I've read some European comics in my day (mostly from Heavy Metal).  While I found some to be pretty interesting, I found most of it to be very pretentious.

If you can, try to dig up issues of DC Comics' Hellraiser.  Very good stuff.


Phil

When I was a kid I loved Tin Tin which I think is French and Asterix which might be French as well. Tin Tin was my favorite though.

Quoted from tomson When I was a kid I loved Tin Tin which I think is French and Asterix which might be French as well. Tin Tin was my favorite though.

Pia, TinTin's creator is Belgian. Hergé.
Astrix is French.

I have the whole collection of both...and many more. Some of which is considered rare nowadays.

Phil, I have an idea on what you're talking about (DC Comics) and it's not bad actually.


By the way some of the big name writers in Europe started out in Disney, in the mid 40's and 50's.

Could you copy the European comics with silly putty too?

Silly putty
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Background:
The history of silly putty is quite amusing. In 1943 James Wright, an engineer, was attempting to create a synthetic rubber. He was unable to achieve the properties he was looking for and put his creation (later to be called silly putty) on the shelf as a failure. A few years later, a salesman for the Dow Corning Corporation was using the putty to entertain some customers. One of his customers became intrigued with the putty and saw that it had potential as a new toy. In 1957, after being endorsed on the "Howdy Doody Show", silly putty became a toy fad. Recently new uses such as a grip strengthener and as an art medium have been developed. Silly putt even went into space on the Apollo 8 mission.


Is this what you're talking about?
I just looked it up, never heard of it before.

yah that's the stuff,
you'd press it on the comic pages and pull it off and see the picture on the silly putty.
Then u'd just roll the putty around til it disappeared.

I believe Spielberg is going to make a movie out of Tintin. That sounds kind of fun. Maybe I can borrow someone's kid and go see it when it comes out.  

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_en_mo/film_tintin

Tintin is super, but my fav would be Frank Millers 'The Dark Knight Returns'.

Hehe. I read both Tintin and Asterix when I was a kid. Tintin was alright. I never really got into it. Asterix was a favorite, though. I read the English versions, of course, but I think I had a couple of the original French comics lying around, for collecting's sake. Funny, I actually learned a lot about history reading those comics. Stuff people are probably learning now from HBO's Rome... or in school.

I still dabble in comics from time to time. My favorite is Preacher. I dig the Hellblazer (Constantine) comics as well but they don't hold a candle up to Preacher. Word has it they're finally making the HBO miniseries that the fans have been asking for. I'm not sure how I'd feel about that but somehow I don't think it'll come to pass. Like Watchmen, Preacher has a history of failed attempts to be produced.

Quoted from James McClung (Constantine) comics as well but they don't hold a candle up to Preacher. Word has it they're finally making the HBO miniseries that the fans have been asking for.

Preacher on HBO?  Could be interesting....


Phil

Actually speaking of comics I just finished reading Kingdom Come graphic novel I just brought through Amazon. Now that was a F-ing sweet comic. Awesome!

I used to hate DC heros as a kid but now as an adult and having immersed myself in Greek, Norse, Hindu and every other mythology under the sun I adore Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lanten and the gang for their almost mythical, Godlike quailty.