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Is there anything cuter than when Concrete tries to use the right movie terminology? I loved that. This one gets a little bump because the movie-making stuff is so fun and interesting and, I thought, very well done. There's also a moment where he talks about the dangers of trusting out of context video clips. How camcorders mean everyone will some day be caught on tape in some embarrassing moment and it may not reflect the truth. And that story is from 1986! A lot of wisdom herein.My only critic...
WRONG PICTURE Should be Concrete hugging Maureen from behind
I am impressed with the depth of this book, and with how sympathetic of a character Concrete is. Concrete agrees to work on a film shoot, providing brute strength and performing tasks that would otherwise be automated. He's treated as a piece of equipment by many on the shoot but at no point does his humanity falter, which is impressive considering he's essentially a living rock. Paul Chadwick accomplishes in Volume 3 what many graphic novelists do not - with few words he creates characters that...
This was the story arc that first got my attention. What a seemingly mundane tale - but wow! in Chadwick's hands, there is magic and beauty at every page - what a wonderful achievement- what an amazing artist.
Love the short stories, smart, creative, heart-felt stuff. The main story, "Fragile Creature," was something that appealed too specifically to a film school geek though. The trials and tribulations of making a motion picture was interesting, but not engaging.Chadwick's art is always great, although I do occasionally wish that he used more blacks to give some weight to certain pages.
This trade collects Concrete: Fragile Creature issues #1-4 and numerous shorter stories from various anthology comics.The first two volumes add depth and context to what's here but aren't really prerequisites.Former Senatorial speech writer Ron Lithgow is known to the world as Concrete, the result of a government cyborg project. The story is a compromise with the government to allow him some freedom without alarming the public with the true alien origins of his 7+ ft. and 1,000+ lb. body of ston...
The third volume of Paul Chadwick's Concrete collects the miniseries Concrete: Fragile Creature as well as the shorter stories "The Gray Embrace", "Burning Brightly, Brightly", "Little Pushes", "Next Best", "Fire at Twilight", "Byrdland's Secret" and "The Artistic Impulse" (all of which have been previously published in Dark Horse Presents.I have to say I am really fond of Chadwick's set up and the character of Concrete a.k.a. Ronald Lithgow; and the stories Chadwick tells using his unusual char...
What if you were a travel writer that had his body replaced by aliens with a 1.5 ton semi-indestructible oversized and pseudo-humanoid stone golem? You'd try to get a freaking job, duh. This is very grown up superhero stuff. Concrete gets a job as a grip on a fantasy movie. There's Hollywood dealings, sexy metal bikinis and a few murder attempts.
It's a little like stepping in a time machine, reading these Concrete stories originally published when I still worked in "the business." Chadwick's illustrations and story telling remain beautiful and poignant.
Still not a fan of graphic novels
another Christmas gift I love. Concrete is my favorite.
Concrete is one of those characters that was always there when I started looking into fan press and comics catalogs as a young collector. It does not speak well of me that I've waited so long to read any stories featuring Paul Chadwick's creation. As I suspected, Concrete is not the type of character that lends himself to superhero slugfests or cosmic weirdness. Despite aliens in his origin and the fact that he looks like an obvious Ben Grimm analogue, Concrete's stories are grounded in the all-...
I didn't appreciate this volume quite as much as the previous one. Chadwick admits to experimenting with his drawing technique in this series. I don't think it improved the story, as the frames seem very cluttered, and I had to really look sometimes to discern what was going on.Also Concrete seems a bit more uncertain about life in these stories. He seems to be descending into confusion instead of finding his way in life.
Concrete is an interesting graphic novel character. In this volume he meets one of my favorite authors, Harlan Ellison, at his home. The rendering of Harlans home is sincere, informed, and a pleasant surprise.
