Lazarus Appreciation 2018

[harashkupo]

I'm a little behind on my Lazarus reading... but just "read" issue #15 this morning. Lark's choreography... just, wow. Amazing issue with absolutely no dialogue in the meat of the whole thing. Really good stuff. Can't wait for THAT episode in the soon-to-be-tv-show! lol.

I hope a major cable network gets Lazarus if this actually finds a home. Not just because of the violence but also the chance to give this the quality it deserves.

[ysemaj]

I hope a major cable network gets Lazarus if this actually finds a home. Not just because of the violence but also the chance to give this the quality it deserves.

I think Lazarus will only have a viable future on TV if it does get picked up by a network that offers healthy budgets and no restrictions on what they can show. I'd love for it to be on AMC/HBO/Showtime. I would be very apprehensive if it ends up being on CBS/ABC/CW. I also see it as having a season of 10/12 episodes and not 20-23 like some networks do.

It would have to be marketed VERY well to appeal to as many people as possible. I haven't really been sold on adaptions for TV, whether they come from a comic or a book series. GoT started to prove me wrong in the first few seasons and then when they started to omit some absolutely great characters I gave up, which I'm afraid could happen with this show.

[harashkupo]

I think Lazarus will only have a viable future on TV if it does get picked up by a network that offers healthy budgets and no restrictions on what they can show. I'd love for it to be on AMC/HBO/Showtime. I would be very apprehensive if it ends up being on CBS/ABC/CW. I also see it as having a season of 10/12 episodes and not 20-23 like some networks do.

It would have to be marketed VERY well to appeal to as many people as possible. I haven't really been sold on adaptions for TV, whether they come from a comic or a book series. GoT started to prove me wrong in the first few seasons and then when they started to omit some absolutely great characters I gave up, which I'm afraid could happen with this show.

I pretty much agree with everything you said. Except I don't think you can compare it to GoT. Those books are massive and to try to fit that into small season is such a daunting task that I believe they did well under the circumstances that surround that series.

With Lazarus we are only 16 issues deep of a comic book. Granted there's a massive amount of world building but the main story itself is pretty short. As a positive this could give them room to really play around with. It also could be too much where the writers get lost within concepts that backs them into a corner. There's so much potential and I think that a Lazarus show has a better chance with HBO, Showtime, or even Starz.

[matt levin]

what would most concern me about a TV Lazarus is the (likely?) reduction or elimination of the anti-big corporation capitalism that's the strong social undercurrent to the comic. Socio-economics is SUCH a major, if under-stated factor in the comic, and such a nearly-taboo ("anti-America") subject in current political newscasts of major networks, I worry TV producers would simply drop that aspect. In the comic, we have the super-duper rich families, their 'affliliates' and the mass of humanity--the Waste. On TV..? The world of Lazarus is close at hand to reality, thank you brothers Koch and ilk; I'd bet Lazarus transferred to TV would cut too closely.

[harashkupo]

So is there any word on when the next issue of Lazarus is scheduled to drop?

[AJpyro]

Got the 4 Lazarus tpbs. Man things got crazy int he last two.

But I must say: Forever is adorable.

[harashkupo]

Got the 4 Lazarus tpbs. Man things got crazy int he last two.

But I must say: Forever is adorable.

I felt that way towards the flashbacks.

[AJpyro]

I felt that way towards the flashbacks.

She was especially adorable, and hot, during the Conclave.

[Galerion]

So is there any word on when the next issue of Lazarus is scheduled to drop?

Comixology has listed it for April 20th. So yeah still a good bit to go.

Got the 4 Lazarus tpbs. Man things got crazy int he last two.

But I must say: Forever is adorable.

Hey Pyro, nice to see that you enjoyed it. Man that cliff-hanger from the last issue is just so big and we have to wait so long for the follow-up.

Totally agreed on Forever but then she is so similar to Laura that I of course have to love her

[harashkupo]

Comixology has listed it for April 20th. So yeah still a good bit to go.



Hey Pyro, nice to see that you enjoyed it. Man that cliff-hanger from the last issue is just so big and we have to wait so long for the follow-up.

Totally agreed on Forever but then she is so similar to Laura that I of course have to love her

Laura would make a killer Lazarus

[Galerion]

Laura would make a killer Lazarus

My headcanon is that Forever is an alternative reality Laura. A reality in which such silly things as super heroes don't exist

[Detox]

Comixology has listed it for April 20th. So yeah still a good bit to go.

Can't come soon enough. My blood's starting to itch.

[AJpyro]

Comixology has listed it for April 20th. So yeah still a good bit to go.



Hey Pyro, nice to see that you enjoyed it. Man that cliff-hanger from the last issue is just so big and we have to wait so long for the follow-up.

Totally agreed on Forever but then she is so similar to Laura that I of course have to love her

That's why Rucka is the 1st person (after Taylor) I'd want to write Laura. But man I can't wait to see how this new addition came to be.

[Anduinel]

Is anyone else planning to pick up the Lazarus Sourcebook this week?

[Maxpower00044]

Is anyone else planning to pick up the Lazarus Sourcebook this week?

I can't wait for it. I love this book so much.