Brother Zag
07-08-2007, 10:54 PM
Mike here...
As Juan Carlos Quattordio and I work on Issue Two of "Panthea Obscura", I've made our first issue available as a free download.
Troy Brownfield of Newsarama's "Best Shots" likes the book:
*Panthea Obscura: Deifornication #1:* /Brought to you by Mike Luoma, the
guy who did the sublime *Holy ____!: Or Pat Robertson Is The
Anti-Christ*, *Panthea Obscura* trades heavily on two trademarks that
Luoma established in that earlier book: a fine eye for cultural
weirdness, and lacerating humor. Once there were gods, and now the gods
are suffering a bit of an existential crisis. Humanity’s kind of moved
on, the and the Gods consider their role. What they decide is
hilariously appropriate for the graphic form, and Luoma’s given himself
a place from which to rain barbs down upon politics, religion, and
comics itself. The art by Juan Carlos Quattordio is a bit rough, but
succeeds on its appropriately indie-bred scrappiness. This is one to watch.
The direct link for the FREE download is:
http://www.lulu.com/content/740099 (http://www.lulu.com/740099) or you can link through
http://www.PantheaObscura.Com. (http://www.PantheaObscura.Com) You can preview the book there, too.
I recently published _Panthea Obscura_ issue one. I've also made _Holy Sh!t: Or... Pat Robertson Is The Anti Christ_ a .99 download over at lulu: http://www.lulu.com/content/210564. I wrote and
illustrated that one myself. Troy B. said last year, "And it’s for
books like this one that I love doing this column. *Holy Shit* makes no
bones about being an agenda-driven political tract and a ringing
endorsement of what Luoma considers to be actual Christian values. It’s
also a damn fine example of what “independent comic” really means. The
fact that it’s entertaining, informative and occasionally gut-bustingly
funny is all icing."
Juan Carlos Quattordio of Argentina is collaborating on Panthea with me.
We're about halfway through the art on issue two. There's a preview of
page one from issue two here:
http://pantheaobscura.com/Panthea2PreviewpageOne.jpg.
As Juan Carlos Quattordio and I work on Issue Two of "Panthea Obscura", I've made our first issue available as a free download.
Troy Brownfield of Newsarama's "Best Shots" likes the book:
*Panthea Obscura: Deifornication #1:* /Brought to you by Mike Luoma, the
guy who did the sublime *Holy ____!: Or Pat Robertson Is The
Anti-Christ*, *Panthea Obscura* trades heavily on two trademarks that
Luoma established in that earlier book: a fine eye for cultural
weirdness, and lacerating humor. Once there were gods, and now the gods
are suffering a bit of an existential crisis. Humanity’s kind of moved
on, the and the Gods consider their role. What they decide is
hilariously appropriate for the graphic form, and Luoma’s given himself
a place from which to rain barbs down upon politics, religion, and
comics itself. The art by Juan Carlos Quattordio is a bit rough, but
succeeds on its appropriately indie-bred scrappiness. This is one to watch.
The direct link for the FREE download is:
http://www.lulu.com/content/740099 (http://www.lulu.com/740099) or you can link through
http://www.PantheaObscura.Com. (http://www.PantheaObscura.Com) You can preview the book there, too.
I recently published _Panthea Obscura_ issue one. I've also made _Holy Sh!t: Or... Pat Robertson Is The Anti Christ_ a .99 download over at lulu: http://www.lulu.com/content/210564. I wrote and
illustrated that one myself. Troy B. said last year, "And it’s for
books like this one that I love doing this column. *Holy Shit* makes no
bones about being an agenda-driven political tract and a ringing
endorsement of what Luoma considers to be actual Christian values. It’s
also a damn fine example of what “independent comic” really means. The
fact that it’s entertaining, informative and occasionally gut-bustingly
funny is all icing."
Juan Carlos Quattordio of Argentina is collaborating on Panthea with me.
We're about halfway through the art on issue two. There's a preview of
page one from issue two here:
http://pantheaobscura.com/Panthea2PreviewpageOne.jpg.