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Rating: 
Summary: A Must Have
Review: (regarding volume three.)another great release from D&Q. thick luxurious pages, mat-finish cover, signature binding. so don't you worry about that. "the shepherd," pennti otsamo (helsinki--??): three-color short story in the typical d&q vein of twentysomethings struggling to understand life. but it's good. "monsieur jean," dupuy/berberian (france): 55 pages, the centerpiece of the collection. it's a very well-executed romantic comedy (with a little detour into art history). someone else colored it, which makes the colors a little removed from the art. but the story is great and the cartooning is great. And it's very funny. Great characterization. "the pillow" and "a senseless story," franco matticchio (italy): *beautiful* B&W linework telling two stories -- silly and nonsensical, respectively. "safety instructions," jason little (usa). i love jason little. this is a very funny story laid out like an airline safety card, but the story is about two teenagers on a plane while it's crashing. funny and refreshingly lowbrow. "dostoyevsky comics," r. sikoryak (usa). Sikoryak continues his series of crossing classic books with comics, this time combining "crime and punishment" with 40's "batman." hilarious, as always. printed on special rough paper, very nice. "fist to fist," hincker blutch (france): b&w. "an early history of heavyweight boxers" -- funny and informative, of the larry gonick school of nonfiction comics. gorgeous inkwork. "fourteen sketches: selected drawings from the late 20th century," seth (usa). full-color, hand colored. just some great pictures of people and places in the U.S. from his recently released sketchbook, "vernacular drawings." seth is wonderful. it's in a classic "New Yorker" style. "the peasant and the snake," mark lang (montreal). gorgeous two-color adaptation of a Chassidic folk tale. "the other one," harry mayerovitch (canada). two pages of drawings from his 1973 book, "the other one." funny little "new yorker" style cartoons with people and their shadows. "paul, apprentice typographer," michael rabagliati (montreal). classic "clear line" two-color style (there's a spumco reference in one panel, and it's not out of place) telling a story of a boy growing up in montreal. calm kind of story. "gasoline alley," frank king. a sampling of his classic sunday pages, reprinted for the first time. beautiful classic comic art. of course, they're reprinted about half size from the original huge pages, but that's a complaint i have with every classic comic reprint collection. the covers and inside covers might be the best part. they're by Chris Ware in homage to Frank King, with a story about Frank King in the inside back cover. It's beautiful, really. -yakov.
Rating: 
Summary: magnificent talent, beautiful package
Review: (regarding volume three.) another great release from D&Q. thick luxurious pages, mat-finish cover, signature binding. so don't you worry about that. "the shepherd," pennti otsamo (helsinki--??): three-color short story in the typical d&q vein of twentysomethings struggling to understand life. but it's good. "monsieur jean," dupuy/berberian (france): 55 pages, the centerpiece of the collection. it's a very well-executed romantic comedy (with a little detour into art history). someone else colored it, which makes the colors a little removed from the art. but the story is great and the cartooning is great. And it's very funny. Great characterization. "the pillow" and "a senseless story," franco matticchio (italy): *beautiful* B&W linework telling two stories -- silly and nonsensical, respectively. "safety instructions," jason little (usa). i love jason little. this is a very funny story laid out like an airline safety card, but the story is about two teenagers on a plane while it's crashing. funny and refreshingly lowbrow. "dostoyevsky comics," r. sikoryak (usa). Sikoryak continues his series of crossing classic books with comics, this time combining "crime and punishment" with 40's "batman." hilarious, as always. printed on special rough paper, very nice. "fist to fist," hincker blutch (france): b&w. "an early history of heavyweight boxers" -- funny and informative, of the larry gonick school of nonfiction comics. gorgeous inkwork. "fourteen sketches: selected drawings from the late 20th century," seth (usa). full-color, hand colored. just some great pictures of people and places in the U.S. from his recently released sketchbook, "vernacular drawings." seth is wonderful. it's in a classic "New Yorker" style. "the peasant and the snake," mark lang (montreal). gorgeous two-color adaptation of a Chassidic folk tale. "the other one," harry mayerovitch (canada). two pages of drawings from his 1973 book, "the other one." funny little "new yorker" style cartoons with people and their shadows. "paul, apprentice typographer," michael rabagliati (montreal). classic "clear line" two-color style (there's a spumco reference in one panel, and it's not out of place) telling a story of a boy growing up in montreal. calm kind of story. "gasoline alley," frank king. a sampling of his classic sunday pages, reprinted for the first time. beautiful classic comic art. of course, they're reprinted about half size from the original huge pages, but that's a complaint i have with every classic comic reprint collection. the covers and inside covers might be the best part. they're by Chris Ware in homage to Frank King, with a story about Frank King in the inside back cover. It's beautiful, really. -yakov.
Rating:
Summary: A Must Have
Review: If you're a Drawn & Quarterly fan, then you already have this.
If you're not a Drawn & Quarterly fan, then you have never read this or any of their publications. Yes, they are that good. And this is one of D&Q's best efforts (also see Best of Drawn & Quarterly).
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