This Is A Story Of Coyote.

Well, hot steaming damn. I found full print size versions of the 24 Hour Comic i mentioned yesterday. According to the file dates, this was back in 2006. 

Hmm...   Actually, it seems like 24 Hour Comic Day should be around this time of year - maybe recently passed? Us hermits tend to miss those things unless we actively go looking.

If it is unfamiliar to you, 24 Hour Comic Day is an annual challenge to create a 24 page comic in 24 hours. It's a lot of fun, if you're up for it. Not something i can do these days - my mind won't focus on one thing for that length of time any more.

Anyway, as i mentioned yesterday, twice did i participate in 24HCD. This was the first time, and the results far exceeded the second attempt. (In partial defense, i had been sick for a few days prior - but i think it was also a lazy concept i was playing with. Possibly as a result and knowing i wouldn't last the full 24 hours in my condition at that time. But, no one cares.)

I have, at various times, thought about going back to complete things which time did not permit in this story. But, it just seems wrong. So here is Chasing His Tale in the original form -

We'll get back to some real comics soon.
Promise.

page art by -3- for 24 Hour Comic Day (2006)

Blue Monday Bonus - Un-Comics From The Sewer

Say you're a fan of 'trashy' movies. You love discovering what weird creations have sprung from the minds of those artists who dwell off on the sidestreets, far from the main Boulevard of Dreams.
Where do you go to find them?

Okay. You go to the internet these days - though it can be a daunting expedition that may leave one suffering from things that can never be unseen. It's often safer to find a trusty guide. For the past 20+ years, one man has put his sanity on the line for us, bringing back his (and his team's) reports from the Cinema Sewer - a guide named Robin Bougie. We'll be talking more about the magazine, but today's focus is on their frequent use of Un-Comics for both stories and reviews.


That's the focus of the latest post in our adult content 'back room'. To view the accompanying artwork, visit the full post on The Other Voice Of ODD!
The rest of the text is presented here for context (and search engines, since they can't get past doorman)


Given the focus of the magazine, it should come as no surprise that the creators seem completely unfettered, in the finest underground comix tradition. They are designed to express personal voices - quite bluntly and proudly. (In the dark corners of my mind, the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny is fought between Robin Bougie and Chris Gore, both summoning their troops from the best/worst of cinema)

So, here's a sampling of Cinema Sewer Un-Comics, ranging from film reviews to slice-of-life experiences to a History Of Bukkake and celebrity features and condemnations...



They even did a profile on The Fake Detective, Ed Lake -



Ed's done some great work over the years. I encountered him back in the late '90s while crafting some fakes (all clearly labelled, per his suggestion). The few months i spent playing with those taught me more about Photoshop than a decade of professional work using the tool. (In case you were wondering why.)

Sorry - couldn't find any on the active systems. I'd have to go digging in the archives to find examples.


page art by Robin Bougie, Kim Dietch, D.J. Bryant, David Paleo, Phil Barrett, Josh Simmons, Priscilla Equis, Joseph Bergin III, and Hugo for  Cinema Sewer #s 16, 18, 19, 20 & 22 (2005-2009)

Saturday Solutions - Part I

Answers? We got answers.

Here's the first batch - the solutions to yesterday's Doctor Who quiz collection:

puzzle pages from Doctor Who Funfax and  Doctor Who Battles In Time #s 2, 25 & 26 (2005, 2006, 2007)

Borgia In Blue

Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of those artists whose voice is so uniquely distinctive that he almost has to exist outside of the mainstream, while being admired by those who create there. His followers are passionate about his films, and time is usually quite favorable in how his work is viewed though it may frequently be less understood and often hidden from sight upon first release. El Topo, his earliest cult hit, with fans like John Lennon, created the midnight cult movie concept. The Holy Mountain defined him globally as the premiere surealist film maker of the time. His never-filmed adaptation of Dune is considered a lost treasure.
Later, he partnered with legendary French (so very, very French) artist Moebius to create The Incal series, again heavy in surrealism and mysticism at the core, even in the heavy scifi trappings.

So, what happens when you mix Alejandro Jodorowsky with peerless Italian erotic artist Milo Manara for an historical fiction based on the House of Borgia?
We get this week's

Their Borgia collaboration runs 4 volumes. We'll just be peeking into the first book today:

They immediately set the tone of the book in a single panel that opens the first view of Rome:

Early in the book, they set up the conflict between the Borgias and the Church...

NOTE: Most of the artwork from this post has been moved to our back room for adult content. A few images and the text of the post remains for you to be able to decide if you wish to see more.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.

...the children are found alive in the closet there.
Of course, it wouldn't be proper Jodorowsky without a bit of surrealism and mysticism mixed in our imagery...

The tale goes into behind the scenes political manipulations to serve personal hatreds and agendas...


...culminating in a clash of power between the Borgia family and the Church...


Here ends the first book. Lest you suspect otherwise, with 52 pages of story, we've skipped quite a bit here. Both creators are masterful storytellers, and their talents combine well. Books 2-4 have been in the to-read piles for a while, but keep getting pushed back on my frequent "Maybe this should be saved for later" policy. Ergo comment on how the series develops shall have to be deferred until after reading.

But don't let that stop you from reading ahead. I don't mind.

pages by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Milo Manara from Borgia: book 1 (2006)