12 mars 2008

Meintur ritstuldur hjá Vertigo

Ég leyfi mér að segja wtf.



Unsurprisingly, the writer of Yorick, The Last Man On Earth was a woman: Sally Polenti, a trailblazer in the comics field and almost totally unknown today. Her work on Yorick is more soap-opera-ish, perhaps, than Brian K. Vaughan’s - but then again, she also doesn’t have any of those Trivial Pursuit factoids Vaughan seems compelled to insert into any and all narratives he writes. And if you thought Vaughan’s depiction of the longing between 355 and Yorick was hot - well, Polenti’s positively smolders. Plus, mad scientists in just about every issue. Girls Romance Comics went out of business in 1958, and most of its writers went into television writing, explaining why it’s now a footnote in comics history. Highly recommended.


Meira hér.

-b.

3 ummæli:

[Davíð K. Gestsson] sagði...

Woooord?

[Davíð K. Gestsson] sagði...

Neeeh.

Björninn sagði...

Onei.. Nokkrar fínar kápur hjá honum samt. Og gaman að Sea Guy skuli fá smá paródíska ást.