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Post by mrbrklyn on Jan 27, 2021 8:58:18 GMT -5
I've been watching Neil Gaimans American Gods, and during the last few years, I happened to had also read the comic that was on on the novel. I think the comic is modeled on the TV show, or maybe not. I am watching how Moon-Shadow is sent to Lakeside, Wi and I'm thinking, "Why are they redoing this plot over again, but slightly differently". Without making a spoiler on the show, I know how it ends, and in my mind, I am thinking I've seen it all before, and in addition, I am having a confused memory of how the last season ends. So I go back and rewatch the entire last end of the last season, and then it dawns on my that this vivid memory of the TV Show wasn't the show at all!! It was the comic  . I could swaer that I remember characters as actors on episodes that are only in the comics. So that is pretty vivid, and that is what a really good comic does, it breaths life into characters and stories and makes them feel real. digital.darkhorse.com/series/815/american-gods |
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Post by bran on Jan 31, 2021 0:47:07 GMT -5
Absolutely. I am reading that Japanese comic "Attack on Titan". It burns no less than 4 volumes (over 700 pages) for basically introduction. Boy does it pay of, with dividends, when you get into the second story arc (volume 5). Of course it's not only due length, but the quality in it. Characters are memorable, they talk and act like real people, you feel like you know them, quite excellent.
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Post by The Cheat on Jan 31, 2021 14:11:28 GMT -5
Absolutely. I am reading that Japanese comic "Attack on Titan". It burns no less than 4 volumes (over 700 pages) for basically introduction. Boy does it pay of, with dividends, when you get into the second story arc (volume 5). Of course it's not only due length, but the quality in it. Characters are memorable, they talk and act like real people, you feel like you know them, quite excellent. Is this due to finish soon? I've heard lots of praise for the series but have been waiting to read it all in one go. |
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Post by bran on Jan 31, 2021 16:26:51 GMT -5
Is this due to finish soon? I've heard lots of praise for the series but have been waiting to read it all in one go.
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Post by bran on Feb 2, 2021 2:08:32 GMT -5
Resident Alien is another one, it's televised on SyFy (1st episode aired on January 27th). I didn't watch it yet but there is no way they can capture atmosphere/tone, pacing, characters and dry humor of that exquisite book. Perhaps they'll do a good job and use advantages of a medium, make it every bit as good, if different.
Resident Alien I would rate in all categories 10/10, except for originality, since it's pretty much E.T. for adults. Now ET is not the original here - it's of course Skizz. Way back when Alan Moore was a young lad he wrote Skizz (could be his very first full-length graphic novel) as a sort of his take on ET, his version of ET. Resident Alien is very much in the same vain. Now there is thing about Skizz that you need to figure out, when you do - you'll want to re-read it, with that in mind, since it's different book then, real fun one. Resident Alien doesn't have that but it expands the story in different and interesting directions.
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. I could swaer that I remember characters as actors on episodes that are only in the comics.
