My MOST MEMORABLE COMICS READS of 2022 | Part Two
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Part One here: • My MOST MEMORABLE COMI...
Here's Part Two, featuring one more old favourite and three brand new (to me!) creators!
Other videos of mine I mention in this video:
36 TOP SHELF Comics and Me : A Personal History | Sunday Livestream!
• 36 TOP SHELF Comics an...
Indie Comix Fest - New Delhi 2018
• Indie Comix Fest - New...
Tetris, Andre the Giant, Andy Kaufman and More - Four Comics by Box Brown I Love!
• Tetris, Andre the Gian...
Buy these books here (affiliate links):
The Book Tour, by Andi Watson amzn.to/3XASH39
Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball, by Jon Chad amzn.to/3iJp4h9
The People of the Indus, by Nikhil Gulati amzn.to/3QGCwih
Get the Alcazar directly from the Comix India site (unfortunately only for India shoppers right now):
comixindia.org/shop/?v=c86ee0...
Check out my Creator Spotlight playlist of videos:
• Creator Spotlights
Introductions and reviews of some of my my favourite comics gathered in this playlist:
• Introductions to Class...
Check out all fifteen of our "complete comics collection" videos:
• Our Comics Collection
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Wow, the "previously on" intro
is a masterclass. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you kindly! 😁
"I'm by no means a Pinball Wizard..."
I see what you did there. 🤣🤣🤣
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Oooo The Book Tour and Pinball seem very interesting to me, I might pick these up! I’ve always had an interest in pinball machines even though I never play them. I just enjoy the designs of a lot of them. Also I bought Beanworld based on a recommendation from you a while ago but never got around to reading it…I’ve just remembered. 😂
The book uses the design and design evolution of pinball games as a major thread throughout - if you are able to check it out, I'd love to know what you thought of it!
Congrats on the blurb! Big time! More to come I'm sure.
You think? I figured it I should just retire now that I've peaked!
Getting those advance copies is a nice perk of the job haha
@@franciscobello1519 haha 'job'! I am fortunate though, especially about the fact that whatever has been shared with me this far has all been great! 😁
I love the previously on bit! Awesome special guest voice! Absolutely loving the memorial reads list. Your recommendations and the enthralling way that you present them never fails. Really cool to know that you also got to review one before it was published!!
Thank you and yes, I am glad I was able to book that guest voice 😁!
Thrilled that you are enjoying the videos, and yes, great fun to write a blurb. Since we had read the self published issues and been impressed, I was happy to provide my honest praise on the final version😁
Wow, the books in this list of course seems more interesting to me, especially the indie suggestions, based in Indian context. Can't wait for part 3 now. Loved this
Thank you so much! And both The People of the Indus and The Alcazar are quite easily available in India ; definitely check them out if you get a chance! Cheers!
Love your choices. Thanks for this video. May 2023 give you peace of mind
Glad to know you liked the video, thank you, and the very same to you!
The Book Tour and Pinball have been sitting on my shopping list for a long time. As this list only gets longer each week it’s hard to decide what to buy eventually. These videos usually highlight those books and I end up choosing them. It’s the wonderful effect of fussing.
Ah yes, I know how the list goes...
As a fellow fusser, I need all the help I can get and I like thinking that I may be able to provide a bit of such help to others!
Very nice part 2 list. Andi Watson is an old “acquaintance” of mine. I must say that graphically I prefer his earlier format. Strangely enough this is his first adult oriented material since around 2008 and this new style reflects an even more stylizing of the line, much similar to some New Yorker cartoonists which really fits the narrative. I remember feeling the exact same anxiousness during the reading of this title and wondering how such an apparent simple subject may be worked towards a real effective story that builds on so many levels of deception and contradiction. I enjoyed it a lot. As for the other titles “Alcazar” I was already aware of it through a Brazilian edition (which I haven’t read yet) but probably I’ll opt for the English one. The People of the Indus and Pinball seem very interesting and I’ll have to dig a little deeper since I do appreciate and good well written didactic work. Keep the good books coming… cheers👍🏻
Thank you, as always, for your kind words and support!
Re: the style Watson uses , i know I've said Charles Schulz a couple of times now, but i am perhaps most strongly reminded of illustrator extraordinaire Quentin Blake. As you say, the match of the style to the narrative is borderline perfect, adding to the impassivity.
