I’m not too frustrated anymore (as I was a month or two ago) about the lack of posters, and have pretty-much just resigned myself these days to people treating EGN+ as my personal blog.

Maybe in the future, contributors will organically develop and/or I’ll hit upon some method to get more people involved, I don’t know.

I think part of the problem is that while plenty of people can appreciate the cool art of ‘BD’ and the little tidbits I write up, there’s not many people across the Lemmysphere who are all that knowledgeable themselves about Euro GN’s, and who also want to spend time posting.

This actually kind of goes back to my disappointment with Reddit users, in that I thought more would jump ship after learning about the many ways they’ve been disrespected and monetised by Reddit mgmt through various means. I.e., with a bigger userbase here, chances of more engagement with niche communities like ours would increase a bit. Ah, well.

Thanks, Blaze.
Appreciate. ^^

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Fascinating stuff, Rolando. Thanks for adding on.

Most of the pirate stuff I’ve read tends to be Caribbean-based, but I’d like to read more about those N. African coast Barbary pirates, as well as Ching Shih, the famous Chinese pirate queen.

I did start a list at the evil empire, and hope to read more of those over time, as well as expand the list.

Ah yes, I’d forgotten about them. I also can’t help but wonder if the French (who IIRC had the most powerful naval fleet for many years) intentionally allowed them to harass their Euro rivals to the south, such as Spain and Italy, until it eventually become politically expedient?

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I think when they said that, the implication was that there was no need for such. I.e. it interrupted the flow of the story and didn’t add anything useful, other than perhaps pandering to a certain crowd.

Sorry for the late reply, but I love it!

Oh rabbits. Sorry FP, as soon as I’m done with Elvis, okay?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr4m87k_B_o

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I love you, Rolando <3

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Wow, cool. Hard to see many museums of this standing feature so much BD outside France & Belge, but I guess the reasons are pretty clear in this case.

Nice to hear about the Simmonds exhibit, as the cleverness of her Gemma Bovery really re-ignited in me a desire to give French another try. (now if only it didn’t have %^@#$ gender for nouns, but oh well)

the exhibition’s really made me want to give these comics a new try.

If you watched the “matttt” video above, could you tell me if the museum exhibit took a similar or divergent course?

Super, thanks!
I’ve added the info. ^^

Seems kind of weirdly unnecessary to start with “Lemmy” instead of just going with TMBG, but whatevs. Subscribed to John & John.

Yeap, we’ve talked about that a few times now, and I thoroughly approve of and love your project (even listing it on my community sidebar).

I’m moreso curious what the heck’s going through Gallagher’s mind these days. Quality-wise it’s kind of shocking comparing his earlier stuff to current, and I’m not really talking about the absurdism.

I’ve remarked this before, but I find it kind of unsettling how careless / sloppy Gallagher has become over the years in drawing Orangecat.

I’d guess some of that simply reflects his slackening attention to artistry, detail and original ideas over time, but it almost seems like there’s more… such as actual contempt towards the main characters or comic as a whole. Sort of like the opposite of clear-line geniuses such as Ketchum and Schulz right to the end.

I tried searching for annual subscribers just now and found nothing, but I’d be kind of shocked if the newspaper count hadn’t gone down in recent years due to the strip becoming more incomprehensible (even annoying maybe) to the average reader.

Hey, I think we’re in luck with Weing’s old journal! I double-checked various archive dates, and it appears the entire run had been finished and archived by 2004-2005 at least. So for example:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050403162830/http://www.drewweing.com/journalcomic/

EDIT: Hmm, some comics are missing here and there from that archive date. Possibly accessing an earlier or later archive date could be used to fill those in.

Good call. I hope to get to those books, Babar and Petit Prince sometime.

you must have read habibi?

Argh, a long time ago. I really need a proper re-read.

The Journal Comic by Drew Weing

I’ve only read his first one, Set to Sea. So, what would his journal comic be called, then?

do you have any journal comics you recommend?

Guy Delisle often works in a ‘journal-ish’ style, and I found Shenzen & Pyongyang the best of those. James Kochalka is pretty hilarious and playful, and IIRC “American Elf” was quite nice. Manu Larcenet’s “Ordinary Victories” was very good, and almost-kinda fits in there. Rabagliatti’s “Paul has a summer job” and Vera Brosgol’s “Be Prepared.”

Sorry, I’m kinda blanking on the 100% pure ‘journal’ stuff, but maybe something else will come to me.