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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 13:49:41 GMT -5
Review from comicbook.com: comicbook.com/comics/2019/04/10/new-comic-reviews-dc-marvel-image/#3AGE OF CONAN BELIT #2
While paced significantly better than the first issue, it's still a bit unclear at times what's actually going on in Belit #2. The dialogue and general characterization is good, but the artwork falters when called on to illustrate any sort of action. There are absolutely better books on the shelf this week, but there are worse ones too. -- Rollin Bishop
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 12:02:30 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 17:00:38 GMT -5
Interesting review by Paintmonk. CAPSULE REVIEW: First and foremost, I think the biggest problem with this issue is the artwork. That's not to say that both the writing and plot are sorely lacking; rather, any impact the story could have is dulled by comedic, superhero artwork that has no place in a fantasy comic. The action sequences (involving human characters) are uneventful, even poorly drawn.
 Artist Kate Niemczyk is tremendously talented, but either we don't see that in Age of Conan: Belit, or the art style is poorly matched with the sword-and-sorcery genre. I still can't wrap my head around this, as Kate Niemczyk's artwork in the Mockingbird limited series from Marvel was much better. Is Niemczyk channeling her inner Mike Allred here? It's clear she has talent (anyone who can draw more than crude stick figures has talent compared to me), but it's also clear that she has no idea whatsoever what the sword and sorcery genre and Conan's world are all about. And if she does, then her artwork is a poor match to said genre and any Marvel editor worth their salt would have caught this. Roy Thomas details in his memoir "A Barbarian Life" just how much effort he and Stan Lee made to make sure they found an artist who could bring the world of Conan to the readers in a dynamic, in-your-face and otherworldly manner. At this point, it is obvious the editors at Marvel felt here that two talented creators with big names could assemble an effective comic, the rest be damned.It's truly sad. I don't think either Tini Howard of Kate Niemczyk should have been set up for failure like this - they are both talented, but very out of their element with the subject matter in this book. They may know contemporary society and today's social mores - but based on the two issues thus far, they have no idea who Howard's (or Thomas') Belit was, or are trying to completely re-invent the wheel. The pirates aboard the Tigress are caricatures, and between bad dialogue and the way they are drawn, I'd be more likely to laugh when they tried to board my ship than give their threats any weight whatsoever. At least we got to see some combat, and those are all sequences which Niemczyk handles well. It's the character-to-character dialogue panels and smaller fight scenes where she drops the ball. On a scale of 1-10, I'd rate this issue a 4.0. It's a Marvel comic, after all, and in theory it takes place in the Hyborian Age. In the words of Forrest Gump, comics are "like a box of chocolates". If that's the case we're expected to eat a tofu-filled, boring and tasteless morsel with this book.Link: paintmonk.blogspot.com/2019/04/belit-hauls-in-dead-beastie-in-age-of.html |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 17:26:58 GMT -5
I thought I'd just add a classic splash page from CtB #73 of Bêlit by Big John Buscema and Ernie Chan.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 14:58:32 GMT -5
AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #5 (OF 5)TINI HOWARD (W) KATE NIEMCZYK (A) Cover by SANA TAKEDA Variant Cover by JENNY FRISON ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST!
• BÊLIT undergoes a harrowing experience…
• …but will she emerge stronger or forever broken by the ordeal?
• And: N’Yaga’s greatest challenge!
• PLUS: The conclusion of the all-new BÊLIT novella “BONE WHISPERS”!
32 PGS Parental Advisory $3.99 Release Date: 24th of July 2019 |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2019 1:23:42 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Aiken on May 4, 2019 22:58:35 GMT -5
This is by far the worst book of the entire relaunch and is just as bad, if not worse than Wood's run. The first issue wasn't bad, but this whole monster Hunter shit is just dragging the whole book down.
Marvel really doesn't get this character. It was a mistake to give her a mini and I hope they stay away from the rest of the Conan characters.
This issue was beyond bad. This isn't Belit.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2019 12:49:16 GMT -5
AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #3
In Stores Tomorrow (on Thursday in the UK thanks to Bank Holiday Monday)
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2019 15:44:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 13:45:56 GMT -5
 AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT, QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST TPB Written by TINI HOWARD Penciled by KATE NIEMCZYK Cover by SANA TAKEDA The spitfire who would be queen! Bêlit — the name alone conjures fear up and down the coasts of the Hyborian Age. And the sight of her ship, the Tigress, is an omen of despair for any town in the pirate queen’s path! The Age of Conan begins with one of the barbarian’s most formidable compatriots in a new story revealing how she became the undisputed Queen of the Black Coast! Teenage Bêlit is obsessed with the sea — as well as the monsters and treasures she thinks are summoning her there! But when she stows away on the dread Admiral Atrahasis’ ship, it leads her into a deadly adventure even she could not predict! Will Bêlit’s impetuous nature lead the crew to victory — or sink her ambitions before they’ve begun? Collecting AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT, QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST #1-5. 112 PGS $15.99 ISBN: 978-1-302-91695-4 Release Date: 18 Sept 2019 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 12:29:15 GMT -5
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Post by johnnypt on Jul 19, 2019 12:52:15 GMT -5
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Post by Char-Vell on Jul 19, 2019 13:03:43 GMT -5
Maybe we at war with Vanaheim? |
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Post by jbruel0 on Jul 24, 2019 11:30:20 GMT -5
God, how could they make such a shit?  ? Sorry... |
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Post by dutchhowardfan on Jul 24, 2019 14:34:37 GMT -5
I like the issue, but why are there gun-ports in the pirate ship? ? |
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