{"id":15344,"date":"2009-07-25T13:56:07","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T19:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15344"},"modified":"2009-07-25T13:56:23","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T19:56:23","slug":"bt09-g-is-for-girls-blogathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/bt09-g-is-for-girls-blogathon.html","title":{"rendered":"BT09 – G is for Girls (#Blogathon)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am going to be posting about something other than comics — like maybe my cause — sooner or later. But as long as I’m on a roll …<\/p>\n

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Girls, Vol. 1, “Conception”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(Image) [collects #1-6]
Girls, Vol. 2, “Emergence”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Image) [collects #7-12]
Girls, Vol. 3, “Survival”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Image) [collects #13-18]
Girls, Vol. 4, “Extinction”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Image) [collects #19-24]
w\/a. The Luna Brothers<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n New reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n Non-comics reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This is a zombie story. Really. It’s a small, rural town, already suffering from secrets and conflicts, hidden and in the open. And then the zombies come. Except …<\/p>\n

… except the zombies are young, naked women, all identical. And they only attack the town’s women. The men they seduce, silently … leading to eggs … which lead to more naked women.<\/p>\n

And there’s a force field around the town, so nobody can escape.<\/p>\n

And then it gets weird.<\/p>\n

This is really a very good story (better and creepier than it sounds), because, like all good zombie tales, it’s not about zombies, but about the personal conflict between the survivors, and how that in turn increases or decreases the chance of survival. In this case, sexuality raises its ugly head, unusual for a zombie story, such that the gender relations in the town create the sparks that may doom everyone. And, as with all good zombie tales, nobody comes out looking very good in the end. Everyone cracks to some degree, and always with some degree of tragedy that follows.<\/p>\n

Really good stuff. The Luna Bros. know how to write dialog, how to portray real people, and their art is clean and evocative. There’s violence and blood here, but not to much excess, and the on-screen sex is kept pretty well masked. <\/p>\n

It’s a zombie story. And a good one. Recommended.<\/p>\n

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Girls with Slingshots, Vol. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Lulu)
w\/a. Danielle Corsetto<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n New reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n Non-comics reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The first 200 strips of the web comic<\/a>. I used to read this fairly regularly, but somehow dropped out of the habit (note to self). Good, funny stories and engaging artwork. Recommended.<\/p>\n

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Listening to: Elfman, Danny, & Shirley Walker, “Main Titles” (Dick Tracy – Original Score))<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am going to be posting about something other than comics — like maybe my cause — sooner or later. But as long as I’m on a roll … Girls, Vol. 1, “Conception” (Image) [collects #1-6] Girls, Vol. 2, “Emergence” (Image) [collects #7-12] Girls, Vol. 3, “Survival” (Image) [collects #13-18] Girls, Vol. 4, “Extinction” (Image) [collects #19-24] w\/a. The Luna Brothers  … Continue reading “BT09 – G is for Girls (#Blogathon)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogathon","category-media-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15403,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/26\/bt09-w-is-for-wicked-blogathon.html","url_meta":{"origin":15344,"position":0},"title":"BT09 – W is for Wicked (#Blogathon)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 26-Jul-09 3:27am","format":false,"excerpt":"We've passed up the 5\/6 mark, if I'm doing my math right (which is problematic at this point). \u00a0 RThe Walking Dead, Vol. 7, \"The Calm Before\"\u00a0(Image) [collects #37-42] RThe Walking Dead, Vol. 8, \"Made to Suffer\"\u00a0(Image) [collects #43-48] RThe Walking Dead, Vol. 9, \"Here We Remain\"\u00a0(Image) [collects #49-54] w.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogathon"","block_context":{"text":"Blogathon","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/blogathon"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/stars5.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15391,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/26\/bt09-s-is-for-special-blogathon.html","url_meta":{"origin":15344,"position":1},"title":"BT09 – S is for Special (#Blogathon)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 26-Jul-09 12:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey, as of this post (at 1 a.m my time), the Blogathon is three-fourths over. 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