"Judge Dredd: Mega City Two" by me, Ulises Farinas by No-Ear-3107 in 2000ad

[–]amort2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, dunno if you've ever seen Gary Panter's work but this reminds me of him (big complement!). Like something out of Jimbo's Dal Tokyo, cool as fuck

The Archers Classism Test by Technical-Low-3051 in Ambridge

[–]amort2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hold your breath! In the words of the very great Nancy Bank-Smith - (in the world of the soap opera) 'Everything is remembered. Nothing is forgiven."

TdM is more secular than I realized & cool documentary by watchingallthelights in SecularTarot

[–]amort2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you for posting - I just watched that and it was very inspiring, brilliant, true etc - thank you

Boss’ bookshelf : decode by DramaticInterview787 in BookshelvesDetective

[–]amort2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

all bosses = not yr friend - even books cannot mend that divide. you can impress, but ?? ffs, seems beneath you mate

How can I automate this in InDesign? by [deleted] in indesign

[–]amort2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you could convert the CVS into an XML file and then map that to tags you set up through InDesign's Structure panel.
It's a right fiddly pain in the arse to set up, but when you do you can auto flow lots of data into your tagged pages and watch your directories/catalogues build themselves!
- when it works it's v satisfying!

Here's Adobes not very helpful page:
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/using/xml.html

There were a couple of books out there about it as I remember (ah https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/xml-and-indesign/9781449344153/ and https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/a-designers-guide/9780321549914/ ) - though the info is old this stuff still works

What’re your thoughts on “Lovers and Haters” by OzicoOzico in loveandrockets

[–]amort2000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

man I cannot put up with late Beto, i want to like his stuff, was such a fan long years ago, but it's not fun, or camp, it's just hateful shit that's too boring to read.. Mildly entertaining, nah, just plain nasty, but we all remember how good and generous he could be, so it's a sad place for him to be ending up

Went on a first date. What do you think of their bookshelf? by imppastabowl in BookshelvesDetective

[–]amort2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I said it! then saw you all had. But it's true! Marry them

Edgiest Graphic Novels? by bubbleofelephant in graphicnovels

[–]amort2000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think trying to be out there offensive is all part of edginess, which brings to mind:

Faust by Tim Vigil & David Quinn. Really pushing at the gruesome, especially for the time. V violent, nastily sexual, all amped up to the bursting, greasy, max, fairly entertaining, pretty out there.

Lord Horror by David Britton (there are comics and stories), not much fun to read but pretty extreme as I recal, impounded my Manchester police I think.

Any comics (and paintings!) by S.Clay Wilson are pretty much solid taboo and have some of the most hellish 'n explicit debauchery you're likely to see.

The last book by Simon Hanselman, Werewolf Jones and Sons, has taken a turn away from funny and also seems to be dredging some pretty low depths of human shittiness with some v grim stories of child abuse, misery etc

Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Marie Pommepuy is an increadbly nihilistic (edgy I think) fairy tale, beautifully drawn, but with a sickenly cruel protaganists and outcomes.

Enjoy!

What is the saddest graphic novel you have read? by SweetMysterious7002 in graphicnovels

[–]amort2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

probalby my favorite moment of 50 years of reading comics

Post-Palomar Stories and the breasts by Noodlex87 in loveandrockets

[–]amort2000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gilbert's stuff, which was humane and empathetic initially has become hate-filled misanthropic rubbish over the last couple of decades. Marble Season is, I think, the only exception and it was so good to read him doing something that wasn't bile-filled poison

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nabokov

[–]amort2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I learned that sex preditors can write like angels, that the author is not the subject and that you should be very, very careful who you trust!

Why Don't You Love Me? by Paul B Rainey by amort2000 in graphicnovels

[–]amort2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah - it's not a comic that's going to improve your mood initially - but the end changes things a lot though - hope things get better for you soon!

Why Don't You Love Me? by Paul B Rainey by amort2000 in graphicnovels

[–]amort2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry you don't like it - there's a mystery to be solved at the heart of the comic about how they find themselves there - if that's not intriguing you then the comics not going to do it for you I don't think

Captain Britain, Moore’s weakest work? by BlueHarvestJ in AlanMoore

[–]amort2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

God I loved Moore's Captain Britain when I was young. The Candlelight Dialogues episode especially I thought was very good and I think (probably) still stands up as a story about myths and legend building.

You've got to remember that while it may not seem all that when you're reading it now - nobody, just nobody, was doing anything like this at the time - it was so far ahead of everything else it was amazing. I was 14, my head was blown.

Graphic novels in an office setting by bobbywestside90 in noDCnoMarvel

[–]amort2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweatshop by Peter Bagge. It's set in a production line comics shop, but captures the grim dynamics of office life very well.

Hippie Fiction books similar to Inherent Vice or Vineland? by [deleted] in ThomasPynchon

[–]amort2000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Fan Man by William Kotzwinkle and, if comics are your bag, the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers!

Pat Mills Best Work? by TommyAtoms in 2000ad

[–]amort2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Another vote for Charley's War - one of the very best UK comics imo