A Giant Of Comics Art Has Left Us

[hippypants]

Re: Batman--I heard Gotham Central was pretty good, tho I haven't read it yet. I generally like Brubaker's scripts.

[Brad 2 the Bone]

Re: Batman--I heard Gotham Central was pretty good, tho I haven't read it yet. I generally like Brubaker's scripts.

Gotham Central was excellent, but not really a Batman comic. It was a "police procedural" set in Gotham, with Batman making a couple of brief cameos throughout the series. I think the whole series is available in a single "omnibus" edition now.

[hippypants]

Ok, I'll check into it Brad

[dropforge]

Tim Sale died.

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Tim Sale died.

Bummer. His work on Grendel brought new life to a franchise that was beginning to drag a bit...

[MudShark22]

Tim Sale died.

Oh no! :-(

I guess I will bust out The Long Halloween to peruse after I am done with Crisis on Infinite Earths and Avengers Forever.

Plus I think I have some of his Heroes (TV show) art too....

RIP TS!

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[moecurlythanu]

Someone on Reddit recommended to me a graphic novel by Charles Burns called Black Hole, but upon checking ebay, this is actually a series of graphic novels. Does anyone here have any knowledge about this series, particularly how many volumes there are in total, and an opinion on the storyline?

[Brad 2 the Bone]

Someone on Reddit recommended to me a graphic novel by Charles Burns called Black Hole, but upon checking ebay, this is actually a series of graphic novels. Does anyone here have any knowledge about this series, particularly how many volumes there are in total, and an opinion on the storyline?

I don't know it, but it looks like it was a 12-issue mini-series collected into a single trade paperback or hardcover edition.

[moecurlythanu]

I don't know it, but it looks like it was a 12-issue mini-series collected into a single trade paperback or hardcover edition.

Thanks. I looked at ebay again after posting, and did notice a hardcover edition, 368 pages long. It was a little over $14, with free shipping. That was low enough for a flyer, so I ordered it. The reviews are pretty glowing.

[dropforge]

I concur Black Hole is an extraordinary work. I've loved Charles Burns' art since first seeing it in Death Rattle. I think you'll love it.

[dropforge]

RIP Tom Palmer. He was 81.

IMO, he was a real strongman of the comics medium. He's known as a finisher, and one of the most prolific, but he was an awesome artist in his own right. But his speed and proficiency allowed him to ink a number of the greats — John Buscema, Neal Adams, Gene Colan, Jackson "Butch" Guice, John Byrne, and so on — across many titles and issues, on a schedule. Dare I say, he made them look better. Palmer was easily the best inker for Colan, which he ably demonstrated on Tomb of Dracula.

Here's a page of pencils by Guice, inked by Palmer, for Winter Soldier.

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