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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 22, 2015 11:37:20 GMT -5
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Post by The Captain on Jun 22, 2015 11:57:44 GMT -5
Not a huge fan of Bachalo's, but I've gotten used to it over time, and as I really want a new Doctor Strange ongoing to succeed, I will definitely be picking this one up.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2015 13:58:34 GMT -5
This may get me to buy a new comic off the racks again. Maybe.
-M
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Post by Dizzy D on Jun 22, 2015 15:19:52 GMT -5
Big fan of Dr. Strange, big fan of Aaron, big fan of Bachalo, so this is all good news to me.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 24, 2015 20:29:19 GMT -5
I'll be supporting this. Right now, the only Marvel title I buy on Comixology (I use Marvel Unlimited for everything else I'm interested in. Avengers doesn't need my monthly support, after all!) is Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer and Doctor Strange have long been two of my favorite characters, but their fanbase seems small. Loyal, but small. These are two characters that should be far more popular than they are.
Why exactly is Strange using axes and shields? I read the interview, rather fast granted, but didn't see an explanation for this.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 22:29:18 GMT -5
I'll be supporting this. Right now, the only Marvel title I buy on Comixology (I use Marvel Unlimited for everything else I'm interested in. Avengers doesn't need my monthly support, after all!) is Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer and Doctor Strange have long been two of my favorite characters, but their fanbase seems small. Loyal, but small. These are two characters that should be far more popular than they are. Why exactly is Strange using axes and shields? I read the interview, rather fast granted, but didn't see an explanation for this. From what I gather they just appeared with the version of Doc being used in the Secret Wars stuff, and there was no antecedent for them or explanation of them so far. I haven't read anything featuring Doc since the solo story in the New Avengers annual a year or so back so I don't know for certain. I've seen some speculate the axe is the Celestial killing axe Thor wielded and others refute that because it's is drawn differently. I have no clue otherwise. The longer this news sets in and the more I read comments by Aaron, the more I am looking forward to it. Somewhere Aaron said he wants to move away from writing in definitive arcs with each issue moving the plot forward and B and C plots developed as things move forward the way comics used to be written, and if he adopts that here, I will gladly sign on for the series (maybe even doing a print sub from Marvel), if not I may still trade wait on it or read it when it gets to Unlimited (as I just signed up for a yearly sub on that). -M |
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Post by The Captain on Jun 25, 2015 7:02:05 GMT -5
I'll be supporting this. Right now, the only Marvel title I buy on Comixology (I use Marvel Unlimited for everything else I'm interested in. Avengers doesn't need my monthly support, after all!) is Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer and Doctor Strange have long been two of my favorite characters, but their fanbase seems small. Loyal, but small. These are two characters that should be far more popular than they are. Why exactly is Strange using axes and shields? I read the interview, rather fast granted, but didn't see an explanation for this. From what I gather they just appeared with the version of Doc being used in the Secret Wars stuff, and there was no antecedent for them or explanation of them so far. I haven't read anything featuring Doc since the solo story in the New Avengers annual a year or so back so I don't know for certain. I've seen some speculate the axe is the Celestial killing axe Thor wielded and others refute that because it's is drawn differently. I have no clue otherwise. The longer this news sets in and the more I read comments by Aaron, the more I am looking forward to it. Somewhere Aaron said he wants to move away from writing in definitive arcs with each issue moving the plot forward and B and C plots developed as things move forward the way comics used to be written, and if he adopts that here, I will gladly sign on for the series (maybe even doing a print sub from Marvel), if not I may still trade wait on it or read it when it gets to Unlimited (as I just signed up for a yearly sub on that). -M This would be a most-welcome happening for me as well. I like storylines, particularly subplots, that take a while to simmer in the background while the main action goes on, and then the subplot becomes integral to the main story. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 7:49:38 GMT -5
