quote:Originally posted by Stealth: (none of that horrible black-and-white negative nihilistic stuff, though.)
Some of those were pretty good though. I got all the Marshall Law I could find, very twisted and kind of hard to follow but hugely entertaining.
Did anybody besides me read Fashion In Action? Fantastic! Hot chick super-spy fems in extremely cool clothing. There was even an issue with paper dolls.
let's see..Omaha cat Dancer, Fat Freddy's Cat (although those were reprints), Justice Machine, The Elementals, GrimJack (believe it or not for the backup features), Concrete, American Flagg (awesome), Cerebus, Badger and even Elf Quest (because I had a girlfriend that liked it and all I needed was a flimsy excuse).
There was a short lived company called Silver Wolf Comics that I tried really hard to support. There was a book called Grips by Tim Vigil that I loved. Gawd it was good. The rest of the line was abominable though so once Vigil's book was cancelled I quit throwing my money away.
I'm even going to throw in a gratuitous plug for the best indie b&w ever Wordsmith!
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quote:Originally posted by Yellow Kid: Some of those were pretty good though. I got all the Marshall Law I could find, very twisted and kind of hard to follow but hugely entertaining.
wasn't that a British book? I followed a lot of Brit stuff, at least the stuff we could find over here (not Dredd, tho). Loved the Titan oversized GN reprint format. DR & Quinch, Halo Jones, all the Alan Moore stuff.
quote:Originally posted by Yellow Kid: Did anybody besides me read Fashion In Action? Fantastic! Hot chick super-spy fems in extremely cool clothing. There was even an issue with paper dolls.
Not a fan. I think it was a backup in something I was getting? I could have done without it.
quote:Originally posted by Yellow Kid: let's see..Omaha cat Dancer, Fat Freddy's Cat (although those were reprints), Justice Machine, The Elementals, GrimJack (believe it or not for the backup features), Concrete, American Flagg (awesome), Cerebus, Badger and even Elf Quest (because I had a girlfriend that liked it and all I needed was a flimsy excuse).
Omaha was great! never read FFC. JM hasd an interesting premise but seemed a bit hit-or-miss, as I vaguely recall.
Elementals started with a bang (and a lot of buzz and warranted-hype), but it just took so long to come out, I drifted away... saw one post-Willingham issue; seemed like it had been drained of all potential.
thumbs-up to the rest (except Grimjack; never read).
quote:Originally posted by Yellow Kid: There was a short lived company called Silver Wolf Comics that I tried really hard to support. There was a book called Grips by Tim Vigil that I loved. Gawd it was good. The rest of the line was abominable though so once Vigil's book was cancelled I quit throwing my money away.
There were a lot of companies like that.
quote:Originally posted by Yellow Kid: I'm even going to throw in a gratuitous plug for the best indie b&w ever Wordsmith!
only read one issue. It was OK.
How about... Ms. Tree?
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Wordsmith wasn't bad. The Renegade book I miss the most is Neil The Horse, though.
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I'm the only person I know that was enthusiastic about it but I loved it.
Back to Grips, I actually ran across Tim Vigil at WW Dallas and took a little bit to chat with him about it and the comics company he started out with. I swear that's the best convention I've ever been to.
I'd have to go back and dig through the boxes but wasn't Marshall Law written by Denny O'Neil? and drawn by the artist that did League of Extra Ordinary Gentlemen (I'm pretty sure)?
Yes, Ms. Tree was pretty cool. Decent detective stories and solid artwork, it wasn't "dynamic" but it was very well constructed and a decent read.
How about Beanworld? Mr. Spook, the Hoi-Paloi and Gran'ma'pa. That was a very weird comic book but my little girl liked it when she was first learning to read so I have 20 some issues of it buried away in the boxes.
I liked Alien Legion a lot too. Straight up army stories in a sci-fi setting. It was a lot like reading Sgt.Rock or The Howling Commandos in outer space. Totally cool.
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Today is my birthday. I share a birthday with Keren Woodward of Bananarama, so tonight is BANANARAMA NIGHT at the Sanctuary!!
WOOOOOOOOW!!
And take an occassional break from dancing to sample the 80s cake, courtesy of Fat Cramer -- chocolate with dark chocolate icing and a big slash of neon pink icing!
cleome46
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I'm just gonna' park the gift here and then run out for some pre-Unilever Ben & Jerry's. Y'know, just in case.
Carry on. I'll be back with plenty for everyone.
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