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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 6, 2023 19:40:20 GMT -5
Is this Sgt. Preston? And King is his dog? No, Dave King is a Canadian Mountie. I looked it up. King of the Canadian Mounted appeared in the comics a few years before The Challenge of the Yukon popped up on the radio. They are both pre-dated by Renfrew of the Royal Mounted, which was a series of novels starting in 1922 that eventually made its way to radio and film. I saw a movie recently where ZaSu Pitts was addicted to Renfrew’s radio show and I assumed it was a reference to The Challenge of the Yukon, but they didn’t want to use the name for some reason. |
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Post by shaxper on Feb 6, 2023 21:59:25 GMT -5
No, Dave King is a Canadian Mountie. I looked it up. King of the Canadian Mounted appeared in the comics a few years before The Challenge of the Yukon popped up on the radio. They are both pre-dated by Renfrew of the Royal Mounted, which was a series of novels starting in 1922 that eventually made its way to radio and film. Well King was inspired by the works of Zane Grey, which would predate 1922 by quite a bit. In fact, I believe Grey's son wrote or co-wrote some of these strips. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 6, 2023 22:27:59 GMT -5
I looked it up. King of the Canadian Mounted appeared in the comics a few years before The Challenge of the Yukon popped up on the radio. They are both pre-dated by Renfrew of the Royal Mounted, which was a series of novels starting in 1922 that eventually made its way to radio and film. Well King was inspired by the works of Zane Grey, which would predate 1922 by quite a bit. In fact, I believe Grey's son wrote or co-wrote some of these strips. My understanding is that Zane Grey had almost nothing to do with King of the Canadian Mounted. They used his name in the title to attract readers. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 7, 2023 5:09:45 GMT -5
Well King was inspired by the works of Zane Grey, which would predate 1922 by quite a bit. In fact, I believe Grey's son wrote or co-wrote some of these strips. My understanding is that Zane Grey had almost nothing to do with King of the Canadian Mounted. They used his name in the title to attract readers. You're both correct. King was not based on any Zane Grey work but was created in 1935 specifically for King Features Syndicate by Red Ryder co-creator Stephen Slesinger. Grey's son Romer did collaborate with Slesinger on plotting and occasionally scripted in its early years. From 1939 until its demise in 1954, it was scripted by Dell workhorse Gaylord DuBois (as were those comic books featuring original material rather than strip reprints).
Cei-U! On, you huskies!
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 7, 2023 7:17:06 GMT -5
I recently picked this new comic up. it's a mini by Paul Levitz and Alan Davis and was so good. It's a period piece with the original Avengers in all their glory.   |
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 7, 2023 7:54:46 GMT -5
I recently picked this new comic up. it's a mini by Paul Levitz and Alan Davis and was so good. It's a period piece with the original Avengers in all their glory. Darn you, 'bone! Now I have to track this down and buy it.
Cei-U! I summon the new necessity!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 7, 2023 8:34:55 GMT -5
Read Thorgal Vol. 3 last night... this one gets a little mystical, as Thorgal (after a year of being in a stupor) challenges the fates and then a mortal tyrant king to save his family. I really love the art here.. so good. The plot is a pretty standard one for Sword and Sorcery fans, but that's OK, it's a good plot.
