Yeah, it's the meta aspect that Morrison discussed in his book that interested me. I'm generally not into that kind of stuff—I don't like the fantasy to be broken—but Morrison is a self-aware and talented enough writer that I was intrigued. I'm pretty sure it was Wolter and Flex both who encouraged me to check out his All-Star Superman series, which is, without a doubt, the most satisfying interpretation of the character I've read.Kory wrote: ↑13 Feb 2018, 8:36pmYeah, Lemire is the 52 run.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Feb 2018, 8:28pmIf I dip my toe at the beginning, will that work? Or is it something that you have to chug thru, like, a dozen issues before it clicks?Wolter wrote: ↑13 Feb 2018, 8:23pmThe only Animal Man stuff I know is Morrison’s run (which is great) and 52, which is also great for different reasons.Kory wrote: ↑13 Feb 2018, 8:06pmI'm only six issues in but it's quite interesting. Wolt may have more info than me. I've heard that the more recent Lemire run is really good.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Feb 2018, 7:59pm
I've never checked out the latter, but when I listened to Morrison's book on superheroes I was curious. Would you recommend?
Regarding dipping your toe in—it could be said that I'm at that point now, having only read the first collection, and I really like it. But from what I understand, it starts to get a lot more "meta" after that—the artist making himself known through the pages of the book. I don't know much, but take the cover of the second collection as maybe a clue:
Apparently this "meta" stuff ends as Morrison's run does, but I'm interested because Jamie Delano comes on board after a short run each by Peter Milligan (who I traditionally don't like) and Tom Veitch (relation to Rick, I assume), and I really like his work on Hellblazer.
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Okay, I laughed.
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I love how its eating a cooked turkey leg.
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Stan on Ditko leaving Marvel:
Ditko was/is undeniably immensely talented, but a total weirdo.
http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/09/12/ ... en-goblin/“I had a big argument with Steve Ditko, who was drawing the strip at the time. When we had to reveal the identity of the Green Goblin, I wanted him to turn out to be the father of Harry Osborn, and Steve didn’t like that idea,” Lee explained. “He said, ‘no, I don’t think he should be anybody we’ve seen before.’ I said ‘Why?’ He said ‘Well, in real life, the bad guy doesn’t always turn out to be someone you’ve known.’ And I said, ‘Steve, people have been reading this book for months, for years, waiting to see who the Green Goblin really is. If we make him somebody that they’ve never seen before, I think they’ll be disappointed — but if he turns out to be Harry’s father, I think that’s an unusual dramatic twist that we can play with in future stories.’ And Steve said ‘Yeah, well, that’s not the way it would be in real life.’ And I said ‘In real life, there’s nobody called The Green Goblin.’ And so Steve was never happy about that, but since I was the editor, we did it my way."
Ditko was/is undeniably immensely talented, but a total weirdo.
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This confirms what I’ve been unsure about for a while: whether Mark Trail is unintentionally ridiculous or whether the creators are leaning in.
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Definitely intentional. The original strip, as I understand it, was very pro-environmentalist (or at least conservationist) and gosh-shucks adventurism, and the Sunday big panel strips are still just informational pieces, but the regular narrative has a very winking attitude toward adventure strips. It's not an outright humour strip like Beetle Bailey, but it's got light satire to it.
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It's starting to remind me of Red Meat.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Feb 2018, 2:35pmDefinitely intentional. The original strip, as I understand it, was very pro-environmentalist (or at least conservationist) and gosh-shucks adventurism, and the Sunday big panel strips are still just informational pieces, but the regular narrative has a very winking attitude toward adventure strips. It's not an outright humour strip like Beetle Bailey, but it's got light satire to it.
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Mark desperately wants for there to be clown casualties. Because he is an Everyman.
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After almost three months (viewtopic.php?f=4&t=28&start=7140#p481095) the stories link up. That's the Mark Trail Guarantee.
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My god, I'm dying here.
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Mark can't help but betray a grin …
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