Yeah, I really wanted more than was delivered. Should have been a two parter with more actual story.
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Yeah, I really wanted more than was delivered. Should have been a two parter with more actual story.
I think that was in my top three for Roberson-penned Mignolaverse stuff. As much as it did kind of pitch a premise that didn't end up being there, I really loved the quiet and the character work....
Right after I posted this, I saw middenway's post on the FB group that some stores got items early. Oh well, if I can't be a unique special recipient, at least I got to read it two weeks early! (And...
So here’s a fun thing: my local Newbury Comics had Sword of Hyperborea #1 sitting on the shelf. Isn’t it not supposed to be out for two more weeks? (Obviously I got it)
Oops--must be issue #2 then. The solicit for February has a bat-ghoul-thing that has opened the floor for deliberation.
That was my first thought as well, but it looks considerably scrawnier than that critter. The Witchfinder thing, IIRC, had more muscular back legs.
Thanks as usual! Do we know anything about the Sword of Hyperborea's various time periods? This is probably far off the money, but I thought the critter on the cover of issue 1 looked a lot like one...
Skelton Crew still owes us a few of those...wonder if they're going to make any more? It's been quite a time since their last proper artifact release.
Very excited about this. I'd love to see all the novels get comic-ized.
All of those beings are referenced or show up in the stories. Most of your questions will be answered if you keep reading.
Wooo! And drawn by Stenbeck, no less!
Do you think this is sort of a backdoor pilot for a regular SLC series?
Overall agree. I did notice on the first page that HB's face didn't look right at all. Too angled rather than square-jawed, and leaning into standard demonic features too hard. But the story was a...
That makes sense. A Tovich mini would be most excellent, too. Lord, I hope they eventually can figure out a way to put the rest of the planned Frankenstein stories out there. Such good comics.
Has...
I was surprised that Secret Histories wasn't released as a vol. 1 since there's still Rise of the Black Flame, Crimson Lotus, and Koschei at least, to say nothing of Sarah Jewell.
But I was also...
There's still enough content to do at least one more secret histories volume, so I'm surprised it isn't being marketed as "Volume 1." There's still Koschei, Frankenstein Underground, Rise of the...
I could be way off base here, but does the thing on the cover of Hagan #2 look a bit like a Jaguar God?
...So, uh, how much is my Bernie Wrightson book worth, then?
*hangs head in shame*
But we can all agree that whatever the particular writing thing we're talking about is, Arcudi does it best, right?
I thought the first issue was a lot better than the second--they're introducing the monster in a weird, anti-climactic way which I hope pays off hugely later on.
I also can't be bothered about the...
I agree. I also wonder whether there was a script/loose cut that was muuuuuch longer that the studio balked on and chopped into what we got.
It really is a shame the rumor of a Netflix shared...
It’s hard to even pin down how it would be as an adaptation because as a film it’s so poorly made. The pacing is awful, the characters are rarely if ever given anything to do other than exposit, and...
Oof...I also watched it today and I couldn't have been more disappointed in every aspect of it. I was anticipating it not being my kind of thing but it managed to be worse than my imagination. Not a...
I pre-ordered the Zavvi steelbook, out of some kind of solidarity. I suppose adding it to the 2500+ blu-ray library is better than not contributing at all.
Only two theatres in the Boston area still playing it. This did not go well for anyone, really.
Yeah, Billy Idol really kinda forecasted the direction this would go in. Mony, Mony is sort of an ironic song for them to have picked, since it seems like probably this movie will not make much Mony,...