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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 23:57:16 GMT -5
Can somebody recommend graphic novels which feature dragons? Such as Bone. Leave it to Chance-Chance Falconer has a pet dragon named St. George. Plus Paul Smith art, and good James Robinson. The Hobbit adaptation by Chuck Dixon, painted by David Wenzel (originally published by Eclipse) The Smaug we all know and love. -M |
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Post by Action Ace on Nov 27, 2015 0:13:30 GMT -5
Can somebody recommend graphic novels which feature dragons? Such as Bone. Leave it to Chance was already mentioned, so I recommend Firebreather. It's the story about the teenage son of a human mom and a dragon dad. The creative team is Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn and the series was published by Image. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 27, 2015 0:18:31 GMT -5
Kurt Busiek's Arrowsmith, I believe.
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Post by Action Ace on Nov 27, 2015 0:22:56 GMT -5
Kurt Busiek's Arrowsmith, I believe. excellent choice |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 0:44:09 GMT -5
Ok so I came across these bits of Steranko art used in a 1980's superhero rpg....    Anyone know if Steranko did more art for the rpg industry? I know a lot of rpg companies license the use of already existing art for some products rather than commission new art-anyone know if Steranko created this specifically for the rpg or was it something he did elsewhere they just paid to use for their game? -M |
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Post by berkley on Nov 27, 2015 3:18:31 GMT -5
Can somebody recommend graphic novels which feature dragons? Such as Bone. The Smax miniseries comes to mind, assuming it's been collected into a single volume. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 27, 2015 6:23:59 GMT -5
The Incal? Do people recommend starting with The Incal or with Before the Incal? To make a parallel: Start with Star wars, not with The phantom menace!  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 27, 2015 9:07:03 GMT -5
Kurt Busiek's Arrowsmith, I believe. It's a real shame he never continued/went back to Arrowsmith... it had amazing potential. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 27, 2015 11:24:19 GMT -5
The Incal? Do people recommend starting with The Incal or with Before the Incal? I tend to read books in the order they were published. Be it comics or prose. Part of it is to see the evolution of the creators. |
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Post by coke & comics on Nov 27, 2015 13:57:35 GMT -5
Prelude to Foundation it is.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 27, 2015 14:09:20 GMT -5
Prelude to Foundation it is. I would definitely read the original trilogy first. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Nov 27, 2015 14:28:02 GMT -5
Prelude to Foundation it is. Go with Slam's advice |
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 27, 2015 14:32:40 GMT -5
A year or so ago I cracked opened a couple original EC books that slumbered uneasily in their sarcophagal slabs. Well that had me googling a definition...  Rocket first appeared in Marvel Preview #7... |
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 27, 2015 14:36:16 GMT -5
Exquisite retort, but "unslabbed" suggests never slabbed, what we might call "virgin" books. A better designation for graded books that have had their casings opened might be, in the superhero vernacular, "rescued" or "saved."  But if a book's original integrity is preserved, does it need to be 'saved' that way? There are some collectors who don't slab their books but at the same time, keep them secreted away in mylars away from prying eyes and fingers, cuz they want that pristine look to remain that way, or want that cover that's barely hanging on by a thread to remain intact. I think 30, 40, 50 years from now, collectors who want a high (or better) grade copy might appreciate that some previous owners took steps to keep their books like that. If slabs existed in the bronze age there'd be more higher grade classics around then there are now. But people wouldn't actually be reading them... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 16:44:49 GMT -5
But people wouldn't actually be reading them... Correct me if I'm wrong, but if (indifferent) people like you got your hands on a slabbed book, wouldn't you open it to do precisely that? In many cases, slabbed books represent maybe just 1%-2% of an entire print run (not including variants), with many other unslabbed copies around....but the graded books get the scorn. |
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