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Saucer Country #12

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:18:53 GMT

Posted by: arbre_rieur

I've been meaning to post more from this series for a while now, but I never got around to it. The series was recently nominated for a Hugo Award, which was finally enough to push me to action.

Not Safe For Work by dint of alien abduction nudity.

( President's Day, Part 1 )

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BUNNIES

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:38:35 GMT

Posted by: arbre_rieur

Here are four pages from issue 3 (plus two from issue 2) of SAUCER COUNTRY, Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly's new series about politics and the paranormal.

Last issue, we saw Governor Alvarado hire Joshua Kidd, a professor of mythology, to help make sense of her recent abduction experience...

( The Silver Woman in the Waiting Room, and other oddities... )

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Aborted fetuses, monkeys used in lab experiments, the children of Belsen...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:33:31 GMT

Posted by: arbre_rieur

Here's a third of issue 1 and four pages from issue 2 of SAUCER COUNTRY, Paul Cornell's new Vertigo ongoing series about UFO culture, politics, and what happens when they intersect.

( Read more... )

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Got to keep on, keeping on

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:52:10 GMT

Posted by: stubbleupdate

As was discussed in the most recent edition of House to Astonish, Vertigo had their lowest sales month on record in January 2012. Happily though, they're launching 4 new series soon, including ( a Fables spin-off with art by Adam Hughes ).

The one that caught my eye, out of the series released in the digital preview, was Saucer Country, by Ryan Kelly (artist of Local, which really is a fantastic book, and of New York 4 and 5), and written by Paul Cornell, of Action Comics, Demon Knights, Captain Britain and MI:13 et al.

Nicking the solicit text from Espanolbot's post you get

Arcadia Alvarado, the leading Democratic candidate for President of the United States, says she was "abducted by aliens."
As the Mexican-American Governor of New Mexico, she's dealing with immigration, budget cuts and an alcoholic ex. She's about to toss her hat into the ring as a candidate for President in the most volatile political climate ever.
But then...a lonely road and a nightmarish encounter have left her with terrible, half-glimpsed memories. And now she has to become President. To expose the truth – and maybe, to save the world.
Arcadia's quest is at the heart of this new monthly series from writer Paul Cornell (DEMON KNIGHTS, ACTION COMICS, Doctor Who) and artist Ryan Kelly (NEW YORK FIVE, NORTHLANDERS). With the help of her quirky staff, Arcadia will pursue the truth of her abduction into danger, mystery and awe. SAUCER COUNTRY is a dark thriller that blends UFO lore and alien abduction with political intrigue, all set in the hauntingly beautiful Southwest.

There's a small house ad and two pages from the preview underneath. It comes with a warning for discussion on domestic abuse
( Saucer Country )

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Got wood?

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:18:33 GMT

Posted by: stubbleupdate

It's been a light week for comics for me and the postie hasn't delivered my Casanova or DMZ yet. Boo to that.

So, here's some clippings from ( Brian Wood's Public Domain sketchbook )

And from Local #5. You should buy the hardback edition because a) it's totally value for money, b) it's a very good, rich story, c) the art is lovely and d) I'm not sure that I own a book that looks better on my shelf.

Local follows a young woman, Megan, around America and a bit of Canada as she finds herself. Each issue is a different location and a different done in one story, all feeding into the larger arc. ( Today, we're in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Megan works at a cinema. )

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The saddest book you ever had to read always makes you cry

Tue, 10 May 2011 22:18:37 GMT

Posted by: stubbleupdate

I started a series of Minx posts with my snippet of the Re-Gifters and now I'm going to continue with some of New York 4/New York Five. Just as the first Minx book wasn't actually a Minx book, so the last Minx book is also published by Vertigo.

New York Five is the sequel to New York Four and is from the creative team that made the lovely Local (more of which at a future date)

Brian Wood writes and Ryan Kelly draws. Kelly's art is amazing. His figures are good and expressive, but his backgrounds are amazing. I've been told by New Yorkers that you could take a page of NY5, and find it in the city. There's certainly a massive level of detail that I don't remember seeing in pretty much any other book.

NY4 is the story of four freshmen at university in NYC, sharing an apartment in their first semester. NY5 is the story of their second semester.

( The girls )
And then a scene of the girls ( out and about in NYC )

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