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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 2, 2017 15:03:53 GMT -5
"Ice Runners" December, 2011 Summary: With a state visit from Lord Hikiji nearing, two lords engage in a game of death and honor in which the whole countryside is the playing field and Usagi is caught in the middle. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 2, 2017 15:08:54 GMT -5
The story itself is a neat little one and done with a fun combination of action and political intrigue but the cover has me scratching my head a little as it's cool design has absolutely nothing to do with the story.
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Post by shaxper on Sept 3, 2017 9:48:08 GMT -5
The story itself is a neat little one and done with a fun combination of action and political intrigue but the cover has me scratching my head a little as it's cool design has absolutely nothing to do with the story. even moreso the fact that it appears to be a human on that cover. Stan does have to do the covers way in advance of the actual story, so I wonder if there was some intriguing aborted story in play here. or maybe it was just something cool Stan drew during downtime at a convention that he didn't want to see go to waste. it IS exceptionally striking. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 3, 2017 12:48:19 GMT -5
The story itself is a neat little one and done with a fun combination of action and political intrigue but the cover has me scratching my head a little as it's cool design has absolutely nothing to do with the story. even moreso the fact that it appears to be a human on that cover. Stan does have to do the covers way in advance of the actual story, so I wonder if there was some intriguing aborted story in play here. or maybe it was just something cool Stan drew during downtime at a convention that he didn't want to see go to waste. it IS exceptionally striking. Yeah, I was looking forward to this one just based on the cover, I thought he might be fighting some god or something. It was a neat story outside of that, though I think I may have enjoyed Stan's notes on it more than the story itself. |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 3, 2017 13:15:51 GMT -5
even moreso the fact that it appears to be a human on that cover. Stan does have to do the covers way in advance of the actual story, so I wonder if there was some intriguing aborted story in play here. or maybe it was just something cool Stan drew during downtime at a convention that he didn't want to see go to waste. it IS exceptionally striking. Yeah, I was looking forward to this one just based on the cover, I thought he might be fighting some god or something. It was a neat story outside of that, though I think I may have enjoyed Stan's notes on it more than the story itself. One of the few times in comicdom when a cover is too good to the point that it's a detriment to the story within. |
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Post by richarddragon on Sept 27, 2017 14:01:36 GMT -5
The story itself is a neat little one and done with a fun combination of action and political intrigue but the cover has me scratching my head a little as it's cool design has absolutely nothing to do with the story. even moreso the fact that it appears to be a human on that cover. Stan does have to do the covers way in advance of the actual story, so I wonder if there was some intriguing aborted story in play here. or maybe it was just something cool Stan drew during downtime at a convention that he didn't want to see go to waste. it IS exceptionally striking. Could that human be Lord Hikiji? |
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