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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 27, 2016 0:42:43 GMT -5
I've been re-reading Astro City. But I've been fairly badly stuck on The Dark Ages. It honestly is a pretty serious drag in an otherwise incredible series.
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Post by Spike-X on Aug 27, 2016 3:32:28 GMT -5
I've been re-reading Astro City. But I've been fairly badly stuck on The Dark Ages. It honestly is a pretty serious drag in an otherwise incredible series. I didn't like it. It was gloomy and depressing and went on far too long. I did like the meta-commentary involved, where the 70s in Astro City basically mirrored what was going on in comics in the 70s.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 5:36:45 GMT -5
Just read the Flash Gordon Dailies from Nov 1951 through early Feb 1952 by Dan Barry (Harvey Kurtzman would soon join him as scripter, and Frazetta and Jack Davis would do art assists soon as well) featuring the Space Prison Break storyline. Very different kind of Flash Gordon than the classic Alex Raymond adventures on Mongo, but still a fun read. I read these when I first got the Kitchen Sink collection of the Barry/Kurtzman strips in the late 80s while I Was at university, but this is the first time rereading them since.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 27, 2016 5:40:05 GMT -5
I've been re-reading Astro City. But I've been fairly badly stuck on The Dark Ages. It honestly is a pretty serious drag in an otherwise incredible series. I didn't like it. It was gloomy and depressing and went on far too long. I did like the meta-commentary involved, where the 70s in Astro City basically mirrored what was going on in comics in the 70s. Last year I finally completed the Dark Age 16 issue series and read them all. It got better at the end. Yeah, it was a downer but it was supposed to be.
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Post by berkley on Aug 27, 2016 8:16:26 GMT -5
I just Druillet's Gail, the 3rd or 4th of his Lone Sloane series, depending on whether or not you count the very early one he did in the 60s, Le Mystère des Abîmes, which I've never seen. Great stuff, as usual, though I thought the parts about the battle between the forces of the Emperor Shaan and the rebel leader Merennen were less interesting in both story and artwork than the mysterious "other sphere" beyond the human realm, where Sloane travels to confront the dark entities that dwell therein.
I'm hooked on Druillet lately, as far as classic comics are concerned. Next up will probably be Yragael, not part of the Lone Sloane series.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 27, 2016 10:27:22 GMT -5
Just read the Flash Gordon Dailies from Nov 1951 through early Feb 1952 by Dan Barry (Harvey Kurtzman would soon join him as scripter, and Frazetta and Jack Davis would do art assists soon as well) featuring the Space Prison Break storyline. Very different kind of Flash Gordon than the classic Alex Raymond adventures on Mongo, but still a fun read. I read these when I first got the Kitchen Sink collection of the Barry/Kurtzman strips in the late 80s while I Was at university, but this is the first time rereading them since. -M I bought that book some time back, but haven't done much more than glance through it. While I love adventure strips, I find they take time and dedication for me to read, so they tend to go on the back burner.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 27, 2016 10:34:56 GMT -5
I didn't like it. It was gloomy and depressing and went on far too long. I did like the meta-commentary involved, where the 70s in Astro City basically mirrored what was going on in comics in the 70s. Last year I finally completed the Dark Age 16 issue series and read them all. It got better at the end. Yeah, it was a downer but it was supposed to be. It's absolutely supposed to be a downer. And I do think that Busiek does fairly well at showing the comics zeitgeist of the various eras. But the main characters and their quest didn't interest me one bit, which made it a slog. I think there was probably a pretty interesting 6-8 issues story in there. But four four-issue minis was far too long.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 27, 2016 17:05:29 GMT -5
Last year I finally completed the Dark Age 16 issue series and read them all. It got better at the end. Yeah, it was a downer but it was supposed to be. It's absolutely supposed to be a downer. And I do think that Busiek does fairly well at showing the comics zeitgeist of the various eras. But the main characters and their quest didn't interest me one bit, which made it a slog. I think there was probably a pretty interesting 6-8 issues story in there. But four four-issue minis was far too long. I agree with most of what you wrote. The two characters were a sleeping pill, but I did like the "Punisher " like character who keep tracking the criminal sibling no matter where he went. I think he place some type of tattoo on him that he could track like a gps.
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Post by Confessor on Aug 28, 2016 4:46:19 GMT -5
I've been re-reading Astro City. But I've been fairly badly stuck on The Dark Ages. It honestly is a pretty serious drag in an otherwise incredible series. Yeah, I agree mostly. This was the low point for Astro City -- although that low is still better than most of what was on the stands back then. The Dark Age went on far too long as well...that didn't help it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 28, 2016 6:20:48 GMT -5
To add insult to injury, I was missing 2 issues of the 16 issue run and I was gouged by a online store in order to get it. I believe I paid 5 bucks for one of those books.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Aug 28, 2016 7:31:25 GMT -5
I actually never finished Dark Age... I agree the characters were just not compelling.
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Post by urrutiap on Aug 28, 2016 16:48:54 GMT -5
Me personally I think Marvel was taking it way to seriously with the original Avengers, Spider-Man and Captain America back then in the 1960s. The stories and battles felt forced crammed down your throats.
The original X Men and Im glad for both the Epic Collection Volume 1 and the Marvel essentials.
The original X Men was fun to get into. Yes still weird to see snowman Iceman and Angel just flying around being useless whether carrying around a mace or a bazooka or whatever.
Count Nefario and Vanisher were the better bad guys while Magneto returning he was getting a bit boring
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2016 2:08:31 GMT -5
Just read Catwoman: Selina's Big Score OGN by Darwyn Cooke. Man, Cooke could do some great crime comics. This felt more like one of his Parker adaptations than a DC book, which was just fine with me. Great read, and glorious art by Cooke.
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Post by Spike-X on Aug 29, 2016 2:20:35 GMT -5
I need to get that.
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 29, 2016 3:05:46 GMT -5
Just read JLA #96-98, the Starbreaker storyline. I'd forgotten Sargon was in it...
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