If I find this one in a shelf, any shelf, I'll see if I can afford it. I'll also interrogate someone about Solo when I get the chance. Besides that, I'll say two things (pnf...): 1. I've started to read your post chronologically, because there's several things I missed when I first read some of them and 'cause there's probably a lot of things I never had the time to read. I'll do the same thing with doctor Von Fangirl eventually. 2. I've read the bios of Viking Prince in your previous post, and frankly I find the visuals presented here of him, the boat and his crew to be a bit offputting. Granted, he may have gained a thing or two from Odin himself (I haven't read any VP, but if I remember correctly there were three possible origins according to the Who's Who) but ... look, I know traditional Viking armour, if one could call it that, was a bit somber and maybe a little booring, but sorry, the vikings just look silly to me! I haven't read Thor comics either, so I don't get that much satisfaction from the references. Having said that, I
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Good luck finding all of the issues of Solo! Some are harder to track down than others, and now I wish I'd been picking up the whole series when it came out instead of just the ones that looked interesting to me. Which was about half of them, but still, I can't absolve myself of not doing everything I could have to keep that series afloat when I had the chance.
I've started to read your post chronologically, because there's several things I missed when I first read some of them and 'cause there's probably a lot of things I never had the time to read. I'll do the same thing with doctor Von Fangirl eventually.
Oh my god, cool! That's awesome, thank you! Of course, that just makes me want to go back and revise/add text, fix the formats, add better quality scans, and pretty much improve everything from back before I really got into the groove of this blog!
... look, I know traditional Viking armour, if one could call it that, was a bit somber and maybe a little booring, but sorry, the vikings just look silly to me! I haven't read
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Just wanted to add that the reason I started reading the posts (again?) was that I reread the Laughing Fish recently and found out that I completely forgot Hugo's role in it. Still my favourite part, though. ;p I had this feeling that the same thing applied to the rest of the stories shown to me via your posts, so the geek in me the geek that is me told me that I should investigate a bit.
Also, like I said, I'd take the thing about the armour with a pinch of salt. Because, well, I haven't really read the Judas Coin, now, have I? The only thing I meant was that to me personally it was a bit... funny lookin'. It's really not something I could or should hold against the story. Besides, given the pic of him in the Who's Who, I shouldn't be surprised
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What, is this some kind of Europe-specific regional stereotyping? I'm pretty sure the average North American just thinks of Norway as "the country next to that place where they invented IKEA".
I love interconnected anthology stories, and since so few comics use that format, I'd be picking this up anyway out of curiosity. Seeing the art now has definitely got me sold on picking it up. Love the rune borders on the Viking Prince story.
> Once again, though, that doesn't make it a book that everyone will enjoy. Not only are the characters too obscure, but it both benefits and suffers from being too odd and unique amongst the usual mainstream fare
Sounds like Agents of Atlas, difference being that that series had some success before being forgotten. This definitely sounds like a labor of love/tour de force on Simonson's part.
You know, I actually saw that Funnymooners panel without any sort of context a couple of years ago, and I'd always assumed it was drawn by Bill Wray as part of something for MAD Magazine, rather than just Darwyn Cooke riffing on Wray's art style. Fascinating.
...A post which Walt himself read and shared on his offical Facebook page oh my god holy crap aaaa.
"Gentleman" John Hefner. That's got a lovely ring to it.
Brilliant as they are, neither of them are exactly wholly-factual, so I leave it to folks like barcavolio and mothy_van_cleer to fill me in.Aw, c'mon, don't put me on the spot here
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I can totally see the MAD-ness of that piece, but less so the resemblance to Bill Wray. It doesn't quite have the "sleazy distorted filth" thing going for it that almost all of Wray's artwork does that I've seen.
"Gentleman" John Hefner. That's got a lovely ring to it.
I should say so, eh wot? Pip pip. *monocle*
... the most notable parts of his legacy were instating a tax on public urinals...
Ah, that would be the cover to Batman Adventures #1, the fourth and final DCAU Batman series, this one launched in conjunction with the Justice League animated series. I will be reviewing that particular issue when I get to it.
