Comments on: Audience Requests: Comics Opinions

By: Stanley

Stanley — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:53:33 +0000

I’d very much like to know whether or not you have an opinion on the Doom Patrol (Vertigo or DC incarnations).

Also, does The Hulk do anything for you (Peter David’s run, Planet Hulk, etc.) or is he just a stupid green monster who’s run his course?

By: Cap'n Carrot

Cap'n Carrot — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:28:40 +0000

“I loved Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew when I was a kid, and I liked the recent mini that revisted the concept well enough, and I would really like DC to put out a nice collection of the original material.”

Damn straight! A nice collected edition would be cool (imagine – Absolute Zoo Crew), but what I’d really like is for DC Direct to put out some cool Zoo Crew figures which I’d give a place of honor right next to my Hoppy the Bunny figure.

By: Bob Temuka

Bob Temuka — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:56:54 +0000

Unfortunately, the Doctor Who IDW comic I’ve enjoyed the most is probably Dorian’s one obvious exception, but even then, the shockingly mediocre art still managed to pull it down. Combined with the shameless fan-baiting (has the Valeyard shown up yet?) and generally dull stories, IDW has already lost this Who boy.

For a further request, how about something about a 2000ad series that’s not Judge Dredd? I’m sure I’ve seen a mention of Nikolai Dante here before, are you still following that or any other 2000ad stuff, Dorian?

Failing that, I’ve always kinda wondered what you thought of The Invisibles…

By: Mark Clapham

Mark Clapham — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:25:05 +0000

The punishing transatlantic price hikes go both ways – the IDW Who comics are incredibly expensive over here (£5 an issue, at a point where the dollar/pound ratio is about 1:1), mainly because for licensing reasons they don’t go through diamond and are grey imported instead. I picked up The Forgotten and The Whispering Gallery, but I’m going to get the rest in trades as they seem to be more reasonably priced and also more widely imported.

By: Andrew Turnbull

Andrew Turnbull — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:04:24 +0000

The IDW Who has been a mixed bag. I didn’t think much of the first mini but thought Nick Roche was a good fit for Tennant’s Doctor (admittedly as he’s a mate I am biased about his work). The rest was patchy, waiting on the Cold Blooded war special to arrive but I love Adrian Salmon’s art so fingers crossed the story matches.

Mark – the latest McDaid/Davis strip was brilliant stuff.

By: Dorian

Dorian — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:02:57 +0000

Mark–About $8 an issue, and it comes out about 4-6 weeks after it’s out in the UK. Even with the pound’s fall, I think the dollar fell even more, so I don’t expect any change in price soon.

By: Mark Clapham

Mark Clapham — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:48:49 +0000

The latest McDaid Doctor Who strip (the one with the Rob Davis art) is exceptional. Does it still cost the sale of an internal organ to get DWM in the States, or has the fall of the pound helped in that respect?

Glad to hear you favour the Grell arrows. Good fact!

By: elsie

elsie — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:52:07 +0000

Peter and Dorian,

The thing that fascinates me about TRC/XXXholic is how incredibly meta the story is. I don’t think I’ve seen anything that uses the author’s own existing characters and universes as complexly and creatively as CLAMP does here. In fact, now I’m feeling that I need to sit down and do a reread of both in order to see how we ended up where we are now in the story. And probably a reread of everything else CLAMP has ever done as well.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:25:26 +0000

Elsie…

I love Tsubasa & xxxHolic… Got the manga, got the dvd’s… love the tie-in to Sakura, and I’m just hooked!

I think the overall story is very interesting (I won’t spoil it for you!) and I have some guesses as to what started the whole thing… The character development, and the sacrifices that are being made… fascinating!

Dor’s better at this than I. I know more than I should, so I don’t want to spoil anything (nothing worse than accidental spoilers… NOT ME! Won’t do it!) Glad you like it too!

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:21:25 +0000

Mr. Terrific….

Stump us? with PS238? NEVER!!

Aaron can’t produce that comic fast enough for me… every week “Dor, is there a PS238? No Pete, not this week. What’s wrong with Aaron? Nothing Pete. Are you sure? Yes Pete.”

To the point, I’ve thought VERY HARD about how to get Aaron a movie contract…
yeah, I’m a geek.