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Post by CmdrKiley on May 14, 2010 12:51:16 GMT -5
finished reading that Project Marvels. It appears to be the last in a mini-series of 8 issues being a sort of origin story of the Invaders. So I guess next week I'll have to go back and look up issues 1-7.
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Post by DthenB on May 23, 2010 13:25:38 GMT -5
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Post by DthenB on May 26, 2010 15:41:49 GMT -5
7 Psychopaths came out today, about a plot to assassinate Hitler. Seems all right so far, though the story is kind of crunched in there at this point. Gotta see how it develops.
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Post by CmdrKiley on May 26, 2010 16:50:32 GMT -5
I just picked it up today as well and read it over lunch. Pretty much 'the gathering' part of the plot is in this issue.
I also found the issues (1-7) of The Marvels Project today.
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Post by DthenB on May 27, 2010 15:15:22 GMT -5
Ordered Project Marvels 1-8, Wolverine Origins 16-20, and I am Legion 1-6. I think my WWWII comic reading will be pretty well lined-up for a while.
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Post by CmdrKiley on May 27, 2010 15:29:33 GMT -5
Look up Highroads by Wildstorm for some real pulp adventure. Another one, more in the likes of The Dirty Dozen is Team Zero, also from Wildstorm. Both are available in graphic novels.
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Post by DthenB on Jun 2, 2010 19:40:09 GMT -5
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Post by CmdrKiley on Jun 3, 2010 20:14:09 GMT -5
Looks like Weird War Week at the comic shop today.
I picked up Iron Man Noir #2, Capatain America: Flags of Our Fathers #3, and Dust War #1.
Dust War was a suprise and even a delight. The story seems like a rehash of the original Dust comic but the story seems a bit more developed. Still in the opening introductory part of it however, but the characters seem to have a little more character. Also the opening scene of the Allied commando raid on the Nazi Antarctica base was pretty cool.
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Post by Breten on Jun 9, 2010 15:02:19 GMT -5
I really did not like the Dust Wars first issue. The art was passable, but a let down when you're expecting Paolo. The story, what little there was in the first issue, was pretty bland I thought. Jumping from scene to scene can work, but when you're jumping from snippet to snippet, there should be a little meat in there.
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Post by CmdrKiley on Jun 9, 2010 15:13:48 GMT -5
Like most issues, I found Dust Wars #1 to be the introduction issue and expected it to be a little bland (especially if I know much about it). If it continues throughout then I'll be disapointed. The original Dust comic I found it seemed like the story was forced to match the artwork and found it lacking. Granted Paolo's work in Dust was fantastic and it's hard to match up with painted cells, but I really like the work done by the Dust Wars artist (I believe he did some of my favorite Star Wars issues as well).
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Post by CmdrKiley on Jun 9, 2010 15:15:43 GMT -5
Although it's not really weird war or pulpy, Dynamite's Battlefields comic series is a good read for fictional war stories with some pretty graphic content. I particularly liked the two stories about the British Firefly tank crew.
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Post by Breten on Jun 10, 2010 11:53:01 GMT -5
I agree about the first Dust series, the story definitely seemed mashed into the art. I didn't mind the artwork, I just didn't know that Paolo hadn't done it, so when I popped it pen after getting home I was a bit disappointed. The story itself just seemed to pop all over the place, and not really advance at all.
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Post by abbysdad on Jun 10, 2010 13:29:59 GMT -5
For those of you itching to play with some supers in AE-WWII, check out the new issue of OtW.
As for DUST...I like the new series much better from what I've seen so far. DUST WARS looks like it will be good.
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Post by xeoran on Jun 10, 2010 17:46:17 GMT -5
Although it's not really weird war or pulpy, Dynamite's Battlefields comic series is a good read for fictional war stories with some pretty graphic content. I particularly liked the two stories about the British Firefly tank crew. If you liked those you should hunt down the old British war comics like Battle, War Picture Library and Commando. Its pretty much non-stop pulpy war action. Garth Ennis was really writing Commando comics but with swearwords when he did the Battlefield stuff. I'd advise against more modern issues of Commando though as many are reprints, there is a tendency to break away from war stories and the quality is lower. Stuff from the 70's-80's is often amazingly good and they're cheap on ebay (at last in the UK). There are also various obscure American war comics such as Frontline Combat and Blazing Combat but I can't say I've read (or thought) much of them. As for DUST...I like the new series much better from what I've seen so far. DUST WARS looks like it will be good. I've read the first issue of DUST WARS and its...ok. Thankfully they've dumped the rather awkward soft porn from previous DUST comics but its still no great shakes. The art is quite European, which I like, the writing is average and the story suffers from being too cramped. Regarding the latter, the comic tells the story of Allies, Axis and USSR which means that not much actually happens in the first issue except scene setting. On the other hand its great to see the Ghurkas make a brief appearance! Although it seems likely that that is the result of the writer because the Ghurkas have clearly not been designed by Paolo in the same way as the other soldiers and mechs in the comic have. Still, I have hopes it will turn out to be a decent pulpy comic. I haven't seen anyone mention it but last year they released a Sgt Rock & his Howling Commandos one-off called 'Shotgun Opera' that is worth a look. The story and dialogue are atrocious but the art is by the sublime John Paul Leon and it looks gorgeous.
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Post by Doctor Warlock on Jun 13, 2010 15:22:37 GMT -5
Now I'm off to read Hellboy "drunken blur" again Good man, thats what I like to see
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