3/11/2010

My Life is Choked with Comics - Archives

This is an ongoing column at The Savage Critics. It began as a weekly feature in which I would chit-chat about whatever miscellaneous comics I was reading at the time, and then transformed into an irregular, image-heavy series of long, structurally diverse essays about whatever miscellaneous comics I was reading at the time. Thanks to Brian Hibbs for inviting and indulging me.

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#1 - Rogan Gosh by Brendan McCarthy & Peter Milligan (7/18/07)

#2 - Wish You Were Here #1-2 by Gipi (7/25/07)

#3 - Marshal Law: Fear and Loathing by Pat Mills & Kevin O'Neill (8/1/07)

#4 - The Naked Cosmos dir. by Gilbert Hernandez (8/8/07)

#5 - Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent by Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mézières (8/15/07)

#6 - Soldier X #1-8 by Darko Macan & Igor Kordey (8/23/07)

#7 - Taboo 2 ed. by Stephen R. Bissette (8/30/07)

#8 - Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin & Berni Wrightson (9/7/07)

#9 - Kill Your Boyfriend (and) Girl by Grant Morrison & Philip Bond (and) Peter Milligan & Duncan Fegredo (9/14/07)

#10 - Starstruck by Elaine Lee & Michael Wm. Kaluta (9/27/07)

#11 - Tekkonkinkreet by Taiyō Matsumoto (10/9/07)

#12 - Judex dir. by Louis Feuillade (10/29/07)

#13 - Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka (11/23/07)

#14 - Jademan Comics founded by Tony Wong (11/29/07)

#15 - Little Sammy Sneeze: The Complete Color Sunday Comics 1904-1905 by Winsor McCay (12/28/07)

#16 - Panorama of Hell by Hideshi Hino (2/25/08)

#17 - The Horrorist by Jamie Delano & David Lloyd (6/23/08)

#18 - King Smurf by Peyo & Yvan Delporte (3/19/09)

#19 - Manga (pt. 1) (pt. 2) ed. by Masaichi Mukaide (9/21/09, 11/30/09)

#20 - Captain Hadacol #2 by unknown (2/1/10)

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BONUS: OLD ENGLISH

This was a short-lived attempt at reviving the 'old,' loose-fitting style of My Life is Choked..., but focused on forgotten English translation of foreign comics, with a heavy emphasis on images. The intent was to get a weekly or biweekly column up and running again, but I didn't keep it up very long. Maybe I'll go back eventually. If so, I'll be sure to update the short list below.

#1 - Perramus: Escape From the Past #1-2 by Alberto Breccia & Juan Sasturain (5/27/09)

#2 - Ashen Victor by Yukito Kishiro (6/1/09)

#3 - Conquering Armies by Jean-Claude Gal & Jean-Pierre Dionnet (7/6/09)