Is Dylan Dog famous outside Italy? - Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011) Discussion

[–] dragonlord_the_great 13 years ago

Don't know about USA, but he is pretty popular here in Croatia. Along with Zagor, Nathan Never, Tex and other Italian comics. Though Zagor is probably the most popular one here. Everyone read Zagor when I was a kid, though Dylan was always my favorite.

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[–] adrian_Vg 12 years ago

That's where I met Dylan Dog for the first time, in those really nice paper-comics about thirty(...) years ago - in croatian comics bought in Serbia. Dylan is to be found at specialty comic-shops in Sweden too, but it's rare.

Would anybody know of any e-comics featuring Dylan, as the paper ditos are as rare as a chicken with canines...?

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[–] Capitao_Nascimento 12 years ago

I am also from Croatia. 31 years old and still huge fan of Dylan Dog!!!!

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[–] dlekic 13 years ago

Dylan Dog, like Maxmagnus, and the amazing Alan Ford are CULT comics in Serbia.
I have basically all Dylan Dog comics translated into Serbian, same goes for Alan Ford. It is a state-of-art comic, IMHO.

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[–] JigJRod55 13 years ago

American Comic book nerd here and I've never heard of Dylan Dog before this movie.

F-ck it dude, let's go bowling.

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[–] acato-21-484169 13 years ago

Of course you didn't, when they poison you with bullcrap superhero comics, while you could be reading this surreal piece of art, that transcends comic book status and represents art in its true form.

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[–] JigJRod55 13 years ago

Well at least you aren't a dick. I never said anything about superhero comics. I read comics and that's all kinds ranging from mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, pulp and yes even superheroes and I've read plenty of "surreal works of art that transcend the format" or whatever the hell but I would never be content stick with one genre exclusively, but hey isn't it fun to assume some *beep* about strangers?

F-ck it dude, let's go bowling.

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[–] AlStanlee 13 years ago

Koliko nekritickih gluposti od strane "obozavalaca" Dylana Doga. Od Dylanovih 300 epizoda, jedva 30-ak su zaista dobri stripovi. Americki strip je 1000 puta bolji od italijanskog, a 100000000 puta bolji od Bonelijevog djubreta.

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[–] amarovic 13 years ago

ma ti si čudak

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[–] bogwart-1 13 years ago

Mogu misliti što žele.

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[–] Phroggy 12 years ago

Dylan Dog was translated in French, but more in a series for fans than big distribution. And yes, we have the others you mantioned, mates. Hello from France to Croatia !

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[–] BlacK-KinG-BosS 13 years ago

I normally don't say this but: Pwnd! USA! USA!

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[–] mevmijaumau 13 years ago

Alan Ford is my favourite comic ever... but only the first 100 or so episodes. Definitely worth checking out.

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[–] spazzout0138 13 years ago

Actually, and this in regards to the comic's popularity in America, I frequent book stores and (before this movie came to light at least) I never saw the comic book on shelves, at small local book stores or large chains like Borders.
That being said, why would comic book readers go out of their way to find a comic book they know nothing about, that could be untranslated, when they can continue reading the comic books they like (whether that be superhero comics or not), not to mention, why spend the extra few bucks to have it shipped from some distant location because they can't find it anywhere else? They wouldn't have heard about it because it wouldn't be advertised in comic books they do read (and by 'comic books they do read' I mean any genre, surreal, mystery, fantasy, superhero, or whatever else), so the only way they could have heard about it was probably from a friend or after a good amount of research for a new comic to read.

Dark Horse Comics published English volumes of Dylan Dog, six in 1999, and one more in 2002, versus the comic's initial publication in 1986. Clearly, they weren't very eager to translate it from the start. Obviously Dylan Dog wasn't an option for some comic book readers during that thirteen year break, so why don't you just calm yourself down, acato, and stop getting so worked up over something that's simply not very popular in America, due to many other reasons than simply because of the popularity of superhero comics.

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[–] mili_coha 13 years ago

Why are you so condescending? People have different tastes than yours, doesn't mean you are privileged somehow because you are fan of Dylan Dog, and that everyone else is brainwashed..sounds very narrowminded. I could do the same and say that you were brainwashed by Dylan Dog when there are some actually much more artistic and abstract comics out there, when Dylan Dog is compared to them it comes up as some cheap second hand comic for brainwashed fans. Just pick up "The sandman" by Neil Gaiman, and you'll see what I am talking about. Point is all comics have lamer episodes and most quality comics have brilliant episodes, be it GI Joe, Superman, Dylan Dog, Asterix and Obelix, Zagor, Tex, The Sandman, 91:an.

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[–] shaggyrand_strikes_back_again 13 years ago

Dark Horse really fumbled the US release, they marketed it wrong, had too long a lapse between issues & didn't give it enough time to grow an audience.
You can find fan translations online or buy the Dylan Dog Case Files collection of all the Dark Horse released issues. I can't recommend it enough.

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[–] There_Is_No_Sayid 13 years ago

No he's not famous.

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[–] theyellowsign 13 years ago

Is it famous? No. Is it available? Yes. Dark Horse re-released it in a massive volume containing 7 story arcs a few weeks back. I just read it last week and I'll be posting a review of it, sometime in the coming week on the blog you can get to via my signature.

And I doubt this new movie will bring it a lot of fame, either. No stars of any real note, and there has been very little in the way of publicity for the film. Plus, the trailer doesn't look very good. Still, it's got to be better (or at least less boring) than Cemetery Man.

edit: I just posted the review... http://inthemouthofdorkness.blogspot.com/2011/04/comic-review-dylan-do g-case-files.html

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[–] yamf 13 years ago

Back in 2001, renowned comicbook publisher Carlsen Comics was trying to establish "Dylan Dog" comics in German-speaking Europe, selling it at a quite low price and distributing it to bookstores and newspaper stands. With comicbooks having difficulties to find an audience here in general, the experiment failed and they dropped the series after 20 issues.
A smaller publisher continued it, raising the price and making it available only at comicbook stores and selected book stores. They ended it about two years ago with #62.

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[–] ProudTraitor 13 years ago

American comic books reflect what is wrong with American culture:

Individual hero myth and the myth of Good and Evil

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[–] theyellowsign 13 years ago

Thank you for that incorrect and somewhat offensive generalization.

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[–] mattbromagin 12 years ago

Seem to be a lot of opinions on American comics in this thread from people who have only seemed to get their hands on some translated Marvel and DC twaddle.

Fun fact: While Marvel and DC are the top sellers, by and large, America has far far far more alternative titles than superhero titles. By a long shot.

Do some research before you make such broad generalizations.

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[–] shutupurgonnamakeit 13 years ago

I'm from Connecticut and have been reading comics all my life. I honestly had never heard of him before the movie. I'm definitely willing to give it a chance because a lot of times the best stuff are the things you haven't heard of.

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