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Post by almuric on Oct 13, 2019 10:17:27 GMT -5
What is it with modern comics and the preponderance of purple, blue and orange in the color palette? I see it everywhere these days.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2019 13:56:35 GMT -5
Marvel should get Conan out of the Savage Avengers and concentrate on telling us some decent stories set in the Hyborian Age.
I know it's fun to see Conan become friends with the Punisher but maybe it is time for Marvel to let it go.
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Post by Taurus on Oct 21, 2019 15:06:48 GMT -5
Marvel should get Conan out of the Savage Avengers and concentrate on telling us some decent stories set in the Hyborian Age. I know it's fun to see Conan become friends with the Punisher but maybe it is time for Marvel to let it go. Seeing Conan become friends with the Punisher is sad, not fun. Conan belongs to the Hyborean Age and nowhere else.
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Post by Von K on Oct 21, 2019 15:53:37 GMT -5
Whilst the comicbook world always has been a less formal environment where experimentation with various scenarios is more accepted and even expected, yet nevertheless it may be there’s only so far you can take concepts like this. Characters can get too far out of context with regards to technological disparity.
Personally the furthest I’d be willing to take Conan chronologically and technologically would be Solomon Kane’s age. Bar the lack of pistols and cannons in The Black Stranger he’s almost there already.
It’s easier to rationalise a character from the future getting by in the past than it is a character from the past having to cope with complex new technology. Captain America jumps some thirty years into the future so it’s still reasonable for him to cope with the tech shift. Kull leapt tens of thousands of years forward in Kings of the Night, but in spite of the vast timespan involved the Dark Ages is not too different from his own technologically, so he and his skillset are still very much in context.
There are also issues of the audience preferences for certain kinds of yarn. People differ with regard to how much willing suspension of disbelief they are prepared to accommodate. Generally, a reader of Swords and Sorcery is looking for a different kind of vibe from a yarn than a reader of Sci-Fi, for instance, or modern day superhero. When you try to mix the vibes too much the whole thing can seem discordant. One way to accommodate for this is to define a larger context that can contain the two like some Science Fantasy does or certain sorts of Sword and Planet.
But that could just be my inexperience speaking. Theoretically a good writer can accomplish almost anything. The key factor is to keep the characters fully themselves and figure out how they psychologically adapt, rationalise and react to everything.
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Post by wolfshead on Oct 22, 2019 17:05:16 GMT -5
Great analysis Slayer. Spot on. Bet you're looking forward to Conan 2099
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 13:02:40 GMT -5
Whilst the comicbook world always has been a less formal environment where experimentation with various scenarios is more accepted and even expected, yet nevertheless it may be there’s only so far you can take concepts like this. Characters can get too far out of context with regards to technological disparity. Personally the furthest I’d be willing to take Conan chronologically and technologically would be Solomon Kane’s age. Bar the lack of pistols and cannons in The Black Stranger he’s almost there already. It’s easier to rationalise a character from the future getting by in the past than it is a character from the past having to cope with complex new technology. Captain America jumps some thirty years into the future so it’s still reasonable for him to cope with the tech shift. Kull leapt tens of thousands of years forward in Kings of the Night, but in spite of the vast timespan involved the Dark Ages is not too different from his own technologically, so he and his skillset are still very much in context. There are also issues of the audience preferences for certain kinds of yarn. People differ with regard to how much willing suspension of disbelief they are prepared to accommodate. Generally, a reader of Swords and Sorcery is looking for a different kind of vibe from a yarn than a reader of Sci-Fi, for instance, or modern day superhero. When you try to mix the vibes too much the whole thing can seem discordant. One way to accommodate for this is to define a larger context that can contain the two like some Science Fantasy does or certain sorts of Sword and Planet. But that could just be my inexperience speaking. Theoretically a good writer can accomplish almost anything. The key factor is to keep the characters fully themselves and figure out how they psychologically adapt, rationalise and react to everything. Excellent post there Von K. Hopefully Jim Zub will be more successful with the upcoming REH orientated Serpent War mini series.
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Post by mindboggled on Oct 28, 2019 17:28:40 GMT -5
I love Berserk, started watching the original anime in the 2000's then read the manga and was blown away. I'm not a fan of how Miura changed his style in recent years but I'm still heavily invested in it. The change to his art style is unfortunately due to him switching over to digital. Also he has dumped some of the work load on to assistant illustrators. A chapter came out recently, haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
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Post by mindboggled on Oct 29, 2019 21:38:10 GMT -5
Marvel should get Conan out of the Savage Avengers and concentrate on telling us some decent stories set in the Hyborian Age. I know it's fun to see Conan become friends with the Punisher but maybe it is time for Marvel to let it go. Seeing Conan become friends with the Punisher is sad, not fun. Conan belongs to the Hyborean Age and nowhere else. Considering this is Marvel we are contending with, we should be grateful they are nothing MORE than friends.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Nov 13, 2019 23:42:20 GMT -5
This actually wasn't a bad issue. I didn't mind the art, it may have been too vibrant for the Savage Land but it was clean. Conan and the Punisher talking about Crom and crafting their own weapons and attire from their kills was fun.
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