Episode 1258 Talkback: Off the Racks
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For this off the rack episode we give our thoughts on the first issues of some current mini series - American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares from DC/Verigo, The Infernal Man-Thing from Marvel and Prophecy from Dynamite. We also throw in some John Carter movie talk. (1:11:52)
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Matthew
For being Dynamites first big premeire crossover, this issue did absolutely nothing to draw me in. the art I was fine with, the writing lost me. I'm a whore when it comes to Sonja, so I was hoping this would draw me in quick, but I had hard time getting through it. The Sonja/Witchblade crossover from Dynamite was pretty good.
The Man-Thing book is SOOOO good! The art was so cool and the story was weird and fun.
Buy! Buy! Buy!
#2 is very good as well.
It's been a long time since I talked with him about it, so I don't remember what exactly he said about the artistic decisions, but this was around the same time he drew the awesome Man-Bat story for Secret Origins, which was also done in a more stripped down, graphic style. His approach in the paints for Man-Thing leans more toward the expressionistic and abstract, though, so I can certainly see why it’s not for everyone.
I'm waiting for the collection. I’m not surprised Marvel decided to break it up first, but it wasn't written with that in mind, and Gerber's not around to tweak the story to make it work, so I don't want to read it in single issues.
Do to the success of JC overseas there was talk of a sequel, gearing it more towards that market than ours but Disney nixed it.
If video sales exceed what Disney expects the possibility of a sequel will arise again, but will be likely to late.
No idea how a new Man-thing comic written by Gerber passed by me without me knowing. I will have to go order it now.
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The first one I possibly didn't understand properly, but I didn't find it that enthralling. the 360 one was pretty great, fantastic way to show what a digital comic can do and it was a great story that made you think hard about all the interactions that change over that stretch of time. Tilt I can see has potential and possible again that I just didn't get it, It just kept running through the same sequence regardless of what I was doing. I got the impression you could change the outcome.
A fantastic introduction of what can and should be done with this relatively new digital format. I seriously hope that marvel, dc and all other comics companies are working on things like this in some capacity. There is so much potential to be tapped.
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The art by Nowlan, however, was a disappointment, not so much for his approach to style but for his bizarre redesigning of the Man-Thing himself. I'd also thought that his strange appearance in the story was some story detail that hadn't been revealed, but was disturbed to find this wasn't so. It was one of those things that can -- and did -- bump me out of the story rather than draw me further into it. It's the same sensation you get from watching a really, really good movie that for some inexplicable reason has one badly dressed supporting actor stumbling all over the set in the background while the leads run through their scenes: it might be a really good dramatic scene otherwise, but all you can think about is the miscast clown and wonder who hired him in the first place.
I heartily echo the praise for the John Carter film, and agree with everything that was said about it. As soon as it was released to DVD, I rushed out and bought a copy, just in case it suddenly vanished from the stores as quick as it did from the screen. Such a severely underrated film!
I believe I've mentioned this in each pulp episode, but the problem with pulp movies is that they never market them correctly. I think the concept gets lost in the advertising. Maybe the marketing departments are too young & unfamiliar with the material to market correctly. I'm curious to see how 'The Lone Ranger' is marketed, especially with Johnny Depp in it.
The Green Hornet is the only pulp movie within Thr last 20 years I can think of that wasn't marketed correctly. Probably because there were so many other issues with the movie; number 1 being Seth Rogan.
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