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Post by MRPs_Missives on Feb 27, 2024 10:21:54 GMT -5
Love that Krypto sketch! who's the artist? Cei-U! Inquiring minds want to know! Nate Lovett, a local artist who has done work for the Paw Patrol (and a few other Nickelodeon and comics properties) show and illustrations for some of the books and merch for the show. He's good friends with Jesse, the organizer of Gem City Comic Con and Champion City Comic Con. who is a con friend of mine, so I see Nate around a lot. I have Conan head sketch from him as well, and my wife has several of his prints featuring dragons and Star Wars characters (and one Harry Potter one as well I think). -M
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Post by rberman on Feb 28, 2024 18:53:07 GMT -5
I collect original pieces, but for me a blank cover is not where I want it, attached to 22 pages of interiors that makes the art 22x more bulky. Also, cover paper is not generally an artist's first choice to produce a quality piece of original art. However, I have bought a few pieces of original art even though they were rendered on blank covers. Here's one by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau.
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Post by Rags on Mar 1, 2024 1:12:52 GMT -5
The good news....the Omnibus comes with all 42 issues in the series, some 900 pages. The awful news, a softcover? *shakes head*
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Mar 1, 2024 1:32:24 GMT -5
I have had the first trade (not omnibus) of Rachel Rising for a few years. I got the 1st issue via one of the Halloween Horrorfest giveaway comics and liked it and picked up the first trade. It's very good, but I never got around to picking up the rest for various reasons. I jut picked up a lot of single issues #2-36 for like $20 at the end of last year, so I doubt I will get the trades now as I only need the last 6 issues to complete it unless they turn out to be hard to find. All of Terry's titles though take place in the same "world" so to speak or at least there are commonalities among the settings for all his books. I've only done dives into SiP, Motor Girl and Parker Girls but I want to check out the rest (I have but haven't read Five Years and the SiP XXV series as well. I have a few of the Echo trades too but large holes in that run.
I think he's done HC for some of them but they are usually Kickstarter Exclusives, so unless you back it or find a backer who changes their mind about owning the HC, they're hard to find. Most of what is available at retail is softcover, though there have been things like slipcover editions for SiP in the past, but those are out of print. But Terry has said something to the effect that softcover is the only format that moves enough copies to make the printing economics work for retail distribution. HC can work for print to order vis Kickstarter but they lose money for him at retail, so yeah, softcover on the omnibus.
-M
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 1, 2024 5:43:19 GMT -5
I collect original pieces, but for me a blank cover is not where I want it, attached to 22 pages of interiors that makes the art 22x more bulky. Also, cover paper is not generally an artist's first choice to produce a quality piece of original art. However, I have bought a few pieces of original art even though they were rendered on blank covers. Here's one by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau. It's cool to put a face with the name. You should join us in our zoom meetings. We have them on Sunday afternoons.
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Post by Trevor on Mar 1, 2024 8:12:53 GMT -5
I’ve read a bit of Strangers in Paradise, loved it, and plan to finish it someday; but the only thing of his that I’ve read to completion is Rachel Rising. It was wonderful.
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Post by rberman on Mar 1, 2024 9:08:07 GMT -5
I collect original pieces, but for me a blank cover is not where I want it, attached to 22 pages of interiors that makes the art 22x more bulky. Also, cover paper is not generally an artist's first choice to produce a quality piece of original art. However, I have bought a few pieces of original art even though they were rendered on blank covers. Here's one by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau. It's cool to put a face with the name. You should join us in our zoom meetings. We have them on Sunday afternoons. Shoot me the details, and I'll see what I can do.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 1, 2024 9:09:45 GMT -5
I'm sure this is blasphemy, but I actually kind of liked the Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman costume from the 1974 TV movie, especially as I've never been too crazy about her traditional costume (not that Lynda Carter didn't look great in it) though I do like the iteration of the costume with the skirt instead of the shorts. Anyway, my biggest complaint about this costume is that the boots should be red instead of blue. Why would you give blue boots when you've got the blue tights? Strange choice there. I'd also perhaps do something a bit different with that red jersey coat.
