League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen - October 25, 2009

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Comment by Doctor Lightning 1 day ago

I know I'm over a month late to this podcast (fell waaay too far behind in my LEOG listening, and especially shame on me since Vertigo is one of my favorite labels, if not the one I read the most), so I'll just add this: my two cents on Preacher, my review of "Gone to Texas" (first trade paperback but revealing of the series in general):

"Just started reading this series... It's like No Country for Old Men meet Dogma meets Dark Tower: Gunslinger, only far more bad-ass and (yes) funnier than anything Smith could ever write. Ennis's storytelling and characters are outrageous and grotesque and stereotypes to the awesomest degree. It also pleases me to see religion treated just right: as pure, f***-all fantasy. It's second only to Transmetropolitan as the most bad-ass series ever written.

If they can actually make this into a movie, without it being an NC-17 for violence (which it should be, happily so), is another matter. "

Comment by Beau on November 3, 2009 at 3:33am

Awesome anne-thanks for spreading the word.

Comment by Anne Adamson on November 3, 2009 at 3:02am

I'm in Georgia! I'm on this site constantly, I just don't actually participate all that much. >.> But I have gotten tons of my friends hooked on you guys.

Comment by deviantbreed on October 31, 2009 at 8:01pm

While literacy rates may be higher today than 50 years ago, I am not sure of that percentage actually reads habitually. I suppose more people have been taught algebra than ever before, but how many still maintain a passing interest in it beyond an academic setting?

Comment by Dr. Detfink on October 31, 2009 at 1:38pm

I think Grant (correct me if I was wrong) did a nice job of demystifying Unwritten. To me, its similar to Never Ending Story in that, as the main character is reading the story he's thinking am I someone's imagination come to life or is the reality I am in a part of someone's imagination. The endless and clever literary references are the part that remind you of Fables. It's still very very early in the game to really say more than that but it's worth picking up in trade.

Air is also very excellent if you like time paradoxes.

Comment by Dr. Detfink on October 31, 2009 at 9:40am

Last, I just wanted to mention that I really enjoyed Gaiman's Books of Magic that pre-dated Harry Potter. Gaiman left after the first arc following the limited series. It was very well done (though not in the same sport as Sandman) and the final issue was a fist pumping "Hell yeah!"

Comment by Dr. Detfink on October 31, 2009 at 9:34am

Thus far, this podcast was my favorite podcast of volume 3. A few comments:

1. I knew something was a tad suspicious that someone named "Raider" (what a shitty team to pick) would conveniently come into the lounge and try to provoke Jose and I with little sports jabs "Angels should wrap this up..." bullshit. Fleshbaiter needs better material to warrant a response.

2. Vertigo was the first line of comics that introduced me to novel-esque sized story arcs. At the time, comic book arcs were seldom longer than 4 issues. While I was lucky enough to collect Sandman, Preacher, and Hellblazer as single issues, it didn't long before I adopted the route of collecting trades. It wasn't necessarily about saving money but digesting rich literature as the entire story flowed uninterrupted.

3. When one of my close coworkers committed suicide, I took time off from nursing to pursue my hobby of art. I got a partial scholarship at Parsons School of Design in NYC. I was 5 years older than my oldest classmate. It was beyond painful being a comic book fan in the late 90s @ Parsons. Imagine Robert DeNiro's character from Mad Dog and Glory trying to communicate to kids who thought some obscure foreign film that they discovered was genius. I used to nick name them the "Trustafarians" in that they were trust fund babies, too cool for school, and living in the East Village smoking pot.

4. I never stole er, borrowed er, was inspired by a story or piece of art from comic books but Anita Kuntz's one painting inspired me to do a series of etchings based on Shakespeare's Tragedies that I have uploaded on this site.

5. I am right with Cyrus: Season of the Mists was my favorite Sandman story. I loved it because for the first time Dream is put in a position where he must appease all parties after Lucifer dropped in his lap the burden of what to do with Hell. And you want to talk literary genius, here is my favorite quote: "To lost loves, old friends and to the season of the mists...and may every man give the devil his due!" The resolution was awesome as hell is redefined from a place of suffering to a place of redemption.

Vertigo is so amazing because it was due to DC's balls that allowed this brand to continue to inspire so many comic book writers.

Comment by The Wuxi Finger Hold on October 29, 2009 at 4:43pm

Great Cast. The stories of using comics in school reminded me. My junior year of college i spent a semester abroad in Fiosole Italy, with a class made up of about 15 americans. When the subject of famouse italian artists came up and the teacher asked us if we new any, i swear to god, i raised my hand and proceded to name the ninja turtles. Our teacher had no idea what TMNT is, and needles to say, i recieved an A.

Comment by JobyWonKanobi on October 28, 2009 at 11:28pm

i just picked up the first trade of preacher and it was fantastic it was just as the league said its dark, bloody, and has a great sense of humor. one of my favorite moments in it is where cassidy is about to run over the saint of all killers screaming "your ma's a whore!!!" only to have his truck hit and wrap around the saint crushing the truck and sending cassidy flying and all i can think of when i see that panel is "fail" HAHAHA

Comment by ghostwriter on October 28, 2009 at 4:07pm

Great show gang! Didn't get much of what was going on. I've only read the first book of Fables, but I did like it.

Sandman sounds interesting....someday when I have some disposable income maybe I can get it.

Smoking jacketes, pipes, games, comic books.....the bennies of being a member of the League. Us auxilary members just live off the glow of the real members!

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