Geof Darrow on The MAKING of Hardboiled, his 90s graphic novel classic with Frank Miller

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@portland-182 Жыл бұрын

'You knocked my block off', is up there with 'You sunk my battleship', 'Operation?', and 'Broadsword', as classic advert phrases.

@CptRameus 11 ай бұрын

Shoulda busted Geof's balls about missing the fourth part of Hard Boiled. 😂 The early ad shows it as a four-part series. We want the forth part!!😂

@scottmercials3027 Жыл бұрын

i know it's gotta be a treat for you guys to do it, but i just had to say thank you for doing what you're doing and sharing with the world!

@SGTDave Жыл бұрын

You are not alone Ed. I too thought Geoff came over from France or Scotland. It makes sense. His style felt very European to me. When Harboiled came out Dark Horse had just begun introducing us to many Euro artists through DHP and Cheval Noir. But now that I've been exposed to comics from all over the world, I see Geoff as this amazing amalgamation of American Underground, 80s European, and Manga detail. In other words, he's his own thing.

@sellatorful Жыл бұрын

This book changed my life!

@Visual_Writer Ай бұрын

How?

@danelsen1278 Жыл бұрын

Every time Geof Darrow graces the Kayfabe studios it’s the greatest treat ever. What a blast having his commentary on Hard Boiled (the first Darrow I ever read). Thank you all for your time, and I’m so glad you guys are friends, as we now seem to get a healthy dose of Geof on the channel often. Keep it up!!

@thewkovacs316 Жыл бұрын

darrow always blew my mind

@daveverbanick5854 Жыл бұрын

Just added these to my collection (again - sold my originals years ago for beer - lol). WOW was it hard to find decent copies! Finally found a set that was crisp, but dirty. A good clean will have them looking new again. Thanks for posting this interview!

@Gootie29 Жыл бұрын

I love that you guys have access to Geof Darrow like this. Please do a page by page over Big Guy & Rusty!

@smeagle3295 Жыл бұрын

Thank you guys! Hard Boiled is one of my all time favorite books.

@subsandro Жыл бұрын

Thanx, guys! I wanted to join the covers from issue one since I was 16. But imagine how hard it was to find another kid who could have this issue here in Brazil, way before Amazon.

@jessedub 4 ай бұрын

Hard Boiled is probably my favorite comic of all time, and Geof my favorite artist, comic or otherwise, of all time. I got my hands on HB right when it came out, when i was 11 years old, and being just completely blown away by it. It's one of the few media of any kind that i get the same feeling reading it now as i did when i first read it, still finding new Easter eggs every time. I also had no idea there was a HB video game

@neilsanzari9723 Жыл бұрын

I love Willeford’s Cockfighting novel. His attention to detail is phenomenal about how he trains and preps the roosters for death matches, while he’s dealing with the different characters in that gambling scene. The film adaptation with Warren Oates wasn’t as raw as the book. Oates was such a great actor. The film is called Born To Kill (1974). And Miami Blues (1991) with Alec Baldwin and Fred Ward was pretty awesome as well.

@dwaynemuth8775 Жыл бұрын

Once again you guys definitely made my Sunday! I remember each of the single issues as they came and the wait between 2 and 3 but the sheer amount of detail was/is worth it!❤️🎯

@natewatson6962 Жыл бұрын

he's ultra humble.

@tmseh Жыл бұрын

I forgot I had this awesome comic! Lost them years, yeeears ago. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs too.

@joeanderson9045 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Geof Darrow....again!!!! You guys are reallly living the dream. Please pass along our thanks to uncle Geof for taking the time to sit down once again with Cartoonist Kayfabe. What an absolute legend. It's so funny, I just found the long out of print hardcover copies of Shaolin Cowboy yesterday at Chamblin's Bookmine in Jacksonville and was very pleased to pick those since they were printed in larger size than the trades which were just re-released in the last year or so.

@tmseh Жыл бұрын

Holy shit this was an amazing comic.

@willsi Жыл бұрын

Man, this comic hit perfectly for me when I found it in my late teens. I was getting back into comics and finding so much. This will always be one of my favorites. Geof could talk for hours and I'd hang on every word.

@carlramos9445 Жыл бұрын

another banger

@jk61490 Жыл бұрын

Darrow needs to do ASMR, in addition to being a legendary artist, he has a soothing meditation voice

@tylertwv Жыл бұрын

This was absolutely wonderful. So great to hear the insight. Giant Big Wally for the win!!!

@raydillon Жыл бұрын

Man, I love that dude.

@eduardocarvalho861 Жыл бұрын

Entertaining conversation. I’ve missed a color comparison between the recent Hard Boiled reissue and the original.

@AndresCiambotti Жыл бұрын

You guys are the best, this is pure gold. Hard Boiled is such a special comic, getting to know these insights was pure bliss!

@breakfastdeltadisco Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea for the original ending.

@officegossip Жыл бұрын

Up all night drawing gang.

@Rob.S- Жыл бұрын

Geof Darrow equals views.

@tuomaskarmakallio Жыл бұрын

Awesome deep dive. Thank you all!

@sclr Жыл бұрын

i remember my eyes just pouring over all the little details of this comic when it came out. all the trash in every car, the danglies on all the weapons, the guy walking his dog with his penis, the orgy car crash scene. i was a Darrow fan ever since.

