Loving the sick Boris Vallejo cover. Somehow even at the third of the length of a Necroscope novel, this feels interminable.
Reviews and Comments
My favourite part of every book is the front matter. The forewords, the introductions, everything but the book. I like how books relate to other books, and how they form a personal constellation.
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dvo started reading Spawn of the Winds by Brian Lumley
dvo finished reading Ninja High School by Ben Dunn
I'll put a proper review together later but this is really special.
dvo wants to read Comics and the Origins of Manga by Eike Exner
dvo finished reading Moonray, Book Two by Brandon Graham
People who look into this might see that it's associated with some dumb crypto/NFT game and I'm begging you to look past that. This is like the absolute best of Heavy Metal comics, just dripping with inspiration and joyful creation.
dvo finished reading Akira, Vol. 3 by Katsuhiro Ōtomo
dvo finished reading Dwellings by Jay Stephens
dvo commented on Necroscope II by Brian Lumley (Necroscope, #2)
dvo stopped reading The Software Engineer's Guidebook by Gergely Orosz
dvo reviewed The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens
Fantastic but could really do with a new edition
4 stars
I loved this but the edition that I read and is widely available features truly awful recolouring. It speaks to the insecurity of publishers that they think anything old needs to be "modernized" for the sake of commercial viability.
The beautiful, warm, sun soaked colours of the original are replaced with sterile, overly rendered colours that detract from Stevens' immaculate line art
His figures are incredible, his layouts are energetic. The character design is vivid. It's good pulpy fun.
The original publications aren't cheap to track down so I dunno, it's either the $200CAD artists' edition or scans ☠️ to get the best experience.
Even so, it's not like the IDW edition isn't enjoyable and it does include both arcs. Stevens left us far too soon.
dvo finished reading The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens
I loved this but the edition that I read and is widely available features truly awful recolouring. It speaks to the insecurity of publishers that they think anything old needs to be "modernized" for the sake of commercial viability.
The beautiful, warm, sun soaked colours of the original are replaced with sterile, overly rendered colours that detract from Stevens' immaculate line art
His figures are incredible, his layouts are energetic. The character design is vivid. It's good pulpy fun.
The original publications aren't cheap to track down so I dunno, it's either the $200CAD artists' edition or scans ☠️ to get the best experience.
Even so, it's not like the IDW edition isn't enjoyable and it does include both arcs. Stevens left us far too soon.