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 7, 2023 19:19:07 GMT -5
Read Thorgal Vol. 3 last night... this one gets a little mystical, as Thorgal (after a year of being in a stupor) challenges the fates and then a mortal tyrant king to save his family. I really love the art here.. so good. The plot is a pretty standard one for Sword and Sorcery fans, but that's OK, it's a good plot. Thorgal and Requiem Vampire Knight are two of my favorite European comics. I'm still mad that Requiem is now Kindle only, with no physical release to speak of except in french |
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Post by Calidore on Feb 7, 2023 22:58:04 GMT -5
I've seen Thorgal but haven't read any of it. Are the stories self-contained or in multi-volume arcs, and what's a good tryout point to see if I like it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2023 1:20:22 GMT -5
I've seen Thorgal but haven't read any of it. Are the stories self-contained or in multi-volume arcs, and what's a good tryout point to see if I like it? It's one continuous saga, each volume contains 2 of the French volumes translated into English, each of the original volumes runs about 48 pages, so the English volumes are about 96 pages. Arcs vary in length. Some are complete within 1 of the French volumes, so you get 2 in an English volume, some run 2-3 of the French volumes and can end on cliffhangers. There is a 0 volume which was produced later during the run that explains Thorgal's origins in more detail, and that's where I started, but you could start at Vol. 1 just as easily. In one sense though, I lken it a bit to Prince Valiant, in that once you know the premise, you can jump in anywhere, but to get the premise, VOl. 0 and 1 are best. -M |
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Post by berkley on Feb 8, 2023 1:53:03 GMT -5
I've seen Thorgal but haven't read any of it. Are the stories self-contained or in multi-volume arcs, and what's a good tryout point to see if I like it?
Same here. It's a genre - or perhaps mix of genres (historical fiction and sword & sorcery)? - I've always liked so I should probably give it a try. To be honest, the artwork has ever really grabbed me whenever I've come across samples online. Not that I dislike what I've seen, but it didn't jump out at me and make me feel that it was something I had to find right away. I'll look for the first volume or two some time and see if the artwork grows on me, or if I like everything else enough that a neutral feeling towards the art will be OK.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2023 2:06:17 GMT -5
I've seen Thorgal but haven't read any of it. Are the stories self-contained or in multi-volume arcs, and what's a good tryout point to see if I like it? Same here. It's a genre - or perhaps mix of genres (historical fiction and sword & sorcery)? - I've always liked so I should probably give it a try. To be honest, the artwork has ever really grabbed me whenever I've come across samples online. Not that I dislike what I've seen, but it didn't jump out at me and make me feel that it was something I had to find right away. I'll look for the first volume or two some time and see if the artwork grows on me, or if I like everything else enough that a neutral feeling towards the art will be OK.
There's a science fiction element to it as well, but it's only in the forefront (of what I have read so far) in the origin story and 1 other arc. -M |
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Post by berkley on Feb 8, 2023 2:24:40 GMT -5
Same here. It's a genre - or perhaps mix of genres (historical fiction and sword & sorcery)? - I've always liked so I should probably give it a try. To be honest, the artwork has ever really grabbed me whenever I've come across samples online. Not that I dislike what I've seen, but it didn't jump out at me and make me feel that it was something I had to find right away. I'll look for the first volume or two some time and see if the artwork grows on me, or if I like everything else enough that a neutral feeling towards the art will be OK.
There's a science fiction element to it as well, but it's only in the forefront (of what I have read so far) in the origin story and 1 other arc. -M
Not sure how I feel about that being part of this particular mixture - historical fiction and sword and sorcery seem to go together more than historical fiction and SF - but I'll try to keep an open mind.
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Post by berkley on Feb 8, 2023 2:28:15 GMT -5
On the Avengers thing, I imagine Levitz could write the Avengers well, given what I remember of his Legion in the Great Darkness multi-part story, in which he seemed to have superhero team writing down pat. But I've never liked Alan Davis's style, so that'll probably keep me away from this one.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 8, 2023 9:35:05 GMT -5
I've seen Thorgal but haven't read any of it. Are the stories self-contained or in multi-volume arcs, and what's a good tryout point to see if I like it? I'm only only vol. 3 (so 6 of the originals).. it's definitely a 'What if Conan was a Viking' vibe. The gods of the fictional dark ages world are definitely Norse(ish). The characters origin does have some Sci-fi in it, but, as MRP said, that's the only sci fi bit so far. (I think he's a volume or two ahead of me). I actually really like the art, which is what attracted me to try it when I was flipping through Hoopla. |
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