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One Of The First American Graphic Novels | SABRE (Eclipse Comics, 1982)

   • COMICS ROT YOUR BRAIN!   Chris and Steven explore the first few issues of Don McGregor and Paul Gulacy's groundbreaking SABRE (Eclipse Comics, 1982) — a surreal, post-apocalyptic series that came directly after both men departed Marvel Comics. COMICS ROT YOUR BRAIN! is a deep dive into ‘80s comics (plus a few notable exceptions). In this weekly podcast, screenwriters Steven Bagatourian (AMERICAN GUN) and Chris Derrick (STAR TREK: PICARD) discuss their favorite books, runs, and creators from the Bronze Age. One Of The First American Graphic Novels | SABRE (Eclipse Comics, 1982) 🎙️ SHOW NOTES: 00:00 - Theme song 00:14 - Intro 00:52 - Background on the SABRE storyline — the first “graphic album” for the direct market — a sci-fi story set in the “distant future of 2,018” LOL 4:40 - Don McGregor’s delightfully ornery introductory essay to the Image Comics reprint of SABRE. 14:55 - The “throw you in the deep end”-style storytelling of SABRE — in media res, wildly expository and dense dialogue, the art of melodrama — all of it in service of casting a rather immersive spell. 18:33 - Soliloquizes in Shakespeare and SABRE — “thought balloons” spoken aloud, and the eternal battle to believe in a smart audience that wants to be challenged. 23:14 - “Pure comics!” A post-apocalyptic ghost of an amusement park and the bizarre evildoer known as Grouse — a rapscallion refugee from an animated film/Nazi cat-rat… The high weirdness of stories built specifically for comics. 25:34 - The gloriously purple prose of Don McGregor and how Paul Gulacy’s stunning artwork is at risk of being drowned under a roaring river of words. 41:35 - Paul Gulacy in 1978 was merely 25 years old, and yet creating impressive Steranko-influenced art with a bizarre plasticine rigidity all its own. 43:14 - Paul Gulacy never read “How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way” …and that’s absolutely not a problem! 47:13 - Don McGregor making life hell for Paul Gulacy — “Draw me a giant train crash and a massive gun battle with dozens of characters... on horseback!” 57:56 - Lord help us, we attempt to describe the psychedelic visual world of SABRE and its wild cast of characters. 1:06:14 - The inconcievable notion of releasing a comic book as narratively dense as SABRE in the ADD world of today. 1:12:53 - SABRE: THE EARLY FUTURE YEARS - a SABRE relaunch from Don McGregor …and Trevor Von Eeden?!! The Kickstarter that almost was.… 01:19:26 - SABRE is a story about battling conformity and this also appeared to be one of Don McGregor’s chief battles in life. 1:23:52 - The British Invasion in comics — and their florid, evocative prose stylings — owe a debt to Don McGregor’s poetic voice in his vast ouevre (BLACK PANTHER, KILLRAVEN, NATHANIEL DUSK, DETECTIVES INC, and, of course, SABRE), with a detour into how impossible it was to ink the amazing Gene Colan. 1:26:45 - McGregor’s impassioned, provocative text piece in SABRE #2, pushing back on the regressive culture of the comics world, “...a medium that would rather have writers work as whores or mechanics.” What do ya really think, Don?! 1:36:25 - The atypical tenderness of the love story in SABRE. 1:42:37 - Wrapping up the discussion, recommending that everyone out there go read SABRE immediately… just be sure to snag the original issues so you can check out the letter columns! “SABRE has a ton of heart and love and madness contained in its pages... two creators who were trying to push the medium of comics forward …and succeeded.” #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel