The Best Comics You Never Read in Your Life #1
A new series feature in which comics creators discuss their favorite comics that just haven’t got the attention they deserved.
The Astrosmurf
by Peyo
Story synopsis
A Smurf wants to build a rocket and travel to another world, when it looks like he’ll have to give up, Papa Smurf enlists the other Smurfs to makre his dream come true.
Why comics creator Will Clark loves it
Quite simply, Peyo is one of the finest cartoonists who has ever put pencil to page. Plus, the story is funny and delightful.
How to buy The Astrosmurf
Ebay, though American reprints are supposed to start in August.
To see art and comics from Boston Comics Roundtable’s own Will Clark, visit http://laughingboycomics.com.
Los Tejanosby Jack “Jaxon” Jackson
Story synopsis
A beautifully-drawn black-and-white historical graphic novel based on the political career of Juan Seguin, a Mexican founding father of the republic of Texas.
Why comics creator E. J. Barnes loves it
This was the first comic to bring home to me the potential of the comic book and graphic novel to portray historical events in social as well as dramatic context.
How to buy Los Tejanos
Pub. Fantagraphics 1982. Out of print?
To see art and comics from Boston Comics Roundtable’s own E. J. Barnes, visit www.ejbarnes.com.