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Post by Confessor on Dec 28, 2018 11:11:38 GMT -5
My near misses which just fell off the end of my list include...
Marvel's John Carter: Warlord of Mars
Marvel's Wizard of Oz and Land of Oz treasury comics
Marvel's Time Bandits
Skywald's Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid comics
Marvel's Krull
DC's Star Trek comics
The Star Trek MAD movie satires
1941: The Illustrated Story
Marvel's Dragon Slayer
Marvel Illustrated: The Picture of Dorian Gray & Treasure Island & (had they been eligible) Skottie Young and Eric Shanower's Oz adaptations.
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 28, 2018 19:57:18 GMT -5
After being prompted early on, I was tempted to fit in Jim Aparo, Bob Haney, and Murray Boltinoff's appearances in Brave & Bold #124, but it's gotten so much attention in the past few years, and it's one that Aparo himself seemed embarrassed about. He admitted that his house in suburban Southington Connecticut didn't really have water access...or even a basement, as depicted in the comic.
I was also tempted to include DC's Justice, Inc., but as much as I liked it--especially Al McWilliams' art on the first issue--it didn't measure up in the end.
Goodwin & Simonson's Alien adaptation was on my early list, so I'm glad it got a lot of attention.
I was a little disappointed that no one went with either the Thorne or the Spiegle Korak comics, but even though I like them, they didn't make my bar, either.
I was surprised to find myself #2 on DC's Prisoner miniseries, and that another member had chosen one of the Marvel Godzilla comics.
Overall, I couldn't resist focusing overwhelmingly on long runs, rather than individual issues or sub-runs, but I remember impressions of longer runs better than details about individual stories, it appears.
Finally, I wish I could have kept up with the daily pace, rather than rushing a bunch of post-Christmas make-up posts. I enjoyed this one immensely, and I'll see you all in the 2019 event! Thanks, Kurt, and thanks to all who participated!
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Post by foxley on Dec 29, 2018 5:37:02 GMT -5
Here are some things that almost made my list (and one that should have): Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Catwoman: A neat little Elseworlds collaboration. It featured a spot-on characterization of Lord Greystroke, but is mostly interesting for a pulp-noir take on Batman (Batman as he might have been had he been created for a pulp magazine instead of comics). With two Tarzan adaptions already vying for a place on my list, I decided I didn't really need a third. The Brave and the Bold #124: A weird mind screw that does not so much break the fourth wall as obliterate it. As Batman and Sgt. Rock battle a terrorist group in Gotham City, the same terrorists attempt to force Jim Aparo to draw the story so Batman and Rock die. Aparpo escapes, and he, Bob Haney and Murray Boltinoff have to work together to foil the terrorists and save Batman and Rock. A bare bones description cannot sum up the weirdness of this book. Would definitely have made my top 20. Doc Savage: Curse of the Fire God and The Shadow and Doc Savage: Two decent miniseries from Dark Horse, but I decided to give my Doc Savage slot to the Millennium series as the more obscure (and arguably more deserving). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: I loved the first two series (but found The Black Dossier and Century disappointing). Ultimately I decided I loved the concept more than the execution. Lost Girls: This was briefly on my list as I thought the controversy might generate some interesting comment. But there was stuff I liked more. Rima, the Jungle Girl: This is the book that should have been on my list. I was well into the 12 Days posting when it dawned on me that this book would have qualified. However, rather than try to rejig my list to include it, I decided to let it slide.
The Shadow Strikes: As noted by many others, this was a solid, workmanlike adaptation of the Shadow. While it had many elements that made it excellent, it had few that made it exceptional.
Stoker's Dracula. This b&w series is a faithful adaptation of Stoker's original novel that began in Marvel's Dracula Lives magazine, but was never finished. In 2004, Roy Thomas and Dick Giordano got back together to finally finish the story, which was published as a 4 issue miniseries by Marvel. A very solid adaptation by Roy, and some gloriously atmospheric b&w artwork by Dick, this another one that would be in my top 20. Tarzan (DC): As I explained in my Day 10 post, this was on my list for the longest time, before I bumped it for the Dark Horse run. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 30, 2018 14:07:29 GMT -5
Here are some things that almost made my list (and one that should have): Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Catwoman: A neat little Elseworlds collaboration. It featured a spot-on characterization of Lord Greystroke, but is mostly interesting for a pulp-noir take on Batman (Batman as he might have been had he been created for a pulp magazine instead of comics). With two Tarzan adaptions already vying for a place on my list, I decided I didn't really need a third. I only managed to get my hands on the first issue, but that was a beauty. |
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Post by foxley on Dec 30, 2018 20:51:22 GMT -5
Here are some things that almost made my list (and one that should have): Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Catwoman: A neat little Elseworlds collaboration. It featured a spot-on characterization of Lord Greystroke, but is mostly interesting for a pulp-noir take on Batman (Batman as he might have been had he been created for a pulp magazine instead of comics). With two Tarzan adaptions already vying for a place on my list, I decided I didn't really need a third. I only managed to get my hands on the first issue, but that was a beauty. I consider this to be a real hidden gem, with an intelligent by Ron Marz, great art by Igor Kordey (an artist I did not know before this book), and glorious pained covers by Dave Dorman. The story focuses more on Tarzan than Batman, which may be why it is not so well-known (plus it was originally published by Dark Horse and not DC).
