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Saturday October 13th 2007, 12:06 pm

RED WINGS AND BLACK LEATHER…

Well, I’m 5 pages into the next project finally. So production has officially begun. I’m going to be trying different things here as it moves along (what else is new). I haven’t decided if it’s working yet. But thats how I like to play it. Just do it and see what happens. Anyway, things are off to a good start. Still have no idea when DC plans on making announcements but I think a lot of people have already figured out what this project is because there has been comments elsewhere in this regard.

BLACK AND WHITE GOODNESS…

When I was up in SF for the gallery event party I acquired some AIT/PLANET LAR books. Some were gifts, so thank you to the creators who gave me their work to check out. I’ve just finished reading them and they are…

FIRST MOON– by Jason McNamara and Tony Talbert— An interesting historical tale about early colonists to America but with a nice strange supernatural spooky twist that ties into a modern day family’s life. A really different concept based on familiar ideas making for a nicely executed story.

CONTINUITY– by Jason McNamara and Tony Talbert— This one is my favorite of the 2 books given to me by these guys. A really unusual story about a girl who is a little bit lost in her life, going down a not so good path. She finds that her dreams can somehow alter her waking reality in very dire ways and has caused this dystopian reality she now lives in, So in trying not to make things worse she decides she must stay awake. The result is a compelling read with characters that easily immerse you into their lives. As much as I liked Tony Talbert’s work in First Moon I think I like this better. His work here really gels with the story greatly. Nicely detailed and damn determined to TELL a story with his art.

WHITE DEATH — by Rob Morrison and Charlie Adlard— A well written character driven story about soldiers trying to cope with the situation they’ve been put in during a time of war. Adlard here uses a different style than what I’m accustomed to from him and it is very effective. However I think the printing is a little dark and sort of muddies up the details a bit in some places. Anyway, worth checking out.

ROCK BOTTOM — by Joe Casey and Charlie Adlard— I have to say that this is my favorite of the bunch. I’m not quite sure why, it just fits my sensibilities the most I think. Another character driven tale about a man who has come down with this strange and incurable disease that is slowly turning him to stone. This is in fact a wonderful metaphor of the character’s time in his life. He can’t seem to get past the bad decisions he has made and now lives in a rut. So as he turns to stone he must come to terms with himself. It becomes a very emotional story that pulls you into it dramatically and fully convinces of these character’s believability. Charlie Adlard’s art here is absolutely perfect for the story and again he uses a different style than what he is known for. This time to much greater impact. Deciding to leave the blacks out of his inks here is wise move and allows the reader to really enjoy the qualities of his drawing more, making for the art to have a real beauty to it. Perfectly suiting the beauty in the writing. A very nice balance of art and story.

These all represent the sort of comics we need to see more of. Great stuff overall. I recommend you check them out if you haven’t already.

MUSIQUE…

short list this time because i’ve been doing the ipod shuffle lately.

SOLACE—nagari
THE DONNAS — bitchin’
ELECTRIC SIX — switzerland
DEBBIE HARRY —necessary evil
HUMAN LEAGUE — reproduction remastered
HUMAN LEAGUE — travelogue remastered
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY — the good things
FRONT 242 — pulse

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