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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 4, 2014 18:37:54 GMT -5
I feel you, some of the experiments I've tried this year have not produced stellar results but its still been fun.
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Post by The Captain on Oct 6, 2014 10:31:03 GMT -5
I've already read more books this month (through 10/5) than I did the entire month of September.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 11, 2014 21:09:31 GMT -5
I finally got to catch up with my reading today and I really dug the Futures End tie ins I decided to check out, and the new Aliens and Prometheus books were excellent as well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2014 4:42:39 GMT -5
Catching up on some recent stuff-
Best thing to come out of the whole Original Sin event was the 2 part story by Mark Waid in Daredevil 6-7 exploring the history of Matt's mother Sister Maggie, the character we first met in Miller's Born Again years ago. Top notch work by Waid and company.
Daredevil #8 sets out to explore the legacy of the Purple Man and introduced the Purple Children-one of the creepiest set of legacy villains you will ever see.
Star Mage (IDW) #6-what looked to be a promising mini series that started strong turned into a hot mess that goes beyond disappointing. The last pages promises more stories...I won't be getting them.
Also disappointing was the wrap up of the second Dream Thief mini from Dark Horse Escape. Issues 1-2 featured original series artist Greg Smallwood, but Greg left to do Moon Knight for Marvel and only did the covers for 3 and 4. The new artist on 3 and 4 just failed to capture the mood and atmosphere that made these books so appealing, and just didn't have the same visual storytelling chops as Smallwood. The original mini was one of my favorite reads last year, and the sequel was off to a strong start, but finished weak and was ultimately disappointing. Again a last page promise of more, but unless Smallwood returns or another stronger artist takes over for the next mini, I am likely to pass this time. The story was still good, but the visual execution of the story suffered from the artistic change and it changed the whole mood and tone of the he story's presentation, and those two things were the core of its appeal for me. Unless it can recapture that aspect with the next mini, I'll spend my money elsewhere.
-M
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 12, 2014 21:45:07 GMT -5
Catching up on some recent stuff- Best thing to come out of the whole Original Sin event was the 2 part story by Mark Waid in Daredevil 6-7 exploring the history of Matt's mother Sister Maggie, the character we first met in Miller's Born Again years ago. Top notch work by Waid and company. Agree with this, but also want to point out that this is a real problem. I don't have kids myself, but due to strange circumstances, I became a Dad for a week. I love Mark Waid for this story. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 0:45:49 GMT -5
Just read the 2014 CBLDF Annual. Great little anthology with lots of talented folk contributing, plus zombie monkeys....
Also for all the Stan Sakai fans hereabouts, there is a 4 page color Sasuke the Demon Queller story by Sakai included here.
On the other hand, Guardians 3000 featuring the classic Guardians of the Galaxy (Vance, Charlie 27, Yondu, Starhawk, Martinex) written by Dan Abnett was very disappointing.
-M
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Post by shaxper on Oct 17, 2014 17:33:43 GMT -5
Just read the 2014 CBLDF Annual. Great little anthology with lots of talented folk contributing, plus zombie monkeys.... Also for all the Stan Sakai fans hereabouts, there is a 4 page color Sasuke the Demon Queller story by Sakai included here. On the other hand, Guardians 3000 featuring the classic Guardians of the Galaxy (Vance, Charlie 27, Yondu, Starhawk, Martinex) written by Dan Abnett was very disappointing. -M Just picked this up yesterday and am hoping to read it tonight. Sauk is one of my favorite Usage supporting characters. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2014 2:11:32 GMT -5
Two issues in and I am really enjoying Grendel vs. the Shadow by Matt Wagner. It's nice to see Wagner on art again, and he has a strong handle on what makes the Shadow work (his Shadow Year One was also very good). Grendel here is Hunter Rose, and a character I was always intrigued by but not very familiar with, so in a lot of ways this is a crash course on Grendel for me. It's pricey at $5.99 an issue, but each issue is prestige format with 48 pages of story, so more like getting 2.5 issues worth of story each installment.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 19, 2014 14:40:19 GMT -5
I'm another guy with limited knowledge of Grendel, though I picked up the Batman/Grendel books for dirt cheap and found them entertaining.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2014 1:45:25 GMT -5
Just read the first issue of the new Phantom series by Peter David and Sal Velluto from Hermes Press. Pretty good stuff, feels like a traditional Phantom story but sets up what could be some new twists (another rumored immortal in Africa, guardian of the legendary city of Ophir). I remember Velluto's art from Justice League Task Force and Black Panther, it's evolved some, still solid in the story telling, but not quite as crisp as I remember it. Peter David captures the feel and the voice of the Phantom perfectly though. Not sure how/why both Hermes Press and Dynamite have Phantom series in the works, but I don't care, like the character and this is a solid take on him from a solid creative team.  -M |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 31, 2014 17:33:47 GMT -5
That is weird that'd they both have a series out, I wonder what the rights are like.
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Post by dupersuper on Oct 31, 2014 21:15:13 GMT -5
Just read the first issue of the new Phantom series by Peter David and Sal Velluto from Hermes Press. Pretty good stuff, feels like a traditional Phantom story but sets up what could be some new twists (another rumored immortal in Africa, guardian of the legendary city of Ophir). I remember Velluto's art from Justice League Task Force and Black Panther, it's evolved some, still solid in the story telling, but not quite as crisp as I remember it. Peter David captures the feel and the voice of the Phantom perfectly though. Not sure how/why both Hermes Press and Dynamite have Phantom series in the works, but I don't care, like the character and this is a solid take on him from a solid creative team. -M Is there any one Peter David hasn't written for? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2014 21:22:56 GMT -5
]Is there any one Peter David hasn't written for? Twilight Star Studios!  -M |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 31, 2014 21:33:28 GMT -5
]Is there any one Peter David hasn't written for? Twilight Star Studios! -M That's what you think. Coming in 2015... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 3:57:15 GMT -5
Since it comes out so infrequently, I had been saving Frankenstein, Alive Alive #3 to read at the appropriate time, savoring the expectation of delving into Wrightson's exquisite art. All Hallow's Eve seemed the appropriate time, so I started it at midnight as we moved into All Soul's Day....gorgeous gorgeous stuff, and having read Shelly's Frankenstein in between #2 and #3's release, so much more of what Steve Niles was doing just leaped off the page making the story stand tall with the art and my appreciation for his craft grow considerably. Still though, Wrightson is the draw here....blows me away!
-M
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