Comments on: Fat Pants October 2007

By: Randy Lander

Randy Lander — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:49:08 +0000

Jeanty’s ugly Buffy art is really starting to turn me off on the title … as well as the inaccessible, decompressed storytelling.

Inaccessible is fair, but decompressed? Buffy seems to be pretty fast-paced to me, especially compared to the glacial pacing on Astonishing X-Men or Whedon’s Runaways.

And at $6.95 the price tag is pretty high, but “Alex Robinson’s Lower Regions” (Top Shelf) is a fun little D&D romp with lots of action. Good stuff.

I love Robinson’s work, and I’ve got a soft spot for D&D, so I expected to love Lower Regions, but I found it kind of slight. The silent story just didn’t carry the comedic elements of it, nor capture the cheesy cool fantasy aspects. Robinson did a mini-comic story called (I think) “One Gold Piece” that he recently serialized on his blog, and I was hoping for something more fun like that.

By: Jeff Vice

Jeff Vice — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:18:20 +0000

Jeanty’s ugly Buffy art is really starting to turn me off on the title … as well as the inaccessible, decompressed storytelling.

And at $6.95 the price tag is pretty high, but “Alex Robinson’s Lower Regions” (Top Shelf) is a fun little D&D romp with lots of action. Good stuff.

By: GrayPumpkin

GrayPumpkin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:29:39 +0000

I tried to get into the Buffy comic but it just didn’t grab me. Part of it may be that I was that I was let down by his work on Astonishing, liked the first arc, was bored during the second and completely lost interest during the third. Though honestly I think it’s just that after seven seasons I sorta feel over Buffy, like it’s played out and all it’s doing is spinning it’s wheels.

I have a love for pirate stories so of course I started reading El Cazador when it was coming in single issues, I dropped it after two, then a friend lent me the rest of the books once it was canceled, still didn’t change my mind. I liked the art, but the story didn’t engage me, maybe it’s because I’ve read a lot of pirate stories over the years some bad, some great, this one sorta struck as bland and by the numbers like it was being phoned in. I enjoyed Dixon run on Birds of Prey, but here he fell short of the mark for me.

Dynamo 5 is one book I am loving, picked up the trade a couple weeks back and it was one of those stories I found myself saying man this is cool as I read it. Great concept and execution, this book is an addictive read.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:35:36 +0000

This is going to sound really harsh…but I was highly anticipating The Spirit, as soon as it came in at my local comic shop I asked to give it a look (and the owner kindly opened the package and let me browse it)…and I didn’t pick it up. Why? Again, this’ll sound really harsh, but Cooke’s art didn’t do it for me in small format. The only other thing I’ve read by him is my Absolute DC: The New Frontier, and I love his art there, but somehow in the confines of the smaller format of The Spirit hardcover (and I’m aware, it’s still a fairly big format, it’s smaller only compared to an Absolute) it lost its spark and failed to draw me in.

I’m sure the story is well worth it - I like what I’ve heard of it and have seen almost nothing but positive reviews - but, call me snobbish, I think I’m only going to pick up The Spirit if DC does an Absolute Edition. And it’s not even like I’m a rich guy who easily drops money on Absolutes, either…New Frontier is the only Absolute I own It’s just that that seems to be the only way I can personally really enjoy Cooke’s larger-than-life art.

By: lovelypants

lovelypants — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:24:53 +0000

love all these recommendations. funny thing is i had the same feelings for shazam & jack.

use the pantheon’s powers to not only collect solo in a trade, but also bring it back from the dead for another run.