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exodust · 2023-03-04 02:47:50

Thanks. I always forget about graphic novels. I should buy more.

Last one I bought was years ago, about Jimi Hendrix. Still available but I don't know if you get the audio CD with it containing his solo acoustic home recordings. Very nicely illustrated: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42100.Voodoo_Child

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mooreds | karma 71202 | avg karma 3.68 · | 2022-09-09 15:20:28

This was great! I second the comment about asking for an illustrated book.

pbhjpbhj | karma 20396 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2009-10-15 18:55:34+00:00

I expected a graphic novel to be illustrated with ... a graphic!?

jonplackett | karma 9277 | avg karma 3.66 · | 2022-04-26 17:54:08

Thanks! It’s illustrated by my wife. She did a frickin incredible job! More of her stuff here if you’re interested: KarrieFransman.com

davidw | karma 63893 | avg karma 3.82 · | 2021-11-23 11:43:13

"Rick Guidice" seems to be a familiar name behind the artwork. I too read books with this kind of illustration as a kid growing up and it makes me very nostalgic.

unohoo | karma 343 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2010-05-07 15:42:41+00:00

The illustrations are kick ass - gave me a feeling i was reading a comic strip. +5 just for this document.

keltecp11 | karma 1733 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2009-05-21 11:07:14

I would love to see it with Illustrations. Excellent Posting, well done.

thangalin | karma 2317 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2023-05-09 12:16:11

Thanks! The illustrators did an incredible job and the physical book itself is in lay flat format.

https://impacts.to/

Here's the book's bibliography, in case you're wondering about the science:

https://impacts.to/bibliography.pdf

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ioshaan | karma 5 | avg karma 0.36 · | 2023-10-09 01:01:55

Thank you very much! I was able to create comic strips from it. :-D

dbddv01 | karma 1 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2022-06-28 09:06:45

"an illustrated book is far off". Hi, just to mention that i'm using mini DALL-E for graphic novel experiments... Indeed not really a human quality but ... https://twitter.com/Dbddv01

internaut | karma 586 | avg karma 0.58 · | 2016-12-05 13:22:00+00:00

Great illustrating artwork.

I wish people were making art like that today.

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tonylukasavage | karma 18 | avg karma 6.0 · | 2014-09-16 13:41:00+00:00

My absolute favorite illustration of this point:

http://www.viruscomix.com/page528.html

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gadders | karma 9202 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2012-11-10 04:18:30+00:00

Interesting.. I was thinking of doing an picture book in ebook format.

AlexMuir | karma 7497 | avg karma 8.14 · | 2015-02-09 11:28:18+00:00

Thanks! The content for the book came from the liquidator of a company which held the copyright. It was a complicated situation - the illustrations I believe were licensed for print to a few different publications, including magazines. A friend of mine had plans to reprint the book but allowed me to turn it into a site.

virtualritz | karma 2397 | avg karma 3.42 · | 2019-10-19 12:04:22+00:00

There are quite a few graphic novel adaptions of Gilgamesh.

I particularly suggest a very recent one from Jens Harder[1]. The aesthetic he uses is that of bas-reliefs of the Mesopotamian area at the time when the original epos was created.

It's unfortunately only available in German (original) and French for the time being.

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38741935-gilgamesh

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chernevik | karma 4039 | avg karma 4.14 · | 2012-09-19 12:06:33

The interface is a powerful extension of the piece. Wonderful stuff. Thank you.

I do wish the extension somehow captured the first three panels of the comic. The last panel is a masterpiece, but it is part of a larger story.

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numlocked | karma 3169 | avg karma 7.6 · | 2023-02-15 08:38:49

Amazon has a few more sample pages of text and art: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1524884944?tag=sscan...

- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Bf9EMGwsL.jpg

- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710rEGCuE-L.jpg

- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71OtBBkSGAL.jpg

- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71vW6lumrpL.jpg

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hemmer | karma 78 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2014-07-17 09:38:55

This is lovely, would probably make a nice print! I'm working my way through Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy; this makes a great accompaniment.

dekhn | karma 28741 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2021-04-13 21:55:33+00:00

Here ya go: https://www.amazon.com/Motel-Mysteries-David-Macaulay/dp/039...

David Macaulay's illustrations are fantastic.

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jhedwards | karma 893 | avg karma 4.49 · | 2018-04-04 18:37:02

_Amphigorey Too_ by Edward Gorey. When I've been staring at a computer screen and thinking about logic for too long it's nice to look at some beautiful hand drawn illustrations and enjoy some surreal humor.