Confessor
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Post by Confessor on Dec 20, 2014 10:02:42 GMT -5
Yes to both. Cei-U! My copy's signed by Denny and Neal! Show off! So, I take it that with this particular trade paperback, Neal Adams hasn't gone back and made alterations to the art, like he did when his Batman stuff was republished a few years back? These are Silver Age comics, just as they looked when they hit the stands, right?
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 20, 2014 11:07:19 GMT -5
There's only two things Gaiman has done that I'm SURE I've read. The first issue of Sandman Overture and Cherry Deluxe. Didn't necessarily love or hate either, but such a small sample couldn't possibly be representative. Also a large chunk of what he's done isn't even in my area of interest. I have picked up a graphic novel based on a novel he did, didn't like it at all. Also attempted a TV miniseries with his name on it, didn't get through the first episode. Both the graphic novel and miniseries were Neverwhere. I'm willing to give Sandman a serious try eventually, but all of the acclaimed early Vertigo stuff I have tried so far has been a huge disappointment. Neverwhere is easily Gaiman's weakest work (IMO), and not at all representative of what he can do. Sandman and/or Books of Magic is where you want to start, if you don't like those, you'll never like him. I didn't care for the comic, but I enjoyed both the novelization of Neverwhere and the TV miniseries; for the latter I think you need to have an appreciation of British TV
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 9:27:52 GMT -5
Yes to both. Cei-U! My copy's signed by Denny and Neal! Show off! So, I take it that with this particular trade paperback, Neal Adams hasn't gone back and made alterations to the art, like he did when his Batman stuff was republished a few years back? These are Silver Age comics, just as they looked when they hit the stands, right? He really did this??? He really went back and changed his art before it was republished?? Do you have comparison pictures? I know you did not ask me, but I have no idea if he did this for the GL/GA collection because I did not even know he did this kind of thing at all. All I know is, whether he did or not, the art is fantastic in collected book.
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Confessor
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Post by Confessor on Dec 21, 2014 12:23:51 GMT -5
Show off! So, I take it that with this particular trade paperback, Neal Adams hasn't gone back and made alterations to the art, like he did when his Batman stuff was republished a few years back? These are Silver Age comics, just as they looked when they hit the stands, right? He really did this??? He really went back and changed his art before it was republished?? Do you have comparison pictures? I know you did not ask me, but I have no idea if he did this for the GL/GA collection because I did not even know he did this kind of thing at all. All I know is, whether he did or not, the art is fantastic in collected book. Yes, I believe he did change artwork in a recent reprint of his famous Batman run from the early '70s. I think it was in the Batman Illustrated reprint books. I'm sure some of the more learned Batman fans in the forum would be able to tell you more.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 19:38:08 GMT -5
Reading The Best Comics Of The Decade 1980-1990 vol. 2
Like it enough to decide to hunt down a copy of vol. 1
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Post by earl on Dec 21, 2014 22:41:59 GMT -5
I have read a few more chapters of The Incal, finished the Judge Child Quest and moved on in Judge Dredd Case Files 4, re-read Dreadstar #1-3 and the first couple of Joe Kubert Hawkman stories in a Showcase collection in the past week.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 21, 2014 22:51:24 GMT -5
I just got Showcase Presents: Superman, Volume Two, from the library. I skipped ahead and read "Bizarro Meets Frankenstein" because it's called "Bizarro Meets Frankenstein"!
Wayne Boring art! I was not disappointed.
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Post by thebeastofyuccaflats on Dec 22, 2014 12:13:32 GMT -5
Priest's first arc on Black Panther.
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Post by badwolf on Dec 22, 2014 13:23:01 GMT -5
I just got this omnibus for Chanukah and I'm about 300 pages in. I had some random issues of these ( Amazing and Spectacular) when I was younger, but so far most of the content is new to me. The biggest chunk of repeats will come when I get to the Hobgoblin storyline, which I actively followed when it first came out. Anyway, I am quite enjoying it.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 23, 2014 3:15:30 GMT -5
I have read a few more chapters of The Incal, finished the Judge Child Quest and moved on in Judge Dredd Case Files 4, re-read Dreadstar #1-3 and the first couple of Joe Kubert Hawkman stories in a Showcase collection in the past week. So what did you think of the Judge Child saga ? Its one of my favourite of the older stries, I thought the writers were hitting the right combination of action and humour.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2014 7:20:26 GMT -5
He really did this??? He really went back and changed his art before it was republished?? Do you have comparison pictures? I know you did not ask me, but I have no idea if he did this for the GL/GA collection because I did not even know he did this kind of thing at all. All I know is, whether he did or not, the art is fantastic in collected book. Yes, I believe he did change artwork in a recent reprint of his famous Batman run from the early '70s. I think it was in the Batman Illustrated reprint books. I'm sure some of the more learned Batman fans in the forum would be able to tell you more. I'm still going to get it!! Touch ups or not, I love his art too much. And anything he's done with O'Neil, I think I pretty much have to have.
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Post by earl on Dec 23, 2014 19:58:19 GMT -5
I don't think I had read the entire Judge Child story before, but reading them in order via the Case Files and knowing what comes next with Block Mania and the Apocalypse War, it fits in well. The conclusion to the story is so Dredd, it's perfect. Judge Dredd is easily one of the best comics of the early 80s.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 23, 2014 22:00:07 GMT -5
Block Mania and the Apocalypse War were both excellent (I read those recent in the IDW reprints).
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 23, 2014 23:31:34 GMT -5
I don't think I had read the entire Judge Child story before, but reading them in order via the Case Files and knowing what comes next with Block Mania and the Apocalypse War, it fits in well. The conclusion to the story is so Dredd, it's perfect. Judge Dredd is easily one of the best comics of the early 80s. Block Mania and the Apocalypse War were both excellent (I read those recent in the IDW reprints). Just imagine what it was like having to wait week by week, for what 20-26 weeks, I think I was 16 or so, and it was torturous.
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Post by spoon on Dec 27, 2014 15:50:55 GMT -5
Hey, it's spoon (formerly known as spoon_jenkins over at CBR). I was dormant when the last reboot happened, so I just found out that the Classics regulars migrated here. Nice to see lots familiar names.
Anyway, back then, I had just bought Essential Daredevil vol. 6 (#126-146) and a bunch of other back issues to do a massive reading of Daredevil starting at #126. Many months later, I'm up to #282. That's deep into the Ann Nocenti run; #282 was John Romita, Jr.'s last issue. The Nocenti run is a bit of a roller coaster. Some of it is awful and some of it is really good. She starts out incredibly heavy-handed in her politics and affected in her scripting. I'm surprised she wasn't fired a few issues in. Things really pick up after JRjr arrives. He's art is a perfect fit, and Nocenti because more skilled in her scripting and a bit more nuanced in integrating socio-political messages. I think things actually get better after the Typhoid Mary arc ends. Even though I think much of Nocenti's political messaging is facile, one of the best parts is a few issues with Number Nine that touch on both animal rights and feminism. Unfortunately, the last few issues that brought back Blackheart and Mephisto have been a regression.
I wanted to keep going to #300, but then I discovered that I was actually missing #289. I'll have to slow down until I buy that.
I also read a Firestorm TPB that reprints his short-lived (5 issue) first series and some of his back-ups in Flash.
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