Wow two plugs in one day and I've got two more to come, if only I knew how to put multiple links into a post...
Anyway my (and Chris/Ben's) interview with Dan Abnett is up over at The Nexus, and contains comments on Sin-Dex, VCs inc. Book 4, Legion and Rogue Trooper...but no Avatar because I forgot about it whilst writing the interview.
Now the off recap for Wake
Interviewer: Will Cooling, Ben Morse and Chris D
Interviewee: Dan Abnett
Date: 10/9
Link: It's Dan Good (sorry)
NIce one Will.
I don't mind saying I paniked there, because I've recently interviewed the man too, for 2000adreview, but thank grud, I think we've only overlapped in one or two places.
That was a good interview, although it's not accurate to claim Sinister Dexter are second behind Dredd in number of episodes. They're fifth, behind Strontium Dog, Slaine and Rogue Trooper.
Sixth, if you count the Future Shocks.
/pedant
--G.
In terms of discrete stories they are. Strontium Dog may have more episodes but they tend to be part of longer stories. So in terms of seperate stories it's Sin Dex all the way.
I think it's page count, not number of different story titles, that matters in these kind of things.
Count up all the stories of the last ten years, and I reckon Sin Dex are second only to Dredd.
That's what i meant...since they've started they've become the most prolific story.
Looking forward to his lordship's interview...
Will
Sorry typo there. I meant to say that since they started they've been the second most prolific story
Will
Nice interview Will. Glad to finally read something from the man himself.
Bolt-01
Dan:: They're very versatile. They hang out in a city where anything can happen, and often does, and just get involved. I'd be hard pushed to think of a type of story you couldn't do with SinDex. I can think of plenty you SHOULDN'T but not many you couldn't. Also, though there have been longer stories from time to time, it's essentially been a vignette series from day one, lots of short, sharp, self-contained pieces. I've got used to doing that, and it makes it easy to share them out with artists of all kinds and styles.
So, basically, the reasons that most people actively dislike this series are the very reasons that the writer likes it, and the reasons that defenders of the series give don't really seem to have been considered.
Oh, nice interview, BTW.
It's a good interview again, Will, but for God's sake will you get your stuff proof-read?
Some of it's just annoying - "gun-totting" - but at least one bit affects the meaning you're trying to get across.
I take it, from context, you were referring to the VCs as "dormant" and not "dominant"?
Otherwise, nice work.
- Trout