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Creative Common / Re: Does my Art look big in th...
Last post by Hoagy - Today at 05:39:40 PM
Bucking the trend of hyper real Dredd here's a surreal Dredd.
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Books & Comics / Re: Completely Self-absorbed T...
Last post by Colin YNWA - Today at 04:07:15 PMBy the way folks sorry for not posting Thursday - just silly busy so it dropped off the plate... I mean its not as if you are all desperately hanging on waiting for my next post here BUT in my dream where folks are I'm informing those imaginary folks that I hope to have things back on track Monday.
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Books & Comics / Re: Completely Self-absorbed T...
Last post by Colin YNWA - Today at 04:05:22 PMQuote from: broodblik on 07 May, 2024, 08:18:17 AMLooks interesting, pity that it was never reprinted or collected. I originally watched 2001 I just disliked it today I think I am more "mature" and would most likely like it.
Defo worth a try - its really good and holds up I'd say.
Quote from: AlexF on 07 May, 2024, 10:16:17 AMI love that the icon box on the top left shows that the central characters here are an apeman, a spaceman, and the monolith itself.
yep that is rather brilliant - wish I'd thought to mention it!
Quote from: AlexF on 07 May, 2024, 10:16:17 AMI've read a handful of these issues and love them, they are super weird and beautiful. I'm not much of a Kirby guy but his slightly left-of-mainstream comics - including this and OMAC - really help paint him as not just the precursor of superhero comics, but also of pretentious arthouse (Sci-Fi) comics.
I think the continental European pretensious arthouse (Sci-fi) get there first but yep!
Quote from: BadlyDrawnKano on Today at 03:33:58 PMUm, I feel like I should be really careful as to how I put this due to site rules, but it is available online for free and can be found quite easily via google. But I don't want to post links to any dodgy sites (dodgy as in copyright infringement, nothing more than that).
I mean let's be honest you can probably get any of this stuff from those kinda sites and when something isn't available and so you're not taking away from anyone I kinda don't see why not to do that.
Quote from: IndigoPrime on Today at 03:57:23 PMOddly enough, the set of comics I have next after I finish my modern Marvel run (almost there) is... the original Machine Man run, which I won for $1 on eBay years ago.
Its not bad... just not Kirby at his best for me. There's some cool Ditko stuff too if that's your thing. I'm not so much of a Ditko fan to be honest. At that price though - WOW!
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Books & Comics / Re: Completely Self-absorbed T...
Last post by IndigoPrime - Today at 03:57:23 PMOddly enough, the set of comics I have next after I finish my modern Marvel run (almost there) is... the original Machine Man run, which I won for $1 on eBay years ago.
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Books & Comics / Re: Completely Self-absorbed T...
Last post by BadlyDrawnKano - Today at 03:33:58 PMQuote from: Colin YNWA on 07 May, 2024, 08:05:33 AM#84 - Part 3
Where to find it
Unfortunately due to licensing issues around the rights to the movies these comics grew from this series has never been reprinted, unlike almost all of his other work. I'm not sure if this is likely to be sorted anytime soon if it hasn't by this point.
For this reason they aren't available digitally either it would seem.
Fortunately even though they have never been reprinted they are still available in the aftermarket and not at silly prices. Be patient however as folks will list these for far more than they would normally sell for. I picked up a full set for about £20 a few years ago. They have gone up a bit since, particularly issue 8 the first appearance of Machine Man. Even so if you wait you'll get a full set south of £40.
The original Treasury adaptation will go for that and more. Hence I've never picked it up, much as I'd love to. It is out there but be prepared to shell out for it if you do decide to buy it.
Um, I feel like I should be really careful as to how I put this due to site rules, but it is available online for free and can be found quite easily via google. But I don't want to post links to any dodgy sites (dodgy as in copyright infringement, nothing more than that).
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Books & Comics / Re: Whats everyone reading?
Last post by BadlyDrawnKano - Today at 03:12:40 PMQuote from: Barrington Boots on 08 May, 2024, 11:19:11 AMI've dipped back into Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise, which I read a bit of a long time ago and remember enjoying, and either I've changed or this has aged really badly.
Katchoo is an awful, violent person but what did it for me is when David, who is presented as a good guy throughout, tells her he doesn't believe she is a lesbian for no other reason than because he fancies her and then doubles down on that when she rightly tells him to get lost.
Denying someones sexuality = not cool. That's the 90s for you I guess.
I had real issues with this too, I read the recently released first compendium and as a whole really enjoyed it, though struggled with David's presence in their life once it's revealed who he really is. Still, I knew it was a series which went on for a long time and so hoped they would address that in the second volume, but I absolutely hated it when I bought it on its release date. I've never been in a situation where my opinion changed so suddenly and so enormously, Katchoo's violence / crimes are horrifying, David becomes such an insanely unpleasant stalker-esque type I could not understand why either of them would tolerate him in their lives, and as you say, the denying someone's sexuality aspect is appallingly handled.
