Has anyone else read 1602 #5? I fee the need to squee over the tiny cartoon Neil on the first page.
And the story was pretty good, too.
Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Holli - Dec 28, 2003 11:17:30 am PST #1309 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
DXMachina - Dec 28, 2003 11:23:59 am PST #1310 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Feel free to squee, Holli. It's been out for a while now.
I had NO IDEA that Howard the Duck was a Marvel comic character!
I finally started taking all my old comics out of my sister's attic when I was home for Christmas. Among the boxes was my complete original set of Howard the Duck. Great book. The movie was a terrible injustice.
tina f. - Dec 28, 2003 11:29:45 am PST #1311 of 10000
The movie was a terrible injustice.
One of the great things about this book is that it goes through EVERY single incarnation of the main Marvel characters with absolute detail - every bad TV show, unreleased movies and episodes. It leaves nothing out as far as that stuff is concerned. There are many a snarky comment about the HtD movie - but it doesn't keep them from mapping out what happened to the character in the movie. I've learned a lot and I've only really carefully read the Spidey chapter.
sj - Dec 28, 2003 11:42:47 am PST #1312 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
it didn't really hold up for me.
I am interested to hear why it didn't hold up for you. I really loved the Spike and Dru story.
tina f. - Dec 28, 2003 11:52:35 am PST #1313 of 10000
I am interested to hear why it didn't hold up for you.
Hmm. I only read it once and I think it didn't hold up for me for some silly reasons. First, I always had in my mind that Dru got sick from being attacked by an angry mob - and it seems like they were both attacked - but that's not why she got sick - so it just didn't fit with my picture of what happened as far as show canon.
Also - I've read some really great Prague Spike/Dru fan fic - and understanding a 12-page comic can't put that much detail into a story - the plot still wasn't as imaginative as some of the fic I've read.
Finally, one of the things I loooove about Tales of the Slayers and, to a lesser extent, this last run of Buffy comics that has focused on Buffy's life pre-season 1, are the suprises and twists. This story was pretty twistless. I guess the fact that Dru didn't get sick from the mob attack was kind of a twist, but it wasn't enough for me.
The good: I did really love the language. He did an excellent job at capturing both Spike and Dru's voices - which isn't easy. And I'm glad that it re-enforced the Spike really loved Dru and vica versa aspect of their story.
I guess I just wanted it to be twistier.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2003 2:53:58 pm PST #1314 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hmm. I only read it once and I think it didn't hold up for me for some silly reasons. First, I always had in my mind that Dru got sick from being attacked by an angry mob - and it seems like they were both attacked - but that's not why she got sick - so it just didn't fit with my picture of what happened as far as show canon.
I've always assumed that something unusual was done to Drusilla, as she continued to grow weaker even after being brought to Sunnydale. That wouldn't gibe with simple non-lethal beating at the hands of a mob, or even being set on fire after what we saw in "Redefinition" and "Crush." Though I envisioned some kind of torture involving Inquisition types using holy water or communion wafers and wine, not Captain Gideon's apocalypse box from Crusade.
sj - Dec 28, 2003 5:09:08 pm PST #1315 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
First, I always had in my mind that Dru got sick from being attacked by an angry mob - and it seems like they were both attacked - but that's not why she got sick - so it just didn't fit with my picture of what happened as far as show canon.
This is one of the reasons why I really liked the story, that things didn't happen the way we thought they had (presumably because stories get exaggerated and change as they pass from one person to another), and it still fit in well with cannon, imo.
Micole - Dec 28, 2003 6:41:25 pm PST #1316 of 10000
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
I thought the twist of the Spike and Dru story was just the irony of Spike declaring eternal love before setting on the path that would change all that. But yes, less impressive than the Whedon story.
CaBil - Dec 28, 2003 10:17:46 pm PST #1317 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Interesting rumor is going around on the comic boards.
The new writer for the New X-Men title is supposedly Joss Whedon. There is a implication that this hasn't been announced yet because they need to finesse their way around his employment contract with the studios.
How accurate is this? It's on more than one site, and supposedly with independent confirmation, but it is still a rumor. I put it in more than fifty/fifty correct, but not much more than that...
Trudy Booth - Dec 28, 2003 10:19:00 pm PST #1318 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
CABILL!