Thin Thitty
(From Theater Hopper)
I’ve been reading Theater Hopper for a while now. I dig it. It satisfies my cravings for Hollywood spoofage on a consistent basis. The writing’s always been the highlight of this strip for as long as I’ve known it. The art, while good, hasn’t been much to scream about. My point is that Tom Brazelton does a very solid cartoon style, but it never made me say to myself “Damn that’s good,” after viewing.
Until now.
A frequent theme of the strip is the main character, oddly enough named Tom, will slip into imaginative scenes, or segue into imaginary scenes spoofing the movie du jour. For Sin City, you can’t just hold up a few guns and give some introspective narration. You gotta get into the style of it, that unique Sin City visual style of high contrast black and white with bits of solid color here and there.
One look at that first tall panel and I did had a double take. I thought to myself, “Damn that’s good.” You can look at that and clearly know the man is a fan of Sin City. He did his research, and took his and Frank’s styles and stuck them in a perfect amalgam of the two (A good amalgam, not the uncomfortable forced kind that Marvel & DC perpetrated).
Nicely done, Mr. Brazelton. 23 Awesome Points™ for you.
March 30th, 2005 at 9:47 pm
You know, I’ve always acused critics of being overly pessimistic when it comes to judging the value of the things they review. I now realize that saying bad things is the only way to start a good conversation, because to respond to what you said…. “I agree”. At any rate, I’m hoping to see the movie soon, and at that time I’ll be better able to refute your critique.
Still, thanks for being an honest voice who doesn’t just want to start nonsense. Also, thanks for giving me two new comics to keep up with. I’ll be sure to sue you for the sleep loss later.
March 30th, 2005 at 9:59 pm
I’m hoping of course that you realize when I talk about his ability to mimic the Sin City style, I refer mainly to the graphic novels the movie is based on.
Heh. No point in being a webcomic reader unless you can spend all damned night reading them.
March 31st, 2005 at 1:21 am
Trudat. And if you’d like to contribute to the “high schooler in need of graphic novels” fund, please let me know. I take unmarked bills only.