oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (02/05/86)
I'm here, I'm here. Let the bells ring out and the banners fly. Feast your eyes on me. It's too good to be true BUT I'M HERE, I'M HERE. (There will be short pause for new readers of net.comics to say "Who cares") Be that as it may, the Federal office of CCI has now relocated to Reston VA, giving me access to the network again, and gee it's good to be back. I have been reading with the last few articles on the net. A lot of com- ments on the X-Men, or as we say in my country: "Who?" A few comments on Sensor Girl (my guess that she is Edsel from Mage has been getting me nothing but scorn from my fellow collectors) and of course the normal enjoyable reviews of the Sulton of Swing, er Napoleon of Crime, and Jerry (Hi Jerry!). BUT THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING ABOUT CEREBUS (come on Mike, I saw your name a few times). Be that as it may, I would now like to open the topic of what is going on with Cerebus, A-V and Deni and Renegade. First of all, I have to go along with the people that say CEREBUS isn't as enjoyable as it used to be (but then to me it hasn't been GREAT (with a capitol "g") since it was in it's teens and early twenties). Mind you, I still enjoy CEREBUS, but I feel that Dave is subjecting us to a lot of arrogance in the two issue dream sequence a little while ago and in his editorials. I no longer have as much FUN reading it. The fact that Dave has gone the way of GQ on his back covers is adding to this feeling. Speculation at Geppies here in the Washington area says that A-V will not be around for the long haul and that CEREBUS will end up with an another pub- lisher. This is based on OLD meetings between the managament of the Geppies chain and Dave when A-V as still Dave and Deni. The people were not impressed with Dave as a business man and that seems very possible. Are other people finding Daves editorials as obnoxious as I am? Now on to Deni. I really enjoy reading her editorials. They add to my overall enjoyment of the books. Unfortunately I don't find myself liking that many of the books that she publishes. I am a BIG fan of NORMALMAN, and hate to see that end. I have been enjoying WORDSMITH, but would be afraid to recommend it to other comic book buyers as it is such a strange (to me good strange) comic that I'm not sure who would like it. I bought an extra copy of the the first few issues to loan to people to try and get them into it. What is the feeling of the rest of you on the net about WORDSMITH? Was there any other discussion while I was in my involentary exhile? That is about it for now people. As I said, it is good to be back and a part of the most consistantly enjoyable and human (i.e. lack of flames) group on the net. Be well, buy independent comics and Enjoy. Points awarded to the REAL origin of my opening lines. OZ seismo!rlgvax!oz
zarifes@bnrmtv.UUCP (Kenneth Zarifes) (02/08/86)
> CEREBUS, but I feel that Dave is subjecting us to a lot of arrogance in the > two issue dream sequence a little while ago and in his editorials. I no > longer have as much FUN reading it. The fact that Dave has gone the way of > GQ on his back covers is adding to this feeling. > with Dave as a business man and that seems very possible. Are other people > finding Daves editorials as obnoxious as I am? I get nauseous every time I buy an issue of Cerebus these days. The idea that I am supporting such an arrogant pig as Dave makes me sick! But I keep on buyin 'em! I'm just a worthless junkie. > it. What is the feeling of the rest of you on the net about WORDSMITH? Was I found WORDSMITH incredibly boring. -- {hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!zarifes --Ken Zarifes