AIT/Planet Lar: Part 5 The Epic Tales

Posted by Dan Thursday, July 06, 2006 0 comments

The penultimate chapter of my six part AIT/Planet Lar love-in. These are the epic tales, the
ones that deal with long spans of time or larger than life characters. Demo was Brian Wood's grand epic, detailing what would happen if real people got super powers. It was originally published as 12 monthly floppies, and eventually collected into one omnibus edition. True Story Swear to God is the autobiography of Tom Beland , and it is by turns sweet, painful, anxious,
and always entertaining. The book 100 stories is an overview of the original comic strips that served as the impetus for Tom to start writing full-on comics.


Demo: The Collection by Brian Wood, Becky Cloonan



































The monthly Demo floppies


The Foot Soldiers: Volume 1
by Jim Krueger, Mike Oeming


The Foot Soldiers: Volume 2
by Jim Krueger, Phil Hester, Bill Sienkiewicz


The Foot Soldiers: The Spokesman: Volume 3
by Jim Krueger, Steve Yeowell


Planet of the Capes
by Larry Young, Brandon McKinney


Hench
by Adam Beechen, Manny Bello


Sunset City
by Rob Osborne


Rock Bottom
by Joe Casey, Charlie Adlard


True Story, Swear to God: 100 Stories
by Tom Beland


True Story, Swear to God: Chances Are...
by Tom Beland


True Story, Swear to God:
This One Goes
to Eleven

by Tom Beland

Part four of my six part overview of the wonderful works from AIT/Planet Lar. Three stories of history based fiction by some of the best creators working in comics today.


White Death
by Charlie Adlard, Rob Morrison


Abel
by William Harms, Mark Bloodworth


Badlands
by Steven Grant, Vince Giarrano

Part three of my six part AIT/Planet Lar love bomb. These are the "cult classics" which have a bit more experimental storytelling than the action comics. These are my absolute favorites in the pantheon, and as a special treat, I have included Darick Robertson's Space Beaver collections which are now unfortunately, and as far as I know, the only graphic novels that AIT/Planet Lar doesn't continue to keep in print. Enjoy.


Space Beaver: Volume 1
by Darick Robertson


Space Beaver: Volume 2
By Darick Robertson


Bad Mojo
by William Harms, Steve Morris


1000 Steps to World Domination
by Rob Osborne


Black Heart Billy
by Rick Remender, Kieron Dwyer, Harper Jaten


Doll and Creature
by Rick Remender, John Heebink, Mike Manley


Nobody
by Alex Amado, Sharon Cho, Charlie Adlard


The Annotated Mantooth!
by Matt Fraction, Andy Kuhn, Tim Fisher


Sky Ape: Waiting for Crime
by Phil Amara, Richard Jenkins,
Tim McCarney, Michael Russo


Sky Ape
by Phil Amara, Richard Jenkins,
Tim McCarney, Michael Russo


Sky Ape: All the Heroes
by Phil Amara, Richard Jenkins,
Tim McCarney, Michael Russo


Scurvy Dogs: Rags to Riches
by Andrew Boyd, Ryan Yount


And of course, the Scurvy Dogs floppies.


Issue 1


Issue 2


Issue 3


Issue 4


Issue 5

Continuing my six part love letter to the good folks at AIT/Planet Lar, these are the comics that are good for all ages, boys and girls alike.


Colonia: Island and Anomalies
by Jeff Nicholson


Colonia: On Into the Great Lands
by Jeff Nicholson


Electric Girl: Volume 1
by Mike Brennan


Electric Girl: Volume 2
by Mike Brennan


Electric Girl: Volume 3
by Mike Brennan


Ursula
by Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba

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