retrobacklore.net » comics http://retrobacklore.net comic books, the preservation of history, and white hot data-on-data action Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Terrible twos: Happy B-day Retro-b-lore http://retrobacklore.net/2010/05/terrible-twos-happy-b-day-retro-b-lore/ http://retrobacklore.net/2010/05/terrible-twos-happy-b-day-retro-b-lore/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 23:02:20 +0000 Renee http://retrobacklore.net/?p=171 And for your very special day I gift unto thee an update after an almost six month hiatus.

Prison for Bitches – a Lady Gaga fanzine.


Prison for Bitches is a collaborative piece by the dudes from Haus von Electric Ant and a bunch of awesome artists such as Hellen Jo, Johhny Ryan, and Lisa Hanawalt. The content is great my only complaint is that I wish it were less of an art zine and more of a comics [meaning more strips] and text-based zine. The Fruits-like scene report on Lady Gaga Cosplay in Kobe is a great section too that I wish would have been expanded. The artwork is excellent – really nothing disappoints.

My favorite piece is the single page by Michael Kupperman. On it, Gaga’s disembodied head floats above two primates while her heavily shadowed eyes stare out at the viewer – her mouth is open slightly, her hair is tousled around her head in a way that calls to mind Beethoven or Mark Twain’s signature locks. She does not look like a pop star, instead she resembles some sort of ominous ape deity. I’m into it. And something about it makes me think of Lawnmower Man…wild hair, apes, god-like presence…


Check out a preview of Prison for Bitches HERE!

]]> http://retrobacklore.net/2010/05/terrible-twos-happy-b-day-retro-b-lore/feed/ 1 The Graphic Novel – Raise it up! http://retrobacklore.net/2008/11/the-graphic-novel-raise-it-up/ http://retrobacklore.net/2008/11/the-graphic-novel-raise-it-up/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:48:15 +0000 Renee http://retrobacklore.net/?p=59 OPB’s Think Out Loud recently [re?]aired The Rise of the Graphic Novel.  During the show they discuss the difference between comics and the graphic novel, which, IMHO, there really isn’t one.  One of the guests echoed my sentiments when he said, “graphic novels are just comics with spines.”  And that is book spine, of course.  Manga and comics in libraries also come into play, and there is some great commentary from Alison Bedchel, James Lucas Jones, head editor at Portland based Oni Press [publishers of Scott Pilgrim], and many local Portland comics artists and fans.

Give it a listen here.

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