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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: ExZit on December 06, 2005, 03:37:38 PM

Title: Get Ready for Rocky: The comic strip hiphop dog! (tribute to Ice-T..)
Post by: ExZit on December 06, 2005, 03:37:38 PM
Rocky is the name of a popular comic strip from sweden, about a dog called Rocky. The comic strips is about his everyday life in the city with friends, girls, partys, and fucked up situations. Rocky lissens to hiphop, and he pay tribute to many old school artists in the covers of the magazines. And the love for the west coast is there, Ice-T seams to be one of his favorites!

Lets see if u can recognize some of theese:  :D

(http://ourworld.cs.com/GangstaExZit/rocky/rocky-power.jpg)

(http://ourworld.cs.com/GangstaExZit/rocky/rocky-rhyme-pays.jpg)

(http://ourworld.cs.com/GangstaExZit/rocky/rocky-empd.jpg)


The comic is allready in papers all over europe, and USA is next! their will release a rocky book this month i belive, so if ur intressted, u might be able to buy urself a copy in english!

Here's a link to a interview + comic srips in english if u wanna peep some more ish'!

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/3434/

I love the Rocky strips, n think they are great, often funny as hell !  :)

i can post more pics if yall enjoy thoose covers as much as me! ;)
Title: Re: Get Ready for Rocky: The comic strip hiphop dog! (tribute to Ice-T..)
Post by: ExZit on December 08, 2005, 04:43:47 AM
ey, how bout some feedback people?  :-[
Title: Re: Get Ready for Rocky: The comic strip hiphop dog! (tribute to Ice-T..)
Post by: West Coast Veteran on December 08, 2005, 04:45:17 AM
LMAO DOPE SHIT!

Power, Rhyme Pays and Unfinished Business.

Is the strip in english?
Title: Re: Get Ready for Rocky: The comic strip hiphop dog! (tribute to Ice-T..)
Post by: Mygla on December 08, 2005, 04:50:14 AM
I've been reading Rocky for 5 years now, it's one of the best comics ever..

There's a monthly Rocky-magazine coming out here in Norway too...
Title: Re: Get Ready for Rocky: The comic strip hiphop dog! (tribute to Ice-T..)
Post by: ExZit on December 08, 2005, 04:56:42 AM
Quote from: Fool I'm A Vet on December 08, 2005, 04:45:17 AM
LMAO DOPE SHIT!

Power, Rhyme Pays and Unfinished Business.

Is the strip in english?

the ones u find in sweden is swedish, but he is makin his US debut now, so the new book is in english! its called Rocky vol 1 - the big payback

(http://www.rocky-digital.com/cover_big.jpg)

"One of Sweden's freshest, rudest and most beloved comic strips makes its U.S. debut as Fantagraphics Books releases Martin Kellerman's "Rocky: The Big Payback" on November 30."


the official website www.rocky-digital.com has some more info!
Title: Re: Get Ready for Rocky: The comic strip hiphop dog! (tribute to Ice-T..)
Post by: Elevz on December 08, 2005, 01:37:54 PM
What's this got to do with EPMD? The typographics of the logo "Rocky", the title "Unfinished business", the hiphop topics? Is there a point to this?
Title: Re: Get Ready for Rocky: The comic strip hiphop dog! (tribute to Ice-T..)
Post by: scooby on December 11, 2005, 04:13:52 AM
hah i love the power pic

(http://ourworld.cs.com/GangstaExZit/rocky/rocky-power.jpg)
Title: Re: Get Ready for Rocky: The comic strip hiphop dog! (tribute to Ice-T..)
Post by: Mygla on December 11, 2005, 04:30:59 AM
Quote from: ExZit on December 06, 2005, 03:37:38 PM


(http://ourworld.cs.com/GangstaExZit/rocky/rocky-power.jpg)

(http://ourworld.cs.com/GangstaExZit/rocky/rocky-rhyme-pays.jpg)

(http://ourworld.cs.com/GangstaExZit/rocky/rocky-empd.jpg)

funny that you need a Norwegian comic to be the presenter of the comic  8)