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sung | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 16 2006 | books, comics, Graphic Novel
so finished reading this collection and was/am very disappointed. the art work is amazing. but the work seems more like random ramblings - especially the second half.
the first half introduced interesting characters with hopes of a plot / storyline, but as the book progresses it seems it's more about the art / layout of the page then moving the story anywhere interesting.
in case you don't know who ashley wood is here are some links:
http://www.ashleywoodartist.com/
http://ashleybambaland.blogspot.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Wood
sung | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 12 2006 | books, design, print
sung | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 12 2006 | books, design, print
sung | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 12 2006 | books, design, print
sung | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 11 2006 | review, books, comics, Graphic Novel
read volume 1 - 3 of the goon. it's an interesting comic series which mixes comedy, action, horror, crime all into one.
if you're a comic geek think - hellboy + sin city + daffy duck. okay maybe not daffy duck, but you get the idea.
the main characters are Goon and his right hand fella Franky. they work for a mob leader whose in hiding. the only other mob / gang in this town is a gang of zombies lead by the zombie priest (yeah - another comic book with zombies). what makes this series so interesting are the following.
1. story - pretty darn good. especially the origin of goon.
2. creative characters - they have octopus flying from massive balloons - that's pretty darn cool. they also have a character called the buzzard which needs to eat the dead in order to survive.
3. random silliness which breaks up the serious, scary bits of the comic series. (they have random orangutans which bursts into flame)for these and other reasons i'd give it a read. here's what wikipedia had to say :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon









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