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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 22:13:29 GMT -5
It may just be that I haven't read enough, but it's incredible how cohesive everything feels. Not just in plots, but in the writing styles too. Hellboy is a little darker/more occult, but that's the only difference.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 1, 2015 22:40:31 GMT -5
It may just be that I haven't read enough, but it's incredible how cohesive everything feels. Not just in plots, but in the writing styles too. Hellboy is a little darker/more occult, but that's the only difference. It is pretty amazing, especially as they continue to add more titles. I think it comes down to strong editing, Scott Alie should give classes on maintaining continuity. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 2, 2015 0:53:45 GMT -5
Read 103 comics in January, more than half of them from Archie. I read a number of good comics - Wonder Woman Annunal #1, Rat Queens Braga Special, Suicide Squad #1-15, Squirrel Girl #1, several good Life with Archie issues - but nothing great. Good, interesting, fun stuff, but no real major standouts. I didn't read anything actively bad either, though, so I guess we'll take it.
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Post by coke & comics on Feb 2, 2015 1:47:22 GMT -5
Uh oh. On closer inspection, less than 1/3 of my reading was from classic comics, according to the forum's definition. Will shaxper kick me out of the club?
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 2, 2015 9:27:29 GMT -5
Uh oh. On closer inspection, less than 1/3 of my reading was from classic comics, according to the forum's definition. Will shaxper kick me out of the club? Nah, for one month you just get flogged with Wonder Woman's lasso... it's in the membership kit. Didn't you read the by-laws? |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 2, 2015 10:34:51 GMT -5
Uh oh. On closer inspection, less than 1/3 of my reading was from classic comics, according to the forum's definition. Will shaxper kick me out of the club? Little to none of mine were "classics." It is what it is. |
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Post by paulie on Feb 3, 2015 11:33:34 GMT -5
I did not include my current comics reading in my list. I read 5 issues of Ex-Con from Dynamite which started out good and then failed. I also read the current issue of Fables and that series seems like it is heading towards a solid conclusion.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2015 5:14:07 GMT -5
Man is the Golden Age Dr. Fate ruthless. I am reading through the archive collection and have read More Fun 55-63 and aside from the first 2 stories where he fights Wotan, Fate has outright killed the villain in every story, and destroyed an entire planet and everyone on it because they posed a threat to earth. He burns, them, throws them off buildings, uses their bombs to blow them up, etc. etc. Utterly ruthless, and so far the Lovecraftian influence has been part and parcel, sorcerers summoning cosmic entities form space using ancient tomes of forbidden knowledge and Fate uttering incantations calling on entities with Lovecraftian naming conventions in just about every story.
All I can say is...great stuff.
-M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 4, 2015 11:54:51 GMT -5
Man is the Golden Age Dr. Fate ruthless. I am reading through the archive collection and have read More Fun 55-63 and aside from the first 2 stories where he fights Wotan, Fate has outright killed the villain in every story, and destroyed an entire planet and everyone on it because they posed a threat to earth. He burns, them, throws them off buildings, uses their bombs to blow them up, etc. etc. Utterly ruthless, and so far the Lovecraftian influence has been part and parcel, sorcerers summoning cosmic entities form space using ancient tomes of forbidden knowledge and Fate uttering incantations calling on entities with Lovecraftian naming conventions in just about every story. All I can say is...great stuff. -M I'm assuming they're written by Gardner Fox. He had a number of prose stories published in the pulps and his Robert E. Howard influences are pretty evident. No doubt he was very familiar with Lovecraft's work as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2015 14:57:56 GMT -5
Man is the Golden Age Dr. Fate ruthless. I am reading through the archive collection and have read More Fun 55-63 and aside from the first 2 stories where he fights Wotan, Fate has outright killed the villain in every story, and destroyed an entire planet and everyone on it because they posed a threat to earth. He burns, them, throws them off buildings, uses their bombs to blow them up, etc. etc. Utterly ruthless, and so far the Lovecraftian influence has been part and parcel, sorcerers summoning cosmic entities form space using ancient tomes of forbidden knowledge and Fate uttering incantations calling on entities with Lovecraftian naming conventions in just about every story. All I can say is...great stuff. -M I'm assuming they're written by Gardner Fox. He had a number of prose stories published in the pulps and his Robert E. Howard influences are pretty evident. No doubt he was very familiar with Lovecraft's work as well. Yeah, Gardner is the credited with writing on all the stories in the table of contents, but as usual in the GA, none of the stories have credits/are signed on the actual pages of it. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 3:06:06 GMT -5
I'm going through comic book withdrawals! After this novel I'm reading a few modern floppies and a few trades before my next book
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Post by paulie on Feb 25, 2015 13:38:13 GMT -5
The Miller and Janson DD wasn't quite as good for me this time around. I read 177-191. I thought it was missing something but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 25, 2015 22:28:49 GMT -5
As much as I've enjoyed the new King Features Phantom, Mandrake and Jungle Jim I think the new Prince Valiant was the best yet; not only did it honor the original strip but it gave us a unique look at Val as well.
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Post by paulie on Feb 26, 2015 10:22:45 GMT -5
As much as I've enjoyed the new King Features Phantom, Mandrake and Jungle Jim I think the new Prince Valiant was the best yet; not only did it honor the original strip but it gave us a unique look at Val as well. I've mentioned many times here, and on Facebook, that I love what Dynamite has done with the pulp characters. They look like comics did 30-40 years ago. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 26, 2015 17:47:45 GMT -5
As much as I've enjoyed the new King Features Phantom, Mandrake and Jungle Jim I think the new Prince Valiant was the best yet; not only did it honor the original strip but it gave us a unique look at Val as well. I've mentioned many times here, and on Facebook, that I love what Dynamite has done with the pulp characters. They look like comics did 30-40 years ago. I've generally liked what Dynamite has done in the past but this partnership with King is even better than their usual output. |
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