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Post by fanboystranger on Jun 3, 2014 11:01:56 GMT -5
Every day I say to myself that I wish John Bolton would get back to pen and ink work and traditional painting. His photo-manip style of the past decade and a half isn't bad, but damn, if he wasn't one of the masters back in the day.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2014 16:37:10 GMT -5
I have ever issue of Epic Illustrated (took me awhile to track them all down) and have read Miranda the She-Wolf. Some of the best illustration I've ever seen in comic form by John Bolton. Nice run, that's one I'm working on now. I think I have at least 2/3 of them. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 11, 2016 20:48:46 GMT -5
Thought I might bump this with some of my own input. I love the Elric comics to death as they're what got me so intensely interested in Sword & Sorcery, aside from the film adaptations of John Norman's Gor and watching Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as a wee lad.
Thorgal, and maybe Mike Grell's The Warlord, are probably the genre's crowning achievements, though for some that might be up for debate
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 11, 2016 22:45:03 GMT -5
I liked Arak at the beginning and Warlord.
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Post by Bronze Age Brian on Apr 12, 2016 0:03:41 GMT -5
Warriors of the Shadow Realm is a great read.
Can't go wrong with Sword of Sorcery and Stalker.
Devil's Due released a high quality version of Dragonlance Chronicles a few years ago, while IDW did the same for Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt. If you have never read those books initially you may want to check these out.
Guilty pleasure picks go out to Thongor and Beowulf Dragon Slayer.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 12, 2016 7:46:13 GMT -5
I liked Arak at the beginning and Warlord. Both had great starting runs!!! The concept of Arak was brilliant, and rife with storytelling possibilities. A North American native brought up by Vikings and tied to the court of Charlemagne? What could go wrong with that? Adding the Prester John legend to the mix? That's the stuff S&S fans' dreams are made of! I fear Arak went off track after the White Cathay storyline, though. The hero was turned into a shaman with ill-defined magical powers, all the Charlemagne court sub-plots were forgotten, the Serpent who was introduced as pretty much the same thing as Satan was turned into a snake-faced wizard, and the series devolved into a "monster of the month" run. Perhaps with the popularity of TV shows like Vikings and The Last Kingdom we may see a revival of Arak, one truer to the character's rroots? That would be cool. |
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Post by String on Apr 12, 2016 20:20:45 GMT -5
Michael Moorcock along with Walt Simonson did an excellent 4 issue mini entitled Elric Making of a Sorcerer that detailed Elric's early training to become a full-fledged Prince of Melnibone.  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 12, 2016 20:23:53 GMT -5
Michael Moorcock along with Walt Simonson did an excellent 4 issue mini entitled Elric Making of a Sorcerer that detailed Elric's early training to become a full-fledged Prince of Melnibone. Yes!!! I was somewhat underwhelmed by Moorcock's latter-day Elric stuff: fortress of the Pearl, the dream-thief's daughter and so on... It felt pretty repetitive. But The making of a sorcerer was outstanding! |
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Post by shaxper on Apr 12, 2016 20:56:38 GMT -5
Michael Moorcock along with Walt Simonson did an excellent 4 issue mini entitled Elric Making of a Sorcerer that detailed Elric's early training to become a full-fledged Prince of Melnibone. This is new to me. Thank you! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2016 21:07:30 GMT -5
Michael Moorcock along with Walt Simonson did an excellent 4 issue mini entitled Elric Making of a Sorcerer that detailed Elric's early training to become a full-fledged Prince of Melnibone. Yes!!! I was somewhat underwhelmed by Moorcock's latter-day Elric stuff: fortress of the Pearl, the dream-thief's daughter and so on... It felt pretty repetitive. But The making of a sorcerer was outstanding! I liked the way they used art/colors to emphasized the story, very good writing, nicely plotted out, and the way they put it all together was superb in every way shape or form. I enjoyed reading it. |
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Apr 14, 2016 14:20:04 GMT -5
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Red Sonja. In the 70s it was a sister series to Conan. They also teamed up from time to time. And it's one of the most successful sword and sorcery franchises around.
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Post by Rob Allen on Apr 14, 2016 14:46:05 GMT -5
It's not fantasy or S&S, but Red Sonja's attire inspired the title of this recent anthology: chainmail-bikini.com/"Chainmail Bikini is an anthology of comics by and about female gamers! 40 cartoonists have contributed comics about the games they’re passionate about—from video games to table-top role-playing to collectible card games. The comics in Chainmail Bikini explore the real-life impact of entering a fantasy world, how games can connect us with each other and teach us about ourselves." The editor is the daughter of friends of mine; I've known her since she was 12. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 14, 2016 14:56:48 GMT -5
Dynamite has also started a Xena Warrior Princess book I guess because of all the hype behind the possibility of a revival of the 90's show
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