Here are three things that I'm dying to get my mitts on this fall...
Drawn & Quarterly's
Complete Melvin Monster, part of their exhaustive
John Stanley reprint effort (thanks to all those who wrote in about this one). Even though I have all of these comics, I'm looking forward to a well-designed, one-stop collection of the best kid monster comic ever created. Are you experienced? If not,
Pappy's got what you need.
My favourite Tezuka creation returns in English via
Vertical's complete
Blackjack collection. This genre-defying manga features a scarred gothic surgeon in eerily bizarre tales of adventures in extreme surgery. Weird and wonderful!
And, lo and behold, Disney is finally releasing a definitive DVD of
Dr. Syn, Alias The Scarecrow! If you're unfamiliar with these
spooky adventures in Romney Marsh, this is a great chance to blow your mind. To be fair, though, Hammer Films version of the same tale,
Night Creatures, is just as awesome.
