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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 17, 2021 6:47:18 GMT -5
Not related to the comics based on the original films but I saw an illustrated hard cover edition of the original novel and couldn't help thinking of you shaxper  Oh, that is VERY cool! It was indeed, I looked into it more when I got home and the publisher, Folio Society, has a whole line of these amazingly bound books. My christmas list for next year is already written. |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 17, 2021 7:01:22 GMT -5
I looked into it more when I got home and the publisher, Folio Society, has a whole line of these amazingly bound books. My christmas list for next year is already written. Any idea who did the cover art? |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Jan 17, 2021 7:56:30 GMT -5
Any idea who did the cover art? The artist is David de las Heras. |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 17, 2021 8:02:42 GMT -5
Any idea who did the cover art? The artist is David de las Heras. Thank you! Just checked out his online gallery. Wow. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 17, 2021 9:38:25 GMT -5
The artist is David de las Heras. Thank you! Just checked out his online gallery. Wow. Yeah, his sort of 1920 poster art style just looks amazing. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 21, 2021 6:04:36 GMT -5
Recently got a hold of a copy of the Boom Planet of the Apes Omnibus and reading along with your reviews has been fun. So far, on the whole, I agree with your assessment that while Gregory may not give us the best characters around he does do a great job of weaving a thought provoking story that definitely feels worthy of Pierre Boulle's original.
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Post by shaxper on Mar 21, 2021 8:29:08 GMT -5
Recently got a hold of a copy of the Boom Planet of the Apes Omnibus and reading along with your reviews has been fun. So far, on the whole, I agree with your assessment that while Gregory may not give us the best characters around he does do a great job of weaving a thought provoking story that definitely feels worthy of Pierre Boulle's original. Yes, and thank you! A+ for message/allegory, but the entertainment factor isn't there as much. I'll be very curious to hear your opinions on how the series ends. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 21, 2021 19:27:12 GMT -5
Recently got a hold of a copy of the Boom Planet of the Apes Omnibus and reading along with your reviews has been fun. So far, on the whole, I agree with your assessment that while Gregory may not give us the best characters around he does do a great job of weaving a thought provoking story that definitely feels worthy of Pierre Boulle's original. Yes, and thank you! A+ for message/allegory, but the entertainment factor isn't there as much. I'll be very curious to hear your opinions on how the series ends. I just finished reading it and I have to say I'm a little disappointed with how the story came to an end. While Gregory sadly never showed a deft hand at characterization( I never really cared for any one of the characters...except strangely the Khan) his ideas on the world of the Planet of the Apes as an allegory was really well done even though he ultimately got cut short on completing the ideas he began to explore. Do you know why it ended? Poor sales? It's really too bad it didn't get a proper ending. |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 21, 2021 22:49:37 GMT -5
Do you know why it ended? Poor sales? It's really too bad it didn't get a proper ending. I don't know that for sure, but it certainly seems likely. So many of these comics resurrecting old properties get by on nostalgia for the first handful of issues and then peter out. Worse yet, they added a second title, existing in an entirely separate continuity, that was more explicitly aligned with the films everyone knew and loved, and it had far more compelling covers. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 22, 2021 8:03:31 GMT -5
Do you know why it ended? Poor sales? It's really too bad it didn't get a proper ending. I don't know that for sure, but it certainly seems likely. So many of these comics resurrecting old properties get by on nostalgia for the first handful of issues and then peter out. Worse yet, they added a second title, existing in an entirely separate continuity, that was more explicitly aligned with the films everyone knew and loved, and it had far more compelling covers. Yeah, the covers were a bit strange. So many of them felt like redos of previous covers and while some of that was thematic like the cover with Sully crushing a gorilla skull echoing the first issue's cover of a gorilla crushing a human skull many more were just generic or just simple species swaps for no reason. |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 22, 2021 8:17:57 GMT -5
I don't know that for sure, but it certainly seems likely. So many of these comics resurrecting old properties get by on nostalgia for the first handful of issues and then peter out. Worse yet, they added a second title, existing in an entirely separate continuity, that was more explicitly aligned with the films everyone knew and loved, and it had far more compelling covers. Yeah, the covers were a bit strange. So many of them felt like redos of previous covers and while some of that was thematic like the cover with Sully crushing a gorilla skull echoing the first issue's cover of a gorilla crushing a human skull many more were just generic or just simple species swaps for no reason. Meanwhile, the sister POTA title had exciting covers that told stories and often featured familiar characters:       |
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Post by brutalis on Mar 22, 2021 8:37:59 GMT -5
I really enjoyed both. It was interesting to see what was occurring outside of the infamous POA movie world. Really, any comic that doesn't connect to the movies is not going to last very long. At least we have a nice variety of stories beyond the iconic movie concept with lots of astounding art to enjoy.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 22, 2021 8:57:27 GMT -5
Yeah, the covers were a bit strange. So many of them felt like redos of previous covers and while some of that was thematic like the cover with Sully crushing a gorilla skull echoing the first issue's cover of a gorilla crushing a human skull many more were just generic or just simple species swaps for no reason. Meanwhile, the sister POTA title had exciting covers that told stories and often featured familiar characters: Without knowing the context and just looking at the covers I would totally think those were meant to represent the "main" story. They have a much more cinematic look to them and yeah, they have all the characters we tend to think of when we think Planet of the Apes. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 3, 2024 17:54:09 GMT -5
The latest Marvel mini series promises to tie into the original film series, with the solicit mentioning Cornelius and Zira going to Nova for help finding their nephew Lucius. It also says it's a prequel to the films which seems kind of weird with Nova explicitly being mentioned. I'm a sucker so I'll probably take a look.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 4, 2024 0:44:46 GMT -5
The latest Marvel mini series promises to tie into the original film series, with the solicit mentioning Cornelius and Zira going to Nova for help finding their nephew Lucius. It also says it's a prequel to the films which seems kind of weird with Nova explicitly being mentioned. I'm a sucker so I'll probably take a look. The completist in me feels like I should read/review it, but it's been soooo long since I've actually enjoyed a POTA comic. I think I'm gonna sit this one out. |
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