tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post7766462578507451606..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: MY TOP TWELVE FAVORITE MARVEL COMICS RUNS - #12 - #6Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-40530884505865436752016-01-13T09:15:08.029-08:002016-01-13T09:15:08.029-08:00I actually own the one-shot of McFarlane's GI ...I actually own the one-shot of McFarlane's GI JOE #61. It was published the month after the series' final issue, and I picked it up to compare with the original. What's interesting is that McFarlane had drawn #60, which was published, but apparently his work was deemed sub-par on 61 by Larry Hama himself.<br /><br />(I'm also one of the few human beings on the planet, apparently, who has a copy of GI JOE #155).<br /><br />I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of "Age of Apocalypse" either. It's funny; that's generally considered to be the bright spot of the nineties X-MEN, but I've just never had much interest in alternate universe stories. I admire AoA for its execution, but I don't know that I've ever actually re-read it since its original publication (despite owning it in Omnibus format).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-30165576268307497092016-01-10T05:33:14.024-08:002016-01-10T05:33:14.024-08:0012-10
I never actually read any of these, but I&...12-10 <br />I never actually read any of these, but I'm considering to look <br />in to Simonson's Thor run. <br />..Eventually anyway. <br /><br />9 <br />I have read only the first third of this run. <br />And I agree, this run is everything it was cracked up to be<br />one of the cornerstones of Millers career and fame. <br />And one of the best runs ever.<br />Born Again is the perfect capstone to Daredevil as a whole.<br />If Marvel had ended the series right there and then, <br />I doubt anybody would begrudge them because <br />Miller's run is untoppable. The final word on Daredevil. <br /><br />8 <br />This is where we are going to have to agree to disagree.<br />I'm not much of a Ditko fan, either but I don't really care<br />for Romita either.<br /> I always found his art to be too slick, too pretty, too static and too plastic. <br />Always felt his son's art was far more dynamic and visually arresting. <br />And the spider artists were emulating Romita's art for years, untill McFarlane came along and shook everything up. <br />No wonder I'm bored of Romita because he has been emulated for 25 years with varying degrees of success ( i prefer Gil Kane or Ross Andru from the 70's or Romita jr and Ron Frenz from the 80's Larsen, Mcfarlane and Bagley for the late 80's and early 90's. ) <br /><br />7<br />This is were I bowed out in regards to the X-men. <br />I came in late..very late actually and mostly read back issues of Claremont's run <br />and then started reading new X-men comics.<br />And I pretty much went ...neeevermind. <br />It's just so convoluted with meandering plot lines that go nowhere or outlive their welcome. <br />And I just don't like Age Of Apocalypse. <br />I also had to buy twenty million comics, just to keep up with the storyline.<br />I haven't touched an X-men comic ever since. <br />no new ones anyway, I tend to stick with Claremont's first run. <br />I have however read New X-men and X-men Forever, but even those were years after the fact.<br /><br />6 :<br />Yeah I remember these too, I hunted the back issues down. <br />The tomb stone storyline still sticks out in my mind.<br />I didn't always get it as a kid, but was enthralled each time I got a back issue, <br />that filled in another piece of the puzzle. <br />And I know you hate McFarlane's art but you may find this comic book legend interesting.<br />It features McFarlane art http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/11/20/comic-book-legends-revealed-182/<br />Marvel commissioned McFarlane to draw an issue of Gi Joe and found the result unacceptable. <br />They got Marshal Rogers to redraw it and when McFarlane became super hot, Marvel published the comic they rejected earlier, anyway. <br />And you may just find it interesting to see how two totally different artists, tackle the same script.<br />McFarlane's art is splashy but unrestrained. <br />While Rogers art is rather spartan, it has good story telling and his page between Billy and Jinx is far, far better then McFarlane's. <br />Jinx looks 12 there and why is she smiling ?<br />Snowkatthttp://focusedtotalitycomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com