Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxk.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxk!cd55611 From: cd55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Chuck Dobrovolny) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: comments, psuedo-reviews 'n' stuff Message-ID: <1013@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 17:04:47 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxk.1013 Posted: Fri Sep 6 17:04:47 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 8-Sep-85 04:21:51 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 67 <--> Gosh! There are so many good postings to comment on or reply to--but it's hard to do without a speadsheet of previous articles! **Speaking of Dreadstar, Henry, where the heck is it? It seems like Dreadstar, Dalgoda, and Aztec Ace have gone quarterly these days! Hmmm. It looks like the teams for the Hulk and Alpha Flight have switched books. If nothing else, this gives me a good excuse to stop buying Alpha Flight. Mignola and Talaoc's (sp?) art is alright, I guess, but Mantlo has REALLY been disappointing lately. Take, for example, Cloak & Dagger-- I thought the mini-series and their guest appearances in Peter Parker were very entertaining but the new bi-monthly book has so far been lack-luster. Maybe the novelty has worn off. HERE'S an idea....make C & D a non-code book (or is it already?) and stop pulling punches with all those nasty old drug dealers. I don't mean to glorify violence, but it's getting tedious listening to Dagger pleading with Cloak to spare the vermin the "soul-numbing cold" of his nether- region (uh, that's his *cape* folks!). Oh well, more MARVELous mediocrity from the "house of ideas." **Speaking of beating a dead horse--I hope Mark Leeper doesn't develop a complex courtesy of chuq's insightful followup. Really! Such chiding should at least be done via personal reply and not paraded before the net! At least Jeff's and Jerry's comments were constructive and not abusive. **So....was there a rush for Miracleman in anybody else's neighborhood? My regular dealer was handing out one to a customer something like: "Psst, hey buddy, wanna buy a copy of Miracleman? I saved one just for you." You'd think he was selling acid or something! I DID enjoy reading it-- it was kind of like reading a golden age pulp book written and drawn with contemporary style. One question: was the initial story also done by Moore and Leach? I didn't see any other credits and it seemed distinctly different.... I'll definitely be buying this one! **I 'spose that everyone has heard by now that Tim Truman is leaving Grimjack and Tom Sutton (?) will be taking over art chores. (did I hear that on the net?) For my part it'll be tough to remain faithful to the title even though most of the characterization in the book is John Ostrander's work. Sutton's work on Star Trek doesn't impress me and I really buy *that* book for Mike Barr's frequently faithful reditions of the characters and old flavor of the TV show. I thought the annual was very good--it was like watching a lost episode or something, and the art was much more accurate than Sutton's stuff. **Was anyone else moved by the story in Timespirits 5 & 6? Although I found 5 to be the better of the two, I liked the story as a whole. If, previously, someone had run the idea of Jimi Hendrix as a comic book supporting character past me, I would've scoffed. Here it was pretty well done not to mention a good artistic rendition. **Someone else mentioned the latest Shatter recently--I think it was Henry--I think it's very good! It's really improved (coincidentally with improvements in the MacIntosh) since it's conception. Not only is the art impressive for being computer-generated but the story is interesting. I like it! (hey, Mikey.....) That's it for now--hope I stirred up something thought-provoking! "I'm not the invisible girl anymore. I'm the invisible WOMAN!" (chortle...) Chuck Dobrovolny