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Post by tonebone on Mar 1, 2024 9:51:02 GMT -5
I'm sure this is blasphemy, but I actually kind of liked the Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman costume from the 1974 TV movie, especially as I've never been too crazy about her traditional costume (not that Lynda Carter didn't look great in it) though I do like the iteration of the costume with the skirt instead of the shorts. Anyway, my biggest complaint about this costume is that the boots should be red instead of blue. Why would you give blue boots when you've got the blue tights? Strange choice there. I'd also perhaps do something a bit different with that red jersey coat. I must've watched this dumb movie a thousand times as a kid. It was ALWAYS playing on some local station's "Sunday Afternoon Movie". Usually with Doc Savage as a double feature. I always hated her costume (mainly because it made NO effort to be comic accurate) but liked that Ricardo Montalban was in it. I also have distinct memories of Henrey Gibson (the head Nazi in Blues Brothers) in it, but it doesn't seem to be the case.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 1, 2024 11:09:14 GMT -5
I'm sure this is blasphemy, but I actually kind of liked the Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman costume from the 1974 TV movie, especially as I've never been too crazy about her traditional costume (not that Lynda Carter didn't look great in it) though I do like the iteration of the costume with the skirt instead of the shorts. Anyway, my biggest complaint about this costume is that the boots should be red instead of blue. Why would you give blue boots when you've got the blue tights? Strange choice there. I'd also perhaps do something a bit different with that red jersey coat. This is what happens when the Hollywood types get their hands on properties that they don’t respect.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 1, 2024 11:11:02 GMT -5
It's cool to put a face with the name. You should join us in our zoom meetings. We have them on Sunday afternoons. Shoot me the details, and I'll see what I can do. This Sunday we are having a meeting. I post a link on the zoom thread located at the community thread section at about 1:25 EST.
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 1, 2024 11:41:56 GMT -5
I'm sure this is blasphemy, but I actually kind of liked the Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman costume from the 1974 TV movie, especially as I've never been too crazy about her traditional costume (not that Lynda Carter didn't look great in it) though I do like the iteration of the costume with the skirt instead of the shorts. Anyway, my biggest complaint about this costume is that the boots should be red instead of blue. Why would you give blue boots when you've got the blue tights? Strange choice there. I'd also perhaps do something a bit different with that red jersey coat. I watched this when it premiered, and my being a longtime Wonder Woman fan prevented me from enjoying this take, which I instantly associated it with the 1968 - 1973 "Diana Prince" run in the comic--which was obviously influenced by the Emma Peel character from The Avengers TV series. Why Crosby--of all twenty-something actresses working at the time--was viewed as right for the role remains a head scratcher, since the comic character was still being illustrated as striking in appearance, even during her "Diana Prince" run.
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Post by Rags on Mar 1, 2024 13:32:00 GMT -5
I have had the first trade (not omnibus) of Rachel Rising for a few years. I got the 1st issue via one of the Halloween Horrorfest giveaway comics and liked it and picked up the first trade. It's very good, but I never got around to picking up the rest for various reasons. I jut picked up a lot of single issues #2-36 for like $20 at the end of last year, so I doubt I will get the trades now as I only need the last 6 issues to complete it unless they turn out to be hard to find. All of Terry's titles though take place in the same "world" so to speak or at least there are commonalities among the settings for all his books. I've only done dives into SiP, Motor Girl and Parker Girls but I want to check out the rest (I have but haven't read Five Years and the SiP XXV series as well. I have a few of the Echo trades too but large holes in that run. I think he's done HC for some of them but they are usually Kickstarter Exclusives, so unless you back it or find a backer who changes their mind about owning the HC, they're hard to find. Most of what is available at retail is softcover, though there have been things like slipcover editions for SiP in the past, but those are out of print. But Terry has said something to the effect that softcover is the only format that moves enough copies to make the printing economics work for retail distribution. HC can work for print to order vis Kickstarter but they lose money for him at retail, so yeah, softcover on the omnibus. -M
I saw the HC, it has a green cover compared to the red one above. My dealer's checking around with his sources to see what he can stir up....
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Mar 1, 2024 14:48:12 GMT -5
If you're interested in the process of drawing comics, you should check out Terry Moore's youtube channel. He does a lot of studio videos and such, often answering questions from fans as you watch him draw but he also does a lot of stuff about how he goes about creating comics and such. His "how to draw" books (there's a few different ones) are excellent for behind the curtain peaks at process as well.
He currently has a kickstarter for a collection of the pre-SiP strips where proto-versions of a lot of the characters were developed over the span of several years until they became the characters we know in SiP (much like Jeff Smith's recent collection of the Thorn strips he had done while at OSU). I haven't decided if I am backing it yet or not, but it just launched this week.
-M
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 1, 2024 15:55:38 GMT -5
I'm sure this is blasphemy, but I actually kind of liked the Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman costume from the 1974 TV movie, especially as I've never been too crazy about her traditional costume (not that Lynda Carter didn't look great in it) though I do like the iteration of the costume with the skirt instead of the shorts. Anyway, my biggest complaint about this costume is that the boots should be red instead of blue. Why would you give blue boots when you've got the blue tights? Strange choice there. I'd also perhaps do something a bit different with that red jersey coat. I watched this when it premiered, and my being a longtime Wonder Woman fan prevented me from enjoying this take, which I instantly associated it with the 1968 - 1973 "Diana Prince" run in the comic--which was obviously influenced by the Emma Peel character from The Avengers TV series. Why Crosby--of all twenty-something actresses working at the time--was viewed as right for the role remains a head scratcher, since the comic character was still being illustrated as striking in appearance, even during her "Diana Prince" run. Hey, I loved the "Emma Peel" Wonder Woman!
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