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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Great Book, I hope they adapt it for live action one day!
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
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    Great Book, I hope they adapt it for live action one day!

    That would be great, though in the mean time I am looking forward to the animated film currently being made...
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    FANTASTIC FOUR by John Byrne
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    The Byrne era is one of my favourites, also for X-Men. Would love to see Diablo as a villain on the big screen some day. And a proper Galactus.
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    FANTASTIC FOUR by Lee/Kirby/Ayers
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    HELLBOY IN MEXICO by Mignola, Corben, McMahon, Moon, Ba, Stewart.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS (M. Mignola, B. Stenbeck, D. Stewart, 2018)
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  • FANTASTIC FOUR by Lee/Kirby/Ayers
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    Great stuff! Wait till you get to Kirby & Sinnott! Yowza, yowza!!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Inkers should get more recognition. They can really elevate the original sketches. Colorists, too.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    NICK CAVE: MERCY ON ME (R. Kleist, 2017)
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    Interesting read for a Cave fan.

  • Birdleson wrote: »
    FANTASTIC FOUR by John Byrne
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    The Byrne era is one of my favourites, also for X-Men. Would love to see Diablo as a villain on the big screen some day. And a proper Galactus.

    Probably my favorite run on any series.

    Byrne's run was great, as was Simonson's. But the Lee & Kirby issues early in Sinnott's tenure, introducing the Inhumans, Galactus & the Silver Surfer, and the Black Panther over the course of about a year or so, are simply unequaled for comic book brilliance.
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    A collection of Batman stories drawn by Neal Adams, written by Denny O Neill, Frank Robbins, Len Wein and Marv Wolfman. BATMAN-GOTHIC NIGHTS. 1969-1971.

    Nothing I have not read before, but this is peak Batman.
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    I made it a point to get collections of all of Adams DC work a few years ago. His were among the first comics that I remember getting.

    Context is always important. On the heels of the camp TV series of the '60s, Batman was in danger of losing the attention of most serious comics fans. With the O'Neill & Adams "Creature of the Night" revamp, Batman suddenly had lots more cred with the readership than had been the case a few months earlier.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Probably not my first Adams comic book, but my first memory of being conscious of the name Neal Adams, and connecting it with a distinctive style (I believe that Jack Kirby had been the only artist prior that I identified so quickly through their work; within a few years it would be dozens), was BATMAN #237, that opened with Batman staked to a tree through the heart. Turned out not to be Bruce Wayne, but what a way to be introduced to Neal Adam's Batman.

    I know the story. Striking image.

    One thing I noticed about Neal Adams: The Moon is always full.
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    Got hold of a magazine from 1973 I read as a kid. Ranch-serien no. 119, featuring RINGO KID and a few other comics. Great nostalgic trip.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Also got hold of a bunch of Donald Duck magazines from 1968-1972, several I had as a kid, but also some I had not read before.
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    B.P.R.D.-HOLLOW EARTH AND OTHER STORIES (M.Mignola, C.Golden,T.Sniegoski, B.McDonald,R.Sook, C.Arnold, 2001-2002)
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Got myself yet another couple of collections with THE SPIRIT by Will Eisner, from the 40s and 50s.
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Great layouts from Eisner. Great line work.

    One of the Masters.
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    Huge collection of Carl Barks stories from 1947-1966.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    A gigantic collection of comics with Mickey and Goofy by Floyd Gottfredson from 1933-1942.
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  • Birdleson wrote: »
    Great layouts from Eisner. Great line work.

    One of the Masters.

    Agreed. And a true gentleman.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Great layouts from Eisner. Great line work.

    One of the Masters.

    Agreed. And a true gentleman.

    Did you meet him?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Tempo was a domestic magazine that showcased the best of European comics in feuilleton form, coming out 1966-1979. I started collecting it in 1973, and also got hold of some scattered older issues all the way back to 1967.

    My first apartment was rather small, so some of my stuff got stowed away in my mother s attic. I later learned that my Tempo collection, and other stuff, had gone to recycling. Oh well.

    Visiting my mom this weekend, I found out that the collection hadn t gotten that far. It had been removed from the attic and carried down to the basement and then been forgotten about, hiding under something else. Got to bring it home three decades later and have started rereading. A nice surprise!
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Great layouts from Eisner. Great line work.

    One of the Masters.

    Agreed. And a true gentleman.

    Did you meet him?

    Yes.





    Oh, you want details? Okay... for several years in the '80s/'90s I was involved in the comics biz as a distributor and convention organizer. Eisner was a guest at my convention a few times and I had the opportunity to interview him on stage, as well as spending a bit of time with him on a personal level. As I was working in distribution while his "Spirit" material was being reprinted regularly for the direct sales market by Kitchen Sink Press, Will was very interested in whatever small insights I might be able to share on the workings of the comicbook marketplace at that time. In our first phone conversation arranging his appearance at NamelessCon (I DO have a secret identity to keep secret, y'know) I initially called him "Mr. Eisner" out of the purest level of respect ...until he replied to me as "Mr. SansEarmuffs." (Secret ID, okay?) Oh, I get it thinks I, asking the Master: "Would you like me to call you 'Will'?" His response: "If I can call you 'Beatles.'" Case closed. Will Eisner, in addition to being one of the all-time greats in the comics field, was also a heckuva nice guy and a true gentleman in my book.
  • Tempo was a domestic magazine that showcased the best of European comics in feuilleton form, coming out 1966-1979. I started collecting it in 1973, and also got hold of some scattered older issues all the way back to 1967.

    My first apartment was rather small, so some of my stuff got stowed away in my mother s attic. I later learned that my Tempo collection, and other stuff, had gone to recycling. Oh well.

    Visiting my mom this weekend, I found out that the collection hadn t gotten that far. It had been removed from the attic and carried down to the basement and then been forgotten about, hiding under something else. Got to bring it home three decades later and have started rereading. A nice surprise!
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    Quite the stroke of good fortune, finding those old un-recycled mags from decades ago. What was the cover feature you've shown here? The character being shoved off the train looks almost like Archie, given his red hair and all -- and the train cliff-hanger could almost be from a Bond tale! 00Archie? I've seen plenty of "The Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E." offerings, but nothing ever as thrilling as this seems to be! Is "Allan Falk" the lead character here?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The magazine came out every week in Norway and Denmark, and for a short while in Sweden. It featured several series and Allan Falk was one of them on and off through the years. Original French name Ric Hochet. Not one of my favourites, but a few of the albums were rather good. The issue above was more or less randomly picked out as an illustration.

    Nice little story about Eisner there. I knew you were in the business, so I guessed as much.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS BOOK ONE

    I already had book two and three. This one contains his work from 1967-1969. and much of it new to me.
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    BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS BOOK ONE

    I've held off on buying that series because I've heard Adams has retouched and revised his art. I would rather have the comics as they originally appeared, especially since Adams's more recent artwork is mannered and less attractive.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Revelator wrote: »
    BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS BOOK ONE

    I've held off on buying that series because I've heard Adams has retouched and revised his art. I would rather have the comics as they originally appeared, especially since Adams's more recent artwork is mannered and less attractive.

    I agree with you on his later work. These books are all beautiful, though. And I have much of his early work from before, at least from the 70s.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    NEMO: HEART OF ICE (2013) by A. Moore and K. O Neill
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    Set in 1925. Nowhere near as good as the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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