I was waiting in line in Bituah Leumi. Bureaucracy… You know. I had something like.. well i actually don’t know how long it was, since the time i waited just zoomed away as I intensely read through “Deadline”, a new comic book series (hopefully) from two talented individuals who made the comic book series Arinea. I didn\u2019t actually get a \u201cclick\u201d with Arinea, even though, for a change, I liked the drawings the book, It was just\u2026 well.. too role-playing-ish for me to decide to spend money on. I bought a Futurama comic book instead. However, when I read issue #0 of Deadline in Comikaza I definently heard a click noise. I like self aware stories, movies, and yes, comic books. Asterix comic books are self aware, Uri\u2019s comics are self aware (especially when he\u2019s in them), and Deadline, is not only self aware, it\u2019s part of the point that it\u2019s self aware. It\u2019s nice. It\u2019s good. I like it that way. Other then being funny, and the story itself kept me on the (literally) edge of governmental issued seat in the Mossad (of Bituah Leumi), the drawing of this comic book are absolutely beautiful, realistic, and fantastic at the same time. I\u2019ve met Aviv, the artist drawing this book, in Fantasy con, and recognized her perfectly, because of her striking similarity to the character she\u2019s portraying in her book, she\u2019s very talented, and the fact that I could even recognize a person by a drawing of themselves as a panther is spectacular. She\u2019s doing a fine job, and I hope she\u2019ll keep her drawings that nice.
\nAll in all, I have 1 conclusion to make about \u201cDeadline\u201d: Where\u2019s Issue No.2 already ?!?!
\nEven though I\u2019m very pro Israeli creation when it comes to scifi, comics, computer games and other vegetables that I like, I don\u2019t automatically buy everything Israeli that there is, since, first the variety recently have gone higher then before, more Israeli books, and comics are now published, which is something I\u2019m very happy for. Second, since I don\u2019t read books that much, I tend to be more selective. Lee will buy any Israeli sci-fi book just to show support. I buy only if it\u2019s good.. I didn\u2019t bother buying the other Israeli comic series out now, by some other guy, which I don\u2019t even remember it\u2019s name. Just because I didn\u2019t like the drawing.
\nI am thinking of buying and reading Arinea. Deadline gave me a hunger for more of these guy\u2019s comics.<\/p>\n
Also, If Uri Fink’s comic event last week didn’t make me want to take a pencil and start drawing, this comic book definently did.
\nSo I did, and then figured out I suck. other then drawing in-animate objects, and a few pre-drawn poses of human beings, acutaly one human being, I really need to learn some drawing techniques, because i really suck. And i’m too much of a critic of my own work. Since i’m a perfectionist, and i wouldn’t accept anything less then perfect for my comics if i ever had one. I do think that if i’d had some more practice i could have written a great comic book story(ies).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was waiting in line in Bituah Leumi. Bureaucracy… You know. I had something like.. well i actually don’t know how long it was, since the time i waited just zoomed away as I intensely read through “Deadline”, a new … Continue reading