Mark Millar's CLINT

[mogzilla]

definitely better than the first ,though the comics strips apart from kick ass dont actually grab me ...and  will somebody rid me of this troublesome jimmy carr?

   the whole diary of hit girl thing especially as she invites people to join her on twitter seems a bit creepy to me with the fact the magazine is aimed at older teens/twenty somethings ....dunno, just feels wrong in a japanese/schoolgirl fetishy sort of way like that teenager "becky" something or other who became a massive hit on you tube to...yep lots of middle aged men....

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

I got the first issue, and from what I've heard about the second, I doubt I'll bother. I strikes me as a vanity project for Millar and his celebrity mates. No offense to Wossy and Frankie Boyle, but if I had sent those scripts to a comic editor, I'd probably have to go through a few more rewrites before it got published.

[Emperor]

Some reviews:

#1 from the Mindless Ones 9not sure about 2000ad = dadrock though):
http://mindlessones.com/2010/09/06/to-do-a-kick-ass-2-review/

#1 at CBR:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=2629

#1 from Chris Sims at Comics Alliance:
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/02/mark-millar-clint-magazine-review/

#1 at Comic Vine:
http://www.comicvine.com/review-mark-millars-clint-1/112-1145/

#1 at Bleeding Cool:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/08/28/review-clint-magazine-1-by-danny-graydon/

#1 at Den of Geek:
http://www.denofgeek.com/comics/597088/clint_issue_1_review.html

#1 at Think Hero:
http://www.thinkhero.com/2010/09/05/clint-magazine-issue-1-review/

#1 at Comic Book Bin:
http://www.comicbookbin.com/clint001.html

#1 at SciFi Mafia:
http://scifimafia.com/2010/09/review-clint-magazine-1/

#1 and #2 at Comics Bulletin:
http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/12832829138104.htm
http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/128589876843802.htm

#1 and #2 at Down the Tubes:
http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-review-clint-issue-1-does-it-kick.html
http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2010/09/in-review-clint-2-real-life-superheroes.html

#2 at Weekly Crisis:
http://www.weeklycrisis.com/2010/09/clint-2-review.html

Things that stand out: No one has admitted the magazine (and specifically its articles) are aimed at them and Titan have been doing a fantastic job posting out review copies (they must have sent out hundreds as a lot of reviews start off expressing surprise at being sent a copy).

[Keef Monkey]

Saw the cover of #3 posted somewhere, seems to be a Tarantino interview in there which is nice and fits the ultra-hip vibe they're going for.

[Emperor]

Saw the cover of #3 posted somewhere

Here it is:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/10/21/quentin-tarantino-cover-interview-for-clint-3/

[JamesC]

I'm still looking for the second bloody issue - can't find it anywhere.
My local co-op still has issue one on the shelves.

[SmallBlueThing]

My local whs (the only place hereabouts that sells it) had a stack of #2 on the day it came out. I bought it, then noticed that the very next day they had all gone. They havent restocked.
This is weird, because they had about twenty- certainly too many for it to have realistically sold out the first day- and if it did, they'd surely have gotbsome more in. My first thought was that they've taken it off the shelves.
Will see Thursday if #3 turns up.
SBT

[Paul faplad Finch]

I've now placed a standing order at my independent newsagents (I may have already mentioned this, I can't remember) but that's more to do with my preference of giving them my money than Smiths rather than any difficulty in getting it elsewhere. My local Smiths always has a stack, although some sort of anti-streetteam faction has taken to putting a copy of Empire in front of it. I'm engaged in a war of perseverance with them. There are also a couple of Supermarkets with a good supply as well.

[Radbacker]

well as much as I'd like to give this a go there is no sign of it in Oz news agents, if I've got to get from comic shop its pointless to me as nearest is over 650km away.  One of the best things abouut the prog and meg is how easy they are for me to get in my outback town.
Sorry Miler no $ from me unless you sort out OZ distributoin.

CU Radbacker

[Gavin_Leahy_Block]

Haven't seen it in any of the comic shops around Melbourne, so I'm not sure if it's even available in Oz.

[Van Dom]

Nice looking cover on issue 3 there. Guess I'll be picking this up again!

[Goosegash]

Some reviews:

#1 from the Mindless Ones 9not sure about 2000ad = dadrock though):
http://mindlessones.com/2010/09/06/to-do-a-kick-ass-2-review/

Yeah, what's with the digs at 2000AD in that review? Completely unnecessary as far as I can see. It was actually good read up to that point, but that just left a bad taste in the mouth.

[radiator]

Yeah, what's with the digs at 2000AD in that review? Completely unnecessary as far as I can see. It was actually good read up to that point, but that just left a bad taste in the mouth.

Yeah, that irked me a bit too, especially as the same review praised Nemesis (mildly diverting but dumb, shallow and juvenile in the extreme), and Rex Royd (poorly drawn, incoherent nonsense).

Yeah, 2000ad is so uncool and old hat - all that 'quality artwork', 'presenting coherent stories', 'not short changing the reader with wildly decompressed storytelling' and 'not nicking set-pieces and story elements from blockbuster movies' is so last century! Move over, grandad!

[M.I.K.]

Bought issue three today. Read Rex Royd. I will not be buying issue four.

[ozebane]

Why? It was the first truly coherent installment of Rex Royd.

I get what Frankie Boyle's trying to do, and his work is improving, I just wish Millar had the balls to edit the guy.