Comments on: Spooks #1 http://comicpants.com/2008/02/spooks-1/ Get Pantsed! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:18:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Murphy http://comicpants.com/2008/02/spooks-1/#comment-11882 Murphy Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:36:25 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2795#comment-11882 OK. I've read it now and have to say I liked it. I think your assessment was pretty much on the mark. My comments to you yesterday about it being 'written by committee' weren't too far off, but it didn't damage the narrative as much as I thought it would. The first issue felt a little rushed without really establishing any 'meat' to the characters. That said, I don't think that that's the book's intent. Summer blockbuster indeed. It succeeds in what it sets out to do and I'm hoping they take the 'over the top' route and just run with it. There are a few interesting characters coming up that I initially thought made their debut in the first issue from what I'd read a few months back. But I guess when you're piecing together various plot threads in the exposition, you can kind of mix and match what goes where, if that makes sense. So I'm hoping the 'big bad' will make his appearance next issue. As a sidenote, Jason Henderson's 'Sword of Dracula' mini from a few years ago is a similar similar idea that I really dug. OK. I’ve read it now and have to say I liked it. I think your assessment was pretty much on the mark. My comments to you yesterday about it being ‘written by committee’ weren’t too far off, but it didn’t damage the narrative as much as I thought it would.

The first issue felt a little rushed without really establishing any ‘meat’ to the characters. That said, I don’t think that that’s the book’s intent. Summer blockbuster indeed. It succeeds in what it sets out to do and I’m hoping they take the ‘over the top’ route and just run with it.

There are a few interesting characters coming up that I initially thought made their debut in the first issue from what I’d read a few months back. But I guess when you’re piecing together various plot threads in the exposition, you can kind of mix and match what goes where, if that makes sense. So I’m hoping the ‘big bad’ will make his appearance next issue.

As a sidenote, Jason Henderson’s ‘Sword of Dracula’ mini from a few years ago is a similar similar idea that I really dug.

]]> By: Murphy http://comicpants.com/2008/02/spooks-1/#comment-11841 Murphy Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:23:09 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2795#comment-11841 That cover is pretty. It speaks directly to the highly developed, hyper-sensitive geek gland in my brain. That cover is pretty. It speaks directly to the highly developed, hyper-sensitive geek gland in my brain.

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