Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Comics Review: José Muñoz & Carlos Sampayo, The Alack Sinner Stories

This review has been moved to the R. S. Martin website. Click here to read.
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3 comments:

G.G. said...

"Viet Blues" was also serialized in English in issues 52-55 of Crisis in 1990. That's the only Sinner story I've read and I really enjoyed it. I'd like to see more one day.

June 11, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Jason Thibault said...

Thanks very much for writing these reviews.

10 years ago when living in Montreal, I came across these dark graphic albums in a book store. They seemed gritty, brutal and intense. Although they were in French I made a poor choice in not buying them that day.

Fast-forward 8 years and I find myself on the West Coast Googling "hard boiled french comics". A piece on Munoz came up. I read it and knew that those were the images that had been haunting me for a decade.

On a trip to Montreal in 2008, I purchased 2 collections. Joe's Bar was one of them. They're still in French but I can struggle through them with the help of Google translate.

I'm glad France paid tribute to Munoz last year.

June 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM
vollsticks said...

Agree with you about the first two issues. "Viet Blues" is a great, great story. I wish you'd have discussed the meta-textual implications of "Life Ain't a Comic Strip, Baby" in detail...I know it's not really used as a formal device but I'm sure you have something insightful to add! And apparently Munoz studied under Pratt in Buenos Aires.

January 25, 2011 at 6:13 PM

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