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>> No. 2575 Anonymous
19th December 2009
Saturday 6:40 am
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Interesting.
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>> No. 2578 Anonymous
19th December 2009
Saturday 4:14 pm
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>>2575
Here's an interview with the artist Tommy Lee Edwards that gives a bit of detail: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22766 I don't think there's anything to suggest that it won't be quite interesting. Apart from Ross' inexperience.
>> No. 2579 Anonymous
19th December 2009
Saturday 4:38 pm
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>>2578
It looks alright, though I don't know if I could read this thing without my internal dialogue imitating a lisp.
>> No. 2581 Anonymous
22nd December 2009
Tuesday 12:38 am
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I dunno, he's written quite a few things before, his missus is a writer, and so are his friends. It'll probably be quite interesting.

I'm quite horrified at the word 'mom' though.
>> No. 2582 Anonymous
22nd December 2009
Tuesday 4:54 am
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>>2581
>he's written quite a few things before
like what?
>> No. 2585 Anonymous
23rd December 2009
Wednesday 10:41 am
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He's written a book, a few articles, stuff like that. No fiction as far as I'm aware. I remember on his radio show he was talking about the pitfalls a lot of new writers fall into (like overwriting things), so he's not a complete newb when it comes to this.
>> No. 2587 Anonymous
24th December 2009
Thursday 12:42 am
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>>2585
He also apparently has a huge comic collection, so I imagine he knows what is expected.
>> No. 2588 Anonymous
24th December 2009
Thursday 12:11 pm
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I don't think that's really a good thing though. Fans tend to produce derivative poop.
>> No. 2682 Anonymous
26th January 2010
Tuesday 8:43 pm
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http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/01/26/preview-jonathan-ross-and-tommy-lee-edwards-turf-1/
>> No. 2683 Anonymous
26th January 2010
Tuesday 9:09 pm
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It's obvious that he quit the BBC to find fame and fortune writing comicbooks.
>> No. 2684 Anonymous
27th January 2010
Wednesday 5:09 am
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>>2682
Hm, quite a run of the mill beginning.
>> No. 2686 Anonymous
27th January 2010
Wednesday 2:21 pm
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>>2684 again
I don't think Ross is a good enough writer to pull off these large blocks of text. Also there are so many interesting ways you could start a prohibition era vampire story - exciting, cinematic ways, and yet this story seems to be plodding along before it has got started. He could open with a bizarre murder scene, or an argument involving a young henchman who doesnt realise he's picking a fight with a vampire UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. The fact that there are vampires wandering around in this world should be a big deal worthy of a teasing slow reveal, but Ross just unthinkingly lays it all out in the first page. Still, i'd be interested to read a whole issue. And Tommy Lee Edwards's artwork looks alright.
>> No. 2687 Anonymous
27th January 2010
Wednesday 3:31 pm
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You shouldn't have large blocks of text in a comic at all; I think the limit you're supposed to stick to is what, 250 words a page?
>> No. 2688 Anonymous
27th January 2010
Wednesday 4:55 pm
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>>2687
Well Ross has got 220 on the first page and 240 on the second. It's similar numbers on the third and fourth so it just feels like a slow beginning.

Perhaps Ross' sense of pace is overly influenced by Steve Ditko's text-heavy pages. The difference of course is that Ditko is an evil genius - and even given that I still find some of his speech bubbles mini essays hard going.
>> No. 2689 Anonymous
27th January 2010
Wednesday 5:02 pm
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>>2688
err I just realised Dr Strange was written by Stan Lee. BUT THE POINT STANDS.
>> No. 2690 Anonymous
27th January 2010
Wednesday 5:17 pm
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In fact the 235 words on >>2688 don't feel like a drag at all because there is immediately some action and some jeopardy. It's a great opening.
>> No. 2691 Anonymous
27th January 2010
Wednesday 5:49 pm
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A quick look at google said that Alan Moore tries to keep under 210 per page, with a maximum of 35 per word balloon.

http://www.resilientpress.com/blog/?p=188
http://www.enginecomics.co.uk/interviews/jan05/alanmoore.htm

I haven't read through the whole thing yet, so he might turn around at the end of the interview and say that's a whole bunch of cock.

I think Alan Moore should get little kids to sit on his knee, and give them presents at the winter solstice.
>> No. 2692 Anonymous
27th January 2010
Wednesday 6:21 pm
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>>2691
I could see that. Exactly the same as a shopping centre Santa except with a load of twigs in his hair to give it that pagan touch.

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