Mark Millar's CLINT

[bigjobs67]

I fuckin love Frankie. He can't write comics for shit though.

[strontium_dog_90]

I'm quite into Rex Royd, myself - I like the anything goes aspect of it. It's the fact the strip keeps coming and going with no real reliability that puts me off picking up every issue of the comic.

[radiator]

I read a quote from Frankie Boyle where he said that he wanted to do something quite experimental and unconventional with the narrative of Rex Royd. It's an admirable attempt, but there's an element of trying to run before you can walk about it.

[Alski]

he should have started off with a Future Shock or two!

[strontium_dog_90]

he should have started off with a Future Shock or two!

Now THAT would have been worth reading 

[Emperor]

CLiNT is still a great read, although the fucking abysmal Frankie Boyle strip Rex Roys is back this issue.

I actually enjoyed it on its return as it started to become more coherent while remaining bonkers. Then the most recent one I read was back to not working for me as much. Mike Dowling's work keeps getting better though and he can clearly deliver the goodies when required - I also assume he has a better idea of what's going on, having access to the scripts,  or perhaps not

Oh, this is just the icing on the cake really:

The desire to recruit new talent also seemed to dry up, with some people who were told their stories had been bought over a year ago, reporting that they have had no contact with the magazine since, save for the confirmation of their e-mail address.

So they've basically just fucked off everyone who contributed material, and haven't even the decency to offer an explanation? What a louse Millar is for pulling something like this, to claim that his intention was to launch new UK comics talent, and then to just turn round and go "Oh no, actually, it's just going to be stuff by me and my showbiz mates. Ta ta!"  Fuck him and his shitty comics.

To be fair, it's not Millar's fault. It's Titan ublishing's fault, they the guys who actually make CLiNT!!!

Millar's the guy who commissioned all the work.

My understanding is that he is rather hands-off at the moment. He has a lot of creator-owned work in the pipeline and all sorts of movie deals at different stages, so I assume he doesn't have the time to be too hands-on at the moment.

[djangoesque]

I've really enjoyed Clint, Mark Millars stuff is all good, Turf was good and the articles in the last few issues have been good, the main thing I don't like is the fact it comes out every 6 weeks, if they're gonna print stuff like Rex Royd or Graveyard of Empires, which are alright but are really "filler" as far I'm concerned, I'd rather they had a bit more "filler" and put it out monthly!.

[Emperor]

The relaunch has been announced:

http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2012/05/clint-revamps-more-strips-more-action.html

A big batch of Millar's new comics, Rex Royd and a new one also drawn by Mike Dowling. No sign of all of those one-offs and ideas for new series that he asked people to pitch to him (I hate to think of all the wasted hours there).

[Darren Stephens]

Yeh, it's out today. Just picked it up. Looks promising, I must say. The Dave Gibbons strip interests me the most. I'll post a mini revoew later. :-P

[SmallBlueThing]

I also picked this up today- not read it yet, but on first glance the dave gibbons strip looks okay, rex royd baffling again and my good grud almighty lenil yu's artwork is fuck-ugly. I honestly dont think ive ever hated an art style more.

SBT

[radiator]

Maybe it's just snobbery on my part but Dave Gibbon's talents seem wasted on a Millar script.

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Maybe it's just snobbery on my part but Dave Gibbon's talents seem wasted on a Millar script.

It's just your snobbery. The strip is the best "Millarworld" story since Kick-Ass & Nemesis.

[gdwessel]

Personally I think both Secret Service and Supercrooks are fantastic, art and story, as are Rex Royd and (especialy) Death Sentence.

CLiNT really has improved as a magazine since its early issues, and even at $7 per issue on import, it's the best value for the money on the stands.

[radiator]

I thought Nemesis was utter drivel.

Gibbons is a class act, Millar's writing is generally pretty trashy. Just seems an odd fit.

[maryanddavid]

Gibbons may be looking to get in on a movie deal with a willing partner