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Post by berkley on Dec 4, 2023 11:21:58 GMT -5
I'm lucky in that a lot of my favourite characters from the '60s and '70s weren't the major stars, e.g. the Black Panther, Moon Knight, so if they ever got a title of their own they're spin-offs there are a few right there. Unfortuntely, not all of them got their own series!
The one I had to re-think was the handful of short series that the Hernandezes produced after ending the first volume of Love and Rockets in the mid-90s. You'd think a title like Penny Century was a spin-off starring Penny Century but it wasn't, not really. Yes, the title character appeared in most of the issues but it was really an ensemble series featuring multiple characters, including many others from Jaime Hernandez's L&R stories. So I don't think it does quite count. However, there is one of those several series that I think does qualify so I'll narrow it down to that one.
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Post by MDG on Dec 4, 2023 12:20:46 GMT -5
... The one I had to re-think was the handful of short series that the Hernandezes produced after ending the first volume of Love and Rockets in the mid-90s. You'd think a title like Penny Century was a spin-off starring Penny Century but it wasn't, not really. Yes, the title character appeared in most of the issues but it was really an ensemble series featuring multiple characters, including many others from Jaime Hernandez's L&R stories. So I don't think it does quite count.... This was something I did a lot of thinking about |
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Post by DubipR on Dec 4, 2023 12:38:34 GMT -5
I'm lucky in that a lot of my favourite characters from the '60s and '70s weren't the major stars, e.g. the Black Panther, Moon Knight, so if they ever got a title of their own they're spin-offs there are a few right there. Unfortuntely, not all of them got their own series! The one I had to re-think was the handful of short series that the Hernandezes produced after ending the first volume of Love and Rockets in the mid-90s. You'd think a title like Penny Century was a spin-off starring Penny Century but it wasn't, not really. Yes, the title character appeared in most of the issues but it was really an ensemble series featuring multiple characters, including many others from Jaime Hernandez's L&R stories. So I don't think it does quite count. However, there is one of those several series that I think does qualify so I'll narrow it down to that one. Why not Penny Century? It fits the criterion of appearing in more than 3 issues before getting her own mini. Same with Whoa, Nellie. It most definitely counts. Because they're on my list and I'm using them. ... The one I had to re-think was the handful of short series that the Hernandezes produced after ending the first volume of Love and Rockets in the mid-90s. You'd think a title like Penny Century was a spin-off starring Penny Century but it wasn't, not really. Yes, the title character appeared in most of the issues but it was really an ensemble series featuring multiple characters, including many others from Jaime Hernandez's L&R stories. So I don't think it does quite count.... This was something I did a lot of thinking about Nothing to think about. It fits the criteria. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 4, 2023 15:19:31 GMT -5
I'm lucky in that a lot of my favourite characters from the '60s and '70s weren't the major stars, e.g. the Black Panther, Moon Knight, so if they ever got a title of their own they're spin-offs there are a few right there. Unfortuntely, not all of them got their own series! The one I had to re-think was the handful of short series that the Hernandezes produced after ending the first volume of Love and Rockets in the mid-90s. You'd think a title like Penny Century was a spin-off starring Penny Century but it wasn't, not really. Yes, the title character appeared in most of the issues but it was really an ensemble series featuring multiple characters, including many others from Jaime Hernandez's L&R stories. So I don't think it does quite count. However, there is one of those several series that I think does qualify so I'll narrow it down to that one. Why not Penny Century? It fits the criterion of appearing in more than 3 issues before getting her own mini. Same with Whoa, Nellie. It most definitely counts. Because they're on my list and I'm using them. This was something I did a lot of thinking about Nothing to think about. It fits the criteria.
Maybe you're right. I was reconsidering because I thought it could be argued that Penny Century, for example, wasn't really too different from Jaime's Love and Rockets material, featuring much the same set of characters, but with Penny Century a little more to the fore than in L&R; and I was going to keep Gilbert's New Love, since that one was centred around Fritz and Petra, who had appeared only a few times in L&R and whose supporting characters were mostly a new and different set to the ones that had been seen in Gilbert's previous stories.
But now it occurs to me that since L&R was both Jaime and Gilbert, their respective solo series were spin-offs, regardless of the characters. And looking at Penny Century again, it is kind of her series, even though many of the usual characters also appear.
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Post by commond on Dec 4, 2023 16:17:59 GMT -5
Technically, they were all spinoff series of Love and Rockets, even Luba.
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Post by DubipR on Dec 4, 2023 17:14:05 GMT -5
Technically, they were all spinoff series of Love and Rockets, even Luba. Maybe not Luba but Fritz and Petra for sure. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 4, 2023 17:30:05 GMT -5
Technically, they were all spinoff series of Love and Rockets, even Luba. Point proven... thank you. I have one of each from Gilbert and Jaime but I could do 12 if I wanted
Yeah, on 2nd thought (more like 3rd or 4th), I think you're right.
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Post by commond on Dec 4, 2023 18:01:42 GMT -5
Technically, they were all spinoff series of Love and Rockets, even Luba. Maybe not Luba but Fritz and Petra for sure. I still maintain that Luba was a spinoff. Not under the rules as specified by the Classic Comics Christmas, but in general terms. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 4, 2023 18:14:41 GMT -5
Maybe not Luba but Fritz and Petra for sure. I still maintain that Luba was a spinoff. Not under the rules as specified by the Classic Comics Christmas, but in general terms. I think a case might be made for it even under these rules, but I'd have to read them all again to make sure and I don't want to do that yet, since I've been re-reading the Hernandezes' work in order and haven't got that far yet. |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 5, 2023 21:25:12 GMT -5
I finally just about have 12 entries for this year's event, which is a relief because I was really struggling there for a bit. Although some of them are only included because they were eligible, not necessarily because I think they're great comics.
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Post by DubipR on Dec 6, 2023 18:11:44 GMT -5
T-Minus a Week. I hope everyone's has their 12... or close to it.
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Post by Farrar on Dec 6, 2023 18:23:38 GMT -5
I had my 12, but then this morning I thought of a few more! So I've redone my list, and I have spares now just in case some are disqualified  |
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 6, 2023 19:35:03 GMT -5
My list changed again this morning.
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Post by berkley on Dec 6, 2023 22:21:25 GMT -5
I'll be away for most of the contest and will have access only with my tablet, which I only use while on holiday and feel very clumsy using; so my entries will probably be rather minimal and with few or no images.
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 7, 2023 5:16:08 GMT -5
I'll be away for most of the contest and will have access only with my tablet, which I only use while on holiday and feel very clumsy using; so my entries will probably be rather minimal and with few or no images. You can always flesh them out and add images after the fact. |
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