Post by Nigel on Jan 30, 2008 10:17:26 GMT
I was pleasantly surprised to find #8 out yesterday, two days ahead of its expected date. (I've only seen it out one day early before.)
The art is some of the best I've seen in the comic so far. Staz's artwork is really dynamic and there's a nice mix of angles and perspectives. Kris Carter's colouring is a refreshing change: rather than the crisp block colours that are often seen in comics, there's nice use of gradient and shading and a slightly washed-out, watercolour look that suits the sketchy, unfinished style of Staz's lines. It puts me in mind somewhat of early Marvel stories like Man of Iron. It's an enjoyable read, too, though finishes a bit suddenly.
The costume photos on the letters page made me think of Choro-Q Convoy, but then I realised it's more of a South Park version. Sweet.
WH Smiths only had the Autobot sweatband. Hopefully the post office will have the Decepticon version when I go over there later. When I saw in issue 7 that there would be tattoos again I hoped that they weren't already struggling for ideas or thought that perhaps they'd had good feedback from the first set. Seeing the finished comic, though I think that perhaps they were a cheap-to-produce supplement to the sweat band, which would look a rather feeble gift by itself.
Has anybody else noticed the mistake on the packets for the gifts? They read, "who's side are you on?". It should be, "whose side are you on?" Aside from my surprise that this slipped through, it does rather sadden me as comics are an important route into reading for young boys and elementary mistakes like this don't help literacy. I didn't like to write to Steve White to complain, though, having written in about the blasphemy in issue one, so I have instead taken a more tongue-in-cheek route, writing to Starscream with mention of the Variable Voltage Harness and dumb stubbies. (Incidentally, I never had a reply to my original letter, but "oh my God" has not seen print since, so perhaps it worked.)
The art is some of the best I've seen in the comic so far. Staz's artwork is really dynamic and there's a nice mix of angles and perspectives. Kris Carter's colouring is a refreshing change: rather than the crisp block colours that are often seen in comics, there's nice use of gradient and shading and a slightly washed-out, watercolour look that suits the sketchy, unfinished style of Staz's lines. It puts me in mind somewhat of early Marvel stories like Man of Iron. It's an enjoyable read, too, though finishes a bit suddenly.
The costume photos on the letters page made me think of Choro-Q Convoy, but then I realised it's more of a South Park version. Sweet.
WH Smiths only had the Autobot sweatband. Hopefully the post office will have the Decepticon version when I go over there later. When I saw in issue 7 that there would be tattoos again I hoped that they weren't already struggling for ideas or thought that perhaps they'd had good feedback from the first set. Seeing the finished comic, though I think that perhaps they were a cheap-to-produce supplement to the sweat band, which would look a rather feeble gift by itself.
Has anybody else noticed the mistake on the packets for the gifts? They read, "who's side are you on?". It should be, "whose side are you on?" Aside from my surprise that this slipped through, it does rather sadden me as comics are an important route into reading for young boys and elementary mistakes like this don't help literacy. I didn't like to write to Steve White to complain, though, having written in about the blasphemy in issue one, so I have instead taken a more tongue-in-cheek route, writing to Starscream with mention of the Variable Voltage Harness and dumb stubbies. (Incidentally, I never had a reply to my original letter, but "oh my God" has not seen print since, so perhaps it worked.)
