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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2016 15:01:29 GMT -5
I picked it up and the art is not as good as the previous number. Notable decline. Did not impress me like # 3. I will wait for # 5 and decide if I will keep up with the series.
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Post by lordyam on Oct 27, 2016 16:42:33 GMT -5
I actually liked this one. It was quick and to the point and I can see how Conan gets leadership. Tarsalayn is going to die in issue 6, and Conan will get the job. Kyrylo will die in Gorey castle too. Overall I'm digging the series. I wish Van Lente had stayed on. He's a good writer of Conan stuff
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Post by Erik on Oct 27, 2016 17:32:21 GMT -5
I actually liked this one. It was quick and to the point and I can see how Conan gets leadership. Tarsalayn is going to die in issue 6, and Conan will get the job. Kyrylo will die in Gorey castle too. Overall I'm digging the series. I wish Van Lente had stayed on. He's a good writer of Conan stuff Pretty much how I feel too. I really enjoyed this issue, even more than the last, and the art was just as good. Looks like we have an exciting adventure/hunt coming up in the next issue or two.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2016 9:00:42 GMT -5
Picked this up this morning. Not bad, still considerably better than the last 2 volumes (Conan the Barbarian/Avenger) by Dark Horse. From what I have seen of Davila, I surmise, that once "The Devil in Iron' adaptation starts I will be disappointed - it will take a considerable leap in the quality of Davila's storytelling, composition and art for me to change my mind.
We'll probably see a faithful rendition of Conan in the DH adaptation:
'As the first tinge of dawn reddened the sea, a small boat with a solitary occupant approached the cliffs. The man in the boat was a picturesque figure. A crimson scarf was knotted about his head; his wide silk breeches, of flaming hue, were upheld by a broad sash, which likewise supported a scimitar in a shagreen scabbard. His gilt-worked leather boots suggested the horseman rather than the seaman, but he handled his boat with skill. Through his widely open white silk shirt showed his broad, muscular breast, burned brown by the sun.' Conan Volume 1, Del Rey, p.329
But, I have to be honest, is that enough? I can't see this team capturing the mood/atmosphere of the original tale! Not yet, anyway.
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Post by lordyam on Nov 2, 2016 13:59:58 GMT -5
I disagree. The atmosphere worked, the art is pretty good overall, and there's a lot of horror.
The weird thing about avenger is that it was good storytelling wise (The best since tim truman)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2016 14:55:43 GMT -5
I disagree. The atmosphere worked, the art is pretty good overall, and there's a lot of horror. The weird thing about avenger is that it was good storytelling wise (The best since tim truman) Unfortunately the art on 'Avenger' put me off the book. It's a shame if the storytelling was as good as you say, but, I just could not support the overall direction the main Conan title was heading under Dark Horse at the time. I know it will probably take time for Davila to settle in, for now I am impressed, and glad that the art has improved, but I'm still not overly-impressed. Nevertheless, I have for the first time in years started to buy the main Conan title - so, they must be doing something right.
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Post by johnnypt on Nov 2, 2016 15:11:03 GMT -5
The writing was quite good on Avenger, why they still had Ching stick to the "Barbarian" model sheet and style I don't know.
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Post by lordyam on Nov 3, 2016 20:31:34 GMT -5
I disagree. The atmosphere worked, the art is pretty good overall, and there's a lot of horror. The weird thing about avenger is that it was good storytelling wise (The best since tim truman) Unfortunately the art on 'Avenger' put me off the book. It's a shame if the storytelling was as good as you say, but, I just could not support the overall direction the main Conan title was heading under Dark Horse at the time. I know it will probably take time for Davila to settle in, for now I am impressed, and glad that the art has improved, but I'm still not overly-impressed. Nevertheless, I have for the first time in years started to buy the main Conan title - so, they must be doing something right. You could read it online. The stories are quite good and feel like stories from busiek or truman
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Post by jbruel0 on Nov 4, 2016 9:00:06 GMT -5
Less and less a fan of Slayer after this issue... Jb
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Post by lordyam on Nov 4, 2016 11:15:28 GMT -5
May I enquire why?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 14:13:27 GMT -5
The art is far from great just to name one single reason. I did not like this issue too. I was motivated after seeing # 3 but felt # 4 was a bit of a letdown. If # 5 does not improve I may stop buying the series, which runs the risk of being nothing special. The story is good, but also nothing special up to this point, so why bother reading? I'm done with fair to not so good comics. If a publisher wants my money, better make it really worth it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 15:14:15 GMT -5
Unfortunately the art on 'Avenger' put me off the book. It's a shame if the storytelling was as good as you say, but, I just could not support the overall direction the main Conan title was heading under Dark Horse at the time. I know it will probably take time for Davila to settle in, for now I am impressed, and glad that the art has improved, but I'm still not overly-impressed. Nevertheless, I have for the first time in years started to buy the main Conan title - so, they must be doing something right. You could read it online. The stories are quite good and feel like stories from busiek or truman I just can't read a comic with art like this. The art was truly awful. I think with the new series 'Conan the Slayer' the art has improved, but, the real problem is that it's not spectacular!
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Post by jbruel0 on Nov 5, 2016 8:10:12 GMT -5
Seems that we are still in number #1 of the serie. No progress in facts, same design at all becomes a bit boring (you could mix all the design in #1 to #4, they can be), violence everywhere, art is good but not more, so far from what can be done (DH King Conan series) but better from Barbarian I agree.... All issues seem the same
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Post by johnnypt on Nov 5, 2016 8:37:38 GMT -5
There's a point to that, it does suffer a little from "the comic bends" or "decompression sickness", needing six issues to tell a story that could be done in four, three or even two. That said, the writing itself is very good, Bunn has a Howardian way with words in some panels. The art this time is a little less dynamic and detailed than previous issues, but to me not a major regression. Unfortunately we're in an era where if you drop $4 on a book you have to feel you're getting your money's worth. I'm fine with it, but I get why others are expecting more. A Busiek style "time out issue" devoted to character development away from the man story would absolutely not work these days.
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Post by ascalante on Nov 12, 2016 12:24:24 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm going to echo a lot of the same sentiments expressed already. This is the best we have had in the main series since Conan the Cimmerian. Not sure if it's better than Road of Kings, I think I may have enjoyed that more, but it was hard to appreciate at the time because what came before it was much better.
This series Conan the Slayer is just OK. I'm glad skinny Conan is gone, but it feels like this story is dragging and not going anywhere after four issues. Hopefully this team will get better. Not sure hunting down Kyrylo in the next issue is a great plot point. I'm not too excited, but we'll see. He doesn't seem like an adversary worth hunting. Conan beat him so easily this feels anticlimactic.
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