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Someone pointed out to me a rather good
illustration in a comic they had borrowed off their brother and I was
hooked. It was Bill Sienkiewicz's artwork in Elektra Assassin that
made me realise that comics were more than the crude badly printed rags that us
English 'kids' grew up with. 'Stray Toasters', 'The Dark Knight Returns' (possibly the best ?) and
some other stuff like 'Kid Eternity' followed..
On one fateful day in search of something
different I made an impulse purchase of 'The Smokehouse Five' which
was drawn by this chap who did the little MAD doodles (still not sure
how to pronounce Aragones... sorry Sergio) which in time led to everybodies
favourite.....Groo !!! It changed my life..... It
became a search not only for back issues but for a comic store that remained
open for more than six months at a time ! In a roundabout way it
also led me to my wife but thats a really tenuous link....
Sorry all - another newbie mail in your inbox
!!!
Mark.
Is anyone working on that Sergio and ME
bibliography or is that a stupid newbie question that has you all sniggering
somewhere in cyberspace?
ps.. if anyone has read Kingdom Come.. am I being
really stupid or is the Spectre sposed to be someone specific.. cant place him
and im feeling like Ive missed something.
Anyone else that appreciates good drawings could do
worse than check out:
<Long live the Smokehouse Five> |