Fortnightly Marvel Graphic Novel Collection

Thwip! wrote: »

ah read it again, it's actually decent... i had problems with Marvel Zombies though, bored me a little

I have already read that so don't think I will bother again, it really is a product of it's time. Now Zombies have replaced shiney vampires as flavour of the month and it seems pretty stale....also the fact that it has had 12 sequels at this stage doesn't do it any favours.

I enjoyed Daredevil, although it could have done without Captain America in the final issue. And I am always disappointed that when I read a storyline that I have heard/read a lot about in magazines like Wizard, that it actually transpires so quickly in the storyline. I like slow building stories and it would have been nice to see the breakdown of Daredevil transpire over a much longer time period. Didn't detract from my enjoyment too much though.

I reckon She-Hulk will be next up for me.

Just finished 'Welcome Back Frank'.

Ennis is such a one trick pony it's not even funny, good thing he is good at that trick.

It's Preacher lite but still enjoyable, looking forward to the second part.

Turtyturd wrote: »

Just finished 'Welcome Back Frank'.

Ennis is such a one trick pony it's not even funny, good thing he is good at that trick.

It's Preacher lite but still enjoyable, looking forward to the second part.

Ennis's work on Battlefields/Enemy Ace/War Stories is so much better than his other stuff that its unreal, just a pity not as many people read them.

Turtyturd wrote: »

I am not the biggest Dillon fan myself, his art just looks very static and has little movement in it. Kinda reminds me a little of Frank Quitely although I much prefer Quitely's.

Dillon's art seems to have continually regressed the longer he's worked in america. The stuff he did for Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper for 2000AD in the early/mid-80's was phenomenal.

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

Dillon's art seems to have continually regressed the longer he's worked in america. The stuff he did for Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper for 2000AD in the early/mid-80's was phenomenal.

Agreed. I think it's probably due to the time constraints inherent in Marvel/DC comics. If you look at a comic like Green Lantern, the artist has up to four or five inkers, colourists etc. etc. They don't care too much about getting the best out of the artist; they just want it to be good enough and get it out there as much as possible, as many times as possible.

Dillon's artwork for Marvel isn't really suited to this style and the computer colouring really makes it dull and lifeless. I also get the sense that he's just fecking bored drawing it. Dillon's a much more dynamic artist than he's given credit for. For all the talking heads in Preacher, there was a also a lot of action!

Of course, I don't think the new computer colouring suits Ezquerra's artwork in the latest issues of 2000AD either but there could be other factors involved there (Ezquerra's pretty old now and has had health issues; his son helps him out on the artwork these days).

Turtyturd wrote: »

The only real Dredd Artists that stick out for me are Ezquerra, and Brian Bolland. Although i am sure if I seen Dillon's work I would recognize it...it just seems so flat and lacking any sense of movement in 'Welcome back Frank'.

Not Mike McMahon!? Ron Smith, Colin MacNeil and Henry Flint are also ones that really stick out to me. As well as Brett Ewins/Brendan McCarthy but they were very stylistic as well, of course. Cam Kennedy has become one of my favourite Dredd artists in recent years though, after reading through all those JD Case Files.

This is a stupid idea. I'm have thus far stuck with the MGNC but there are times where I feel that I'm only keeping it up to complete the collection. I certainly will not be adding this new series to my purchase list.

As growingly expensive as the current collection is, the chosen stories are well selected so I know it will be a solid collection once finished.

When does this one start? I would get the first issue at least. Don't see a start date on the site.

Edit: I see on wiki it started last month
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Official_Marvel_Graphic_Novel_Collection#Marvel.27s_Mightiest_Heroes

Its probably on a test run in the UK at the moment they do this with the first few issues of a partwork to see if it sells before launching it everywhere else