LOVE TAKES TIME
― David R., Monday, 29 September 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
-----------I enjoyed Planetary, even if it ended badly.
I love this line!
― Niles Caulder, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 14:27 (fifteen years ago) link
His "own" work mostly sucks, from what I've read (a few Avatar things and a couple of Transmet trades, easily enough to put me off any more forevs). Stormwatch, Planetary, Nextwave, all great. He's about the same as Millar, really, far as I can see. So desp to be Grant or Alan he forgets how good he is at writing great "standard" stuff. Prob a horrible thing to say, but that's the impression I've gotten off both their creatory crap. I plan on buying some more Stormwatch tomorrow, actually.
― Niles Caulder, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Has anyone else here read Atmospherics? The "twist", the horrible bragging introduction, I didn't buy another comic of his for more than a year after. Thankfully I only paid about $2 for it.
― Niles Caulder, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Millar's creator work basically has convinced me he is a wholly repellent human being.
― i am the small cat (HI DERE), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
You might want to reread the thread there, rog.
Am I not alone? Reread but still missed it. A comfort nonetheless.
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 30 September 2008 22:47 (fifteen years ago) link
ooh?
and issue 27 of Planetary. mmm.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Sunday, 5 October 2008 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Well it still isn't out, is it? Last I heard was upthread, also that it's 96 pages or so. As it stands it certainly has a shitty ending, tho.
― Niles Caulder, Monday, 6 October 2008 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Aetheric Mechanics - I liked this one quite a bit. I thought it was a fun twist on Sherlock Holmes and some other ideas and I thought the conlcusion worked well. This worked better than some of his other short stories, as it was pretty much 'annual' length at 48 pages.
Anna Mercury - This wasn't bad, it was kind of an modern pulp action movie. The story is pretty much an origin arc setup, but it is pretty good. There are some cool art-deco look to the New Ataraxia world that Anna is trying to save.
Doktor Sleepless has really come together for me. Ellis is taking a different angle in the second arc and I'm really finding it interesting.
― earlnash, Sunday, 25 January 2009 02:46 (fifteen years ago) link
You know, on Planetary ending badly - what was so suckass was the way they built up the Four as these incredibly scary bad guys, but then when he met the two remaining ones he was able to defeat them by pulling a fast one on them. Hrrrm.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Sunday, 25 January 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Works for me, a fast one >> big fighty any time.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 26 January 2009 10:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Hah, but maybe the Planetary post-end issue will add something... but I doubt it.
― mh, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 01:36 (fifteen years ago) link
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― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 29 May 2017 02:50 (six years ago) link
^ classic.
― Wes Brodicus, Sunday, 29 October 2017 10:39 (six years ago) link