tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post5248487414163108855..comments2024-03-02T16:54:22.813-05:00Comments on The Big Blog of Kids’ Comics!: Yoe Loves Kids' Comics! Mykal Bantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post-10166375526192563762012-06-01T18:00:28.305-04:002012-06-01T18:00:28.305-04:00Cool, Carl Barks drew this comic? I love his work,...Cool, Carl Barks drew this comic? I love his work, particularly the Donald Duck comics!<br /><br />Poor Barney...everything happens to him. LOL! :D (The part where he's trying on the girdle is particularly funny!)iheartkatamarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720067683201539985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post-58748227051111567062011-12-11T16:28:57.263-05:002011-12-11T16:28:57.263-05:00Doug: See my last comments! I completely agree wit...Doug: See my last comments! I completely agree with you! The coloring is so waaaay better than it might have been. It's really a great volume and, as I understand, one of many more coming!Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post-13398308879228691152011-12-11T15:39:27.893-05:002011-12-11T15:39:27.893-05:00Mykal:
I can understand your criticisms about the...Mykal:<br /><br />I can understand your criticisms about the coloring. It would be great if they could reproduce exactly the look and feel of the old Dell comics (I love the quality ink and paper they used in the 40s and 50s) but even new comics can't match the old stuff. <br /><br />I just appreciate the fact that they didn't make the same bad decision that the European collections did, with their gaudy Photoshop airbrush & gradient fx. <br /><br />I still think it is the nicest attempt so far (or maybe I should say, least offensive so far?) and I do appreciate that they are collecting the stories in order, and starting in his best period.<br /><br />But back to Yoe: I actually ended up buying the Felix book yesterday; after reading your (and Pappy's) reviews, when I saw it on the shelf I couldn't resist. Thanks for the head's up!<br /><br />DougDoug Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17337748651695385693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post-3421199923495492572011-12-11T09:08:47.745-05:002011-12-11T09:08:47.745-05:00Doug: I've reconsidered. I have been reading t...Doug: I've reconsidered. I have been reading that Fantagraphics Donald Duck "Lost in the Adnes" collection; and the coloring stays just this side of OK (it borders on too much, but not quite goes over the edge). I am admittedly a bit fussy about color and feel nearly all reprinted comics try to "restore" colors to a point of over saturation or, far worse, give it Photoshop coloring. So I'm a bit touchy. That is one of the things I appreciate about Craig's work is that his comic book reprints, while restored to original look and brightness, retain a comic book feel (and always on great paper stock). <br /><br />Fantagraphics has always been very, very good about this as well, using the correct paper stock, etc. Their recent Barks' release is an absolute must for kids' comic lovers.Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post-35497215859029741422011-12-10T03:43:38.944-05:002011-12-10T03:43:38.944-05:00Doug: So nice to hear from you! yeah, the Gross bo...Doug: So nice to hear from you! yeah, the Gross book was really great. I have the new Fantagraphics book of Barks' classic Donald stuff, and it's really good. I thought the recoloring good but just a touch too saturated. Recoloring comics is always a very tricky thing.<br /><br />I highly recommend the Archie Madhouse volume and, for the older kids, Craig's recent Bob Powell horror book may be his best yet!Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post-37108895840822810072011-12-10T03:26:31.760-05:002011-12-10T03:26:31.760-05:00I really appreciate the Sagendorf book...I had alw...I really appreciate the Sagendorf book...I had always dismissed him based on his later work on the Popeye daily strip, which I thought was mediocre at best. But his comic books for Dell are quite fun; and to be honest, anyone who tries to take over a beloved feature is going to be fighting an uphill battle. Remember the attempt in the 1990s to do a new POGO comic? Eesh.<br /><br />I'd have to say that my current favorite Yoe books are the collections of Milt Gross and Boody Rogers, mainly because they are cover-to-cover books of material I hadn't seen before. But I have been eyeballing the Archie Madhouse and Barney Google collections as well. And now Felix the Cat! Too much good stuff! I better ask Santa for a couple of these.<br /><br />Have you seen the new Barks collection from Fantagraphics? It's the best presentation of the material I have seen so far! They are recolored, but done in a way to come as close as possible to the original printed comics. I would recommend it highly as a christmas gift for young readers.<br /><br />DougDoug Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17337748651695385693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post-1286836337005002552011-12-08T11:36:53.504-05:002011-12-08T11:36:53.504-05:00Pappy: You and I are on the same page, my friend! ...Pappy: You and I are on the same page, my friend! As you suggest, life is a circle, and the older I get, the more I appreciate the connection these artists had with children.Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028911836649669351.post-29196253080301508852011-12-07T23:00:14.161-05:002011-12-07T23:00:14.161-05:00I'm with you on the Messmer Felix and Sagendor...I'm with you on the Messmer Felix and Sagendorf Popeye stories, Mykal. You just have to put yourself back a few decades to your childhood and regain a bit of the sense of wonder. You can forget adult cynicism for a few minutes when you read these comics.<br /><br />When I was reading them as a kid I loved things like Felix flying through space, seeing the Milky Way as a series of milk bottles. I read Popeye, and years later when I first saw Segar's original Popeye strips I thought they were great, but my deepest appreciation was reserved for the Popeye comic books I grew up with.<br /><br />The men who wrote and drew these comics understood kids and the sense of wonder. The older and more jaded I get the more I can appreciate how creative they were and how their minds worked.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.com