crd55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Chuck Dobrovolny) (06/27/84)
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Read any good comics lately?
I have, and yes, I feel compelled to talk about it...
MACHINE MAN #1 Gee, just when I had resigned myself to the growing number
of uninspired mini-series, Marvel cranks out something respectable. The
art combo of Herb Trimpe & Barry Windsor-Smith was very good--I hope it
lasts more than one issue! The not-too-distant future setting was handled
pretty well and didn't *feel* like a retread of an oft used idea. Tom
DeFalco's script was entertaining. All too often I've read "immediate
future" type books that just didn't cut it, but this was a welcome exception.
Even the language of the characters, laced with computer and high-tech
colloquialisms sounded appropriate. And besides, it was fun! (and that's
why I read comics, Joanne)
The last couple issues of OMEGA MEN were downright interesting thanks to
new scripter Doug Moench. I had hoped for some exciting developments in
the post-Citadel war period, and now it seems more likely. Just based
on his work on OM and AZTEC ACE, Moench seems to like taking wild concepts
and paradoxes and weaving stories around them.
So far, STAR*REACH CLASSICS has really immpressed me. With so darn many
books being printed on Baxter stock these days, it's nice to pick up
a book truly deserving this format! I wasn't into the *comics scene* ;-)
when these came out in b&w, but I'm glad to see a reprisal of such
exceptional work.
It seems I've heard a lot of mixed opinions about the new artwork on
NEW MUTANTS. I, for one, really like Sienkiewicz's (sp?) style. True,
sometimes a character's face or a panel situation looks like something
out of an acid trip, but I think it really enhances the frequently wierd
storyline.
Some quick quips:
STARSLAYER just ain't the same with Hilary Barta doing the inks.
Speaking of inks, I hope Marvel makes a decent choice for an inker to
finish Byrne's pencils on ALPHA FLIGHT.
The Wasp looks like she got permanently roasted in SECRET WARS #6 and
yet she seems quite alive aside from SW. Any ideas?
One nice thing about ALIEN WORLDS 3D--all the stories were top-notch for
once. Now if they could just get this title and TWISTED TALES back on
schedule.....
The LEGION annual was pretty ordinary if not anti-climatic.
BATMAN and the OUTSIDERS annual had a good story and OK art.
Good story in the IRON MAN annual but I didn't like Akin & Garvey's inks
over Luke McDonnell's pencils.
That's it for now.
Chuck