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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 11, 2015 0:19:28 GMT -5
It always makes me smile when I read of Alan Moore climbing on his high horse and accusing others of plagiarism and other such heinous crimes, yet in his days at 2000AD he was loved and respected for the Ballad of Halo Jones. Now even I, who was none too bright back then, came to realise it was just a thinly veiled Forever War by Joe Haldeman. Maybe it was a "homage", which of course makes it all okay to do, doesnt it ? It wasn't Moore who accused Morrison of plagiarism. It was Moorcock. However, Moore has recounted the story when Moorcock called him after reading some of The Invisibles and said, "I can't tell who he's ripping off more-- you or me?"
Until last year, the Moore/Morrison feud was pretty one-sided with Morrison providing the bulk of the jibber-jabber. Morrison's become far more considered with his interviews since he's gotten married-- his wife is his agent, and she's one of the most media saavy people in comics-- but in the late '80s throughout the '90s, he was putting everyone down as provacatively as he could. Still, he's got a lot of ill will from a lot of people in the British comics scene that doesn't seem completely fueled by jealousy. (Because there's a lot of that, too.) I know Brendan McCarthy's turned on Grant for trying to revise history about the designs for Zenith and Doom Patrol.
I still really like his work, though.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Apr 12, 2015 19:50:21 GMT -5
Read Kevin Smith's DD #1-7. Liked it, but it was all a borrowed idea. Still solid art and good story.
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 14, 2015 19:42:51 GMT -5
Mys-Tech Wars ... yeah, that was it.
I read Secret Origins issue w/Suicide Squad & the #1 of that title by Ostrander & McDonnell. Not a fantastic penciller, unfortunately, but the definitive one for this title. I'm planning on going through about #40. I'm not, er, blown away yet, but my memory is that its power is cumulative.
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 15, 2015 12:29:48 GMT -5
I've read #6-10 of Jack Kirby's The Eternals. Good stuff, lots of fun, as Jack explains many of man's ancient myths as being products of the Eternals, Deviants, and Celestials. I think he's fleshed out the personalities of some of the Eternals pretty well. Sersi is a fun loving wiseacre, Thena is a bit haughty but also compassionate, Ajak is the scholar, Kro is harsh, and somewhat a product of his Deviant upbringing, but also has some noble qualities, and I especially like the civilized monster, Karkas. I also love the look of the Celestials, and their awesome size.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 16, 2015 9:39:26 GMT -5
Continuing to read Marvel Two-In-One, as I'm now up through issue #85.
One thing that I've enjoyed about the book is the continuing story of Ben's friendship with some of the Project Pegasus folks like Quasar and Bill Foster (Black Goliath/Giant Man) and the ongoing subplot of Bill Foster's radiation poisoning (which happened in his short-lived solo series), the resolution of which involved Jessica Drew and her immunity to poisons and radiation (which was a big part of her origin and solo series). It's been interesting to see how the writers used ideas and characters from other books and wove them together in this book in ways that Marvel Team-Up never did, as that was strictly a by-the-numbers team-up series that was pretty self-insulated.
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 16, 2015 15:15:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I really became a fan of Bill Foster in those issues. I do love the old Marvel continuity, also.
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 16, 2015 17:33:14 GMT -5
I do love the old Marvel continuity, also. That's exactly what I'm enjoying about Marvel's Agents of SHIELD TV show, actually. #ItsAllConnected in a very, very old-school-Marvel-continuity way. This week, I read the Batman v. Two-Face trade paperback, which inexplicably omitted Batman Annual #14 (written by Andy Helfer). Now I'll have to buy that one individually. Rats.
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Post by earl on Apr 16, 2015 17:47:02 GMT -5
I've been reading Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-man issues from 1980 in the #40s right where Roger Stern becomes the writer. Considering how Roderick Kingsley is introduced, it's kind of wild to believe he eventually is the Hobgoblin. Spidey even mentions how slight of build he was in the first issue. Don't know if they retconned that out that it was Kingsley's brother saying he was Roderick at that point but found it interesting.
I have to say that Marie Severin and Bruce Patterson were a good art team. The facial expressions are fantastic. Patterson's inks really brought out the Ditko in Marie's style, it's cool seeing that artwork with Spider-man in a 1980 comic.
I also just re-read Star Wars (77) #24 which is Jo Duffy's first issue writing the title which has a now unique throw back issue with Obi Wan Kenobi. Not bad, but such a different take from how things eventually were played out in the franchise.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 16, 2015 18:23:31 GMT -5
I've been reading Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-man issues from 1980 in the #40s right where Roger Stern becomes the writer. I think we get the first of quite a few really strong Miller/Milgrom covers in that batch. Having become fanatical about Miller with DD #163, I picked up most of these and the next year or so's worth often on the strength of the covers alone. This was a great time for PPTSS.
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Post by earl on Apr 16, 2015 18:38:17 GMT -5
Peter Parker was often a really good read in the 80s. I know at times it was my favorite of the Spider-man titles.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 16, 2015 18:56:34 GMT -5
Peter Parker was often a really good read in the 80s. I know at times it was my favorite of the Spider-man titles. Yep. Peter's supporting cast at ESU: Marcie, Phil, Steve, Debra Whitman, Biff Rifkin, et al provided what I thought was a perfect counter-point to the super-heroics. I was a freshman in High School at the time and I couldn't wait for it to be over so I could join a similar collegiate environment.
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 17, 2015 18:26:57 GMT -5
Peter Parker was often a really good read in the 80s. I know at times it was my favorite of the Spider-man titles. Oh, definitely. I went through my Spidey back issues the other day, and I was quite startled that PPTSSM is usually hands-down my preference over ASM--the Bill Mantlo era, the Peter David run, the J.M. DeMatteis/Buscema team supreme ... whereas ASM really didn't have much to get me excited after, say, #105 or so (except the J.M. DeMatteis/Bagley run, which was pretty good, I think).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 2:38:52 GMT -5
Reading a smorgasbord of stuff lately....
