@ Joe Dharma:

Really? I read the comic first, then I saw the movie later and I never actually made the connection between them. They are distinctly different both in the themes and in execution. Chinkel is very dark and adult oriented – sex plays an important role in the story, the characters use strong language, and the violence and carnage is depicted very graphically. Dark Crystal is a Henson feature film oriented at kids.

The main thing that connects these two is the theme of a reluctant, pint-sized savior but that is a very common fantasy trope.

The story is an allmost ripoff of Jim Henson’s the Dark Crystal. After seeing that movie I haven’t been able to enjoy this comic anymore. Meh.

and here is a LINK to the comic online (it s in hungarian sorry) the quality of the images are very good. im not sure how they managed to scan them in. maybe they had them in digital format.
enjoy!

M.

well buddy this might be your lucky day….
your favorite Funky Koval is getting made into a movie :)

here is their website: http://www.funkykovalmovie.com

enjoy

@ Mart:

Yeah, there were several decent readers ones out there. I don’t remember which one I used but I did need one of those in the past. :)

@ Alphast:

As I said, the translation is a bit shaky. It is after all a fan made scanlation. It’s probably enough to get the point across but likely not enough for the little nuances.

As for it being funny – I did find it amusing, but only on a recent reading. I read it multiple times, and in the past I did think it was very sad. But if you think about it, there is humor, albeit it’s very dark. It’s all in the absurdity of the situations the poor Chninkel gets himself into. I’ve seen it as a deconstruction of the messianic mythos and common tropes associated with it – especially those of the biblical kind.

Not to mention that in the Polish version J’On had this witty, sarcastic streak – and a sort of Arthur Dent’-ish resignation about his situation. Which just shows you how a good or bad translation can make a huge difference in how a book is received by the readers.

Well, the English translation doesn’t look very good to me. The title is already misleading. It should be “The Great Power of the Chninkel” and not the other way around. Otherwise, it does not make any sense.

By the way, I read the Chninkel in French (my mother language) when I was 18 and I found it a very good book, but anything but funny. I found it an awfully sad and nasty little story. I loved it, mind you, but it left me with a bitter taste, if you see what I mean.

Desktop comic readers (they’re just basically apps that allow you to browse image files) usually have native zip handling capabilities. One such reader that I use is CDisplay.

Thanks for recommending these! I need to read something different than just Naruto every week. :P

(Hmm. Did I just admit to reading Naruto?)