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22753114 No.22753114 [Reply] [Original]

Walter Moers is based.

>> No.22753129

>>22753114
You've been trying to shill this guy for a while, but the more I look into him, he just seems like Douglas Adams, but for children and with illustrations.

Sorry, but my interests don't lie in literary novels for adolescents. I already read A Series of Unfortunate Events when I was a child. I don't need to go back and read the Dr. Seussian equivalent of Lemony Snicket.

>> No.22753135

>>22753129
>No holes for you!
Quintessentially feminine post lol

>> No.22753267

>>22753135
Attributing an argument that was never posited to your interlocutor is a female characteristic.

>> No.22753355

>>22753114
luv Moers, simple as.
but these English covers are crap, I wonder what intern at the publishing house came up with that one. two nameless and irrelevant lindworms that appear in the story of the siege, one nameless and irrelevant wolperting (unless i misremember) and of all the copper killer from illustrations they use the one that looks like a fuckin chicken. it's downright impressive. also, review/quote in the front of the book, especially one of the "X meets Y and Z" kind. not very appealing, nor is the strange monochrome teal. and yet this whole messup took more effort than just copying the original cover.
the english bluebear cover has a similar issue with an odd choice of yellow for the background and a choice of illustration that (together with the name) suggests a focus on nautical hijinks more strongly than the story warrants. but at least the main character is front and center surrounded by others that play a role at least for a little (heh) while.
and the cover for city of dreaming books (before they realized their error and started going with the original german covers) looks almost like someone's geocities webpage.
>>22753129
well then go read your branderson sandersons or whatever mate. if I want something that's all miserable and rape and murder I'll just have a look at the daily news

>> No.22753369

>>22753267
Getting involved in conversations you weren’t invited to is extremely feminine behavior

>> No.22753477

>>22753355
>well then go read your branderson sandersons
That's your issue. You relegate yourself to sci-fi slop. You deserve no respect.

>> No.22753912

>>22753477
are you trying to say Moers is scifi?

>> No.22754121

I wouldn't mind a full reading list of whimsical fin-de-siecle/jazz age feeling illustrations/comics. Right now I can think of
>Walter Moers
>George Herriman
>Windsor McKay
>Don Marquis

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>>22753129
>You've been trying to shill this guy for a while
No, that was me. And I try to shill The City of Dreaming Books because it makes you wanna read more.

>> No.22755245

>>22753114
Rumo getting drunk for the first time in his life and waking up with a tattoo with the name of his crush was pretty sweet.

>> No.22756433

Didn't know his works were translated.