Comments on: Koko Be Good: complex and satisfying graphic novel about finding meaning in lifecomplex http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Doctor Popular http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-875011 Doctor Popular Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-875011 Jen will be having her graphic novel release party at Mission Comics in SF on Setpember 17th. Details here http://blog.missioncomicsandart.com/2010/09/koko-be-good-book-release-party-friday.html Jen will be having her graphic novel release party at Mission Comics in SF on Setpember 17th.
Details here http://blog.missioncomicsandart.com/2010/09/koko-be-good-book-release-party-friday.html

]]> By: PeaceNerd http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-875022 PeaceNerd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-875022 Interested to know how Koko B. Ware fits into the plot. Interested to know how Koko B. Ware fits into the plot.

]]> By: oxrs http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-875056 oxrs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-875056 Thanks. I shall check those out. Thanks. I shall check those out.

]]> By: oxrs http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-874802 oxrs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874802 Seeing as it's not available for two weeks, is there another you would particularly recommend checking out from FirstSecond's collection? For the uninitiated who probably only has the opportunity to read one in the immediate future. Seeing as it’s not available for two weeks, is there another you would particularly recommend checking out from FirstSecond’s collection? For the uninitiated who probably only has the opportunity to read one in the immediate future.

]]> By: Sunday Artist http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-877122 Sunday Artist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-877122 I did not know Jen Wangs, but I do like the themes. In another graphic style, a story about the complexity of living, but with some darker overtones, Locals, by Bryan Wood and Ryan Kelly (Onipress). _Locals_ is a compelling graphic novel about a nomadic girl searching for she-doesn't-even-know, and we follow her from one city to another, over twelve years. I did not know Jen Wangs, but I do like the themes.

In another graphic style, a story about the complexity of living, but with some darker overtones, Locals, by Bryan Wood and Ryan Kelly (Onipress). _Locals_ is a compelling graphic novel about a nomadic girl searching for she-doesn’t-even-know, and we follow her from one city to another, over twelve years.

]]> By: AndrDrew http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-875345 AndrDrew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-875345 Ah! Glad I am not the only one to remember Strings of Fate. It was gorgeous, and I am sad it eventually got taken down (Though I don't know how the author intended to write her way out of the Prawn Invasion). I recognized the art-style here right away. Ah! Glad I am not the only one to remember Strings of Fate. It was gorgeous, and I am sad it eventually got taken down (Though I don’t know how the author intended to write her way out of the Prawn Invasion). I recognized the art-style here right away.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-875092 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-875092 Oh. My. God. Thanks so much for sharing this! Ten years ago I fell in love with a very imaginative and beautifully drawn online comic called Strings of Fate which went unfinished after just a few chapters. I loved the style, and always wondered where the creator got to! Turns out this is her! Yay! I am so buying this. And stalking her XD. Her style is so fun and warm! Oh. My. God. Thanks so much for sharing this! Ten years ago I fell in love with a very imaginative and beautifully drawn online comic called Strings of Fate which went unfinished after just a few chapters. I loved the style, and always wondered where the creator got to! Turns out this is her! Yay! I am so buying this. And stalking her XD. Her style is so fun and warm!

]]> By: Rayonic http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-874845 Rayonic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874845 Is she peeing in that fountain? Is she peeing in that fountain?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-883052 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-883052 An early commenter wondered what books to published by first second would be recommended by other readers. My favorite is Gus and the Gang, a Western/romance/crime/buddy comic by French artist Christophe Blain (translated to English, necessarily, as I don't know a lick of French.) Comics as a medium would justified by that publication alone, as far as I'm concerned. An early commenter wondered what books to published by first second would be recommended by other readers. My favorite is Gus and the Gang, a Western/romance/crime/buddy comic by French artist Christophe Blain (translated to English, necessarily, as I don’t know a lick of French.) Comics as a medium would justified by that publication alone, as far as I’m concerned.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-874889 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874889 nope, she's stealing the coins from the fountain... little sneak! nope, she’s stealing the coins from the fountain… little sneak!

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-874921 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874921 Yay Jen Wang! Yay Jen Wang!

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-874928 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874928 <b>Oxrs</b>, FirstSecond publishes a lot of good comics. I'd particularly recommend <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/threeshadows"><i>Three Shadows</i></a> by Cyril Pedrosa and <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/americanbornchinese">American Born Chinese</a> by Gene Yang. Oxrs, FirstSecond publishes a lot of good comics. I’d particularly recommend Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa and American Born Chinese by Gene Yang.

]]> By: tsm_sf http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-875193 tsm_sf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-875193 When was the last time the Zeitgeist had live music? Or am I thinking of the Kilowatt? It's all starting to fade... Return to me O Youth! When was the last time the Zeitgeist had live music? Or am I thinking of the Kilowatt? It’s all starting to fade…

Return to me O Youth!

]]> By: Clifton http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-874993 Clifton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874993 I really love her artwork - I became a fan browsing the gallery up on her website. Try this one, for example: http://www.jenwang.net/art/comics/touchfood/ There's something about the flowing brush style in her lines that's just lovely. I really love her artwork – I became a fan browsing the gallery up on her website.

Try this one, for example:
http://www.jenwang.net/art/comics/touchfood/

There’s something about the flowing brush style in her lines that’s just lovely.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/01/koko-be-good-complex.html#comment-875007 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-875007 no. she's picking up the coins. no. she’s picking up the coins.

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