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Jason

post #1 of 5
9/17/09 at 1:48pm
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This guy is awesome and productive as hell and I think that in a few decades he'll be seen as one of the true masters of the medium. His latest, Why Are You Doing This is probably the most french/belgian looking thing he's ever done (those tiny panels!); the plot is a Hitchcockian page turner with a truly devastating ending.

I suppose you could make the case that he hasn't evolved all that much in the past few years - his work since he's started doing long form volumes is pretty similiar - but I dunno, I find his current aesthetic so perfectly realised that I see no real need to depart from it.

Anyone here a fan?
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post #2 of 5
9/17/09 at 2:28pm
I really love his stuff.
For those who haven't yet had the pleasure:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment...cs_hitler.html
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post #3 of 5
9/18/09 at 1:02am
I too am a fan. Of what I've read, my favorite story of his is probably 'I Killed Adolf Hitler' (previewed in Bob's link above).
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post #4 of 5
9/19/09 at 10:32am
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So, wait, turns out Why Are You Doing This? is from like 2005? I was fooled by the new releases section of my comic book store.

I Killed Adolf Hitler was the first long form comic of his I've read, and so the first time I realised he could do more than (great) gag strips. I also have a lot of affection for the 19th century pulp inspired The Last Musketeer and Pocket Full Of Rain, a ragtag collection of his early stuff (including a juvenile, hilarious take on Corto Maltese.)
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post #5 of 5
9/19/09 at 11:50am
That preview's pretty great. I'll have to check it out.
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