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commonmugwort.bsky.social
Here’s a delightfully metacomics page (I really love the guy’s work, and you should check out his Aïvali, which is published in English. In the meantime, you will find this page translated in the alt text)
We’re in ochre yellow, as earlier - the book uses colour to distinguish between different strands of the narrative; history, myth, autobiography, metaphor. Soloúp is still standing on a bench in a pretty square in Brussels, holding an umbrella overhead. He is now talking to a short white dog with a kerchief around. In the earlier pages, the dog has barked at the pack of strays until they left, and then addressed the artist, explaining that as humans speak human languages to their dogs, so Soloúp was understanding dog speech as Greek. In the top panel, full page width and showing the church and buildings in the square, Soloúp, standing on the bench, asks: - So how come the two of us can converse here? - Haven’t you seen Disney’s ducks speak human, and Spiegelman’s mice? replies the dog. The two panels in the row below have the two in outline against an abstracted backdrop, then the POV shifts to show the dog from behind the artist’s elbow. -Yes, but that’s comics. -Who says comics can’t tell the truth? -We’re lucky this book is published in Greek. The final row is two close ups in profile, dog and then man. Dog: -So we understand each other in your language, and readers can read us in translation too. Man: What are you talking about? In subsequent pages, the dog goes into linguistics, then after the man calls him a fox terrier, calls him a racist for assuming a Brussels dog must be like Tintin’s dog, and declares he is not Milo’s and the man is not drawn by Hergé.
May 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
ligerlillie.bsky.social
I’m late to the party but I’m sitting down now with Cat Kid Comic Club and Dav Pilkey is working on a level of metacomics the rest of us mere mortals can only dream of. #WeReadsComics
The cover of Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey, which shows an orange cat in a cape and domino mask brandishing some drawing supplies.
May 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
solodaco.substack.com
I think I've botched this idea, but I'm publishing it anyway

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February 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
squarehead333.bsky.social
In fairness it's just a one page thing but yeah it's all quite basic metacomics stuff. I think Muñoz is an underrated formalist but he never goes too wild, he's always been in line with guys like Hergé, Lutes and Jason with subtler stuff
May 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
scorpyo-p.bsky.social
On a serious note, this book was groundbreaking. Morrison explored themes of storytelling, existence, and what it means to be forgotten. Some parts dragged, but moments like Buddy realizing his whole life was controlled by a writer? Wow.

#AnimalMan #GrantMorrison #MetaComics
March 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
scorpyo-p.bsky.social
And then they just left Buddy alone in blankness like, “Welp, I’m out.” But hey, at least they brought his family back. Still, this whole run feels like Morrison was bored with Animal Man as a superhero and decided to make it a protest piece instead.

#AnimalMan #DCComics #MetaComics
March 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
stephenrbissette.bsky.social
Gremlins! Bought this Gold Key comicbook when I was a lad; disappointed, upon getting it home for a reading, it wasn't "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" adapted into comics, but delighted at what turned out to be an early 'metacomics' narrative & art experience in four-color mainstream comics.
March 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM