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If you believe what you read on the Internets:<\/p>\n
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- Scott Pilgrim<\/a> books are the distilled essence of pure genius<\/li>\n
- they capture the essence of our generation<\/li>\n
- Mal<\/a> is God’s most special angel and is made of light
I totally stole this phrase from Matt Fraction<\/a>, who also has an excellent comic out this week: Five Fists of Science<\/a>, wherein Nikolai Tesla<\/a> and Mark Twain<\/a> save the world. This post is about Halifax comic news, though, so I relegate this mention to a footnote.<\/footnote>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n I think the Internets might be engaging in a bit of hyperbole (shock!) but the books are certainly really well done, and a lot of fun to read. I certainly was looking forward to this one
And I know a lot of people, including at least one published author<\/a>, who are already starting to ask about Volume 4<\/footnote> and I totally recommend you go buy the books–and not just because I want Mal<\/a> to have more money to bring to poker!<\/p>\n If you don’t know about Scott Pilgrim<\/a>, go check out the free comic<\/a> from this year’s FCBD. (You can also get previews of the first<\/a> three<\/a> volumes <\/a>from the main Scott Pilgrim site<\/a>.) Also, the Scott Pilgrim Wikipedia entry<\/a> has lots of information, including links to many reviews, and lists of the many awards and award noms Mal<\/a> had garned for the book.<\/p>\n
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I’ve previously mentioned<\/a> current Halifax resident, and “come from away<\/a>“, Hope Larson<\/a>–oops, I mean “Hope fucking Larson<\/a>, the hottie from Flight<\/a>“–here. She also had some pretty big news to announce this week: she’s signed a two book deal with Simon and Shuster<\/a>!<\/p>\nHope is too hard on herself in that article
I like what Joanna Carlson says about it<\/a>: “It\u2019s great to see a creator being brutally honest about their analysis of their work, if surprising in this press-puffery comic world. I\u2019d disagree with her about how well her design and artwork serve her stories in her previous graphic novels, though \u2014 I think her ability to integrate the three without boundaries or obvious separation is a large part of what drew me to her work.”<\/footnote>, as people who have read Salamander Dream<\/a> and Gray Horses<\/a> will know, but it’s still interesting to hear creator’s changing opinions of their own work, and the motivating forces behind its creation.<\/p>\n Of course, it’ll be a couple of years before we see anything in print from that deal–the first of the two is “tentatively” on the 2008 schedule–but I see it is pure-D good news. I can’t wait to see what she does.<\/p>\n
Oh, and in case you didn’t know, Larson<\/a> at some point in the past consented to let O’Malley<\/a> marry her. They’re the comics power couple of Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n
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Perhaps the news that’s getting the most media play here in town this week though, is the news that this month’s issue<\/a> of Brian Wood<\/a>‘s comic series Local<\/a> (which came out this week) focuses on Halifax. The series is set in a different city each issue, and a tremendous amount of research goes into the visuals and setting. <\/p>\nSince Halifax is the only Canadian city featured in the series, it’s been getting quite a bit of media play here. There was an article in the Daily News<\/a> today. Tuesday the local evening program<\/a> on CBC Radio<\/a> did an interview about the issue with Calum Johnston. Cal is both the owner of the best comic shop in Canada<\/a>
…with the possible exception of The Beguiling<\/a>, but that’s in Toronto, and so has access to the biggest market in Canada–I think it’s more impressive what Cal manages to do in a market the size of Halifax.<\/footnote>, and my pusher.<\/p>\n Trish, Sarah, and I gave the visuals from the issue a detailed perusal over dinner Wednesday night, and we found them to be extremely accurate. I also dug the story, as I have the other issues of Local<\/a> so far. I’ve actually been a fan of Wood<\/a>‘s for years–ever since I first encountered Channel Zero<\/a>
I still have a Channel Zero t-shirt<\/a>, which is awesome, but which I wouldn’t wear during a border crossing given the current political climate.<\/footnote>. Almost everything he’s done since then has pleased me–the more overtly political stuff, and the more intimate, personal stuff in particular.<\/p>\n I also should point out that lettering in all issues of Local<\/a> is done by Halifax’s power comics couple, so there’s another connection there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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