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Post by almuric on Aug 21, 2022 10:33:48 GMT -5
I'm morbidly curious to know how bad this is. Would any of the unlucky ones who have read this care to give me a brief rundown?
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Post by karasuthecrow on Aug 21, 2022 13:51:49 GMT -5
I'm morbidly curious to know how bad this is. Would any of the unlucky ones who have read this care to give me a brief rundown? The drawings are really pretty but the characters are written horrible, Belit keeps saying things like " I want a man who can give me a real fuck" there is a chapter that they defeat the wizard but revoming Valeries clothes, he got distracted by watching her and theyn Belit kills him, this could sound like stupid fun but believe me its not even good at it, "Invinsible Red Sonja" has a similar premise but its waaaay better writtend and characterize because this feels like a poor Xena fanfiction.
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Post by cromfelge on Aug 21, 2022 14:06:01 GMT -5
It just confuses me that some bad writers get to work with big publishers multiple times while so many good ones don't get the chance even once!
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Post by boboldman on Aug 21, 2022 15:14:13 GMT -5
It's wordy and over-written. I had to force myself to read the last issue. I think the last issue (#3) was supposed to reveal how Belit returns from the dead, but I couldn't make head nor tail of it. Something about Crom killing the other gods.
The art is really good. The plot is middling. I wish I hadn't pre-ordered this. I'm stuck buying the last two issues. I think it's done with #5 - there hasn't been issue solicited in two months.
Good riddance. Ablaze needs to get back to publishing Cimmerian.
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Post by Monster on Aug 22, 2022 0:04:33 GMT -5
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Post by Erik on Aug 22, 2022 18:40:16 GMT -5
I read the first issue and that more than enough for me. The art is decent, but the writing is sophomoric with seemingly very little understanding of the characters. Don't bother.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2022 7:32:21 GMT -5
BELIT & VALERIA #4 (Cover B by Fabrizio De Tomasso)(W) Max Bemis (A) Rodney Buchemi ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HYBORIAN AGE UNLEASHED! See its true skull-cracking nature, its unrestrained blood-splattering violence, mayhem, and sexuality! Two she-pirates, one recently dead, and the other less than willing are all that stands between chaos and order. BĂȘlit and Valeria take their crew across Hyperborea to stop the wizards and magicians that are threatening the realm in an attempt to contact the god responsible for BĂȘlit's reemergence, but the quest takes a detour when she feels the need to prove herself. And now what was an adventure may turn into a suicide mission!
IN STORES NEXT WEDNESDAY!
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Post by almuric on Aug 26, 2022 9:38:55 GMT -5
I'm morbidly curious to know how bad this is. Would any of the unlucky ones who have read this care to give me a brief rundown? The drawings are really pretty but the characters are written horrible, Belit keeps saying things like " I want a man who can give me a real fuck" there is a chapter that they defeat the wizard but revoming Valeries clothes, he got distracted by watching her and theyn Belit kills him, this could sound like stupid fun but believe me its not even good at it, "Invinsible Red Sonja" has a similar premise but its waaaay better writtend and characterize because this feels like a poor Xena fanfiction. Wow, it's as if it sprang from Robert E. Howard's own typewriter.
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Post by karasuthecrow on Aug 26, 2022 13:29:05 GMT -5
The drawings are really pretty but the characters are written horrible, Belit keeps saying things like " I want a man who can give me a real fuck" there is a chapter that they defeat the wizard but revoming Valeries clothes, he got distracted by watching her and theyn Belit kills him, this could sound like stupid fun but believe me its not even good at it, "Invinsible Red Sonja" has a similar premise but its waaaay better writtend and characterize because this feels like a poor Xena fanfiction. Wow, it's as if it sprang from Robert E. Howard's own typewriter. Yeah, now am more decided to write my own Conan pastiches .
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Post by boboldman on Aug 31, 2022 19:09:18 GMT -5
Man, I hate this comic. This is the drawback of pre-ordering... you get stuck with awful crap that is awful.
Spoilers for issue 4...
Something something Bel, Belit, Valeria... I don't know. It's a jumbled mess. The writer is high on his own supply.
The issue ends with a guy holding a Hyborian age rifle.
If anyone from Ablaze is reading this (and I know you're not)... if you bring this series back for a volume 2, *please* hire a different writer. Or, at the very least, edit the guy.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Aug 31, 2022 21:25:44 GMT -5
Man, I hate this comic. This is the drawback of pre-ordering... you get stuck with awful crap that is awful. Spoilers for issue 4... Something something Bel, Belit, Valeria... I don't know. It's a jumbled mess. The writer is high on his own supply. The issue ends with a guy holding a Hyborian age rifle. If anyone from Ablaze is reading this (and I know you're not)... if you bring this series back for a volume 2, *please* hire a different writer. Or, at the very least, edit the guy. Ugh... Ablaze, if you are reading this.... stick to publishing Glenat adaptations. If you must expand your line, start translating some of the South American or other overseas adaptations into English.
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Post by terryallenuk on Sept 1, 2022 1:12:23 GMT -5
Man, I hate this comic. This is the drawback of pre-ordering... you get stuck with awful crap that is awful. Spoilers for issue 4... Something something Bel, Belit, Valeria... I don't know. It's a jumbled mess. The writer is high on his own supply. The issue ends with a guy holding a Hyborian age rifle. If anyone from Ablaze is reading this (and I know you're not)... if you bring this series back for a volume 2, *please* hire a different writer. Or, at the very least, edit the guy. You could always send send them a tweet like I did At least the artist got back to me.
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Post by karasuthecrow on Sept 1, 2022 20:46:17 GMT -5
Just read issue 4, even more horrible than the previous one, the more I read this thing the more I thought that they thing that this is a poooooooooooooor Xena and Gabrielle fanfiction without knowing the proper source material......THANKS CROM THAT THIS WE ARE ABOUT TO FINIAH THI.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Sept 1, 2022 22:57:27 GMT -5
Man, I hate this comic. This is the drawback of pre-ordering... you get stuck with awful crap that is awful. Spoilers for issue 4... Something something Bel, Belit, Valeria... I don't know. It's a jumbled mess. The writer is high on his own supply. The issue ends with a guy holding a Hyborian age rifle. If anyone from Ablaze is reading this (and I know you're not)... if you bring this series back for a volume 2, *please* hire a different writer. Or, at the very least, edit the guy. You could always send send them a tweet like I did At least the artist got back to me. That's awesome, Terry! The artist isn't the problem, though The editorial team/leadership and the writer they hired to steer this train wreck need a reality check. I can't believe I preordered this shit.
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Post by almuric on Sept 3, 2022 8:14:34 GMT -5
Sheesh. Firearms in the Hyborian Age. A long, Taranaich-style takedown of this would be very entertaining. I mean, something entertaining has to come from this trainwreck, right?
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