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Subj: Re: Well, it's up there, but a hobby best visited sparingly.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 at 07:07:18 am EST (Viewed 945 times)
Reply Subj: Well, it's up there, but a hobby best visited sparingly.
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 at 04:13:18 am EST (Viewed 2 times)



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    I devoted quite a lot of keyboard time to explaining what I thought was good and bad about his tenure. Some of it made it into the books Assembled and Assembled 2 and would have featured in Assembled 3 had the publisher not wimped out of editing a 9000-word essay (by someone other than me) that described an Iron Man story panel-by-panel.


At first I was going to ask what the point of such a thing was, but then I recalled a rather insightful web column that broke down in high detail the artist's choices in framing especially being used in the Vision series, albeit not panel-by-panel. So I can certainly imagine some possibilities there, but I don't fully blame the editor either. Shame that it played a role in scuttling the project.


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    I've enjoyed certain series but I can't feel invested in what passes for their shared continuity these days.


It sounds like that's becoming more commonplace, hence they're aggressively promising a "back to basics" approach soon to combat falling sales. Somehow I doubt that means what it would have to mean to get me back after all of this time though.



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    I'm quite looking forwards to the TV series adaptation of Runaways


The TV side of Marvel is getting quite aggressive itself... the Netflix shows (expanded to include a Punisher spin-off now too, in addition to Iron Fist and the Defenders), Cloak and Dagger, Runaways and The Inhumans. That's an impressive line-up, although admittedly Runaways is the only title I actually read much of myself.

I wonder if they'll have Old Lace... as I understand it, the Jurassic Park raptors were mostly puppets. Maybe they can buy one second-hand for production...



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    Well, the work-life balance problem turned out to be sudden onset diabetis, so at least now I know why I'm sleeping 16 hours a day. It'll be a little while before I'm back to "normal" evidently.


Wow, that's scary... I'm sorry to hear that. Glad that you were able to get it diagnosed though, and I hope you're progressing well.


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    As I mentioned, I quite liked the scenes at Hagatha's. There was a delightful sense of history there that added to the scene without becoming exposition or footnotes. Aella's ability to "see" magic was a great addition to the character (or was it always there? It's been a while since I've read her story) and the nods it suggested to Whitney's past were fun.

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    Aella has probably always had the ability, but it's never been explicitly illustrated.


It's a good gimmick for her... gives her scenes a nice, unique flair and livened up the exposition with a bit of wonder. You know this writing thing pretty well.


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    Yes, Hacker 9 is very pleased that he was finally able to put one over on Galactivac and the Hooded Hood.


He can surely throw his head back and laugh about it, confidently.


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    Fun Cameo by the Necromancer General, by the way. I enjoy that villain. He's very classic BZL.

    He has a nice niche and enough ties to the wider Parodyverse to offer a bit of texture. He's really due for a bit of successful villainy to prevent him being too much of a joke, though.



He did cut out my heart. How much success does he need to be a threat?


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    Next issue: the alternative "fan" ending.


I look forward to it whenever you can manage it!




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