-Claw the Unconquered #1-12: reread the issues I had read for the review thread and finished off the ones I hadn't gotten to. The series was showing a lot of promise after the hiatus, but the DC Implosion killed it. Stil a decent read.
-Skull the Slayer #1-8: Another series killed before it could reach its end, I just got the M2in1 issues that finish off Skull's story, but haven't read them yet. It was a bit of a schizophrenic read with all the creative changes too, Wolfman started it off as it was his brainchild, Englehart took over and took it in an entirely different direction, but only lasted one issue before BillMantlo took over and resolved his twist by returning it to Wolfman's original premise...the art by Steve Gan early and Sal Buscema late was good though, and it was still a fun series, if frustrating to read.
-Clash #1-3 by Tom Veitch and Adam Kubert (though his work is early in his career here and very reminiscent of his father's style). A treasure hunter discovers an ancient civilization in the middle east and the Archons of that ancient culture built machines that granted superpowers, with a price. Noe he tries to carve out a kingdom inthe war-torn region at the height of the Cold War era and the Americans and Soviets are not pleased....very interesting read, but felt a little rushed, could have used a little more room to let the story breathe, but overall a solid read..
-Superman: War of the Worlds Elseworlds 1-shot by Roy Thomas and Michael Lark-Lark's work is gorgeous and this quickly became one of my favorite Elseworlds tales.....
-Micronauts #12-18, Annual 1 picking up where I left off on the review thread (but am not up for doing reviews for these)-series started strong in the aftermath of the war with Karza and the issues on Bug's Homeworld were fun, but the FF/Psychoman story felt bloated and padded unnecessarily, and overall didn't do it for me. I did like the Annual with the Ditko drawn flashback stories.
-Occult Files of Dr. Spektor #11-random issue I found in a bargain bin-Spektor is bitten by a werewolf set upon him by the ancient dark gods....was a fun bit and set up a longer story I don't have the rest of
-Arak, Son of Thunder #26-34-again picking up where my review thread ended, but not doing any more reviews...this one stumbled a bit coming out of the end of the initial 2 year storyline, but the new direction, with Arak discovering his shamanic heritage shows promise. I do like Ran Randall's art here though.
-Tarzan of the Apes (Gold Key) #179 (1968) & #204 (1971)-anothe rcouple of random issues I picked up, one featured aPellucidar in a longer story I do not have the rest of, but both were fun reads, and I did enjoy the Brothers of the Spear back up too -Golden Age Dr. Fate Archives (including Dr. Fate stories from More Fun Comics #86-90; 1942-'43)-still making my way through the pedestrian super-hero fare of the half-helmet era of Fate-it seems like every two bity crook knows Fate is impervious to bullets and weapons but needs to breathe and has some kind of gas or oxygen trap set for him, issue after issue, and the only magic Fate does now is find crooks with his crytal ball so he can fly in, beat them up, get beaten with gas, recover, and find them again to beat them for good this time-wash, rinse, repeat, issue after issue, and spice liberally with some medical drama as Kent Nelson is an intern at the hospital. Oy, only a handful more to get through. A shame, because the early stories pre-origin were fantastic and imaginative, and then thwak, generic super-hero pap.
-The Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones #1-4 (1986)-interlesting short lived anthology series from Eclipse that featured a bunch of shorter stories written and drawn by Bruce Jones. He is a fanatatic artist based on these samples, and very good at the short horror/sci-fi story with the O. Henry type twist ending. Never cared much for his mainstream super-hero stuff, but his indy stuff is appealing
-Rip in Time #1-2 (1986)another Bruce Jones scripted project, this time teaming with Richard Corben on art and published through Corben's Fantagor Press. A fairly interesting time travel story so far (there's 5 issues I've only read the first 2) and it's always a treat to read Corben's stuff
-read another of the CAS Tsathoggua cycle in prose too, and making my way through REH's Hour of the Dragon too, his only novel-length Conan tale...
-M
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 18, 2015 8:02:29 GMT -5
- Clash #1-3 by Tom Veitch and Adam Kubert (though his work is early in his career here and very reminiscent of his father's style). A treasure hunter discovers an ancient civilization in the middle east and the Archons of that ancient culture built machines that granted superpowers, with a price. Noe he tries to carve out a kingdom inthe war-torn region at the height of the Cold War era and the Americans and Soviets are not pleased....very interesting read, but felt a little rushed, could have used a little more room to let the story breathe, but overall a solid read.. -M This is an interesting book, and I totally agree it could have used another issue to really flower into everything it could have been. Obviously, it's on the late end of the superhero deconstruction era and owes a lot to Miracleman, Tom's brother Rick's The One, and the kind of sarcastic cynicism you'd get from Howard Chaykin's work, but it's an intriguing enough work to stand on its own. Also, in my opinion, it's some of Adam Kubert's best work-- very much in the vein of his father's work, but tighter and more focused than what his style would evolve into over the past two decades. Clash is what I'd consider a quarter bin gem-- I wouldn't have really wanted to have paid full price for it, but at a dollar an issue, it's a really great deal.
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 18, 2015 8:18:07 GMT -5
Reading a smorgasbord of stuff lately.... - Claw the Unconquered #1-12 - Skull the Slayer #1-8 - Micronauts #12-18, Annual 1 - Occult Files of Dr. Spektor #11 - Arak, Son of Thunder #26-34 - Tarzan of the Apes (Gold Key) #179 (1968) & #204 (1971) I like your taste in random issues I'd be all over these like turkey gravy over mashed potatoes.
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