lurkerwithout: (Lil' dragon)
Forgot to mention this one earlier. [profile] creativedv8tion pointed me to online Grimjack prequel by Ostrander & Truman. The origin and importance of the Manx Cat, as well as when John met Bob...
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The Legend of Grimjack, volume 1
Written by John Ostrander
Art by Timothy Truman

John Gaunt aka the Grinner aka GrimJack. The mercenary's mercenary. No job too dirty. Set in the city of Cynosure (crossroads of a thousand dimensions, where the laws of physics can change by crossing the street) this volume covers the earliest issues, back when it was just a backup for Starslayers. You've got John fighting mad gods, vampires, killer bunnies and rescuing space pirates. Plus a bonus prologue story with Roscoe, Jericho Noleski, Blacjac and Godesss, Gordon and Bob the Lizard...

GrimJack has always been a favorite of mine, even when all I knew about the character was the name from an old ad. I spent years hunting down old back-issues trying to complete my run of the series. Which is why I was so happy when IDW picked up the publishing rights on the title and decided to start doing these collections. The only down side to them is that they don't have many of the Munden's Bar back-up stories. There was something great about seeing TMNT in a bar brawl or the first appearance by Foglio's Heterodyne Boys...
lurkerwithout: (bunny is love)
Oh sweet and kindly Tod, praises unto your name. For you have heard the prayers of the faithful and you have delivered.

IDW to publish GrimJack reprints AND all NEW comic . Ostrander and Truman. Back doing GrimJack. The greatest western/cyberpunk/noir/horror/space opera/humor comic ever...
lurkerwithout: (Default)
From someone else LJ I find this link:

http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13109

Now I go off to do the dance of joy.

GrimJack

Aug. 3rd, 2004 03:37 pm
lurkerwithout: (Default)
So as I sloooooowly begin packing my stuff away I come across my collection of GrimJack comics. So of course I set them aside to reread.

'Cause GrimJack is the shiznet.

Its got cyberpunk, horror, fantasy and everything else.

Basic premise of the book is this:

Cynosure is a giant-sized city where various dimensions meet...High tech and magic mixing together...A place where even the Laws of Physics can change from block to block...

And in this city is the mercenary/hired gun/anti-hero John Gaunt, aka Grinner, aka GrimJack.

Created by John Ostrander & Timothy Truman this comic kicks SOOO much ass...GrimJack's got a great supporting cast of hard line bastard friends and villians...BlacJacMac, Gordon, Bob the Lizard, Dancer & his crew, the Lawkillers...

Put out by the late, great First Comics this is definately something people should hunt down...Plus the back-up feature "Munden's Bar" features work by some great cartoonists...Hell, one of the issues has a Foglio piece thats pretty much a prequel to "Girl Genius"...

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