From what I gather they just appeared with the version of Doc being used in the Secret Wars stuff, and there was no antecedent for them or explanation of them so far. I haven't read anything featuring Doc since the solo story in the New Avengers annual a year or so back so I don't know for certain. I've seen some speculate the axe is the Celestial killing axe Thor wielded and others refute that because it's is drawn differently. I have no clue otherwise. The longer this news sets in and the more I read comments by Aaron, the more I am looking forward to it. Somewhere Aaron said he wants to move away from writing in definitive arcs with each issue moving the plot forward and B and C plots developed as things move forward the way comics used to be written, and if he adopts that here, I will gladly sign on for the series (maybe even doing a print sub from Marvel), if not I may still trade wait on it or read it when it gets to Unlimited (as I just signed up for a yearly sub on that). -M This would be a most-welcome happening for me as well. I like storylines, particularly subplots, that take a while to simmer in the background while the main action goes on, and then the subplot becomes integral to the main story. Just thinking out loud, but one upside if they (i.e. the Marvel powers that be in editorial) do start thinking in terms of seasons, is that it would get rid of the arbitrary 6 issue arc length and allow plots to simmer and develop as the season goes along. I'm ok if everything gets wrapped up at the end of a "season" or if they do a cliffhnager type thing form season to the next, but just allow the stories to take as much room as they need-a story that can be told in 1 or 2 parts, tell in 1 or two parts, don't stretch it to 6, and one that needs 8 or 10 parts to fully play out, give it the room to do so, don't crunch it to 6 or expand it to 12 just to fit the trade. The trades can collect seasons so to speak, rather than arcs, or be season x pt. 1 and season x pt. 2 or what have you. I think the market has changed too much and the way the masses consume media has changed too much for old school comic book storytelling to ever be fully successfully revived, but I do think there are more natural ways to allow the stories to be told than the arbitrary 6 issue chunks everything is molded into now. Make the product fit the story rather than the story fit the product so to speak. -M |
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Post by The Captain on Jun 25, 2015 8:54:35 GMT -5
This would be a most-welcome happening for me as well. I like storylines, particularly subplots, that take a while to simmer in the background while the main action goes on, and then the subplot becomes integral to the main story. Just thinking out loud, but one upside if they (i.e. the Marvel powers that be in editorial) do start thinking in terms of seasons, is that it would get rid of the arbitrary 6 issue arc length and allow plots to simmer and develop as the season goes along. I'm ok if everything gets wrapped up at the end of a "season" or if they do a cliffhnager type thing form season to the next, but just allow the stories to take as much room as they need-a story that can be told in 1 or 2 parts, tell in 1 or two parts, don't stretch it to 6, and one that needs 8 or 10 parts to fully play out, give it the room to do so, don't crunch it to 6 or expand it to 12 just to fit the trade. The trades can collect seasons so to speak, rather than arcs, or be season x pt. 1 and season x pt. 2 or what have you. I think the market has changed too much and the way the masses consume media has changed too much for old school comic book storytelling to ever be fully successfully revived, but I do think there are more natural ways to allow the stories to be told than the arbitrary 6 issue chunks everything is molded into now. Make the product fit the story rather than the story fit the product so to speak. -M Dark Horse has already done this concept successfully with Buffy and Angel, so I wouldn't see why it couldn't work with Marvel as well. |
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Post by berkley on Jul 15, 2015 21:28:14 GMT -5
Don't know the artist but I find Aaron a very humdrum superhero writer - I found his Thor series about the "godslayer" drearily conventional, for example. So to me he's the exactly the wrong kind of writer for Doctor Strange.
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Post by The Cheat on Jul 16, 2015 15:27:53 GMT -5
Don't know the artist but I find Aaron a very humdrum superhero writer - I found his Thor series about the "godslayer" drearily conventional, for example. So to me he's the exactly the wrong kind of writer for Doctor Strange. Yeah, I found the Godslayer arc pretty dull and formulaic too. His Hulk run did nothing for me either. I did enjoy the early Wolverine & the X-Men issues, and his Punisher MAX, while nowhere near Ennis standards, was pretty enjoyable too. He does humour quite well without turning things completely into slapstick. The current thinking amongst the big two seems to be 'we're classifying this as a funny book, it must be all jokes all the time', but Aaron seems to do well weaving it into otherwise serious story lines without it derailing them or in any way making them feel less important. |
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Post by berkley on Jul 17, 2015 15:08:23 GMT -5
On the brighter side, at least there's going to be a Doctor Strange series now. Aaron won't be writing it forever (I hope), so there's always a chance someone whose work I'll like better will come along.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 16:23:34 GMT -5
There's an interview with Jason Aaron about the new Strange book up on CBR now... Aaron interviewI like a lot of what he has to say, but there's a few things still making me hesitant. I will likely get the first issue (or 2 issues as #2 sounds interesting) and then decide whether to keep up or wait on it in Unlimited. -M |
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 25, 2015 20:29:19 GMT -5
Both Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo are top notch, and I like the balance and consequences of magic.
Looking forward to maybe giving this a look.
I loved Doc back in the 70's.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 23:09:48 GMT -5
I loved Doc back in the 70's. So, do I but the today's Dr. Strange is somewhat a bit (correct me if I'm wrong) weaker - but I prefer the 70's better than today version. That's my opinion. I'm might give it a shot and my dear friend Jeff is thinking about getting it online and so do I. |
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