Ryan C's Four Color Apocalypse
@fourcolorryan.bsky.social
Writer on all things comics. And all things other than comics.
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I've read some fucked-up stuff in my time, but nothing has prepared me for "Shame" by Wolfe Margolies from Infinity Land. This makes even stuff like Peter Sotos or Delaney's "Hogg" seem like a walk in the park.
December 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
I've read some fucked-up stuff in my time, but nothing has prepared me for "Shame" by Wolfe Margolies from Infinity Land. This makes even stuff like Peter Sotos or Delaney's "Hogg" seem like a walk in the park.
Still kind of wrapping my head around Paul Curran's "Generations Bloodbath" from @apocalypseparty.bsky.social . It didn't blow me away the way "Left Hand" did, but it offers a more cohesive core concept to chew on. I liked it. A lot. But it's going to require a second go-round.
December 18, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Still kind of wrapping my head around Paul Curran's "Generations Bloodbath" from @apocalypseparty.bsky.social . It didn't blow me away the way "Left Hand" did, but it offers a more cohesive core concept to chew on. I liked it. A lot. But it's going to require a second go-round.
Chris Cajero Cilla's THE HEAVY HAND is one of the most thoroughly-realized and wholly unique works of its, or ANY, time. A tour de force
November 22, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Chris Cajero Cilla's THE HEAVY HAND is one of the most thoroughly-realized and wholly unique works of its, or ANY, time. A tour de force
Justin Green's "Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary" was arguably the first book-length autobio comic, and remains as astonishing achievement in the present as I'm sure it must have been at the time of its release
November 22, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Justin Green's "Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary" was arguably the first book-length autobio comic, and remains as astonishing achievement in the present as I'm sure it must have been at the time of its release
Rick Altergott's "Doofus" is the funniest thing I've ever read in my life.
November 22, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Rick Altergott's "Doofus" is the funniest thing I've ever read in my life.
Kramers Ergot 4 is the single-most influential work of this century, it set the tone for where comics were at, more importantly, WOULD BE GOING for the next decade-plus. It's like holding artistic dynamite in your hands.
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Kramers Ergot 4 is the single-most influential work of this century, it set the tone for where comics were at, more importantly, WOULD BE GOING for the next decade-plus. It's like holding artistic dynamite in your hands.
Call it what you will --- "comics journalism," travelogue, cultural study, dispatches from the front, Joe Sacco's "Palestine" is a masterpiece
November 22, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Call it what you will --- "comics journalism," travelogue, cultural study, dispatches from the front, Joe Sacco's "Palestine" is a masterpiece
Yoshiharu Tsuge's THE MAN WITHOUT TALENT ranks as my all-time favorite manga.
November 22, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Yoshiharu Tsuge's THE MAN WITHOUT TALENT ranks as my all-time favorite manga.
Alan Moore's and Jacen Burrows' Providence is a masterpiece of horror, forensic historical analysis, and cultural DE- and RE- construction, as well as an articulate exploration of the nature of reality itself. Moore's finest hour.
November 22, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Alan Moore's and Jacen Burrows' Providence is a masterpiece of horror, forensic historical analysis, and cultural DE- and RE- construction, as well as an articulate exploration of the nature of reality itself. Moore's finest hour.
Michael DeForge is a true auteur in every sense, and in my opinion FAMILIAR FACE is his strongest, most compelling, and in many ways most prescient work
November 22, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Michael DeForge is a true auteur in every sense, and in my opinion FAMILIAR FACE is his strongest, most compelling, and in many ways most prescient work
John Porcellino's KING KAT is the definition of sublime, and quite possibly the most intensely personal long-running project in the history of the comics medium
November 22, 2024 at 3:29 AM
John Porcellino's KING KAT is the definition of sublime, and quite possibly the most intensely personal long-running project in the history of the comics medium
QOBERIOUS Vol. 1 by the enigmatic D.R.T. is one of the most multi-layered, mysterious, and at times impenetrable works I've ever read in ANY medium. But unlike, say, Finnegans Wake, it's eminently enthralling and not the least bit self-indulgent
November 22, 2024 at 3:24 AM
QOBERIOUS Vol. 1 by the enigmatic D.R.T. is one of the most multi-layered, mysterious, and at times impenetrable works I've ever read in ANY medium. But unlike, say, Finnegans Wake, it's eminently enthralling and not the least bit self-indulgent
Julie Doucet is one of the greatest living cartoonists and TIME ZONE J is her most personal, ambitious, and groundbreaking work
November 22, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Julie Doucet is one of the greatest living cartoonists and TIME ZONE J is her most personal, ambitious, and groundbreaking work
Everyone has their favorite Kirby comic --- mine is his most personal, his most philosophically substantial, and his most underappreciated, Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers
November 22, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Everyone has their favorite Kirby comic --- mine is his most personal, his most philosophically substantial, and his most underappreciated, Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers
EC produced way too many great stories to count, but towering above ALL others is Krigstein's Master Race
November 22, 2024 at 3:07 AM
EC produced way too many great stories to count, but towering above ALL others is Krigstein's Master Race
George Herriman's Krazy Kat is, I would think, on everyone's all-time favorites list --- unless, of course, someone's never read it
November 22, 2024 at 3:04 AM
George Herriman's Krazy Kat is, I would think, on everyone's all-time favorites list --- unless, of course, someone's never read it
Everyone has their favorite Love & Rockets story, mine remains "The Death Of Speedy."
November 22, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Everyone has their favorite Love & Rockets story, mine remains "The Death Of Speedy."
You couldn't have come of age when I did and NOT have EIGHTBALL as one of your all-time favorite comics. Clowes will always be one of the greats in my estimation.
November 21, 2024 at 11:15 PM
You couldn't have come of age when I did and NOT have EIGHTBALL as one of your all-time favorite comics. Clowes will always be one of the greats in my estimation.
"There is another world. There is a better world. Well, there must be." Morrison and Case's DOOM PATROL is my all-time favorite run on any superhero comic.
November 21, 2024 at 11:07 PM
"There is another world. There is a better world. Well, there must be." Morrison and Case's DOOM PATROL is my all-time favorite run on any superhero comic.
"These dreams I worship --- and nightmares I love --- this together that lasts for never --- this farewell-colored blood love." J. Webster Sharp's FONDANT
November 21, 2024 at 10:44 PM
"These dreams I worship --- and nightmares I love --- this together that lasts for never --- this farewell-colored blood love." J. Webster Sharp's FONDANT
Thimble Theatre/Popeye - I can read Segar all day, any day, no matter how many times I've read it before
November 21, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Thimble Theatre/Popeye - I can read Segar all day, any day, no matter how many times I've read it before
Jim Osborne's "D.O.A. Comics" --- lots of people out on the "marginalized outsider" pose, Osborne lived it. The outermost limit of transgressive art, nothing lies beyond this but void. Enter at your own risk.
November 21, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Jim Osborne's "D.O.A. Comics" --- lots of people out on the "marginalized outsider" pose, Osborne lived it. The outermost limit of transgressive art, nothing lies beyond this but void. Enter at your own risk.
Milligan, Fegredo, the unsung classic of the 1990s. One of the first titles out of the gate for Vertigo, and remains the best thing they ever published.
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Milligan, Fegredo, the unsung classic of the 1990s. One of the first titles out of the gate for Vertigo, and remains the best thing they ever published.
Other people are doing this, so I will too.
November 21, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Other people are doing this, so I will too.