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1. looking at this still from Mat Brinkman's favorite video game (Victory Road, Arcade, 1986) it's easy to see what inspires him...;
2. Mat Brinkman's playful little characters in Teratoid Heights (Highwater Books, 2003);
3. if Highwater's Teratoid Heights is a small book (6 x 5) this Brinkman's original mini-comic (Crab Claws; reprinted in the aforementioned Teratoid Heights) is five times smaller: roughly 2 x 3; narratively it works a lot better with an image per page until the final surprise (ruined in the faked layout of the reprint);
4. Mat Brinkman's abstract mini-comic color pages as published in The Comics Journal # 256 (October, 2003);
5. part of a "Multi-force" episode (Paper Rodeo tabloid # 6, October, November, 2000);
6. Brian Chippendale's brilliantly textured cover for Paper Rodeo # 4 (August, 2000; detail);
7. semantic noise the Fort Thunder way (detail): Joe Grillo: Paper Rodeo # 18 (August, September, 2004).
PS I thought that it was lost forever, but it's here, after all:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050404113213/www.fortthunder.org/comix/
PS I thought that it was lost forever, but it's here, after all:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050404113213/www.fortthunder.org/comix/
4 comments:
Great post!
I wish I could find that Comics Journal #256 - the abstract mini-comic you posted from it is awesome.
Cool to see the video game pic as well - can definitely see the influence.
Hi Marc:
Thanks! I'm glad that you liked it!
You can find TCJ # 256 at Fanta's site:
http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=337&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=62&vmcchk=1&Itemid=62
Sorry about that! Just search for:
Comics Journal #256
In "Product Search," here:
http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php
Excellent - thanks for the links! Just ordered my copy of #256.
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