesday, you will believe a boy can lie

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:44:43 +0000

Hey Rodney… I thought the Johnny Cash GN was pretty cool. I enjoyed reading it while listening to Cash’s music. Here’s a link for anyone’s who interested:

http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Cash-I-See-Darkness/dp/0810984636/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256779474&sr=1-7

I’m not familiar with the author/artist’s other work (mentioned on the page)… I clicked his name, but there didn’t appear to be anything else in print, but I thought this book was stunning.

The Dylan book is a different animal entirely, interpretations of selected songs rather than a bio, but I’m hoping I enjoy it just as much. The Amazon page has a list of who’s drawing what… Good mix of famous, classic songs with more obscure stuff (“Bind Willie McTell”!). I’m especially interested to see what McKean does with “Desolation Row”:

http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Dylan-Revisited/dp/0393076172/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256779936&sr=1-1

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:23:02 +0000

That’s true, SKFK… At least the Gaiman HC had other Gaiman/Batman-related material in it. I also exaggerated the price difference a bit, but I still think it was ripoff given that the main story was only a few months, pretty slim, and still easy to find at cover price. As I commented, this Spidey HC is the bigger ripoff though. A single standalone story, then a bunch of unrelated stuff tacked on.

By: SKFK

SKFK — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:40:57 +0000

At least “Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?” hardcover has the excuse of collecting other Batman stories written by Neil Gaiman along with the two-parter. Besides, Neil Gaiman is a much bigger name than a couple of guys from SNL, and the artist lineup is much more interesting: Besides Andy Kubert, it has Mark Buckingham, Bernie Mireault, Matt Wagner and Simon Bisley.

“The Short Halloween” just collects a bunch of random Spider-Man stories, none of which would deserve a hardcover treatment on their own.

By: rodney

rodney — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:52:36 +0000

i have the Johnny Cash graphic novel. been looking forward to reading it.

By: billy bodjer

billy bodjer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:40:31 +0000

yah tis bob dylan comics, experimental or readable forsooth?

By: Shaun

Shaun — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:52:42 +0000

Wow… That “Short Halloween” HC has to be even more pathetic than taking the two Batman issues that Neil Gaiman wrote last year, and slapping that into a hardcover for about six times the price of those two issues combined. Unreal.

Anyhow, that Bob Dylan thing looks pretty intriguing… The only name I know is Dave McKean’s, but as a huge Dylan fan I’ll have to check that out…. Along similar lines I found a graphic novel biography of Johnny Cash in a local bookstore recently. I’d never heard about it prior to that, but it seemed too fun to pass up. I loved it!

By: Wraith

Wraith — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:13:08 +0000

“Marvel rolls out a hardcover packaging that recent one-shot by Saturday Night Live cast members Bill Hader and Seth Meyers and artist Kevin Maguire with issues 4-6 of Amazing Spider-Man Family.”

Are you kidding? That has to be one of the five most pathetic collections ever slapped together in hardcover binding? That’s absolutely weeping awful.

By: DrewT

DrewT — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:56:14 +0000

Yeah! Secret Science Alliance! great book.