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What do you mean by interesting?
[QUOTE=Joker;4266227]What do you mean by interesting?[/QUOTE]
Without spoiling too much, or would you rather wait until you've had the chance to look through it?
As it happened, I read the final issue of Cover a few days before reading Criminal, both set in a world of comic book making. After reading Criminal, I felt a big divide between the two, despite their similarities. Of them, it's Criminal that resonates with me emotionally, seemed truer, had more to say.
[QUOTE=numberthirty;4266815]Without spoiling too much, or would you rather wait until you've had the chance to look through it?[/QUOTE]
I’ve read it, just curious your thoughts.
[QUOTE=Joker;4267865]I’ve read it, just curious your thoughts.[/QUOTE]
Just thought that the fill in of a couple of character's past that we already had a little bit of was a keeper.
So the news syndicate asked Stan Drake to replace Alex Raymond. Bru seems to imply that. And I wonder who the mobbed up inker in the 70s was? (this all from the end notes)
I really enjoyed Jacob Phillips colors this issue. Look s like he has abandoned the arbitrary rectangles of color he had been using. But he is bright where he needs to be and somber in the right places.
And I liked this tale of characters Bru has found sadder than street criminals, old comic book artists. ;)
So they're taking that arc, expanding it with new scenes, and releasing it as a HC, a la All my Heroes.
I guess that's cool, but feel a bit like a double dip.
So, that longer arc that starts in issue #5?
(I'll "Spoiler" Copy This For Folks Who Want To Go In Cold)...
[SPOIL]The Death Of Teeg Lawless[/SPOIL]
[QUOTE=numberthirty;4318669]So, that longer arc that starts in issue #5?
(I'll "Spoiler" Copy This For Folks Who Want To Go In Cold)...
[SPOIL]The Death Of Teeg Lawless[/SPOIL][/QUOTE]
Yep. Next three issues are from different perspectives than Dan's. [SPOIL]Next two are teeg's and the third is ricky's [/SPOIL].
I actually like Dan and I wouldn't mind seeing more PI stories.
Just to go into that a bit...
It looks like this arc might be a bit like the stretch of [B][I]100 Bullets[/I][/B] that made up the trade paperback "Six Feet Under The Gun". It tells an interlocking story in a set of solo issues focusing on a group of the central characters(Dizzy/Cole Burns/Benito Medici/Lono/Agent Graves/Wylie Times).
So far, it's off to a great start. Dan seems like he's no pushover.
[QUOTE=Kirby101;4269696]And I wonder who the mobbed up inker in the 70s was? (this all from the end notes)[/QUOTE]
My guess is Vince Colletta. Why else would he have kept getting work?
[QUOTE=the illustrious mr. kenway;4200099]Yep. Its a prequel to volume 4 i believe?[/QUOTE]
I should really do a complete re-read of the originals as it's been years. Actually, a wiki site like the one for Stray Bullets would be ideal. I wonder if one exists.
Actually, speaking of Stray Bullets, all fans of Criminal who haven't checked SB out should do so at once. I can't say enough good things. The greatest crime/caper/messed up lives comic ever.
[url]https://comics.fandom.com/wiki/Criminal[/url]
It also has a TVtropes page but its not very filled in.
[QUOTE=the illustrious mr. kenway;4417003][url]https://comics.fandom.com/wiki/Criminal[/url]
It also has a TVtropes page but its not very filled in.[/QUOTE]
Neither is the wiki sadly. If anything deserves a fleshed-out timeline, it's Criminal.
It's worth a full re read. I did it just before or after the new first issue, and it was great. They hold up just fine.