It has been collected as trade paperback which is probably not too hard to find.
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 30, 2018 23:16:13 GMT -5
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 31, 2018 5:36:10 GMT -5
I consider this to be a real hidden gem, with an intelligent by Ron Marz, great art by Igor Kordey (an artist I did not know before this book), and glorious pained covers by Dave Dorman. The story focuses more on Tarzan than Batman, which may be why it is not so well-known (plus it was originally published by Dark Horse and not DC). Kordey (actually Kordej) also did the art on an incomplete Tarzan mini called Rivers of Blood, written by a fellow Croat, Neven Anticevic, and published by DarkHorse back in 1999. The story was finally published in complete form in late 2015 - only by a Serbian publisher, so you have to know the language to read it. They got the original art from Kordej, so the final chapters are in black and white - some inked, and some in rough sketch form. It's a really nice oversized edition hardcover edition. Here's a video to give you an idea of what it looks like:
(By the way, don't let the "produced by" credit at the end fool you; this was back when I still worked for Croatian Radio and I put together a radio piece about the book based on interviews with Kordej and Anticevic. I had little to do with the production of this accompanying video, though - I just flipped the pages of the book while a colleague recorded it and then put together the entire thing and posted it. I told him he should have at least added his own name to the credits, but he just shrugged his shoulders...)
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Post by foxley on Dec 31, 2018 6:45:44 GMT -5
I consider this to be a real hidden gem, with an intelligent by Ron Marz, great art by Igor Kordey (an artist I did not know before this book), and glorious pained covers by Dave Dorman. The story focuses more on Tarzan than Batman, which may be why it is not so well-known (plus it was originally published by Dark Horse and not DC). Kordey (actually Kordej) also did the art on an incomplete Tarzan mini called Rivers of Blood, written by a fellow Croat, Neven Anticevic, and published by DarkHorse back in 1999. The story was finally published in complete form in late 2015 - only by a Serbian publisher, so you have to know the language to read it. They got the original art from Kordej, so the final chapters are in black and white - some inked, and some in rough sketch form. It's a really nice oversized edition hardcover edition. Here's a video to give you an idea of what it looks like:
(By the way, don't let the "produced by" credit at the end fool you; this was back when I still worked for Croatian Radio and I put together a radio piece about the book based on interviews with Kordej and Anticevic. I had little to do with the production of this accompanying video, though - I just flipped the pages of the book while a colleague recorded it and then put together the entire thing and posted it. I told him he should have at least added his own name to the credits, but he just shrugged his shoulders...)
Thanks for that (and thanks for the correction on Kordej's name). I vaguely remember the title 'Rivers of Blood' but I don't think I have a copy in my collection. And I don't read Serbian so I doubt I'll ever get to enjoy the complete work. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 31, 2018 7:21:38 GMT -5
Thanks for that (and thanks for the correction on Kordej's name). I vaguely remember the title 'Rivers of Blood' but I don't think I have a copy in my collection. And I don't read Serbian so I doubt I'll ever get to enjoy the complete work. Not really a correction; when working for American publishers he did use the spelling Kordey so that it would be pronounced more or less correctly. Otherwise, I found the art in Rivers of Blood far better than the story - Anticevic is, among other things, a very well-read guy, and I think that actually hampered him here, as he tried to stuff a little too much into it: both Freud and Jung make appearances as supporting characters, and the story gets rather bogged down in Jungian psychology in particular.
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 31, 2018 9:23:45 GMT -5
I reread some of Ditko's Konga, which I remembered fondly, but while still interesting and engaging, it didn't meet the mark for me. I already had one giant monster adaptation on the list, and I was hoping to see this one crop up in someone else's.
Early on, I was tempted to include DC's take on Star Trek, which was my favorite (including the various series, movies, and other adaptations). Glad to see it got some love--Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran did excellent work, and I really dug the period in between films when the crew was, as I recall, operating from a Romulan Bird of Prey, after the destruction of the Enterprise.
One that I would have considered had I remembered it before right now was Marvel's aborted Nightmare on Elm Street b&w magazine. Steve Gerber provided a fairly neat little sequel here. I can't imagine that there'd be the kind of pressure these days that shut it down back then.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 31, 2018 9:47:48 GMT -5
   The Bible - This one didn't qualify  The Matrix - Surprised this didn't appear on any of the lists  Started in 2008 but finished in 2009 I've never heard of a comic based on the Matrix, was it any good? |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 31, 2018 12:01:29 GMT -5
I think it had poor circulation as most people don't know of it's existence, but yes it was good  Unfortunately there were only 2 issues, but they had work by Neil Gaiman, Andy & Larry Wachowski, Peter Bagge, Paul Chadwick, Bill Sienkiewicz, John Van Fleet, Dave Gibbons, David Lapham, Geoffrey Darrow, Kilian Plunkett, Jim Krueger, Ted McKeever, Kaare Andrews, Tim Sale, Dave Dorman, Michael Avon Oeming, Steve Scroce and more |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 31, 2018 12:12:13 GMT -5
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 1, 2019 9:11:18 GMT -5
Alberto Beccia’s adaptation of The Dunwich Horror really captures the terror of the unseen, and his moody art is simply stunning. Worth seeing if only for the footprints left by Yog-Sototh’s offspring! |
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 1, 2019 19:33:40 GMT -5
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