Fairly comprehensive "Finder" compendium

[hmpf]

Now go and get addicted, err, intrigued, yourselves!

***

Excerpts can be found here (full issues):

http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/15/index.php

http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/19/index.php

http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/23/index.php

As well as here (excerpts from first story arc):

http://www.artbomb.net/pdf/finder1.pdf

http://www.artbomb.net/pdf/finder2.pdf

And here (shorts):

http://www.popimage.com/industrial/finder/finder1.html

http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/fetch/index.php

(About 100 pages, all told. If you only check out one, check out the second one from artbomb.net.)

Keep in mind that these are very short excerpts from a very long, complex story that even now, at issue 33, is far from finished.

***

Finder recommendations and reviews from various quarters:

Warren Ellis likes it:

http://www.artbomb.net/detail.jsp?idx=4&cid=8&tid=63
http://www.artbomb.net/detail.jsp?idx=4&cid=8&tid=64

The Village Voice likes it:

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0333/wolk.php

Fanboys like it:

http://www.fanboyplanet.com/comics/rs-finder.php

Gays like it:

http://www.gayleague.com/forums/display.php?id=11

Pagan Buffy fans like it:

http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=1761

Furries like it (If you don't know what furries are: google is your friend. They're the fandom everyfan points to and says, 'see, there *is* someone weirder than me.'):

longest link ever

Sequential Tarts say: Read This or Die!:

http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/jan01/rtod_0101.shtml

Badlit doesn't find Finder bad lit at all (this was actually the first review I read; the one that made me curious to find out more):

http://www.badlit.com/review_comic_finder.html

Comics Worth Reading considers it a comic worth reading:

http://www.comicsworthreading.com/gn/finder.html

The Ninth Art has this great quote from the author: "I did have a brief thing for Wolverine, and thereby discovered that one of my great callings was to bring more hairy guys to comics...":

http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=254
http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=251

PopImage says: "I'm not sure it's for everyone, but since I'm the reviewer here, I've decided that it is and that all of you should go out and buy as much of it as you possibly can.":

http://www.popimage.com/reviews/062000finder.html

A guy called Bob compares a man's portrayal of a female character and Carla Speed McNeil's portrayal of a male character. He also says: "Finder resists summary-- resists it, spits on it, uses it for skeet-shooting practice.":

http://www.zompist.com/bob34.html#2

Strange Horizons says: "In short, Finder is rich, complex, moving, sad, funny, and altogether wonderful. And highly recommended. Go buy it.":

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20010212/finder.shtml

Indypreviews for March 1999 says: "Something incredible is happening inside a modest little bi-monthly self-published comic...":

http://amazingmontage.tripod.com/ip199903.html#MF

Cold Cut Distribution looks at it from a seller's point of view: "Finder is a sleeper hit waiting to happen." Well... this is from 1997, so I guess it *didn't* happen. More's the shame.:

http://www.coldcut.com/reviews/rev27.html

"A Fanboy's Finder Find" (scroll down a bit, it's a blog) – he says: "I was mystified but hooked.":

http://www.highclearing.com/archivesuo/week_2003_08_17.html#004347

Comments

[ciaan]

I'm gonna put this post in the memories for _finder_, okay? Nice set of links.

And I would say, as far as sleeper hits go, that it hasn't hit the mainstream, but it's pretty big for a small comic. Most people don't last this long (believe me, I've seen a lot of small comics). And it has gotten a lot of awards and stuff.

Sure!

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

Archive away! :-)

Glad to hear that it's doing okay. The comic, I mean. Any idea when a new issue will be out? Of course, I'm still far from issue 33 as it is, but I'd still like to know... ;-)

Re: Sure!

[ciaan]

I don't actually know. Maybe I should ask the guys at my comic book store next time I go.