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Gilda And Meek And The Un-Iverse now on Global Comix!
I will be mirroring all 67 issues of Gilda And Meek And The Un-Iverse (and counting) from my BlogSpot site:
Welcome To Gilda And Meek And The Un-Iverse!
This is new and scary for me. I hope people check things out.
Link to Global Comix:
Gilda And Meek And The Un-Iverse on Global Comix
What is Gilda And Meek about? It's about several things at once. It's a story of a Lucky Universe in a Multiverse teeming with Unlucky Ones and how our hero navigates that to her own advantage. It's a funny animal book that bit by bit reveals a huge fantasy and science fiction underpinning, much like Bone. It starts off as an erstwhile comedy until you realize it's actually been a drama the entire time. It's a story that after you read all 90 issues, you'll want to reread them again, as the best reading of The Un-Iverse isn't the first, it's the second. It's a bunch of random and seemingly unrelated characters and stories building and crossing over until they collide in an epic 19-part finale. It's about the antagonistic and loving relationship between the hero Gilda and the kid who looks up to her, Bernadette, and how their feelings for each other prove there is no wrong way to love a person. It's a political satire parodying the ridiculousness of the age we live in made more ridiculous by the fact that real life is crazier than my story's outlandish examples. It's about the fact that evil is uncool and mundane, and it's neat to have heroes to like and root for, and where the heroes are more interesting than the villains. It's about a strong female hero whose gender is irrelevant to the story at hand and is merely a strong hero who happens to be a female. It's about all of these things and none of them at the same time. Mostly, it's a way for me to work through my psychological crap. Which is what I think most writing boils down to for people. Check it out.
Apologies if the post seems like a hit and run. It IS the first and only thing I posted on the forums.
I just don't do well on forums. I have a hard time reaching out and relating to other people. It's not that I don't value the community here. I just don't want to say the wrong thing.
Hey everyone, JasonDeroga from OmniLegend Tales here.
I'm a good friend of Matt Zimmer's, and I happened to meet him just as my two comic series were really taking off. I was in a bit of an uncomfortable place creatively at the time, and Matt (as well as many others, among them Lady Jess, who created the series "Promised Memories", which I highly recommend) was one of the anchors who guided me though my struggles.
Though Matt is critical of the art style in this work, I was immediately enamored when I read the first episode of Gilda and Meek and the Un-Iverse. Maybe it was the unique way he writes it, or maybe it's the super-cuteness of the character designs (Gilda and Bernadette are two flippin' adorable examples), but there's something really special about this story. The biggest thing is that "Gilda and Meek" actually challenged me to look at many things through a different lens; seriously, by the fourth or fifth episode I found myself challenging a lot of the viewpoints I'd been holding onto for most of my life, and given the real-life issues I was facing, to say that this series allowed me to "loosen up" would be a big understatement.
And along with challenging me to think differently about many things, "Gilda and Meek" also provided solid entertainment. Every character is so unique, you can almost FEEL them, for lack of a better word. From Gilda's determined mindset and strong values to Bernadette's surprisingly perception despite her age to the Pirahna's customary inquiries about light bulbs, it's hard to find a single character that's a carbon copy of another. Emotions are raw, moments of darkness are all-consuming, and soulmate love shines. And most of all, there is a common theme in the series as it pertains to prophecies, specifically depicted in Gilda's catchphrase: "Once You Know A Future Is Coming, You Can Change It."
As someone who discovered the concept of the "self-fulfilling prophecy" -- which had dogged me countless times in my youth from ninth to eleventh grade -- in college before graduating, I gotta say: that quote was a virtual lifesaver for me going forward. Who says comics don't teach you anything?
As I've told Matt countless times, there's something really special about "Gilda and Meek", so much that I usually word my praise as follows: "Gilda and Meek and the Un-Iverse is a comic so unlike any that I've read." In a time where so many people are feeling the fatigue of monotony in comics, if you're looking for something unique, something "avant-garde", something different from the status quo in comics these days (and I do mean STATUS QUO), this comic is a great place to start.
Thanks, Jason! In case anyone was wondering OmniLegend Tales (comprising Lil' Hero Artists and Sneakers U-Force) are some quality comics themselves!
https://globalcomix.com/c/lil-hero-artists
https://globalcomix.com/c/sneakers-u-force-?lang=en
I also highly recommend Lady Jess' Promised Memories:
https://globalcomix.com/c/promised-memories