@jonanjello Жыл бұрын

58:34 when this issue was released, I overheard a guy at the comic shop state the red car wreck was President Nixon’s face. Has this ever been mentioned or verified? Great watch, guys. Thanks! EDIT: Yes, please to some Vaughn Bode coverage with Jeff!

@briangarber4232 Жыл бұрын

Can Darrow prints be had anywhere?

@jeanfcp Жыл бұрын

I bought the french edition by Delcourt a couple of months ago, legendary comic. Thanks for the vid!

@daxaraya3826 Жыл бұрын

Read my collection of Hard Boiled last night for the first time just for this. Holy smokes. Felt like I grew hair in places it shouldn't, and with the near-seizure inducing art, what a package.

@violencehero Жыл бұрын

I knew it! I saw The Quick and the Dead when it was first released and I remember thinking they must've swiped from Hard Boiled. Thanks for finally confirming this, Geof!

@anotherbeardedcomicdude2542 Жыл бұрын

I hope Geof reads this, your covers are literally some of the best. You go right next to Mcfarlane under the same category of *DOES IT SAY HIS NAME? I WANT IT!*

@JH-pe3ro Жыл бұрын

"Knocked my block off" reminds me of the Crossfire commercial which aired around the same time - "It's sometime in the future".

@anotherbeardedcomicdude2542 Жыл бұрын

One of few that I have actual copies of to flip with you guys! I fucking love Darrow art and Hard Boiled was some of the first magazine sized things I owned. I naturally buy any of Geoffs covers

@mtcnaz Жыл бұрын

How can someone so talented be so humble?

@darrenriley Жыл бұрын

I love this guy.

@clayhenss4687 Жыл бұрын

Darrow is so amazing. I think Stewart is one of the few colorists that can successfully color his work. Darrow’s work is truly inspiring.

@KAROSHIcomics Жыл бұрын

LEGEND!

@jamescoats5944 Жыл бұрын

So awesome! What is that Box behind Geof that says Prehistoric? Is that a Dinosaur toy set?

@JamesHaney Жыл бұрын

James Robinson and Tony Daniel used the "Jesus Chrysler" logo in an early issue of STARMAN--one of the O'Dare cops is 'interrogating' a punk while holding him down on the hood of a car. They acknowledged the source with an "After Darrow", also in chrome. I remember picking these up fresh off the rack, my eyeballs acting like electron scanning microscopes to catch all of the minute details contained therein. Excellent work, Unca Geoff! 🖖♾

@etiennelecomte9068 Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@fabio04081998 Жыл бұрын

22:39 now i understand where the fallout 1 10mm pistol came from

@neilsanzari9723 Жыл бұрын

Is Ben Wheatley still going to direct the film adaptation of Hard Boiled? I would love to see that.

@painterhead Жыл бұрын

hey, if a shitting dog in the corner is good for Rembrandt, why not Geof?

@You-zb7el Жыл бұрын

Hell yes Uncle Geof!!!

@japanbookhunter Жыл бұрын

Awwww. So nice seeing uncle Geof back on the show!

@Visual_Writer Ай бұрын

Complimenting Geoff Darrow seems to feel like a roast to him. 😂

@LOGICZOMBIE Жыл бұрын

OBRA MAESTRA

@vidminer Жыл бұрын

at 54:25 Geof calls the 3D sound effect for the police siren "a bit of that Richard Corben direction with sound" Can anyone point me to an example of that? My knowledge of Corben is way too superficial. It does remind me of Wood/Kurtzman "Sound Effects!" with the femme fatal screaming across 3 panels.

@CartoonistKayfabe Жыл бұрын

Be here Wednesday for some great examples.

@russianfunkerroma 7 ай бұрын

The only thing i can recall similar to Hard Boiled is GTA2.

@Ryan.R100 Жыл бұрын

Darrow is so down to earth that it's almost irritating lol How can you be one of the best artists of all time and be so chill about it

@palchristianandersen9086 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the guys who developed the Fallout games took the satirical take of nuclear-powered cars that explode into little mushroom clouds on impact from Hard Boiled. I know Bethesda commissioned Darrow for tie-in comic to one of their games years later, so somebody there likes his work at least.

@richdannys2906 Жыл бұрын

Mikal Gilmore was a ROLLING STONE writer that covered a lot of Pop Culture stuff. I remember he did a big article on Miller's DARK KNIGHT. Mikal's brother Gary was executed for killing 2 mormons. I think he may have been one of the last convicts to be executed via firing squad..

@dedward7739 Жыл бұрын

So was Hard Boiled supposed to be a sort of early Sin City type story that went a different direction once Miller saw the art? Also, it’s funny to think of Miller worrying about wounds being realistic considering the amount of carnage he puts his characters through…

@mirarstudios Жыл бұрын

Where's Wally of psychotic cyberpunk ... This was strong sauce for a 14 year old 😅

@CYBERGRAPHIX-01 9 ай бұрын

Geof's logo is much better.

@MalditoMendoza Жыл бұрын

I fucking love how most of the storytelling in this book is actually done by the backgrounds rather than the main characters or dialogue. I don't think I ever saw another comic do that in such a way. Most people I've talked about this book would say that it's kinda lame 'cause nothing really happens and that always felt weird to me 'cause there's actually so much going on.