Hm! I never would have guessed it was from an official comic. The art looks straight out of "Two of a Kind" (especially Harvey there), so I assumed it was from something post-DCAU Bruce Timm
It really does! I think that this series allowed for Timm and interior artist Rick Burchett more leeway with the character designs to go more off-model as they saw fit. Speaking as someone who hated Harvey's redesign for The New Batman Adventures, I think that he looks stellar on that cover. A shame that Harvey barely appeared at all in that series before it was rashly cancelled at issue #18 to make way for the tie-in comic to the new Teh Batmans animated series. For some reason, WB prefers to salt the earth for any and all tie-ins to previous shows in favor of their current ones. What an ignominious end for the wonderful DCAU Batman comics.
Congrats on getting noticed by the man Simonson himself! You see? Your meticulous research has paid off once again (he's not the first creator to congratulate you, I think).
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Besides that, I'll say two things (pnf...):
1. I've started to read your post chronologically, because there's several things I missed when I first read some of them and 'cause there's probably a lot of things I never had the time to read. I'll do the same thing with doctor Von Fangirl eventually.
2. I've read the bios of Viking Prince in your previous post, and frankly I find the visuals presented here of him, the boat and his crew to be a bit offputting. Granted, he may have gained a thing or two from Odin himself (I haven't read any VP, but if I remember correctly there were three possible origins according to the Who's Who) but ... look, I know traditional Viking armour, if one could call it that, was a bit somber and maybe a little booring, but sorry, the vikings just look silly to me! I haven't read Thor comics either, so I don't get that much satisfaction from the references. Having said that, I ( ... )
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I've started to read your post chronologically, because there's several things I missed when I first read some of them and 'cause there's probably a lot of things I never had the time to read. I'll do the same thing with doctor Von Fangirl eventually.
Oh my god, cool! That's awesome, thank you! Of course, that just makes me want to go back and revise/add text, fix the formats, add better quality scans, and pretty much improve everything from back before I really got into the groove of this blog!
... look, I know traditional Viking armour, if one could call it that, was a bit somber and maybe a little booring, but sorry, the vikings just look silly to me! I haven't read ( ... )
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Also, like I said, I'd take the thing about the armour with a pinch of salt. Because, well, I haven't really read the Judas Coin, now, have I? The only thing I meant was that to me personally it was a bit... funny lookin'. It's really not something I could or should hold against the story. Besides, given the pic of him in the Who's Who, I shouldn't be surprised ( ... )
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> Once again, though, that doesn't make it a book that everyone will enjoy. Not only are the characters too obscure, but it both benefits and suffers from being too odd and unique amongst the usual mainstream fare
Sounds like Agents of Atlas, difference being that that series had some success before being forgotten. This definitely sounds like a labor of love/tour de force on Simonson's part.
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I agree. I'm glad I held off on posting my review until I could at least show some of the final artwork in addition to the scans.
Sounds like Agents of Atlas, difference being that that series had some success before being forgotten.
You mean the recent-ish Jeff Parker series, or something older (if there ever was anything older)?
This definitely sounds like a labor of love/tour de force on Simonson's part.
It really feels that way. If so, that love is just glowing out of every page.
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...A post which Walt himself read and shared on his offical Facebook page oh my god holy crap aaaa.
"Gentleman" John Hefner. That's got a lovely ring to it.
Brilliant as they are, neither of them are exactly wholly-factual, so I leave it to folks like barcavolio and mothy_van_cleer to fill me in.Aw, c'mon, don't put me on the spot here ( ... )
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"Gentleman" John Hefner. That's got a lovely ring to it.
I should say so, eh wot? Pip pip. *monocle*
... the most notable parts of his legacy were instating a tax on public urinals...
Oh god, you mean Urinetown was based on a true story?
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Yeah, it's probably just a coincidence, but the lettering in particular made me think of his artwork on MAD's early Monroe comic strips. Compared to some of the other stuff he did for them - like, say, his poster of Alfred E. Neuman - it's downright tame.
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Also, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this was from http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mblias9eAM1r33adoo1_1280.jpg
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