漫威古董動漫中的超級英雄們

NICK FURY AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist’s Edition

《神盾局的尼克·弗裏：藝術家版本》(Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Artist’s Edition)

By Jim Steranko


吉姆·斯特蘭科(Jim Steranko)著。

184 pages. IDW and Marvel. $150.

184頁。IDW和漫威漫畫公司(IDW and Marvel)。150美元。

“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” on ABC is a diverting thriller, and Samuel L. Jackson epitomizes 21st-century cool as Nick Fury in the Marvel movies, but to experience the most raw and primal take on Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., it’s necessary to go back to the late 1960s and Jim Steranko’s reinvention of these sleek characters. Which is exactly what this book does, reprinting S.H.I.E.L.D. stories from Strange Tales Nos. 151 to 162 in their full-size, black-and-white glory from the original art.

ABC頻道的《神盾局特工》(Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)是一部有趣的驚悚片，塞繆爾·L·傑克遜(Samuel L. Jackson)在漫威電影中飾演尼克·弗裏，是這個角色在21世紀的超酷縮影，但是要想感受原汁原味的弗裏和神盾局，還是要回到20世紀60年代末，看看吉姆·斯特蘭科對這些精彩人物的重新闡釋。這本書正好滿足你的需要，它重印了《奇怪故事》(Strange Tales)第151至162集的神盾局故事，採用最初版本的尺寸和黑白色彩。

Mr. Steranko transformed the grizzled Sgt. Nick Fury from World War II afterthought to postmodern spy, with stylish nods to Expressionism, Surrealism, Op Art and Pop Art. In these hyperkinetic, over-the-top comics, it’s psychedelia that wins the Cold War.

斯特蘭科把“二戰”後頭發斑白的尼克·弗裏中士變成了後現代偵探，風格上向表現主義、超現實主義、歐普藝術和波普藝術致敬。在這些非常活躍、十分誇張的漫畫中，贏得“冷戰”靠的是致幻劑。

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ TARZAN 
The Sunday Comics: 1933-1935


《埃德加·賴斯·伯勒斯的人猿泰山——星期天漫畫：1933-1935》(Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan—The Sunday Comics: 1933-1935）

By Hal Foster


哈爾·福斯特(Hal Foster)著。

104 pages. Dark Horse Comics. $125.

104頁。黑馬漫畫出版社(Dark Horse Comics)。125美元。

In these luxuriant, oversize pages, Tarzan slashes at thrashing sharks, grAPPles with humongous crocodiles and makes fierce lions mewl. There’s enough animal humiliation here to prompt the World Wildlife Fund to place a bounty on him. As supple and powerful as a panther, Tarzan has been drawn by many fine artists, including Burne Hogarth, Russ Manning and Joe Kubert. But the very best was Hal Foster (1892-1982), who later created Prince Valiant.

在這些豪華的超大頁面上，人猿泰山猛擊兇猛的鯊魚，和龐大的鱷魚較量，讓兇猛的獅子低泣。爲了讓世界野生動物基金會給他獎賞，這本書對動物們的侮辱真是夠了。人猿泰山像黑豹一樣矯捷強大，很多優秀藝術家都描繪過他，包括伯恩·霍格思(Burne Hogarth)、魯斯·曼寧(Russ Manning)和喬·庫伯特(Joe Kubert)。但最好的是哈爾·福斯特(1892-1982)，他後來又創作了《豪邁王子》(Prince Valiant)。

This book, the second in a series, showcases Foster’s work in testosterone-suffused confections like “The Egyptian Saga” and “Tarzan and the Lost Vikings.” And when our hero in the leopard-skin loincloth isn’t shaming rogue gorillas, he even bests a few knavish humans.

這本書是這個系列的第二本，以《埃及傳說》(The Egyptian Saga)和《人猿泰山與迷失的北歐海盜》(Tarzan and the Lost Vikings)等充滿睾丸素的有趣故事展現福斯特的作品。我們的英雄穿着豹皮腰布，沒有令兇猛的大猩猩蒙羞，他甚至擊敗了一些狡詐的人類。

THE INCAL

《印加石》(The Incal)


By Moebius and Alejandro Jodorowsky

莫比厄斯和亞歷杭德羅·尤杜洛斯基(Moebius and Alejandro Jodorowsky)著。


313 pages. Humanoids. $44.95.

313頁。類人出版社(Humanoids)。44.95美元。

This reissue of “The Incal” is a galactic blast of French savoir-faire. It collects the first cycle of “Incal” stories from the 1980s, in which the influential French artist Moebius and the Chilean-French writer and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky introduced their dystopian Incal-verse well before dystopias were cool.