I quite admire how he's able to adjust his style to affect the tone, and now I'm even ready to hunt out all his young reader comics! 😁
@@ftloc My pleasure, for sure. I wish you luck finding Andi Watson young reader books since they’re not easy to find. Also not easy to find are the “Alcazar” and “The People of Indus” - i can’t seem to find them anywhere. Do you know if these titles have a limited or exclusive distribution rights for your region? Cheers…
@@rewanji i see The People of the Indus has a February release date on Amazon US. I'll check about the Alcazar!
I can't wait for part 3. You are going to break my budget with so many wonderful recommendations enthusiastically presented.
Haha thank you, that is one critique I am always happy to hear!
it is all a virtuous cycle, with so many of my reads and favourites coming from folks recommending things to me!
Thanks as always I love ur recommendations and the way you express and explain it. Keep it up! Ur work is the best !!!
Thank you so very much; such encouragement and enthusiasm is simply priceless!
Just bought people of indus and pinball as I’m easily influenced and they both look fantastic. Read a good few pages after watching and I’m looking forward to reading them in full.
Ah, I can't wait to hear what you think of them. Both a little unexpected, I would say, but in very good ways!
Another excellent list. The Alcazar looks and sounds like a fantastic read. Looking forward to the next..!
So glad you liked it and yes, I'd love for you to be able to get your hands on a copy of the Alcazar! And I'm hoping to get to the next video soon, with the finish line in sight (although who knows, really? 😁)
Definitely going to get book tour. Might pick it up already tomorrow
I'd love to know what you think of it!
@@ftloc I've just read it. Loved it!
The Alcazar looks very interesting.
Actually it got my attention after I saw it at Comic India website.
It's really worth a read! I hope you get to a copy soon, and i would love to know what you thought of it!
Brandon Graham is one of my favorites, I remember when the owner of my LCS recommended the first issue of King City all those years ago.
Those singles have such lovely covers! King City is the book that ended up being my eventual Graham pick on my Top 10 ,but everything I've read by him has been wonderful in some way or the other. Do check out that livestream recording for some discussion on Multiple Warheads and Prophet as well! Cheers!
I should pick up the "People of the Indus". I am a lover of world history and live when people use the power of comics to tell these kind of stories. I am also working on a historical fantasy comic so it may serve as some inspiration (I know it is not fantasy but still haha). Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Also congrats on having a blurb in a comic. So awesome
Thank you so much and yes, you absolutely should see if you can get a copy of The People of the Indus. And now that you mention it, since I can definitely see it as a primer for understanding different civilizations, by extension that could also work for world building 😁! All of the best fantasy fiction seems to learn from history, from what I can see!
The Pinball comic book looks interesting, especially since it is historical, -what do you call those types of books, Sequential Documentaries? Excellent list of indie, self-published talent. Thank, for this share! Peace
I just say nonfiction for anything that is, well, not fiction, then split it into autobiography, biography and reportage. I suppose reportage itself can be further split, say into historical and current, but there's so much overlap between now and history that it's not that useful as a distinction, I find. And i just call it all comics, just like I call it all movies or prose.
What do you think?
And 1 out of 4, making it 3/7 so far. I can not actually believe it 🤣🤣
Which was the one here?
@@ftloc The Book Tour, which I loved
@@AnindaDe i see you too are catching up on 2020 reads 😁!
Such a pity for the alcazar, I'm not able to find the English version but only the french one
Have you tried the comic India web site? They ship internationally!
@@ftloc I will try there. Thank you!
Hey! I still have that Windows Pinball game on my computer =D
Has it been remastered? 😁
@@ftloc lol, nope =P same old sci-fi-ey sound effects and clunkiness XD
A random question..is usagi yojimbo still highly placed in your favorite comic book list?
Yes, absolutely. I've read just two volumes of the IDW stories, but they continue to be excellent and the older works hold up effortlessly.
Will/is the Alcazar be available in Canada?
Good question; I'm not sure. I know there's a French language edition for sure, but not sure about availability.
@@ftloc that would make sense. Hopefully I can find an English copy
Great picks! I'd only hear of "The Alcazar" before the video (I've actually been looking at trying to get a couple of titles from Comix India).
But, after having enjoyed the nonfiction work of Box Brown, I'd be interested in reading all the titles you mentioned.
I'd love to hear of what you thought of all of these; they're all so different from each other!
And I'm going to try and find out about international sales from Comix India if i can!
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