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Post by Jesse on May 4, 2014 3:29:32 GMT -5
The original maxi-series was way ahead of it's time in many respects. I thought this series was a lot of fun and the Brian Bolland artwork is fantastic. A companion piece/sequel to Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (as Mike W. Barr stated at the end of the first issue) it combines Arthurian knights and futuristic sci-fi works incredibly well.  |
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Post by Ozymandias on May 4, 2014 4:39:34 GMT -5
The original maxi-series was way ahead of it's time in many respects. I thought this series was a lot of fun and the Brian Bolland artwork is fantastic. A companion piece/sequel to Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (as Mike W. Barr stated at the end of the first issue) it combines Arthurian knights and futuristic sci-fi works incredibly well. I enjoyed it at the time, haven't revisited though. Bolland, still tender here, but not necessarily a bad thing for the interior pages art. Compared to, say, the Killing Joke, I find his style here more appropriate for storytelling. |
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Post by foxley on May 4, 2014 6:04:40 GMT -5
A lot of firsts with this series: first maxi-series, one of the first title to be direct sales only, DC's first lesbian kiss and probably one of the first in mainstream comics (even if one of the participants was a male soul in a female body).
I love this series, although some of the political satire has not aged particularly well.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 4, 2014 9:28:59 GMT -5
It was a great series and my first look at Bollands artwork. If I remember correctly, it had 2 inkers Terry Austin was the better of the two.
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Post by Jesse on May 4, 2014 12:02:52 GMT -5
A lot of firsts with this series: first maxi-series, one of the first title to be direct sales only, DC's first lesbian kiss and probably one of the first in mainstream comics (even if one of the participants was a male soul in a female body). The ideas in the story are very progressive for the time. A man trapped in a woman's body & a girl on girl kissing scene seem way ahead of their time for the 80's.   It was a great series and my first look at Bollands artwork. If I remember correctly, it had 2 inkers Terry Austin was the better of the two. Three technically both Bruce D. Patterson and Dick Giordano ink issue #6. (I assume Giordano had to finish the issue but I'm not aware of the details concerning Patterson leaving.) Terry Austin takes over inks with issue #7 and I agree he really did some spectacular work.  |
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Post by benday-dot on May 4, 2014 15:30:03 GMT -5
When I was collecting this as it came out I thought it was awesome. Now I'm not such a big Bolland art fan, or fan of the series, despite, or perhaps because of loving Arthurian legendry.
I agree, rather contradictorily, with both assessments above. I feel while in some respects it was ahead of its time, I also feel, upon recent revisit it hasn't aged very well.
It doesn't do much for me anymore. Not very long ago I purged it from my collection.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2015 2:36:32 GMT -5
I remember eagerly awaiting each issue as it was supposed to be coming out on a monthly basis & was plagued by very long delays! Below is a quote from the Brian Bolland wiki page...
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Post by mrc1214 on Jan 5, 2015 9:43:15 GMT -5
This was one of the first series I bought and read when I got into comics. I love it very much and it's one of the main reasons I stayed interested in comics.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jan 5, 2015 11:54:55 GMT -5
I really enjoyed the series at the time, despite the huge delays. I haven't read it in years so I can't say how well it's aged.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2015 12:17:33 GMT -5
I was a fan of this series and sad to say - like benday-dot - I got rid of the 12 issues that I had and I wished I didn't do that.
I purged it just like benday-dot did and I regret doing so. So, I went out a brought the Camelot 3000 Deluxe Edition Hardcover Book in January 2009 to make amends to. I love Terry Austin inks.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 5, 2015 12:50:15 GMT -5
I really enjoyed the series at the time, despite the huge delays. I haven't read it in years so I can't say how well it's aged. I don't think it's aged very well. But then I never read it at the time and was underwhelmed when I finally did read it. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Jan 5, 2015 12:57:53 GMT -5
I agree, rather contradictorily, with both assessments above. I feel while in some respects it was ahead of its time, I also feel, upon recent revisit it hasn't aged very well. It doesn't do much for me anymore. Not very long ago I purged it from my collection. Yeah, count me in with the "hasn't aged very well" group, although I pin that more on Mike Barr than Brian Bolland. It was very groundbreaking and progressive at the time, but the transitions, dialogue, and ham-fisted symbolism and themes are more in touch with the Bronze Age than the changing face of comics at the time. It's hard not to compare it to things like American Flagg! or Ronin, which were coming out at the same time, but have aged much, much better. I still like the book a lot, but I don't love it as much as I did the first time I read it.
(Don't want to make this seem like a dis on Barr, whose work I enjoy a great deal, particularly his Bat-stuff. I guess find Camelot 3000 lacking in comparison to the other groundbreaking work being done at the time, outside of Bolland's art.)
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Post by Jesse on Jan 5, 2015 13:26:53 GMT -5
King Arthur and Guinevere appear briefly in Justice League 3000 #10.  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 5, 2015 21:46:23 GMT -5
King Arthur and Guinevere appear briefly in Justice League 3000 #10. Ha, that's pretty awesome, I dropped JL 3000 a while back but this makes perfect sense. I wonder if that was the idea from the start. |
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Post by mikelmidnight on Apr 24, 2016 14:11:55 GMT -5
I loved the art, but even at the time I thought the lesbian subplot seemed skeevy, and the fact that the only two non-whites in the comic are the ones who receive the least characterisation to be irritating. The use of the Holy Grail to make invulnerable armor totally bypassed the religious significance of the legend in a way I thought was stupid.
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