Fishtown
by Kevin Colden
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17 comments + 13 replies
Posted by: Ben
10:42am / Jun 5, 2008
10:42am / Jun 5, 2008
Full circle, eh?
Nice to see it'll be in print, man, fantastic!
Can't wait to start work on my own graphic novel myself.
Hope to see more from you, I think I heard it's a comedy next?
Nice to see it'll be in print, man, fantastic!
Can't wait to start work on my own graphic novel myself.
Hope to see more from you, I think I heard it's a comedy next?
Posted by: Kevin Colden
10:49am / Jun 5, 2008
10:49am / Jun 5, 2008
Thanks, Ben! I think I've joked about doing light comedy, but what I have in the pipe is some dark satire, actually. More on that soon.
Posted by: Simon Fraser
11:14am / Jun 5, 2008
11:14am / Jun 5, 2008
Excellent! A substantial, affecting and effective piece of work.
Take a bow Kevin Colden.
Take a bow Kevin Colden.
Posted by: Kevin Colden
11:17am / Jun 5, 2008
11:17am / Jun 5, 2008
OW! I just hit my head on the computer screen.
Seriously - thank you, sir.
Seriously - thank you, sir.
Posted by: Lalato
11:40am / Jun 5, 2008
11:40am / Jun 5, 2008
It revealed itself slowly and ended all too soon. Well done.
--sam
--sam
Posted by: Kevin Colden
11:45am / Jun 5, 2008
11:45am / Jun 5, 2008
Thank you.
The puzzle at this point is as complete as it will get. The devil is in the details.
The puzzle at this point is as complete as it will get. The devil is in the details.
Posted by: Pat!
11:50am / Jun 5, 2008
11:50am / Jun 5, 2008
well done man, very well done
that quote from emerson was a great way to end it too
can't wait to see what you do next
that quote from emerson was a great way to end it too
can't wait to see what you do next
Posted by: Kevin Colden
12:47pm / Jun 5, 2008
12:47pm / Jun 5, 2008
Thanks man. I've got a few short stories here and there coming up - a collab with Elizabeth Genco in the No Formula anthology from Desperado/Image and a short bit in an Asylum Press anthology, both in October.
New long-form piece in the fall as well.
New long-form piece in the fall as well.
Posted by: Dean Haspiel
01:56pm / Jun 5, 2008
01:56pm / Jun 5, 2008
Bravo.
A truly stellar yet harrowing account.
I look fwd to your next opus.
A truly stellar yet harrowing account.
I look fwd to your next opus.
Posted by: Kevin Colden
03:58pm / Jun 5, 2008
03:58pm / Jun 5, 2008
Tx. The next will be different and just as intense.
I promise.
I promise.
Posted by: Kevin Colden
03:59pm / Jun 5, 2008
03:59pm / Jun 5, 2008
I got a little twinge of sad with this final posting.
I'll be back, though.
I'll be back, though.
Posted by: Kevin Colden
06:53pm / Jun 5, 2008
06:53pm / Jun 5, 2008
Yep. Mr. Colden has something great in the works that will be unveiled later in the year.
Posted by: Tim Hamilton
06:11pm / Jun 5, 2008
06:11pm / Jun 5, 2008
Hope the print version turns out nice!
It's a good ending, as many have said before me.
It's a good ending, as many have said before me.
Posted by: Kevin Colden
06:54pm / Jun 5, 2008
06:54pm / Jun 5, 2008
It will if I have anything to say about (and I do!)
Thanks, brother.
Thanks, brother.
Posted by: Steven Fuentes
06:55pm / Jun 5, 2008
06:55pm / Jun 5, 2008
Great end. Explains the whole comic as basically a retelling /flashback and clears up any mystery. Wonder what their sentence was, though... Will there be a foreward or afterward in the printed version about the real case?
Posted by: Kevin Colden
03:55pm / Jun 6, 2008
03:55pm / Jun 6, 2008
No additional material of that nature planned for the first edition, but there is an epilogue and ten deleted pages that exist in scipt form that I'm saving for a rainy day.
FYI, the guys all got life and the girl pled out on third degree murder and ended up with (I think) 17 years.
FYI, the guys all got life and the girl pled out on third degree murder and ended up with (I think) 17 years.
Posted by: Cheese
04:00pm / Jun 6, 2008
04:00pm / Jun 6, 2008
Right on, brother. Congrats on finally wrapping it up. Champagne for all!
Posted by: natsch
12:43am / Jun 9, 2008
12:43am / Jun 9, 2008
chilling, powerful. Impressive stuff. You really capture Philadelphia.
Posted by: Christopher Beckett
07:29am / Jun 22, 2008
07:29am / Jun 22, 2008
Kevin,
Finally got around to finishing this. Brilliantly executed. The facial expressions, the use of color, and the way you utilized the comic page to create tension was really well done. It's good to see artists like you pushing the boundaries of comics, and creating works that can make people think. I'm glad I got a chance to profile early chapters at the Pulse and look forward to catching up with you at a future convention.
Take care,
chris beckett
Finally got around to finishing this. Brilliantly executed. The facial expressions, the use of color, and the way you utilized the comic page to create tension was really well done. It's good to see artists like you pushing the boundaries of comics, and creating works that can make people think. I'm glad I got a chance to profile early chapters at the Pulse and look forward to catching up with you at a future convention.
Take care,
chris beckett
Posted by: Jeff Kilpatrick
01:39am / Oct 23, 2008
01:39am / Oct 23, 2008
http://fishtown.us/node/11362
I stopped here at the very beginning of this. I didn't realize you were actually going through with the story in this in this fashion.
I expected some kind of fictional version of the story with the actual details masked in fiction. This hits too close to home for too many people already in anguish. People are not happy about this at all.
I consider this story a personal attack on my neighborhood, my home, and neighbors. Fishtown is very poorly represented here. If you were going to use the name of the neighborhood and the likenesses of those involved in this tragedy, you should have done more research and contacted the families personally. I consider your limited research and exploitation of this crime to be selfish and irresponsible.
You're not welcome in Fishtown, in spite of the fact that you will probably make a lot of money exploiting this tragedy and soiling the memory of Jason Sweeney. Don't ever come here. Good luck with your book.
I stopped here at the very beginning of this. I didn't realize you were actually going through with the story in this in this fashion.
I expected some kind of fictional version of the story with the actual details masked in fiction. This hits too close to home for too many people already in anguish. People are not happy about this at all.
I consider this story a personal attack on my neighborhood, my home, and neighbors. Fishtown is very poorly represented here. If you were going to use the name of the neighborhood and the likenesses of those involved in this tragedy, you should have done more research and contacted the families personally. I consider your limited research and exploitation of this crime to be selfish and irresponsible.
You're not welcome in Fishtown, in spite of the fact that you will probably make a lot of money exploiting this tragedy and soiling the memory of Jason Sweeney. Don't ever come here. Good luck with your book.
Posted by: Kyle
07:19pm / Nov 12, 2008
07:19pm / Nov 12, 2008
Every page I read, further infuriated me more then the last.
10:32am / Jun 5, 2008