{"id":3600,"date":"2011-10-29T03:10:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T03:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/10\/29\/graphic-novels-received-102811-2\/"},"modified":"2011-10-29T03:10:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T03:10:36","slug":"graphic-novels-received-102811-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/10\/29\/graphic-novels-received-102811-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic novels received 10\/28\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n

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The Zombies that ate the World \u2013 Book 1: Bring me back my Head!<\/span><\/a>
\nWritten by Jerry Frissen
\nArt by Guy Davis<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Los Angeles in the year 2064, the dead have risen and corpses live again, cohabiting among us\u2026well, somewhat. As a zombie apocalypse engulfs America, we follow a group of friends on a their journey to start a little business of their own: zombie catchers! Written by Jerry Frissen (Lucha Libre<\/span>, The Tikitis<\/span>), and illustrated by Guy Davis (B.P.R.D.<\/span>, The Marquis: Inferno<\/span>), the two creators collaborate here to pay homage to the zombie genre, giving us a hilarious black comedy that will want you starved for more! Collects the first 4 issues of the DDP\/Humanoids comics and features a whole new sketchbook section.<\/p>\n

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The Man Who Grew His Beard<\/span><\/a>
\nby Olivier Schrauwen<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Man Who Grew His Beard<\/span> is Belgian cartoonist Olivier Schrauwen\u2019s first American book after having staked a reputation over the last decade as one of Europe\u2019s most talented storytellers. It collects seven short stories, each a head-spinning display of craft and storytelling that mixes early twentieth-century comics influences like Winsor McCay with a thoroughly contemporary voice that provokes and entertains with subversively surreal humor and subtle criticism of twentieth-century tropes and images. The stories themselves, though each stands alone, are intertwined thematically, offering peeks into the minds of semi-autistic, achingly isolated men and their feverish inner worlds and how they interact and contrast with their real environment. Though Schrauwen taps “surrealist” or “absurdist” impulses in his work, you will not read a more careful and precise collection of stories this year.<\/p>\n

The stories included are: \u201cHair Types,\u201d a hilarious piece that on the surface explores the pseudoscientific classification of personality as a function of hair but becomes something more akin to a fable about self-fulfilling prophecy; \u201cChromo Congo,\u201d a silent story about two men on safari who meet a corpulent and obnoxious hunter; as well as \u201cThe Task,\u201d \u201cThe Man Who Grew His Beard,\u201d \u201cThe Lock,\u201d \u201cThe Cave,\u201d and \u201cThe Imaginist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though this is Schrauwen\u2019s first U.S. edition of comics, he has wowed American fans with his appearances in the anthology MOME<\/span> over the last few years, and one of his MOME<\/span> stories was one of three comics selected for the 2009 edition of Dave Eggers\u2019s influential Best American Nonrequired Reading<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Antares: Episode 1<\/span><\/a>
\nby Leo<\/span><\/p>\n

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After the failure of the Betelgeuse colonisation mission, Kim is back on Earth, where she is an increasingly popular figure. Meanwhile, advance scouts on planet Antares have witnessed some distressingly strange events. Worried about the future of this new mission, the sponsors of the Antares project call upon Kim to accompany the first colonists, offering legal amnesty for Alexa and Mark in exchange. It\u2019s the beginning of a new adventure for the young woman and her friends.<\/p>\n

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Dear Creature<\/span><\/a>
\nby Jonathan Case<\/span><\/p>\n

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Deep beneath the waves, a creature named Grue broods. He no longer wants to eat lusty beachgoers, no matter how their hormones call to him. A chorus of crabs urges him to reconsider. After all, people are delicious! But this monster has changed. Grue found Shakespeare\u2019s plays in cola bottles and, through them, a new heart. Now he yearns to join the world above.<\/p>\n

When his first attempt ends\u2026 poorly, Grue searches for the person who cast the plays into the sea. What he finds is love in the arms of Giulietta\u2014a woman trapped in her own world. When she and Grue meet, Giulietta believes her prayers are answered. But people have gone missing and Giulietta\u2019s nephew is the prime suspect. With his past catching up to him, Grue must decide if becoming a new man means ignoring the monster he was.<\/p>\n

Rising from a brine of drive-in pulp and gentle poetry, Jonathan Case\u2019s debut graphic novel Dear Creature<\/span> is the love story you never imagined!<\/p>\n

Graphic novels received 10\/28\/11<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. The Zombies that ate the World \u2013 Book 1: Bring me back my Head! Written by Jerry Frissen Art by Guy Davis Promo copy: In Los Angeles … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n