Remember when I said, in the last post, that you should expect a lot of posts etc.? Well, I realized that a lot of those things would be a waste of time. In fact, I think I'm getting tired of scanlation... so let's get this over with!
I'm putting all not really important stuff aside. I'll just mess a little with the structure of the blog, host some Enxame stuff, and finish proofreading for Opentrain, and then the REAL work!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Master's Screen
While you wait for new chapters that take like forever to be done, I offer you this little treat: a recent Tormenta Master's Screen!
NO LONGER AVAILABLE
And lemme tell ya, I just finished scanning all those magazines I'd borrowed, and now I'm moving on to some peripheral anthropophagous activities I'd put aside. That means no new chapters yet, but we're closer. And there'll be a lot of new posts in the blog.
Once Upon a Saturday
Once Upon a Saturday is a comedy webcomic about God, and Adam, and Eve, and the creation of the world, stuff like that. It's quite famous in Brazil. Funny and everything, but not as fucking awesome as people make it seem. Anyway, it's translated in full here.
Ratantia
Ratantia is another webcomic I shouldn't even tell you about, but this time, for different reasons.
In an island where an alchemist used to make experiments, rats, frogs and bats have gained human-like intelligence. As if the war wasn't enough trouble, it seems that someone is plotting to awaken an ancient enemy...
It's actually a well written and skillfully drawn adventure comic by Ricardo Goulart and Lúcio Pimentel. The translation isn't bad either. The problem is that only the first two chapters have been translated. In footnotes. It's a bummer, but you may check it out, and if you like it, tell the authors to continue the translation in a better format.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Quacks of a Random Platy
I made a commitment to read every Brazilian webcomic available in English and tell you about it. So, here we go. Another one of the "just don't read it" series.
Quacks of a Random Play, by... Random Platy. It's supposed to be a funny strip about a platypus. I guess random defines it well. It just doesn't make sense. And it seems to have been originally written in English, but I guess a Google translation would've been better.
To be fair, I did laugh once or twice during the whole thing.
Here.
Monday, January 2, 2012
2011 - The year Brazilian comics happened
Paulo Ramos wrote a two-part essay whose title could be traslated as "2011 - The year Brazilian comics happened". Taking away what I already metioned in this year's Quickies, here are a few points I'd like to highlight:
- We'd never had as many comics published as in 2011.
- This year also broke a record of comic book events.
- Comics came through big publishers, independently or as webcomics.
- Quantity, quality and variety.
- Brazilian comic artists still don't really make much money.
- Brazilian long stories never worked out, now they do.
- A lot of adaptations of literary classics, aiming at government buys (and some are actually pretty good).
- So far, Daytripper had 18.000 copies published in Brazil. 3.000 sold out in the first week after its release.
- Turma da Mônica Jovem (aka Teen Monica's Gang) still printing between 300.000 and 400.000 copies.
- And last... for many, many years, some Brazilian comic artists have been trying to create a law that would force companies to publish 20% of made in Brazil comics. It's a very debated subject. Now there's a possibility of that law being approved in 2012. If it does, it'll already be useless.
- We'd never had as many comics published as in 2011.
- This year also broke a record of comic book events.
- Comics came through big publishers, independently or as webcomics.
- Quantity, quality and variety.
- Brazilian comic artists still don't really make much money.
- Brazilian long stories never worked out, now they do.
- A lot of adaptations of literary classics, aiming at government buys (and some are actually pretty good).
- So far, Daytripper had 18.000 copies published in Brazil. 3.000 sold out in the first week after its release.
- Turma da Mônica Jovem (aka Teen Monica's Gang) still printing between 300.000 and 400.000 copies.
- And last... for many, many years, some Brazilian comic artists have been trying to create a law that would force companies to publish 20% of made in Brazil comics. It's a very debated subject. Now there's a possibility of that law being approved in 2012. If it does, it'll already be useless.
Quickies #43
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, a famous series of child books, has ben made into an animation. Cartoon Network bought the rights, and it'll be exhibited throughout Latin America.
Amilcar Pinna will release his first independent comic book, called 02+01=00. He's more known for working for Marvel and DC, but he does some independent stuff too, where he can experiment more freely. In this "intergalactic porn", he tries to pay homage to some of those who influenced him, like Moebius, Otomo, Manara and Mucha. You can get a copy here.
Daytripper will be published in France
Gabriel Andrade draws Ferals
Meu Pé de Laranja Lima is a famous Brazilian book for teens published in 1968. In 2003, it was made into a comic book in Korea. Only now that adaptation is going to be published in Brazil.
Luke Ross and Daniel HDR will draw The Avengers
Sources: @blogpauloramos, Neorama dos Quadrinhos, Universo HQ and Vice Brasil.
Amilcar Pinna will release his first independent comic book, called 02+01=00. He's more known for working for Marvel and DC, but he does some independent stuff too, where he can experiment more freely. In this "intergalactic porn", he tries to pay homage to some of those who influenced him, like Moebius, Otomo, Manara and Mucha. You can get a copy here.
Daytripper will be published in France
Gabriel Andrade draws Ferals
Meu Pé de Laranja Lima is a famous Brazilian book for teens published in 1968. In 2003, it was made into a comic book in Korea. Only now that adaptation is going to be published in Brazil.
Luke Ross and Daniel HDR will draw The Avengers
Sources: @blogpauloramos, Neorama dos Quadrinhos, Universo HQ and Vice Brasil.
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