Posted by g-off at ac803e3e.ipt.aol.com on July 01, 2000 at 20:04:30:
In Reply to: Re: P.S. posted by Exar Kun on July 01, 2000 at 14:53:14:
Well I always thought the first deathblow story arc wasn't too bad...till the fucking ending when all was returned to normal...up till that point it had potential. Union was just a nightmare after the establishment of the characters origin. Anyway atleast let me have that they were good concept though they weren't good books as a whole.
-Geoff
: You say the concepts were good, but the writing and art wasn't. Hence, the books were shit.
: : P.S. I'm well aware of Kevin writing for Daredevil and I'm familiar with the exploits of Miller,Gaiman,...etc.
: : : maybe the writing and the art wasn't great, but the ideas behind them were really good (ever have one of those yourself?) unfortunately there was no follow through on those ideas. Image spread themselves too thin on the talent/book ratio and I don't know what went wrong in Valient, but they were expanding on established books or character in many cases anyway.
: : : : Those books you named are shit. Kev did the first 8 issues of Daredevil which are a fantastic read. David Mack's run is turning out great as well. You want some good comics? Read Preacher (It's ending *sob*), Sin City...ah hell, read anything by Kevin, Miller, Morrison, Ennis, Moore, Gaiman, and Ellis.
: : : : : I used to be this big fucking fanboy back in the day and it's been about 6 years since I collected any books or even bought a Wizard to keep in touch with it. I was just curious as to what the hell happened. Shit got all fucked up in the comic book industry. All the indies stepped aside and the mainstreams took control again. I never have and never will be a collector of Marvel or D.C. because I feel their books just keep getting older and moldier. Anyway, I've digressed, my question is about any chance you might want to resurect one of the many awesome titles of the early ninties (Deathblow, Union, rai, Bloodshot) at some point in the future as a flick? Some of those books were just awesome (in concept at least) and would make good flicks. My main thought in the plus column was that the rights to books that are dead would be cheap as all hell. Anyway can't wait to hear news on your script as a go (I hope) or not...hope it kicks some ass.
: : : : : -Geoff