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An 8 page abstract comic I created by drawing over a Jesse Marsh Tarzan story, “Tarzan and the Giant Eland” (Tarzan #16, July/August 1950). Drawn as a possible submission for Abstract Comics: An Anthology (Fantagraphics, 2009) (a different comic ended up in that volume).

9 Responses to “Eland, an abstract comic”

  1. oliver east says:

    s’good that, i enjoyed it. look forward to the anthology.

  2. DerikB says:

    Thanks, Oliver!

    I too am looking forward to the anthology. It should be a unique and fascinating volume.

  3. This is an area of comics which should be explored more. Good work.

  4. Jason Overby says:

    I like this a lot. It looks beautiful and mysterious on the surface, but the formal aspects are interesting, too. This anthology should be really good.

  5. DerikB says:

    As I recall, you have something in the anthology too, Jason, yes? Oddly enough, I think the piece Andrei accepted is much closer to your work than the comic here.

  6. Jason Overby says:

    I’m interested to see how people react to all of it. My piece is very minimal/conceptual – much different than what I usually do.

  7. Jason Overby says:

    and not ratty, really – much cooler. Because now when I look at what I wrote in my previous post, it seems ridiculous – a lot of what I’ve done has been m/c. owategusiam…

  8. Cool. The text is quite oppressive.

    I was searching for info about the book and this entry came up. Looking forward to the volume. Have a piece based on the linked design in there, as well.

  9. DerikB says:

    That’s a nice piece, Urban A.

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