Category: Solicitations

  • 33 – A Pain in the Arse

    33 – A Pain in the Arse

    The epic conclusion to a tiny part in Curt’s past. As you can see, his past is quite dark so we do have to be sure to give it to you in very tiny spoonfuls, otherwise we would lose more visitors to the website and acquire even more lawsuits.

    I’m not going to spoil who Curt is referencing here in Preacher. But if you did manage to complete the series you can have a very good guess. Hint, it’s near the end of the run.

    I will have to say this has been a lot of fun. We were able to highlight a favorite creator of ours in Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon with Franka giving out some good recommendations, while keeping everything in a positive light. This little storyline pretty much sums up everything that the Solicitations comic is all about. Poking fun, keeping it light, while also promoting the comic book industry as a whole. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. And I do hope this inspired you to read some comics.

    Naturally, as we close one chapter we are able to start another, so be sure to check back next week for the next installment of Solicitations!

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    Ciao,

    -Marv

  • 32 – No More

    32 – No More

    I’m going to jump in on this week’s comic post and take over from Marv because I think ‘I have some explainin’ to do.’

    I have been really wanting to inject a homage to one of the most famous panels in comic books for a very long time. In fact, I would probably say this is the most swiped, homaged, tributed, panel of all time. And that is of course from Amazing Spider-Man #50, when Peter Parker throws his Spidey-suit in the trashcan and walks away. It’s a beautiful shot from John Romita Sr. and it was an instant classic. I thought it would be a funny moment for Curt to do the same, on the day that he decided that Cosplay was just not for him. Which is mainly his own fault of course.

    This one has yet another swipe from one of my favorite movies of all time Shawshank Redemption. It is a shot of freedom, and finally escaping the shackles that were holding you back. And here it is used to show how over-exaggerated our friend Curt is and the importance he places in himself.

    In fact, when I was conceptualizing this story-arc and wanted to depict the transformation of Curt, these two images came to mind. I either watch too many movies or read too many comics…or perhaps both. Either way, I look upon it and believe it good.

    Bis bald,

    -Franka