Quote from: sheridan on Today at 01:05:00 PMQuote from: Steve Green on Today at 08:34:57 AMThanks!Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet? Appeared in a My Guy photostrip - presumably before being lead singer of the band.
I can't for the life of me remember where I heard it, might have been other strips - have a vague memory of someone who later became famous being a bit embarrassed about their photostrip work
Quote from: Max Headroom on 13 May, 2024, 06:54:22 PMHoping that 'Aquila' and 'Proteus Vex' have enough material for them to be finished in the Ultimate Collection before it ends. That would be perfect!With the news that Proteus Vex concludes in the current arc, there won't be enough on it's own.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 14 May, 2024, 05:41:39 PMQuote from: BadlyDrawnKano on 13 May, 2024, 04:31:51 PM...And I've very conflicting feelings about Black Hammer, though partially that's because I loved how it began, but then it ended in a manner I didn't gel with, except that wasn't the ending, and what I've read of it since then has left me unsure of the direction it's going in. I've yet to finish it currently, and I don't even know if the most recent ending is the final ending, and given that I'm not sure I've the inclination to find out...
Oh man I have mixed feeling about Black Hammer - The End. I'd pretty much loved all of Black Hammer to that point, the odd exception aside and think I've got pretty much it all. Then 'The End' kinda read like the very thing it was paying tribute to as an inspiration. Just a great big event comic tyoe feel. Now that doesn't feel like it should have been a bad thing, but it strangely was on first reading.
Black Hammer has its place on my countdown and that set now BUT I had such mixed feeling about the end I've got that final (I believe) series out to re-read before I write it up as it may well change my entry (if not postion) as it might become about how sticking the landing can be so important!
We'll see I have a suspision I'll enjoy it more on re-read so I'm trying to reserve judgement!
Quote from: Colin YNWA on Today at 01:16:06 PMArh yeah good point I wonder if its just not available in black white form to reproduce from with the quality to justify it.
Quote from: sheridan on Today at 01:05:00 PMQuote from: Steve Green on Today at 08:34:57 AMThanks!Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet? Appeared in a My Guy photostrip - presumably before being lead singer of the band.
I can't for the life of me remember where I heard it, might have been other strips - have a vague memory of someone who later became famous being a bit embarrassed about their photostrip work
Quote from: Barrington Boots on Today at 09:35:52 AMReally good writeup and analysis there Colin. I've not read this for a long, long time - it's a book that at it's core has a heart of stone and as I've become older I've looked for a more comfortable read, I admit. I must revisit it, and soon.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on Today at 09:53:08 AMThe movie adapts a couple of the book's key moments quite faithfully and kind of has its heart in the right place — I like it, but as an 'interesting failure'. There's a lot to like in it, but I don't think it quite works, either as an adaptation or a successful film in its own right.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on Today at 09:53:08 AMThis, and his run on Swamp Thing, are probably my favourite (long form) bits of Moore's work from his 'mainstream' phase.
Quote from: broodblik on Today at 10:21:06 AMIt looks like I will have to get my hands on this then
Quote from: IndigoPrime on Today at 10:48:34 AMI also echo that I'd much prefer a B+W version of the book, but I suspect that's either impossible (in the sense no B+W art survives) or DC just isn't interested (perhaps due to the mess that was created when it took on the series, which has subsequently denied Moore the rights to his work back).
Quote from: AlexF on Today at 11:54:37 AMI think one key reason why I like V for Vendetta mroe than Watchmen is that it fels VERY British. Not just because the story is set in Britain, mostly because the comics style it uses is very British - you can tell it was written in short chunks, and that the creators put effort into making each small chunk feel like a satisfying mini-story.
Quote from: Marbles on Today at 09:24:05 AM...Essex County (which is by a margin Lemires best work imho).
Black Hammer I loved also until Dean Ormiston stopped on art duties (I have the first 2 OHC), then not so much and I dropped off.
Quote from: Steve Green on Today at 08:34:57 AMThanks!Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet? Appeared in a My Guy photostrip - presumably before being lead singer of the band.
I can't for the life of me remember where I heard it, might have been other strips - have a vague memory of someone who later became famous being a bit embarrassed about their photostrip work