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Post by MDG on Jan 1, 2024 7:46:29 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 31, 2023 21:22:30 GMT -5
Looks like you'll have more Archies than me soon....
Archie is a stress reliever. I thought that was Betty.
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Post by MDG on Dec 31, 2023 15:25:52 GMT -5
Mine are pretty general: - Continue picking up "first generation" ('67-'74 or so) undergrounds when I can find them at a good price
- Go to a local LCS a couple times a month (and buy something)
- Buy more from local/indie creators when I see them
- Read Simonson's Thor (via Hoopla)
- Maybe look into getting some SA DCs cleaned/pressed/slabbed to sell
Non-collecting goals: - Help the local library with FCBD week events
- Dedicate time to my own art projects (some of which may be comic related)
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Post by MDG on Dec 31, 2023 14:49:44 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 29, 2023 12:11:51 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 29, 2023 12:03:22 GMT -5
I believe I've read more than the first volume over the years. I have the Penny century mini and have read many L@R on digital. It just doesn't resonate with me.
I'd say your L&R reading has been a bit too scattershot to give you a real picture of what their stuff is like. It's no wonder you find it disconncted if you read just the first volume and then a few random other things here and there and at various intervals of time.
I was thinking something similar. "Love & Rockets" is a title, but it encompasses a lot of varied stuff, including things that aren't titled "Love & Rockets", like Measles or Whoa, Nellie!. It's like if you said, "Sell me on John Byrne." That can mean different things.
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Post by MDG on Dec 29, 2023 11:52:54 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 29, 2023 11:50:29 GMT -5
Continuing into the new year, I hope?
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Post by MDG on Dec 27, 2023 9:24:25 GMT -5
Pick the answer you like best: Maybe you’re not compelled to keep reading because the stories don’t tie together in a linear narrative. It seems the stories jump around without any reason. Like Silver Age comics. Maybe you’re not compelled to keep reading because the stories don’t tie together in a linear narrative. It seems the stories jump around without any reason. Like Claremont's X-Men. Maybe you’re not compelled to keep reading because the stories don’t tie together in a linear narrative. It seems the stories jump around without any reason. Like life.
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Post by MDG on Dec 27, 2023 9:09:44 GMT -5
What got me into it that folks might want to try, is the three-issue color Mechanicsmini series. (Which I just realized is 40 years old and may not be the easiest thing to find).
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Post by MDG on Dec 26, 2023 15:16:59 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 26, 2023 10:51:06 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 26, 2023 10:48:04 GMT -5
I bought the original tpb. It does nothing for me. I don’t think there’s a plot to these stories. I've tried to get into the book multiple times and it just doesn't work for me at all. So, yeah, I don't get it. Well, not everything's for everybody. I like it a lot (though I still have to catch up with a lot of stuff from after the original run). It really is very well done on a technical level, and, especially when it came out originally, one of the few thing that didn't seem to be trying to be--or even more importantly, trying not to be--something that already existed.
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Post by MDG on Dec 26, 2023 10:19:53 GMT -5
Slam_Bradley
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Post by MDG on Dec 25, 2023 19:35:00 GMT -5
Written by Doug Moench, pencils by Frank Robbins, inks by D. Fraser. GCD says D. Fraser was a pseudonym for Leonard Starr, who was probably best known for his work on Annie. I'd say, even after he took over Annie, Starr was best known for On Stage. What's more interesting is that his style is diametrically opposite of Robbins.
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