Violence Becomes Tranquility

While I am slowly working on a post about covers, and on my review of #287, I want to to note that someone put up a Heavy Metal story from March 1980, Violence Becomes Tranquility, by Shinobu Kaze, and since it's such a wonderful example of the best work HM had to offer, I wanted to link it here:


http://thebristolboard.tumblr.com/post/164617614013/morioh-violence-becomes-tranquility-shinobu


Linked via The Bristol Board, a very nice and active collection of comic art through the years (apparently via a Morioh a few years back).


This has most everything I liked about HM in the early days, delightful art with terrific storytelling, that presented itself very well in comic form, and thought-provoking exploration of consciousness and reality.  Since most who have not seen this particular issue would not have seen this story, I thought I would promote it so others would have the chance.  Enjoy!

ONIRIA: GENESIS book

Ferran Xalabarder actually emailed me again.  It's always nice when an actual creator contacts me, especially since it happens so rarely.


The fundraising effort to publish his ONIRIA:  GENESIS book had little response and poor results, but he was able to publish the book by "using more regular methods", so it's for sale at his website: 

http://www.westwindcomics.com/oniria.html

So good for him and I hope he has better success with this.  I would certainly recommend that anyone with the interest and means to purchase this book, should do so.  I may, through "regular methods" or otherwise, and make a little review sometime.