I don't know anything about wrestling, but if you're a fan of both Tintin and wrestling, you should check out Charles Burns' El Borbah comics, if you don't already have them. They were first compiled in book form in the early 90s (I think) into a book called Hard-Boiled Defective Stories but have more recently been compiled into a very stylish hardcover volume simply called El Borbah. (Same stories in both volumes.) They're sort of Tintin crossed with gritty and seedy noiresque American pulp detective fiction, with a masked Mexican wrestler private-eye as the central character. Very funny, and beautifully drawn, with several slightly twisted references to Tintin books (hooded cults in underground HQs, etc). For adults, I should add!
Charles Burns' Big Baby stories are even more laden with lovingly-observed-but-twisted Tintin references and parodies (though less wrestling!)
Skin Deep, a compilation of three stories in a similar vein to those mentioned above, is also very good.
But maybe you already know this work. For any members who don't, I'd highly recommend it. Burns' more recent work Black Hole is more serious and heavyweight and teenage-angst-ridden, and has thus been highly critically acclaimed. It's good, but in my opinion, it's nothing like as witty or fun as his earlier work. |