November 3rd, 2008
200 - Double Century Club
When I used to collect comic books as a teenager, I always found it remarkable that momentous events always happened in the issues with nice round numbers. Issue #50, #75 or #100 could be counted on for a major climax. So I wondered what would happen if somebody missed their cue?
November 6th, 2008 at 1:18 am
What kind of comics you collect JG?
November 6th, 2008 at 6:56 am
MZ: I rarely buy comics any more. Since starting The Crown Prince, I’ve bought a few collections of comic strips to help learn the craft but that’s about it for the past several years.
I do have a couple thousand comics around the house, but they mainly date from the 80s and 90s. I also have a few hundred French “bandes dessinées” from my childhood. The last series of comics I bought seriously at all was the French series “Donjon” (now available in English as “Dungeon”). It’s an amazing series created by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim that started as a spoof on fantasy comics but has evolved into an incredibly complex (but still hilarious) world where stories are simultaneously told in three different eras (”Dawn”, “Zenith” and “Dusk”). I highly recommend them.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:48 am
“Double-shift down at the drawbridge and miss all the action.” Ain’t that the truth.
Congratz on 200 fun-filled strips JG!