Very good book, published by Fantagraphics.
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/daughters-of-snow-and-cinders
I don't think the style of this comic fits our theme well enough to post it here regularly.
Agree.
Just think of how the classic Star Wars Trilogy is an obvious mashup/reverence of/to Dune, Star Trek, Jidai-geki (Kurosawa in particular) and Western movies.
IMO a brilliant mashup indeed, plus a tribute to the old Flash Gordon serials and to the philosophical precepts (eh, that's not really the right terminology, but...) of Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth.
That said, I kinda wish Lucas would have stopped after the original trilogy, and gone back to making gems like American Graffiti and so forth.
The other huge X-factor in the room of course is his divorce from wife Marcia, who heavily contributed to the genius of early Star Wars, IMO. Both she and people like Harry Ford would regularly tell George: "this is a great idea, but the dialogue is absolute crap." XD
Woah, I didn't know you were familiar with Astrid, too, chieftain Mîm!
Hey that reminds me, @Nakedmole@lemmy.world,
Could Astrid make me a pizza one day like this clever cutie?
Moloch, huh?
Like... the ancient Cannonite diety? :o
...which creates the impression of looking through heavy rain.
Nice point. I wish I'd added that above, but am glad you did!
1847 was a year of economic turmoil in France, which preceded a second revolution in 1848. Wouldn't be surprised if this was related to any of that.
Also, the tall officer in the middle looks very familiar, but then again, I guess it was a pretty common look, i.e. middle-aged man with a drooping, caterpillar moustache.
From the couple of books by Jane Goodall I read, there absolutely was a 'top dawg' male in the Gombe chimp troop for as long as she was around to study it.
Sometimes it would be based on force of personality; sometimes on strength & size, sometimes on wiliness and psychological tricks, and another time due to two brothers teaming up together. Regardless, after the fall of one, another would inevitably take its place.
IIRC Sapolski also observed that most baboon troops indeed had a heirarchy, with the top dawg there typically taking out its frustrations on the next-ranking member down, and so forth down the line. That said, he also observed that when the most aggressive males sometimes died off due to disease / etc, the resultant troops could function remarkably differently, in which there was more of an egalitarian matriarchy.
@ooli3@sopuli.xyz
This translates to "Dry Cleaning," and was published by Rue de Sèvres in 2022, a publisher I don't remember hearing about before.
https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-78913-BD-Nettoyage-a-sec.html
(zoom or right-click-open to expand these images)
Mertens is Flemish-Belgian, born in 1968, and seemingly worked in film most of his career, only turning to BD novels in 2019, doing this one and Béatrice so far, both as artist and writer.
As for the story, it's a classic slice-of-life look at François, an aging middle-aged man whose main ambition is to win the lottery, which would enable him to give his younger female friend and daughter the kind of life he feels they deserve. Meanwhile, he works a rather uncertain job as a delivery driver for a local dry cleaner. All in all, his is not *quite* a pathetic existence, but one can feel it inevitably slipping in that direction.
Perhaps the main theme here is actually "rain," and that's conveyed almost ceaselessly across almost every page. François is perpetually forgetting to bring his umbrella along, and therefore walks around across the entire story not unlike a drowned rat. Indeed, things take a turn for the tragic (amidst bitter irony) when it comes to his relationship with water.
But about the art-- I don't think I've ever seen rain in a city-scape portrayed with such lushness and power. Mertens very definitely takes some liberties with shading, lighting and coloring, and I'm pleased to say that he produces some of the most stunning BD art I've ever seen. Truly, this work can be thoroughly enjoyed in either the Dutch or French versions without needing to understand a single word. It really is that kind of wonderful.
If there's a weakness with this one, at ~140pp I feel that it probably could have been edited down a bit to tell the story a bit more efficiently and dramatically. But it's hard to care too much when the art is this incredible, and to be fair-- it's a strong story that feels reminiscent of classic Euro film.
Please settle down, silly geese...
Gerudo-- I think MAYBE I see what you're saying.
I.e., Nate's stuff is not strictly Euro in nature, so you're trying to 'call me out, right?'
But here's the thing, dude-- have you actually READ the purpose and backstory of this community..?
Come on, dude-- let's talk about it, eh..?
