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[QUOTE=Hellboydce;1388043]bonus with my damaged absolute Watchmen (arrived with hole in box with continues into slipcase, not sure about book as i haven't unsealed it yet) but the wordery got back to me today saying a new copy has been sent out and to not bother sending the old one back :)[/QUOTE]
Nice! Bet you can still sell the book alone for a fine price. Win-win;)
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[QUOTE=LordJulius;1386500]Eisner's Spirit is the comic book equivalent of Welles' Citizen Kane in that you see decades of other examples from the medium and think "Has nobody between 1940 and 1990 ever seen this?" There are aspects of Eisner's work that would be considered revolutionary even today if he hadn't used them already 60 to 70 years before.
Btw, there is a lot of excellent art from the 1930s to 50s out there, but not if you look at DC/Timely of that era (which does indeed look very amateurish, particularly when compared to Eisner). A high-point were the EC books with artists like Wood, Williamson, Davis, etc. Other examples of masterful art (and storytelling) can be found in the comic strips of that time: just look at some examples from Foster, Raymond and Caniff (who has had an influence on Eisner, btw). All of these guys played in an altogether different league than anyone else.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the tips, I am reading the new (and still ongoing) Prince Valiant edition from Fantagraphics, but I've never read a thing from Raymond or Caniff, but will now look into it. I think there are good new editions of Flash Gordon and Rip Kirby as well as Steve Canyon.
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[QUOTE=Balakin;1386534]I'm starting to get really interested in Eisner's Spirit now.
any recommendations what to buy to sample his work? I'm not a fan of these best of DC books but maybe this one is a worthy purchase? Or any other Spirit hc-s?
Also, I still can't believe how old the Tintin books are and what level of art and storytelling they have. Although it's not american.
Also, Little Nemo was waaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of it's time too.[/QUOTE]
The Spirit book is quite different than all the other 75 years of-books: The others provide a selection of stories "through the ages", with some stories from each decade, showing a broad variety of writers and artists. In the Spirit book 95% of the content are from Will Eisner's original run from 1940 to 1952. There are only 3 stories from Kitchen Ink and the Batman/Spirit Crossover from Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke, which are not from Eisner himself. So, maybe this suits you, even if you don't like the other books.
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[QUOTE=victorxd1999;1388052]Nice! Bet you can still sell the book alone for a fine price. Win-win;)[/QUOTE]
never, it will go to charity ;)
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[QUOTE=Pertl;1388091]The Spirit book is quite different than all the other 75 years of-books: The others provide a selection of stories "through the ages", with some stories from each decade, showing a broad variety of writers and artists. In the Spirit book 95% of the content are from Will Eisner's original run from 1940 to 1952. There are only 3 stories from Kitchen Ink and the Batman/Spirit Crossover from Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke, which are not from Eisner himself. So, maybe this suits you, even if you don't like the other books.[/QUOTE]
sounds good, probably gonna try this one then. Thanks!
edit: looked it up and it costs the same as 500 page Image deluxes or DH LE-s (it's 430 pages) but it's not even oversized and probably the usual DC quality (tight, glued binding, alright paper).
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Got the Batman Gothic Deluxe and it's pretty darn nice. Cover's rather lame (the old tpbs have better covers, using the cover from LOTDK #6 (first issue of Gothic arc)).
One missed opportunity: Not including Grant's first Batman story "The Stalking" as an extra (it's from Batman UK Annual 1986, which I own).
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[QUOTE=Hellboydce;1388102]never, it will go to charity ;)[/QUOTE]
Haha, you are a better man than me then;)
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I just finished John's JSA vol 1 and it was awesome! Do you think vol 2 & 3 get better or did it peak in 1?
Also, for those on the fence about Sweet Tooth, buy it and read it day 1. That was one of those rare books that kept me up late into the night because I just couldn't put down the stories!
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[QUOTE=GenericUserName12;1388278]I just finished John's JSA vol 1 and it was awesome! Do you think vol 2 & 3 get better or did it peak in 1?
Also, for those on the fence about Sweet Tooth, buy it and read it day 1. That was one of those rare books that kept me up late into the night because I just couldn't put down the stories![/QUOTE]
I think it gets better in vol 2. Although some say that the last 2-3 stories before Levitz are not so great but I remember really liking those too.
Didn't care for the Levitz story at all.
After that it changes a bit (when the title changed to Justice Society from JSA) but remains awesome.
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[QUOTE=JBatmanFan05;1388241]Got the Batman Gothic Deluxe and it's pretty darn nice. Cover's rather lame (the old tpbs have better covers, using the cover from LOTDK #6 (first issue of Gothic arc)).[/QUOTE]
Yeah the new cover seems on purpose to make the book look more modern and superheroic.
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[QUOTE=GenericUserName12;1388278]I just finished John's JSA vol 1 and it was awesome! Do you think vol 2 & 3 get better or did it peak in 1?[/QUOTE]
The first one is definitely the best, but v2 and 3 are really good too, especially with the additions to the roster
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[QUOTE=Balakin;1388130]sounds good, probably gonna try this one then. Thanks!
edit: looked it up and it costs the same as 500 page Image deluxes or DH LE-s (it's 430 pages) but it's not even oversized and probably the usual DC quality (tight, glued binding, alright paper).[/QUOTE]
Yes, all true.
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I had a look at the 2nd GL by Geoff Johns Omnibus in my LCS, and going by the legend on the back, the content has changed slightly. They seem to have dropped the Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps mini, the Untold Tales one shot, as well as DC Universe #0. The legend says it collects #26 - 52, Blackest Night #0 - 8, and the Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns one shot. Not a major change, but I wish DC would tell fans when the content changes between solicits and publication.
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[QUOTE=GenericUserName12;1388278]I just finished John's JSA vol 1 and it was awesome! Do you think vol 2 & 3 get better or did it peak in 1?
Also, for those on the fence about Sweet Tooth, buy it and read it day 1. That was one of those rare books that kept me up late into the night because I just couldn't put down the stories![/QUOTE]
When I read those as sigle issues, he reminded me so much of Roy Thomas or Paul Levitz. I am tempted by all the JSA books, but I stopped collecting after issue 40. That Will Eisner book sounds tempting.
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[QUOTE=Brian;1388408]I had a look at the 2nd GL by Geoff Johns Omnibus in my LCS, and going by the legend on the back, the content has changed slightly. They seem to have dropped the Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps mini, the Untold Tales one shot, as well as DC Universe #0. The legend says it collects #26 - 52, Blackest Night #0 - 8, and the Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns one shot. Not a major change, but I wish DC would tell fans when the content changes between solicits and publication.[/QUOTE]
Those are major changes. I think that takes out Nekron's origin from Tales or something.