July 24, 2011

San Diego Comic-Con

Michael Zulli

I’m having a lot of fun reading all the news about ‘the’ Comic-Con. Although I’m not sure fun is the right word to be using. After all, I have no interest in DC Comics and that, right there, eliminates practically half of the news, and Marvel’s announcements have been, to say it kindly, underwhelming. I am however very interested in everything that’s coming from the rest of the publishers. There was a day in which I would have never ventured outside the big two’s ‘comfort zone’, but the creative decline in DC forced me to abandon the land of Superman and embrace Marvel more than ever before, at least for a few years. Right now the best titles are either creator owned or come from indy imprints (Mark Millar's Millarworld, Icon, Avatar, IDW, Dynamite, Top Shelf, Image, etc.). That is my opinion but, of course, I’m willing to concede that I could be wrong. What do you think?


San Diego Comic-Con stopped focusing exclusively on comic books some time ago, and now it’s more of a pop culture event, with Hollywood movies, online gaming and many other related products. Still, Eidolon Fine Arts will be presenting Michael Zulli’s most personal graphic novel to date: The Fracture of the Universal Boy, a book made possible by a successful Kickstarter campaign. Hundreds of people made generous donations, including myself.
Hardcover edition / edición en tapa dura


And finally I’m including a sneak peek of one of my upcoming pages. Enjoy!
Interior
    
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My page for vol. 6 / Mi página para el vol. 6
Estuve un par de horas en la decimosexta feria del libro de Lima, y me satisfizo encontrar una buena variedad no solamente de libros sino de cómics. Parece que en los últimos años las librerías y distribuidoras se han esforzado. Ha habido épocas en las que no encontraba absolutamente ningún cómic. Lo cierto es que a pesar de los buenos precios de hoy, sigue siendo sustancialmente más barato para mí seguir comprando todo en internet, en páginas como DCBS (que ofrece excelentes descuentos) o My Comic Shop, con un catálogo de literalmente centenares de miles de cómics distintos. Fue muy divertido encontrarme con Gabriela Ibáñez, que justamente organizaba un evento de su editorial Polifonía.


Por estos días se realiza la San Diego Comic-Con, el más grande evento de cultura pop del mundo, que en el pasado solía ser exclusivamente de cómics y en la actualidad incluye juegos de computadora y películas de temática fantástica o de ciencia ficción, entre muchas otras cosas. Allí Eidolon Fine Arts presentará la edición de la novela gráfica más personal de Michael Zulli: THE FRACTURE OF THE UNIVERSAL BOY, publicación que se hizo posible gracias a una exitosa campaña en Kickstarter, y a las generosas donaciones de cientos de interesados, entre ellos yo.


Finalmente incluyo una página, en versión final, de mi historia de terror. ¿Qué les parece? 

2 comments:

  1. Not wishing to bring anyone down but i feel its only right and fair to mention that on Comic Book Resources, on the Wonder Woman forum there is the moderator - Aegisbearer - who two weeks ago was arrested on two counts of lewd behaviour with three pupils he had been teaching.
    This 'creature' is rephrehensible and disgusting and should be fired from CBR, as yet they have refused to do so.
    Please boycott CBR until this matter is resolved.
    Thank you.

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  2. Odd. Up until this day CBR had never been brought up in this blog...

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