《印加石》的重新發行是法式才華的大爆發。它收集了20世紀80年代的第一批“印加石”故事，有影響力的法國藝術家莫比厄斯和智利法國作家、電影製作人亞歷杭德羅·尤杜洛斯基在反烏托邦遠未流行時就推出了他們的反烏托邦印加石詩文。

The nominal hero in this broad satire of sex, politics and religion is John Difool, a shlubby PI who always manages to get in way, way over his head. Mr. Jodorowsky’s headlong futuristic romp entertains, but it is the art of Moebius (born Jean Giraud, 1938-2012) that shines. Moebius goes “Space Odyssey” cosmic and slapstick comic with equal ease — and each page is a lesson in design and craft.

這部漫畫是對性、政治和宗教的廣泛諷刺，其中有名無實的英雄是蹩腳的私家偵探約翰·迪福(John Difool)，他總是想插手，做遠超自己能力的事。尤杜洛斯基橫衝直撞的未來主義嬉鬧場面很有意思，但是真正大放光彩的是莫比厄斯（原名讓·吉勞德[Jean Giraud]，1938-2012）的藝術。不管是宏大的《太空漫遊》(Space Odyssey)漫畫還是低俗漫畫，莫比厄斯都能輕鬆駕馭，每一頁都是設計和手工藝的典範。

BATMAN UNWRAPPED
 The Court of Owls


《蝙蝠俠現身：貓頭鷹法庭》(Batman Unwrapped: The Court of Owls)

By Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo


斯科特·斯奈德(Scott Snyder)和格雷格·凱普羅(Greg Capullo)著。

264 pages. DC Comics. $39.99.

264頁。DC漫畫。39.99美元。

Batman’s noir essence just begs for him to be draped in black and white. There have been four volumes of the “Batman: Black and White” series, Frank Miller’s classic “The Dark Knight Returns” will appear uncolored in May, and this book is the third “Unwrapped” entry, reprinting Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s reboot of Batman from Mr. Capullo’s stark pencils.

蝙蝠俠的黑暗本質使得他只能穿黑白服裝。《蝙蝠俠：黑白》(Batman: Black and White)系列共有四冊，弗蘭克·米勒(Frank Miller)的經典之作《黑暗騎士歸來》(The Dark Knight Returns)的黑白版明年5月份將出版。這本書是《蝙蝠俠現身》系列的第三本，重新激活了凱普羅樸實鉛筆畫中的蝙蝠俠。

His art in the raw is all texture, crosshatch and purposeful smudge, capturing the grit of Gotham City, reveling in the inky folds of Bats’s cape. And Mr. Capullo’s waltz of light and shadow is just right for Batman’s visceral intensity. Drawings like these make the kid in me want to grab a No. 2 pencil and start scrawling.

他的藝術天然質樸，質感豐富，用交叉線畫出陰影，有意加上污點，反映哥譚市的粗獷，縱情繪出蝙蝠披肩的漆黑褶皺。凱普羅的光影華爾茲恰好能表現出蝙蝠俠發自內心的激情。這些圖畫讓我童心大發，想抓起2號鉛筆，開始塗鴉。

HEROES OF THE COMICS


《漫畫英雄們》(Heroes of The Comics)

By Drew Friedman


德魯·弗裏德曼(Drew Friedman)著。

184 pages. Fantagraphics Books. $34.99.

184頁。幻圖出版社(Fantagraphics Books)。34.99美元。

“From as early as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to comic books,” Drew Friedman writes in his introduction. “The plots, the panels, the word balloons.” And, he adds, “even the smell of them. Especially old comic books, worn, yellowed, crackling with age.” And his “Heroes of the Comics” is an illustrated love letter to the men and women who filled his childhood with joy and wonder. The book features Mr. Friedman’s poignant portraits and insightful mini-bios of more than 80 comic book pioneers, including Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Will Elder and John Severin, Basil Wolverton, Ramona Fradon, above, and Steve Ditko. Four-color heroes all.

“從我記事起，我就很喜歡漫畫書，”德魯·弗裏德曼在前言中寫道，“喜歡它們的情節、畫面和對話氣泡。”他補充說，“甚至包括它們的味道。特別是舊漫畫書，破舊發黃，紙張變脆，翻起來劈啪作響。”他的《漫畫英雄們》是一封圖畫情書，獻給讓他的童年充滿歡樂和神奇的男女們。這本書包括弗裏德曼對80多位漫畫書先驅們的深刻描繪和有洞察力的小傳，包括喬·西蒙(Joe Simon)和傑克·科比(Jack kirby)、威爾·埃爾德(Will Elder)和約翰·塞韋林(John Severin)、巴茲爾·沃爾弗頓(Basil Wolverton)、拉蒙納·弗拉東（Ramona Fradon，上圖）和史蒂夫·迪特科(Steve Ditko)。