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Post by andrewbcalculating on Dec 2, 2008 9:44:28 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 2, 2008 10:36:11 GMT
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Post by karla on Dec 2, 2008 10:45:58 GMT
oh no, that poor spider  |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2008 10:49:04 GMT
Nice to see Jack get some work from Rebellion.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 2, 2008 10:52:33 GMT
He's recently done an installment of Tales of The Black Museum in the Megazine and a few years back did a Sinister Dexter story.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 17, 2008 21:32:01 GMT
ABC Warriors - The Third Element arrived today. The start of Pat Mills bringing the ABC Warriors back to basics after jettisoning the Khaos heavy emphasis of the two previous sagas. A mixed bag, and by all accounts a troublesome story with clashes between writer and editor. It makes for an interesting book to be honest and the broken down installments harkens back to the first Warriors tale oh those many moons ago.
Each little story has it's own illustrator - Mick McMahon back on characters he hadn't drawn in yeeears in a neat inversion of The War Of The Worlds, some splendidly bonkers artwork from Liam Sharp (quite vociferously hated by the majority apparently but I love it) in particular The Man With No Legs. Boo Cook's take on them is a little softer than the other artists and a little cartoony but it works. Henry Flint does the opening and closing stories of this tale I quite like his art, but more for the weird McMahon/Ezquerra pastiche it actually is as opposed to any sense of it's own identity.
The book is kicked off with the one-off ABC tale from Prog 2000 with Kev Walker's last interior work on the Warriors and done in black and white and in a more detailed style than his current one.
Sadly one page (the last of the Sharp ones) is pixelly - making this the second consecutive ABC Warriors trade to be buggered up. Although this is a minor annoyance compared to the fucking godawful printer mangling on Hellbringer.
This is the second last black and white collection of the Warriors, with The Shadow Warriors out in March/April and from then on out it's hardcover collections of the Clint Langley material.
Well worth picking up.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 18, 2008 0:31:55 GMT
And addendum to the review a splendid piece of basic copy-editing not being done.
The spine of the book has the collection entitled as THE THRID ELEMENT!!!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 18, 2008 0:46:43 GMT
Priceless!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 18, 2008 1:39:43 GMT
Fair made me laugh when I spotted it.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 30, 2010 19:31:20 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 26, 2010 13:46:02 GMT
My copy of Heavy Metal Dredd arrived today. Mental artwork from Bisley and Hicklenton, with able assists from McNeil, Ormston and Brendan McCarthy on the splendid "The Ballad of Toad McFarlane.
Made a little sad by the news that John Hicklenton passed away last week due to MS. Loved his art on Nemesis the Warlock back in the day. Not to everyone's taste but the sheer unrestrained and visceral quality to his work more than made up for any shortcomings in the storytelling department.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2010 16:25:31 GMT
I tried to read a Slaine trade. While the art remains as stunning as ever (this one had Glen Fabry and Dermot Power) it's one of those series that just doesn't for me anymore.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2010 16:58:11 GMT
I never did like Slaine
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2010 17:32:29 GMT
I always liked the art but found the stories confusing.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2010 18:14:59 GMT
Give me Dredd/Strontium Dog/Rogue Trooper/Sam Slade any day of the week
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 28, 2010 23:21:31 GMT
Slaine is pretty but not the most engaging of material. You want the first collection for the glorious Mick McMahon art and then The Horned God - for the Bisley.
No other Slaine material need exist.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2010 9:44:34 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 4, 2010 15:10:08 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 4, 2010 15:18:13 GMT
Yeah, it's been mentioned on the various tooth forums and he talks about it in an interview in the Megazine.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 4, 2010 15:34:30 GMT
May he get well soon.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 3, 2010 18:21:59 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 8, 2010 16:17:41 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 8, 2010 19:54:55 GMT
Where is Harry 20 On The High Rock, damn it?!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 9, 2010 1:06:50 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 9, 2010 8:19:26 GMT
I can't use Amazon US. Do any UK based shops carry it? My search has run dry.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 13, 2010 18:14:39 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 13, 2010 18:57:54 GMT
REDRUM!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 14, 2010 0:54:19 GMT
Gerry Findley-Day is writing a classic Rogue Trooper tale for the xmas prog.
You must buy it.
Andy
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Dec 16, 2010 19:40:22 GMT
It's such an obvious thing to do - "aside from John Smith's Cinnibar, Finley-Day is the only Rogue writer anyone really cared about, maybe we should hire him to do more!" - that I'm stunned it took until NOW for someone to do it.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 18, 2010 14:48:13 GMT
It's a pretty good tale - I'd welcome some more from GFD.
Oh and this month's Meg has the Return of the Gronk by Ennis and Dobbyn and next month has the sequel story The Darkest Star.
BUY THEM!!!!
Andy
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