Comments on: Flippin’ through Previews – December 2009

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:28:07 +0000

Drew: If you’ve been reading the current GrimJack stuff and liking it, you should definitely pick up the old stuff. It’s quite excellent, and because Ostrander wasn’t doing just mini-series, he could stretch out stories a bit and there’s a bit more of an epic feel to it. It’s a great series. It’s been a while since I’ve read the first Munden’s Bar trade, but it features a lot of short stories that don’t have too much to do with GrimJack the regular series. It helps to know the backstory, but not that necessary. I would still get into the main series first, because it’s so good.

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:10:34 +0000

I’m a big John Ostrander fan (though I’m sad to say I’ve never picked up his Star Wars: Legacy—it was too far along before I heard about it, though I do plan on picking up the first trade eventually), but I’d never read any GrimJack until the current series IDW’s publishing. So I haven’t decided yet if I’ll be picking up the Omnibus or the new Munden’s Bar collection. Was the first one good? And if so, should I pick it up first? I’m open to suggestions here.

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:54:50 +0000

Dan–
Maybe your friend just got ahold of some bad comics. I’ve seen some where it was very difficult to figure out the order of the panels, at least until after you’d already read them. I really hate that. That’s just the work of an incompetent artist (or rather, an incompetent COMIC artist– the art could still be otherwise good). In most comics the order is pretty self-evident, although manga throws a lot of people off at first.

By: Chris Nowlin

Chris Nowlin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:34:14 +0000

While DC did have him first, Marvel has had a couple different Scarecrow characters going back a few decades now.

By: Dan Felty

Dan Felty — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:18:44 +0000

Well, you’re not to be exonerated, because you’re not doing anything wrong. But you are missing out on some great works of art. I recall speaking to a guy who refused to read comics because he claimed not to be able to tell the order in which to read the panels. He viewed that as an impediment to enjoying any comic and wouldn’t put any work into, quite literally, learning to read them. I think it’s the same thing–you’re cheating yourself. I’m not getting on to you; I’m just encouraging you to try branching out again.

Thanks for the Deitch answer!

By: Hippie-Modernist 237

Hippie-Modernist 237 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:03:03 +0000

I think your taste in comics is bad. If your looking for the things that comics dont have then maybe you should try something new. Peace and Love be with you.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:33:25 +0000

Dan: From everything in the solicit, it appears the Deitch is brand new. So there’s that.

I don’t like reading stuff on a computer for a variety of reasons – the format, I’m an old fogey, and the tiny slices of the story we get. However, I’m perfectly willing to spend the money on something good when it gets published in old-fogey format! Doesn’t that exonerate me a bit?

By: Dan Felty

Dan Felty — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:26:05 +0000

The Tale of One Bad Rat is quite good. It’s got Bryan Talbot’s clean, beautiful art, and is a nice tale of a struggling homeless girl. It’s worth a read. I’m glad it’s back in print!

“As I don’t read Zuda comics, I don’t know if Night Owls (page 91; 24 March) is any good, but it sounds up my alley”

Here you go! http://www.zudacomics.com It’s the easiest thing in the world to remedy. I know you’ve complained about people who refuse to read great comics because they’re in black and white, or don’t have superheroes, or aren’t big two, etc.–it’s the same thing as saying ‘I don’t read comics on the computer’.

Chris Samnee is great. St. Louis represent!

Hooray for more Kim Deitch work! Is this original stuff or a reprint?

I’ve been meaning to read Northwest Passage. Glad to see there’s a softcover coming.

By: Pedro Bouça

Pedro Bouça — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:32:54 +0000

Hehehehehe.

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:31:55 +0000

Hmmm. That does look pretty cool, sir. Damn you and your recommendations!

By: Pedro Bouça

Pedro Bouça — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:12:45 +0000

As a portuguese, I’m unhappy by nature.

But no kidding, that series is quite bad. Considering that Soleil still have both better and more sucessful books (including Soleil’s big blockbuster Lanfeust de Troy) to be translated, I wonder why they chose that one.

Not everything that comes from Europe is gold, as you may guess, and this one is a good example of why Soleil has a bad reputation in France as producers of imense amounts of bad heroic fantasy comics.

If you DO want an european comic about dragon hunters, you should look for this:
http://www.amazon.com/Dragonero-Luca-Enoch/dp/1595822917/

It’s an italian comic, so it’s on smaller format, B&W and has truckloads of pages (about 300!). It’s also a genuine one-shot, no pesky spin-offs or sequels! And a TPB, weren’t you waiting for one? This one is already out!

Haven’t read it, but Amazon has some preview pages. Check out that art! Beautiful, detailed, anatomically correct and the heroine actually wears sensible clothes to boot! Italian comics rule!

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:50:22 +0000

Sheesh, Pedro, we can’t ever make you happy!

By: Pedro Bouça

Pedro Bouça — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:13:35 +0000

“Still, just to make Pedro Bouça happy, you should buy this!”

That book? NO WAY! That’s easily one of the worst Soleil series!

And yes, they fight dragons dressed like that. Or wearing even less.

Seriously, save the money to buy Universal War One, Ythaq or another Soleil series. That one is a turkey!

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:47:56 +0000

That deadpool 20 cover is all kinds of awesome.

The Lady Deadpool drawing?

Ironically, you mean?

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:41:16 +0000

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!

New Kim Deith AND Kathy Malkasian!

By: Peter Timony

Peter Timony — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:24:48 +0000

Wanna know for sure if you like Night Owls? Read it here for free: http://www.zudacomics.com/the_night_owls

By: s1rude

s1rude — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:37:02 +0000

I don’t know, I kind of am feeling Hitman Monkey. Although, Hitmonkey would have made more sense and rolled off the tongue a little smoother. That deadpool 20 cover is all kinds of awesome. If DC can have Detective Chimp, why should Marvel be denied a John Woo spider monkey?

By: Tanzim

Tanzim — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:55:48 +0000

For a second I thought the Perphanauts were coming out of that portal on the Atomic Robo cover.

And Hitman Monkey smacks of trying too hard.

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:42:26 +0000

I get what you’re saying, Your Funkiness, but Ms Marvel actually was good some of the time. Just not often enough. But if the series could last longer, then we’d always have the chance that a better writer might take over. It’s much easier to improve an existing series than to get a new one started. (Usually.)

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:45:14 +0000

I’m just annoyed that there are rarely any good books to read with female stars.

Well Ms. Marvel could have kept going for a million issues, and you’re qualifier would still have been un-met.