Thursday, February 26, 2015

James Edgar


I couldn't believe my eyes! Finally someone knew some bio data about one of the true geniuses who worked in comics: UK's scriptwriter James Edgar.

Here's (please scroll down) Bob Lorenzo's comment on Steve Holland's blog Bear Alley:
Jim Edgar was born Thomas Eric Edgar on 29th August 1908 in Newton Le Willows. He lived in Kettering for most of his life but after the death of his wife Jessie in 1994 he went to live in a residential home in Sleights Whitby where he died on 4th July 1998. I am in possession of quite a lot of prints etc from "Wes Slade," "Gun Law," "Garth" and "The Boss" (a football script that Jim wrote for the Daily Express). I will email details of these to Steve.
Jim was a wonderful man who must have been one of this country's most knowledgeable people on the subject of American western history. 

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Colecção de Romances Gráficos do Público


A primeira prancha de "Sudor Sudaca" ["Sudore Meticcio"] com dedicatória de Carlos Sampayo. Frigidaire # 19, Junho de 1982. 

O jornal Público vai editar uma colecção de doze romances gráficos, facto que se saúda. Devo acrescentar, no entanto, que, a meu ver, é mais uma ocasião perdida.

Dada a natureza deste blogue não podia deixar de redigir uma lista alternativa. A dita aqui fica:

Les soeurs Zabîme - Aristophane

Amapola Negra - Héctor Germán Oesterheld / Francisco Solano López

I Never Liked You - Chester Brown

Munô No Hito - Yoshiharu Tsuge

Matt Marriott: Isepinal The Apache - James Edgar / Tony Weare

Zil Zelub - Guido Buzzelli

Le journal de Jules Renard lu par Fred - Fred

C'était la guerre des tranchées - Jacques Tardi

Le portrait - Edmond Baudoin

Un tal Daneri - Carlos Trillo / Alberto Breccia

Sudor Sudaca - Carlos Sampayo / José Muñoz

Poderia ter escolhido outras coisas, como é evidente:   Ernie Pike de Héctor Germán Oesterheld e Hugo Pratt; Las memorias de Amorós de Felipe H. Cava e Federico del Barrio, para dar só dois exemplos... Ou... três: só poderia deixar de fora o extraordinário Journal III de Fabrice Neaud por razões práticas, ou seja, por ser tipo tijolo...