I happen to read a lot of books and watch a lot of movies in the form of graphic novels. About half a year ago I finally got to read Manu Larcenet’s adaptation, and the amazing art certainly lived up to its end. Unfortunately I didn’t find the story particularly interesting, and from what I understand, that might have been due to the GN omitting the interior thoughts of the characters. Sort of like the recent Watership Down adaptation, perhaps. Really good-looking, but missing a lot of the spirit of the original.
There’s also the fact that historically I’ve sort of been obsessed with post-apoc depictions in comics, so I’m a bit jaded in certain ways. So much so that I put together an article of 15 mini-reviews with rankings over at the evil empire. Guess which one topped the list?
Hah, wow… yeah, I knew about the Ellison source, but somehow missed the Don Johnson movie. Groovy, man, thanks for sharing.
As a digital reader these days, I believe I have the complete Den cycle across all its various sources, plus Murky World and a bunch of other Corben works. Good to hear Dark Horse is republishing it for print-readers, though. I do like to call him the ‘Moebius from across the pond.’
And good to see young Elvis Costello in his own movie, lol.
Btw, possibly you might like this movie I posted a couple months ago. It’s a post-apoc Western, made in New Zealand, only only 15min in length. I love how much is imagined a little differently due to it being NZ-made.
I happen to read a lot of books and watch a lot of movies in the form of graphic novels. About half a year ago I finally got to read Manu Larcenet’s adaptation, and the amazing art certainly lived up to its end. Unfortunately I didn’t find the story particularly interesting, and from what I understand, that might have been due to the GN omitting the interior thoughts of the characters. Sort of like the recent Watership Down adaptation, perhaps. Really good-looking, but missing a lot of the spirit of the original.
There’s also the fact that historically I’ve sort of been obsessed with post-apoc depictions in comics, so I’m a bit jaded in certain ways. So much so that I put together an article of 15 mini-reviews with rankings over at the evil empire. Guess which one topped the list?
Vic and Blood man… I thought I was the only one who remembered that one!
Did you know that it was originally a short story by Harlan Ellison and a FILM in 1975 before Corben worked it into a comic?
The film is notable for starring an IMPOSSIBLY young Don Johnson (25 or 26 at the time of production).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog_(1975_film)
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/mTck2RnpPy4
Dark Horse has been collecting all the Corben material as a series of REALLY NICE hardcover graphic novels, I hope they get a shot at Vic and Blood.
(Den volumes 1-5, Murky World, Dimwood, Rowlf, Rat God, and the forthcoming Last Voyage of Sindbad, Best of Fantagor)
https://www.darkhorse.com/search/richard+corben/
I’d also say, if you like that, check out the less serious film “Six String Samurai”.
https://youtu.be/uYHtoRJjOb4
Hah, wow… yeah, I knew about the Ellison source, but somehow missed the Don Johnson movie. Groovy, man, thanks for sharing.
As a digital reader these days, I believe I have the complete Den cycle across all its various sources, plus Murky World and a bunch of other Corben works. Good to hear Dark Horse is republishing it for print-readers, though. I do like to call him the ‘Moebius from across the pond.’
And good to see young Elvis Costello in his own movie, lol.
Btw, possibly you might like this movie I posted a couple months ago. It’s a post-apoc Western, made in New Zealand, only only 15min in length. I love how much is imagined a little differently due to it being NZ-made.
https://piefed.social/c/fullmoviesonyoutube/p/1806659/the-ballad-of-maddog-quinn-a-fun-post-apoc-western-produced-in-new-zealand-15min
Reminds me of an Australian zombie flick called Undead from 2003:
https://youtu.be/hVYBEGZr5mg