Comments on: Suburban Glamour #1 Review

By: Lite reklam innan filmen « Maela.has.it

Lite reklam innan filmen « Maela.has.it — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:24:02 +0000

[...] Min nya favoritaffÃ¤r heter Horizon Comics. Ett perfekt alternativ fÃ¶r dig som inte orkar/vill prenumerera. SjÃ¤lv var jag egentligen ute efter Suburban Glamour #1 som jag hÃ¶rt mycket gott om, men passade Ã¤ven pÃ¥ att testa lite Thor, She-Hulk och X-Men. Tolv tidningar kostar $13 i frakt. Ett mycket bra pris dÃ¥ samtliga tidningar Ã¤r ‘bagged & boarded’, det blir ju en del extra vikt. Snabb leverans, paketet landade hos mig efter fem arbetsdagar. VÃ¤rdet nedskrivet frÃ¥n $42 till $18 sÃ¥ kÃ¤nn er blÃ¥sta, Tullverket. Jag Ã¤r nÃ¶jd som Kikki Danielsson i en falukorvsaffÃ¤r. [...]

By: Jed

Jed — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:39:14 +0000

I liked it alot! Fun art. Fun Story. Fun Twist.

By: Kieron Gillen’s Workblog » For God’s Sake, Buy Suburban Glamour

Kieron Gillen’s Workblog » For God’s Sake, Buy Suburban Glamour — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:28:24 +0000

[...] Reviewers seem to like it. [...]

By: Not even slightly hungover! « Jamie McKelvie’s Workblog

Not even slightly hungover! « Jamie McKelvie’s Workblog — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:33:59 +0000

[...] Brian Cronin at Comic Book Resources – Jamie McKelvieâ€™s debut solo comic from Image (McKelvie was the artist on Phonogram) came out this week, and it opens strongly, with some very nice characterization building and an amusing/interesting premise. [...]

By: Jesse Farrell

Jesse Farrell — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:55:02 +0000

I’m very glad to see this is out and I’ll be sure and pick it up. I was lucky enough to buy a piece of original Jamie McKelvie art (a drawing of Moore and Gibson’s Halo Jones) at an art auction a few years ago and immidiately said “Why isn’t this guy drawing comics?!” I’ve been very pleased to see him drawing them since. He appears incapable of a bad drawing.

If he can write, too… Well then I’ll likely break my own fingers out of jealousy.

By: comb & razor

comb & razor — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:13:17 +0000

wait… this actually came out yesterday?

i went to three stores and none of them got it in!

incidentally, Brian… looks like you’re misspelling Jamie’s last name.

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:16:00 +0000

It’s a kick to see McKelvie’s art not sealed in the aspic of my overwritten caption boxes.

I mean, HE wouldn’t use phrases like “sealed in the aspic of my overwritten caption boxes”, for a start.

(And – as McKelvie notes – while his art grew across Phonogram, there’s another leap from that to this.)

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:10:05 +0000

Like I said on Kieron’s blog I’ll be picking this up on general principles, but it’s nice to know the story shows promise as well.

By: T.

T. — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:49:03 +0000

Just wanted to clarify for the record, I haven’t actually read the book and don’t know if the story is good or not. But regardless of whether the story turns out good, what I’ve seen of the art is enough to hook me, regardless of how the writing turns out. This guy seems to have an excellent sense of design.

By: Jamie McKelvie

Jamie McKelvie — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:36:09 +0000

Hey Brian, thanks very much for the review. I’m really pleased you’ve singled out stuff I’ve worked hard on trying to get right. For a modern fantasy book like this, I think it’s very important for the “real life” aspects to *feel* real, otherwise the fantasy part becomes harder to swallow.

Interesting comments on Aubrey, too.

StopsatGreen – I’m sorry you won’t be trying the book out. For the record, I do agree that I’ve had issues with trying to show movement in my work in the past, but I think this book (and even the later issues of Phonogram) is a big improvement on that score. I’ve not been drawing for all that long, so I’m kind of making my mistakes in public. But that makes it easier for me to see how I’ve been developing over the last couple of years.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:48 +0000

While not knocking Phonogram, Suburban Glamour is a good deal less florid than Phonogram. It’s a very simple, straightforward story – just with imaginary creatures tossed in.

By: T.

T. — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:27:33 +0000

With art like that, I truly don’t even care about the story. I’ll buy it just to look at, I like the art that much.

By: StopsAtGreen

StopsAtGreen — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:18:43 +0000

I was utterly deceived by Phonogram; after reading so many good things about it I was looking forward to it a lot, but I found the writing overly-florid and stilted, and the art stiff; it may be nice for illustration, but it gives no sense of movement, of being alive. I won’t be buying Suburban Glamour.