CBR: Pipeline - Oct 14, 2008

[CBR News]

In a rather eventful PIPELINE week, Augie introduces the newest addition to the
Pipeline family, proposes a new "Modern Masters" series, looks at the latest
'Previews' catalog, and runs down a list of Comic Fives.


Full article here (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18427).

[Sequart.com]

"I talked about TwoMorrows' "Modern Masters" series of books a lot this summer. But how cool would a "Modern Masters" for writers be? It would be even more of a textual interview book."

Well, Augie, your prayers have been answered. Look no further than one of your very own reviewers, Tim Callahan! We at Sequart.org have already begun publishing books about writing masters. Our first book, GRANT MORRISON: THE EARLY YEARS by Timothy Callahan (available through Diamond), was recently listed in PREVIEWS and is still available through their STAR system.

We have a book planned about Bendis as well, and we have books planned about important runs on MIRACLEMAN, BATMAN, and SUPERMAN to name a few. We even have a book of essays about the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Check us out on Amazon as well!

[cfunke]

Congrats on the kid. It's a blast. The first few months are rough but when they start sleeping through the night it gets a whole lot easier. Until they can walk and talk. Then you're hosed.

Don't force those comics on her too early. Nothing bugs me more than a geek who tries to program his kid into being a clone. There's tons of great children's books out there that are age appropriate and should really appeal to anyone who appreciates the art of sequential storytelling. Let her grow on her own and if she sees you reading comics, she'll come to them when she's ready.

I'd highly recommend a book called The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. It's not expensive and breaks down all the benefits of reading aloud to your children. I try to give a copy to all my friends when they are having their first kids.

Oh, and I'm sure you already have them both but my other recommendation to my new parent friends is Netflix and Tivo because there's absolutely nothing on TV at 2:00 in the morning and you WILL be watching a lot of TV at 2:00 in the morning (and 4:00 and 6:00 etc...). Cash Cab is particularly good when you're half asleep.

[sinned2007]

Congrats on the birth of your daughter Augie!

I can't bring myself to throw out my Previews catalog too..... almost did it a couple of times while I was in an apartment but now I'm kinda thankful that I didn't as I wanted to look up all the Bowen statues offered over the past 2 years (and their MSRP) and I was glad that I still had those Previews catalogs.

Count me in as another who would absolutely kill for a Freak Force Omnibus but knows that it will never happen. The singles will have to do.

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

SeqArt - Ooh, a Bendis book? Count me in.

And don't forget about the X-Men movie book, which is a geek's delight!

CFunked - Thanks much. My wife is a second grade teacher. She knows all the good books by name, and many of them (I think) by heart. So my kid will have plenty of sequential narratives before she even thinks about manga. ;-)

And my DVR is chock full of simple half hour home improvement shows that I can skip in and out of at will at any time. Great minds think alike!

Sinned - Thanks! The funny thing is, Erik actually solicited a Freak Force Omnibus once and canceled it due to no -- er, "low" -- orders. Ah, well. He was ahead of his time on that, is all.

-Augie

[stealthwise]

First, congratulations on your daughter's birth, that's awesome. We're expecting our second this winter.

And second, you seriously haven't read Torso, Black Hole, Box Office Poison or MAUS? Really? You're also really missing out on the conclusion to great runs like Starman and Moore's Swamp Thing, but all in due time, I suppose.

Black Hole is great to read in the middle of the night when you have insomnia. It's really, really creepy; the entire work is filled with bizarre, neurotic art, and the characters have a way of infesting your mind-space.

[cfunke]

CFunked - Thanks much. My wife is a second grade teacher. She knows all the good books by name, and many of them (I think) by heart. So my kid will have plenty of sequential narratives before she even thinks about manga. ;-)




Then you are in good hands. My wife and I are both elementary school teachers. We don't force books on our daughter but we've been reading to her since the day she came home from the hospital. I was a voracious reader at a young age but I don't remember reading, or wanting to read, nearly as often as my 2 year old daughter does now.

[cfunke]

Oh yeah, and Torso, Black Hole, etc.. are all great books for sure but if you haven't read Maus yet, you might be asked to turn in your geek badge. People like to thrown Watchmen around as the book that brought quality comics into the mainstream light but it was Maus that won the Pulitzer Prize and really demonstrated what the art for was capable of doing.

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Honestly, I just have no interest in "Maus." There are a thousand other comics I'd like to read first. ::shrug::

Maybe someday. . .

-Augie