Phew, that was a longer rant than planned. But yeah, liked a lot of the first collection, the second means I'll never read a single page more, and I'm quite surprised I even finished it.
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Off Topic / Re: “Truth? You can't handle t...
Last post by judgeurko - Today at 11:59:11 AMQuote from: The Legendary Shark on 07 May, 2024, 07:55:57 PMwhat on earth?????
How can we not be angered by these people? They write "laws" to bind us and ignore any that bind them. Disgusting.
Fortunately, the ICC doesn't seem to be in any hurry to back down,
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Prog / Re: Prog 2381: A grizzly fate
Last post by IndigoPrime - Today at 10:08:04 AMIf that was the intent, it is a sliver away from fridging. At best, it's manipulative. Like a movie that introduces a bunch of characters and LOVEABLE DOGGO. And then, like clockwork, LOVEABLE DOGGO IS DEAD.
I think it's also important to separate impact/sadness from a kind of anger/resignation. Arguably, "and only Dredd was left standing" is the least imaginative ending we can get in this kind of story. It's cliche. Dredd literally being saved by the cadet who survives ("I knew I liked you.") and then who goes on to be a surprising support cast member (given her not being the flashy one) would have been more interesting to me. But there you go. What's done is done, and I'm sure Williams wrote the strip he wanted, for the reasons he wanted to. And I at least liked all but one page of it, so that's overall a win.
I think it's also important to separate impact/sadness from a kind of anger/resignation. Arguably, "and only Dredd was left standing" is the least imaginative ending we can get in this kind of story. It's cliche. Dredd literally being saved by the cadet who survives ("I knew I liked you.") and then who goes on to be a surprising support cast member (given her not being the flashy one) would have been more interesting to me. But there you go. What's done is done, and I'm sure Williams wrote the strip he wanted, for the reasons he wanted to. And I at least liked all but one page of it, so that's overall a win.
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Prog / Re: Prog 2381: A grizzly fate
Last post by AlexF - Today at 10:02:25 AMAt the risk of getting back on topic,
While I too was/am sad about cadet Moon sacrificing herself to save Dredd (which is certainly what seems to have happened, even if Williams later shows that she surived and is rescued, and golly I hope he does that), I guess I have to credit Williams with just writing the story as a thing in itself.
Seems to me the gist is 'what's a foe Dredd hasn't faced before - I know, nature, in the guise of a giant grizzly bear'. And when you have an artist lined up whio is going to absolutely kill that scenario, you run with it. And as a standalone story, it makes sense that Dredd can't just 'win' in the end, he has to lose something, and the idea Williams mustered for that function was a promising cadet (other options could have included: letting a perp get away; giving up some kind of secret weapon to a perp; making a deal with the Sovs - or something?). Anyway, he went the emotional route, which only works if he makes us care about the cadet in question, and judging by the response on this thread he achieved that in spades!
For sure we long-term readers could interrogate the fact that there's a LONG history of 'promising young cadet = black or woman', but in each one-off instance it works, I guess?
All that said, my main reaction on the final page of this mini-epic was grumpy rather than sad.
While I too was/am sad about cadet Moon sacrificing herself to save Dredd (which is certainly what seems to have happened, even if Williams later shows that she surived and is rescued, and golly I hope he does that), I guess I have to credit Williams with just writing the story as a thing in itself.
Seems to me the gist is 'what's a foe Dredd hasn't faced before - I know, nature, in the guise of a giant grizzly bear'. And when you have an artist lined up whio is going to absolutely kill that scenario, you run with it. And as a standalone story, it makes sense that Dredd can't just 'win' in the end, he has to lose something, and the idea Williams mustered for that function was a promising cadet (other options could have included: letting a perp get away; giving up some kind of secret weapon to a perp; making a deal with the Sovs - or something?). Anyway, he went the emotional route, which only works if he makes us care about the cadet in question, and judging by the response on this thread he achieved that in spades!
For sure we long-term readers could interrogate the fact that there's a LONG history of 'promising young cadet = black or woman', but in each one-off instance it works, I guess?
All that said, my main reaction on the final page of this mini-epic was grumpy rather than sad.
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Off Topic / Re: Threadjacking!
Last post by JayzusB.Christ - Today at 09:58:59 AMStruggling with the after-effects of food poisoning, the following thought somehow popped into my mind: 'I bet Bambie Thug doesn't have to put up with this kind of thing'. Then I remembered that Bambie Thug had to put up with exactly that kind of thing last week, and I must say I felt better.
Not that I'd wish any harm on Bambie Thug, of course - I think they're brilliant and wish them the absolute best. Also it's great to Ireland represented by a non-binary, pagan type just as a little reminder that we've most definitely left the likes of Dana's priest-prescribed ultra-conservative shite behind us.
Not that I'd wish any harm on Bambie Thug, of course - I think they're brilliant and wish them the absolute best. Also it's great to Ireland represented by a non-binary, pagan type just as a little reminder that we've most definitely left the likes of Dana's priest-prescribed ultra-conservative shite behind us.