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¡STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND READ THIS!
Topic Started: Dec 2 2010, 05:05 AM (234 Views)
Gwen
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Let me tell you about DEMO.



DEMO was a comic experiment, done by Brian Wood (Writer of such monstrously amazing comics as Channel Zero (And the artist for the first volume!), DMZ, Supermarket, Northlanders, The New York Four/Five, Local), and Becky Cloonan (American Virgin, current Northlanders artist, and more stuff can be found on her dA or her site)


Now here is some shit from wiki, because it explains shit better than me:

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Demo is a twelve-issue limited series of comic books by writer Brian Wood and artist Becky Cloonan, published 2003-2004 by AiT/Planet Lar.

Each issue is an isolated story, but they all revolve around the lives of young people. Originally, the series was intended to focus on young people with supernatural powers -- which many of the issues indeed do -- but as the year progressed, the stories increasingly focused on people, relationships, and emotions, with the "supernatural" angle quietly deemphasized.


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Demo was very well-received. The series was not only embraced by the indie comics world, but also found some crossover success with superhero readers. Wizard, a steadfastly superhero-oriented comics magazine, named Demo its 2004 "Indie of the Year." The series was also nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2005, for Best Limited Series and Best Single Issue (for #7, "One Shot, Don't Miss").

Initially, Wood and publisher Larry Young emphasized the single-issue aspect of Demo, suggesting that the series would probably not be collected into a trade paperback. AiT/Planet Lar, generally seen as a publisher of graphic novels, held up Demo as proof that it had not abandoned the monthly-pamphlet format. However, the series was collected in 2005, minus the extra materials originally presented with the single issues.

In September 2007, it was announced that the publishing rights to Demo had reverted back to the creators, and in November the DC imprint Vertigo was named as the publisher. They will reprint the original series as a 328 page trade paperback in May 2008, and then start publishing a new six-issue limited series, entitled Demo Volume 2 at the end of the year.




So basically, DEMO was an experiment originally meant to get back to the basics of the idea of a person with extraordinary abilities, without all the dogma and extra shit attached, but eventually it became it's own beast and the abilities concept varied from story to story. Brian Wood would experiment with his writing, and Becky Cloonan would experiment with the art for each issue, using different styles and methods.

The original run was 12 issues, with a special second run of 6 issues later. Now I would never suggest using less than reputable means to read such an amazing comic, but if you see it at a library or some other place, you should definitely check it out. And if you like it, you should pick it up next time you have some cash to spare. It's honestly not very expensive considering you're getting 12 full, self-contained stories, commentary after each story, and I believe the collected edition even has the original scripts, but I could be mistaken.
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I was performing a triple bypass surgery and I stop for this?!!?!

Anyway, I think I saw this in the University Library 1st floor.... I'll go check if I have time.
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Other peoples! Post! Check it out! Click the goddamn links for surprises you morons!
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They didn't have it at the library :(

Anyway I can't check this out at the moment. Working on a 10-page paper...
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Dec 5 2010, 02:53 PM
They didn't have it at the library :(

Anyway I can't check this out at the moment. Working on a 10-page paper...
I get that you're doing finals. When you get done, go back and read my first post. When you get to the library bit, there are words that are different colors. Click them. You might just not need a library.
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