boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) (10/04/85)
> From: hpfcla!yoshida (Stuart Yoshida) > Marvel's Epic line of comics has come out with an interesting series > called "Starstruck" that's been lacking the attention I feel it should > get, so herein is my attempt to fill the gap... > > STARSTRUCK, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL and STARSTRUCK #'s 1-5. Published by > the Marvel Comics Group. Writer/Creator: Elaine Lee. > Artist/Creator: Mw. Kaluta. > > [Art: A+][Story: A-] It's nice to know that STARSTRUCK has at least one fan. I reviewed the graphic novel and the first comic issue, but haven't said anything since then because I haven't had anything to say about it. As far as my opinions on it, my review of the graphic novel echoed what Don Thompson of CBG said about it. He described it as a Ukrainian Easter Egg --- beautiful art on the outside, a rotten egg on the inside. Kaluta's art is top-notch (I think my review gave the art an A-), and I buy each issue for no other reason than to look at the art. But I found the writing to be totally incoherent. Only in brief snatches could I even hazard a guess as to what was going on. In the comic issues that have appeared so far, some of them exhibit this same problem, while others read remarkably well. But I'm happy to read a positive opinion of it. And I do admire Archie Goodwin for having the wherewithall to publish such an uncommercial comic (on top of some of the other uncommercial Epic comics such as MOONSHADOW, SIX FROM SIRIUS, TIMESPIRITS, COYOTE, and even the late, unlamented VOID INDIGO. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
petrick@lll-crg.ARpA (Jim Petrick) (10/05/85)
In article <691@decwrl.UUCP> boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) writes: > As far as my opinions on it, my review of the graphic novel echoed >what Don Thompson of CBG said about it. He described it as a Ukrainian Easter >Egg --- beautiful art on the outside, a rotten egg on the inside. Kaluta's >art is top-notch (I think my review gave the art an A-), and I buy each issue >for no other reason than to look at the art. But I found the writing to be >totally incoherent. Only in brief snatches could I even hazard a guess as to >what was going on. In the comic issues that have appeared so far, some of them >exhibit this same problem, while others read remarkably well. Oh well, to each his own. I found the writing refreshing. Imagine, a story line you have to think about for once. This is not a comic for casual perusal. You have to pay attention! The artwork got me started on this series, but the wild story line has kept me hooked. BTW, I haven't seen any reviews of MAGE. I don't go for many of the mainstream comics anymore -- MAGE is anything but that. Fantastic artwork, intriguing characters and a storyline that has me going down to the local comics store weekly to see if the next issue's out yet (even though I know it's only published once every two months). Issues 1-4 are pretty much nonexistant, but I've seen MAGEBOOK, (issues 1-4 bound together with a new cover). If you haven't caught this story yet, you owe it to yourself. -- jim petrick petrick@lll-crg.ARPA
tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney) (10/07/85)
Let me second the favorable view of Starstruck. I think the reason many people have difficulty with it is that they try to read it the same way they read any other comic book. In fact, it demands the higher level of attention that you would give to a somewhat enigmatic novel, like Catch-22. Read at this level, it's not hard to follow at all. -=- Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!"