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Stealth, What cool Spanish-language comics did you get to read thanks to growing up in South America?
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I'm glad you asked, Kent. During the early 80s, there was a weekly Disney digest from Spain called Don Miki (which vaguely translates to Mister Mickey), and it reprinted a mixture of Mickey Mouse stories and Donald Duck stories from Italy, Denmark, and Holland, years before the European Disney stories began to be reprinted in the States.
The Donald Duck stories from Italy were especially awesome -- in a lot of the stories, Donald had a Batman-like alter ego, the Phantom Duck or, in Spanish, Patomas (the original name in Italian was Paperinik; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperinik )
My parents, especially my father, didn't like these comics at all, because they were darker, edgier, and more violent than American Disney comics (even though a lot Carl Barks' masterworks, which they had grown up reading, were fairly dark, edgy, and violent.)
Later in the decade, I bought several graphic novels, also from Spain, and featuring homegrown Spanish comic-book stars Mortadelo and Filemon. These stories, about two bumbling secret agents, were a riot of surrealism and brutal slapstick humor. One day I hope to travel to Spain to get more of these stories.
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Well, I looked up Catherine Wheel at trouserpress.com -- sounds like it might be sort of like Garbage with a male vocalist. Now, I love Garbage, but a lot of that has to do with my girl Shirley; I don't know what the effect would be like with a male voice, especially when the vocalist is Bruce Dickinson's brother.
I've really got to get speakers for my computer -- then I could listen to Catherine Wheel without paying anything.
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dedman, I'm actually a little bit country -- mostly the left-field country, especially Neko Case and Shelby Lynne (her first album, at least), but every once in a while, there's a good mainstream country song that crosses over into pop, such as Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats."
quote:Originally posted by Stealth: Well, I looked up Catherine Wheel at trouserpress.com -- sounds like it might be sort of like Garbage with a male vocalist. Now, I love Garbage, but a lot of that has to do with my girl Shirley; I don't know what the effect would be like with a male voice, especially when the vocalist is Bruce Dickinson's brother.
Cousin, actually.
I always saw the band as a mix of shoegazer pop and more agressive rock. I tended to like them better when they learned more towards the former. The first CD, Ferment, is definitely worth a listen.
The Trouser Press music guides helped introduce me to a lot of great music. I'm glad the web sie is there, though they could stand to update it more frequently.
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Outdoor Miner, I'll start looking for a copy of Ferment; and I agree the lack of updates at trouserpress.com can get annoying, especially in the entries where they have the discography updated but not the reviews.
Cramer, I recently went to a nice little Italian restaurant called Angelo's that's only fifteen minutes away from me.
Ram Boy, I'd like to have a romantic tryst with Brainiac 5. To me, smart=sexy. I wish he'd grow his hair out, though.
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Stealth, do you live in the New York area? Because there's an Angelo's in Little Italy that is by far the best Italian restaurant I've ever been to!
Oh, and if you could have a romantic tryst with any villain/antagonist, who would it be? Doesn't have to be Legion-related or comic book related...since sometimes villainous enemies can be so sexy!
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Cobie, I don't live in the New York area, although I have visited New York once and I liked it very much; if and when I have a chance to go back there, I'll definitely check out the Angelo's in Little Italy. Thanks.
A tryst with a villain...I'll have to think about that one.
You have a one month all expenses paid vacation to anywhere in the world, where would you go?
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Quis, I would go to either Italy or Spain. I can't really make up my mind which one, although as I mentioned earlier in the thread, the thought of going to Spain and buying European comic books translated into Spanish is very appealing (I speak very limited Italian -- limited mostly to the titles of Italian art-gore movies.)
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