The Life And Times of Martha Washington collection has a lot of great commentary for each book from Gibbons! It also collects all the stories printed in Dark Horse Presents in color and their original black & white (altho the b&w is at a reduced size - 4 pages on a page), covers and pinups, and a Gibbons scrapbook section with development sketches & thumbnails. RAD STUFF! 🔥✒️🖤🖋🔥
Ed, the original Clive Barker version was a story called "The Forbidden" and took place in London and was more about classism. It was the director of the movie who moved it to Cabrini Green.
Such a criminally underrated mini series. Both creators were at their zenith or close to it and the story is incredibly complex. I show the map of the US in issue 4 in my Human Geography class
I miss my original copies of this comic. Been waiting for kayfabe to cover it. Btw Cabrini Green was in Chicago. I've been there, back when i was 19 on tour. The absolute SCARIEST project I've ever "visited," and I'm from NY.
Wow, great memories from this time. I was about 15 when this came out and it's around the time when I discovered Eide's and Phantom of the Attic. I was finding one gem after another. What a gluttony of quality there was. Dark Horse was publishing Concrete, Hard Boiled, Flaming Carrot, and Give Me Liberty. Plus, Miracleman was still going strong, as was Grendel, Eightball, and Taboo. What a great time to have youthful enthusiasm for comics!
Jim, the place in China that you referred to was called Kowloon Walled City. A very weird place that wasn't quite Chinese or British territory so it kind of existed on it's own, separate from the laws of either country and was eventually demolished in the mid-1990's.
Dave Gibbons hints (and a hint may be nothing more than a 'wouldn't it be nice if...' aspiration - you could do a whole series on 'never published' comics) in his recent Confabulations that there may be more Martha Washington in the future.
I’ll never forget being in line in Portland Oregon in 1990 for a signing and seeing Frank Miller and Mike Richardson emerge across the street from their car; Miller was wearing a black suit and tshirt with bright red sneakers, which was his uniform for a while. Might be hard to imagine now but Portland felt so off the radar of most folks back then, to have a white hot Miller choose to go to an indie publisher was mind blowing!
Fantastic walkthrough and analysis as always guys!!! Would love you to do the whole mini series. I would love to hear your analysis of the last issue in the first miniseries. Especially the colorchoises in that book!
Very curious to hear more on the comparisons of how the colouring changes as the issues go on. A solid example of a collaborative project that was actually able to follow through on all that creative potential - it's wild it's not more widely read. Super glad it's getting some more issues covered by you two!
Hi there . In that mall they took origanal pictures and did a one to one . I think they put it in a museuum .It was in Hong Kong as a piece of GB .Todays China . Greetings from Germany
So underrated, and one of the more prophetic scifi stories in any medium. Glad to see it getting some love.
The Life And Times of Martha Washington collection has a lot of great commentary for each book from Gibbons! It also collects all the stories printed in Dark Horse Presents in color and their original black & white (altho the b&w is at a reduced size - 4 pages on a page), covers and pinups, and a Gibbons scrapbook section with development sketches & thumbnails. RAD STUFF!
🔥✒️🖤🖋🔥
I'd be interested to see how the extras in Ed's hardcovers compare!
The best edition is the Dark Horse 'Absolute' type edition that collects all the Martha Washigton stories.
Ed, the original Clive Barker version was a story called "The Forbidden" and took place in London and was more about classism. It was the director of the movie who moved it to Cabrini Green.
Such a criminally underrated mini series. Both creators were at their zenith or close to it and the story is incredibly complex. I show the map of the US in issue 4 in my Human Geography class
I miss my original copies of this comic. Been waiting for kayfabe to cover it. Btw Cabrini Green was in Chicago. I've been there, back when i was 19 on tour. The absolute SCARIEST project I've ever "visited," and I'm from NY.
The significance of green: Cabrini, cash, military, medical, rain forest, etc. So good.
The type used for the years seems to be a nod to cash money.
Wow, great memories from this time. I was about 15 when this came out and it's around the time when I discovered Eide's and Phantom of the Attic. I was finding one gem after another. What a gluttony of quality there was. Dark Horse was publishing Concrete, Hard Boiled, Flaming Carrot, and Give Me Liberty. Plus, Miracleman was still going strong, as was Grendel, Eightball, and Taboo. What a great time to have youthful enthusiasm for comics!
I had no idea this existed...now I must have it.
Jim, the place in China that you referred to was called Kowloon Walled City. A very weird place that wasn't quite Chinese or British territory so it kind of existed on it's own, separate from the laws of either country and was eventually demolished in the mid-1990's.
...as Ed said seconds after Jim mentioned it...
Dave Gibbons hints (and a hint may be nothing more than a 'wouldn't it be nice if...' aspiration - you could do a whole series on 'never published' comics) in his recent Confabulations that there may be more Martha Washington in the future.
I’ll never forget being in line in Portland Oregon in 1990 for a signing and seeing Frank Miller and Mike Richardson emerge across the street from their car; Miller was wearing a black suit and tshirt with bright red sneakers, which was his uniform for a while. Might be hard to imagine now but Portland felt so off the radar of most folks back then, to have a white hot Miller choose to go to an indie publisher was mind blowing!
seriously some of the best 80's American dystopia out there... so dark, so funny, so good.
Cabrini Green is Chicago
Fantastic walkthrough and analysis as always guys!!! Would love you to do the whole mini series. I would love to hear your analysis of the last issue in the first miniseries. Especially the colorchoises in that book!
Martha Washington is the best!!!! Can’t believe HBO etc has not snatched up the rights
Gibbons is so damn good. The clarity and dimension of his storytelling are pretty incredible.
Very curious to hear more on the comparisons of how the colouring changes as the issues go on.
A solid example of a collaborative project that was actually able to follow through on all that creative potential - it's wild it's not more widely read. Super glad it's getting some more issues covered by you two!
Very prophetic! Great book. Miller was hot, and Gibbons is the MAN! But the story is soooooo goooood!
I was wondering when you would cover this series.
Hi there . In that mall they took origanal pictures and did a one to one . I think they put it in a museuum .It was in Hong Kong as a piece of GB .Todays China . Greetings from Germany
FINALLYYYYY!
Where did Jim get that shirt? It’s awesome
Did you kids get the LIBERTY floppies, signed by Miller, via the CBLDF, that I sent you? Still cool to see the rundown!🖖♾
Dope
Please do a review of the next chapter!
Great transitions of the Presidential motorcade in the beginning shows the progression of a militant government.
I'm just waiting for the second trade that is set between the ship leaving earth and then she dies. It's like a star trek series in there.