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Contentious Curmudgeon says ...
- by Greg Burgas
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You will not read a more impressive achievement in comic book art this year than Alice in Sunderland, Bryan Talbot's 323-page multi-media meditation on history, literature, the connections between everyone, and what it means to be human.
                             
- Posted on April 2, 2007 @ 02:14 PM
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8 Comments
The Cosh
April 2, 2007 at 2:34 pm
I might be missing something, but I don't really see what's contentious about that.
Greg Burgas
April 2, 2007 at 2:40 pm
It's only April and I'm making such a blanket statement! Work with me on this!
Dan K
April 2, 2007 at 4:05 pm
I'm looking foward to it. I finally got around to reading Luther Arkwright a couple of weeks ago and I'm in a Talboty mode.
Flush it all away
April 2, 2007 at 5:00 pm
That sounds a little more like Declarative Rabbit than Contentions Curmudgeon.
Gil Jaysmith
April 2, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Bryan Talbot writing and drawing. And this could not have been amongst the worthwhile books of the year because...?
J To The AAP
April 3, 2007 at 3:35 am
And in a more geeky, superficial view; it's published as a nice hardcover with a pretty affordable pricetag (considering the volume of work you're getting).
DanCJ
April 3, 2007 at 6:08 am
The reasonable price had me tempted but I'm going to pass on this one. I like my comics primarily to be fiction, and this looks like it'll go even further than Promethea did into the 'lesson' territory.
Maybe if I actually liked Luther Arkwright and A Tale of One Bad Rat as much as the rest of the world I'd feel differently
Ryan Day
April 3, 2007 at 8:24 am
I picked this up last week, but haven't really gotten into it yet - it really demands a thorough, attentive reading, not so suitable for reading while I'm falling asleep or in fits and spurts. It looks gorgeous, though, and so far, so good. I can't complain about anything that leads with Henry V.
And really: 320-page hardcover OGN for $30? Awesome deal.