IGN: Ten Books Everyone Needs to Read
IGN has declared Elk's Run one of the Top Ten books that everyone needs to read, along with some very esteemed titles. Check it out.
Which for those keeping track, is our 2nd Top Ten of 2005 list.
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Buzzscope Names Elk’s Run One of 2005’s best…
Buzzscope EIC Guy LeCharles Gonzalezr gives Elk's Run the distinction of being of his personal favorite top ten books of 2005. Go! Comment! Spread the word!
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I missed out on Elk's Run #1-3 in the original floppy editions published by Hoarse and Buggy in 2004. But, judging by Joshua Fialkov's letter to his readers (printed on the final page of this collection), Elk's Run flew under the radar of most comic book readers, so I'm not alone. But, again like most of those who have finally become aware of the existence of Elk's Run, I'm pleased to have finally discovered it, and dismayed that such a quality piece of work has eluded the attention of so many readers thus far. So far, Elk's Run has delivered the goods - characters to care about, a great story that keeps the pages turning, artwork that draws the reader into that story, and colouring that sets the mood beautifully.
ER 4 First Look Review at The Comics Review
Congratulations. You’ve just won a prize. If you’ve bought previous issues of Elk’s Run, or if you’re thinking about picking up the Bumper Edition (that collects issues #1-3) and/or issue #4, then you’ve already won. You’ve laid down a pittance, only $3 dollars, for the mother of all cupie dolls—something to pat yourself on the back for, because you took the chance; and now you’ve brought home something more valuable than what you put on the line. Your money doesn’t come easy. You worked hard for it. So, congratulate yourself.And, while you’re at it, congratulate Joshua Hale Fialkov, Noel Tuazon and Scott Keating, for being the barkers of a shell game, where the only slight-of-hand is in the end product, rather than your investment. It’s a no lose situation.
Preaching Veronica Mars
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Just finished season 1 on DVD. Far and away one of the best seasons of television every created. This is St. Elsewhere good. Hill Street Blues good. The Shield good.
Literally every single episode weave together to tell a massively rich tapestry of a murder-mystery, with enough laughs and suspense to keep you going. Superb acting, directing, and writing merge to form THE best show on TV.
That this show is buried by running against Lost (which while also quite excellent, pales in comparison.)
There's a reason that Joss Whedon is doing a guest spot on the show. This is the show Buffy and Angel both aspired to be. The perfect melding of episodic telelvision and serialized story telling. In one season of the show, creator Rob Thomas has managed to create something as sprawling and brilliantly constructed as Whedon managed to do with 7 seasons of Buffy and 5 seasons of Angel.
This show IS the real deal. It's an outstanding acheivement in storytelling and massive leap forward for the medium. Yes. It IS that good. It's NOT hyperbole.
Do yourself a favor, pick up the DVD's. Then, start to watch the show. UPN, in what little wisdom they've shown with the show are doing replays on Sunday afternoons, so you don't have to give up Lost. But, just watch the first season, and I bet you'll make the same choice I have.
Veronica Mars, Wednesday Nights 9pm, on UPN.
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Millarworld Magazine on Elk’s Run
"The Elk’s Run Bumper Edition is a collection of the first three issues of Elk’s Run, an independent comic book with too much press and not enough sales. This trade paperback is designed to bring new readers to a sagging miniseries that should be at the top of the independent charts.Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and illustrated by Noel Tuazon, Elk’s Run is one of those rare stories that appears every few years that changes how the medium is looked at. It’s not the best book on the market—though it’s pretty close to it—but Elk’s Run is a uniquely told story deserving of every amount of praise it has received."