Just finished this one, and found it a fine album, indeed. It's by consistently-excellent artist Ana Miralles and writer Emilio Ruiz.
https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-90856-BD-Ava.html
For me, it was a pretty fascinating little 'time-capsule look' in to the life a major Hollywood star (Ava Gardner), her notably iconoclastic nature, the social norms of the 50's, an obsessive overload of fans, the shamelessly aggressive press, and of course, a brief snapshot of Rio de Janeiro, itself.
https://i.imgur.com/CYtD7t5.jpeg
The unstated joke above is that Ava's agent Dave is thoroughly in to men, which works rather perfectly in the long run, as just-about any hombre swinging a 'third leg' is trying to make a play for her, somehow, some way. XD
https://i.imgur.com/7ZJ2eTG.jpeg
Okay, Ava scared me a bit right at the end, lol.
https://i.imgur.com/2jgBOyW.jpeg
(no idea how long these images will last given Imgur's hugely flaky nature, but what the heck, let's do FULL DETAIL with these)
Whups, oh yeah-- my main point here was actually that I LOVED how well Miralles both depicted and handled the night-life imagery of Rio in a realistic sense. I don't quite have words for it at the moment, but... I find there's a sort of 'clarity' there, if that makes sense.
Oh man, pardon the late reply, and thank you so much, compa! <3
I like how you picked out a fun representation of images to draw people in. Well done, matey. 🙂
Ah... love that!
I was in college at the time, and had a small stipend to buy certain crap that might break my budget.
Honestly, tho, I really wanted to just get laid..
Tell me you desperately crave more attention without outright stating it, mate?
For sure, it's an 'American product,' but it's also got that European-style, sly observational quality.
Oof, I suppose we could argue endlessly upon this stuff, but at the end of the day? I feel like I'm mainly correct in listing it here. Do speak up though if you feel I acted in error.
Oh, and I also cut down on a couple links that are no longer relevant, outdated, etc, upon yon sidebar. So you should only see eight total now, I believe..?
I'm imagining the title here being "Going for a new tattoo?," based on the sign. It's by German cyberpunk artist Puia, who runs Baka Arts. As of the moment it doesn't look like he's doing any BD, but I think he'd be a great fit.
There's loads more of his cool LC-style stuff at his Instagram. Note: the entry link below doesn't need you to be logged in to see the images.
INSTAGRAM:
https://imginn.com/bakaarts/
So, I'm currently finishing up a small project to look through every migrated post here, deleting where necessary, but mostly adding 'flair,' which you should be able to see on the sidebar. When I'm done, you'll be able to hit any of those buttons and see a curated list of matching posts.
Still a few things to do before I feel like this place is 'up to speed' after the move, but it's getting closer and closer. One annoying problem is that almost every inter-community link that's been posted here which once worked, is now broken, and even as the same community runner, I can't edit them except to add flair. Perhaps this is a feature that will one day be added across the Fediverse, though?
Anyway, the biggest blow of course remains the loss of almost 1200 subscribers, meaning we're somehow right back to where we started from in needing to get this place more exposure, some how, some way. Sort of ironic I guess, in that August 1st will mark our two-year anniversary. 🥴
Thanks for reading, and have a nice weekend, everyone. ^^
Here's a place to share some fun links, browser games, and chitchat about whatever...
LINKS:
GAMES: (I'll be adding pictures and a table in future)
Well, there's a reasonable start. Much more to add in coming weeks and months, and of course feel free to nominate your favorites. Or just to chat about whatever...
With much thanks to PF's site-runner, as well as good advice from @Blaze@piefed.social, we've successfully moved!
NEW ADDRESS:
https://piefed.social/c/eurographicnovels
OLD ADDRESS:
https://lemm.ee/c/eurographicnovels
On the positive tip, we were able to preserve ~390 out of ~550 historical posts, so that's better than starting over. On a more sobering side, it looks like we're going to lose most of our (current) ~1,260 subscribers, and PieFed being a different instance, running different software, it's not clear to me if we're going to get the same exposure to "ALL" streams that we once enjoyed.
While it's true that I can invite individual members to join, it seems that (unlike PF), the Lemmy software doesn't allow me to see a list of subscribers, even as the founder and head mod. If anyone has any ideas on that, feel free to advise...
In any case, I hope you find something you might like at our (now smaller 😅) community / sub-lemmy.
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