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Re: comments, psuedo-reviews 'n' stuff

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From: The Napoleon of Crime
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1985 19:48
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In article <1013@ihuxk.UUCP> cd55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Chuck Dobrovolny) writes:
>**So....was there a rush for Miracleman in anybody else's neighborhood?

I'm going into my dealer Saturday, praying fervently... (Hell, I put three
of his kids through college!  When I walk in, other patrons head for the
check-out stand with dispatch, as they don't want to be caught behind me.
Sheesh!  I don't get no respect...).

>**I 'spose that everyone has heard by now that Tim Truman is leaving
>Grimjack and Tom Sutton (?) will be taking over art chores. (did I hear 
>that on the net?)

Does this mean Sutton will be leaving the Trek book?  My general wish is
that he doesn't, as I'm afraid they'll put somebody much worse in there.  He
isn't bad in closeups, but his wide shots tend to be sketchy, and machinary
(including the Enterprise (whoops, Excelsior)) tend to be crude.

>**Was anyone else moved by the story in Timespirits 5 & 6?  Although I
>found 5 to be the better of the two, I liked the story as a whole.  If,
>previously, someone had run the idea of Jimi Hendrix as a comic book 
>supporting character past me, I would've scoffed.  Here it was pretty well
>done not to mention a good artistic rendition.

Your right, Yeates is very good (though his old Swamp Things are also very
good); and these stories are extremely entertaining.

>**Someone else mentioned the latest Shatter recently--I think it was 
>Henry--I think it's very good!  It's really improved (coincidentally
>with improvements in the MacIntosh) since it's conception.  Not only is
>the art impressive for being computer-generated but the story is
>interesting.  I like it!  (hey, Mikey.....)

Well, I'm not sure I'd go that far; I am pleased to see that he's no longer
digitizing all the figures and then putting them into the comic (shades of
Foometti).  Don't you find the personalities of the characters rather
lifeless?  Maybe it's just the geometric nature of the art, but I find them
pretty cold.  Give me Maggie and Hopey any day...

                "WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN ALIEN ATTACK:

                    ONE)   Hide beneath the seat of your plane and look away.
                    TWO)   Avoid eye contact.
                    THREE) If there are no eyes, avoid all contact."

                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
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Subject: Re: comments, psuedo-reviews 'n' stuff
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 15:48:55 EDT
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