Comments on: COMIC TALKING POST: A Bunch Of Stuff http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/ Christopher Bird writes about things. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: comics212 - never safe for work. » Blog Archive » Monster: I’m sorry, there’s nothing you can do. http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12508 comics212 - never safe for work. » Blog Archive » Monster: I’m sorry, there’s nothing you can do. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:30:34 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12508 [...] From MightyGodKing: “…whilst in the Beguiling, Chris Butcher worked his evil wiles upon me by offering me a “if you don’t like it, we’ll refund it” deal on the first volume of Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, presumably because he knows I don’t read much manga and wants me to buy more manga so I can personally finance his next trip to Japan. Dramatic manga - at least what I’ve read - can run very hot and cold for me, missing as often as hitting. The translated dialogue in particular often tends toward the powerfully melodramatic at the best of times, and when I have a problem with dialogue I have a problem with the whole comic more often than not. (It’s easier when the story plays the dramatic dialogue for laughs, which is why I think comedic manga tends to be more popular in the West.) Thankfully, Monster’s first volume isn’t a glaring offender in this regard, and the plot (doctor saves child’s life, child grows up to become serial killer - but it’s more complex and tense than that by half) is actually pretty compelling. I shall pick up later volumes, I believe. DAMN YOU, BUTCHER!”  [...] [...] From MightyGodKing: “…whilst in the Beguiling, Chris Butcher worked his evil wiles upon me by offering me a “if you don’t like it, we’ll refund it” deal on the first volume of Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, presumably because he knows I don’t read much manga and wants me to buy more manga so I can personally finance his next trip to Japan. Dramatic manga – at least what I’ve read – can run very hot and cold for me, missing as often as hitting. The translated dialogue in particular often tends toward the powerfully melodramatic at the best of times, and when I have a problem with dialogue I have a problem with the whole comic more often than not. (It’s easier when the story plays the dramatic dialogue for laughs, which is why I think comedic manga tends to be more popular in the West.) Thankfully, Monster’s first volume isn’t a glaring offender in this regard, and the plot (doctor saves child’s life, child grows up to become serial killer – but it’s more complex and tense than that by half) is actually pretty compelling. I shall pick up later volumes, I believe. DAMN YOU, BUTCHER!”  [...]

]]> By: Suzene http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12488 Suzene Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:27:46 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12488 I'm waiting for the trade on the Authority relaunch and keeping an ear out to see if it's any good. I can think of a couple of directions that would be hideously cool for superbeings in a post-apocalyptic setting, especially the Authority, but I've really not been happy with how the team's been treated since the Captain Atom cross-over ended with a weak sputter, followed by Morrison failing to show up for work and Ennis being all Ennis-y. I just don't feel like investing the money or emotion in yet another kick-start until I've been assured that the creative team's awake and paying attention this time. That said, I will be picking up Stormwatch PHD when it kicks off again. I like the cast and Gage hasn't written anything that's cheezed me off yet. I’m waiting for the trade on the Authority relaunch and keeping an ear out to see if it’s any good. I can think of a couple of directions that would be hideously cool for superbeings in a post-apocalyptic setting, especially the Authority, but I’ve really not been happy with how the team’s been treated since the Captain Atom cross-over ended with a weak sputter, followed by Morrison failing to show up for work and Ennis being all Ennis-y. I just don’t feel like investing the money or emotion in yet another kick-start until I’ve been assured that the creative team’s awake and paying attention this time.

That said, I will be picking up Stormwatch PHD when it kicks off again. I like the cast and Gage hasn’t written anything that’s cheezed me off yet.

]]> By: Jaap! http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12485 Jaap! Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:33:15 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12485 It's right to left, yeah, but it's kind of part of Urasawa's craft that that doesnt get in the way of a good read, if you know where to start, you have no problem following the page along. I tried a few manga but couldnt get the hang of that opposite directional reading either, but when I read 20th Century Boys and Monster it finally clicked. It’s right to left, yeah, but it’s kind of part of Urasawa’s craft that that doesnt get in the way of a good read, if you know where to start, you have no problem following the page along. I tried a few manga but couldnt get the hang of that opposite directional reading either, but when I read 20th Century Boys and Monster it finally clicked.

]]> By: Lindsay K http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12475 Lindsay K Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:44:40 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12475 <I>Just out of curiosity, what was the other one?</I> Saiyuki. I have no idea if that says anything in particular about my personality, but what the hell, I love Saiyuki. Karellan: It's right to left. (I think I read like the first 8 chapters of Monster backwards the first time I read it. This was in scanlations, mind. It was VERY confusing.) Just out of curiosity, what was the other one?

Saiyuki. I have no idea if that says anything in particular about my personality, but what the hell, I love Saiyuki.

Karellan: It’s right to left. (I think I read like the first 8 chapters of Monster backwards the first time I read it. This was in scanlations, mind. It was VERY confusing.)

]]> By: Skemono http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12471 Skemono Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:38:15 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12471 <I>Monster is incredible, and I say this as a person who has sampled dozens of manga titles and liked a total of maybe two.</I> Just out of curiosity, what was the other one? Monster is incredible, and I say this as a person who has sampled dozens of manga titles and liked a total of maybe two.
Just out of curiosity, what was the other one?

]]> By: karellan http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12464 karellan Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:18:50 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12464 Question for you guys. Does Monster read right to left or left to right? I may sound like a cultural elitist, but I never did get the hang of reading right to left with Manga. It's a good thing Blade of the Immortal, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell all read left to right or I'd really be missing out. Question for you guys. Does Monster read right to left or left to right? I may sound like a cultural elitist, but I never did get the hang of reading right to left with Manga. It’s a good thing Blade of the Immortal, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell all read left to right or I’d really be missing out.

]]> By: Kevin J. Maroney http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12460 Kevin J. Maroney Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:24:34 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12460 Worldstorm: It's not just London. The whole world has been trashed, and by "trashed" I mean "at a rough guess, somewhere more than 90% of the Earth's population has been killed." Christos Gage's <i>WildCATS</i> #1 was also pretty good. I'm growing to like Gage a great deal--he's rarely better than "very enjoyable", but he's also (almost) never less than competent, and he hits the right notes in the right order. Worldstorm: It’s not just London. The whole world has been trashed, and by “trashed” I mean “at a rough guess, somewhere more than 90% of the Earth’s population has been killed.”

Christos Gage’s WildCATS #1 was also pretty good. I’m growing to like Gage a great deal–he’s rarely better than “very enjoyable”, but he’s also (almost) never less than competent, and he hits the right notes in the right order.

]]> By: Lindsay K http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12459 Lindsay K Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:01:49 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12459 Monster is incredible, and I say this as a person who has sampled dozens of manga titles and liked a total of maybe two. And for those of us who've been following along with the releases, it only comes out every, like, three months, which softens the financial blow a bit. ;) Thanks for the torrent! I've been looking for the anime for some time now. PS I don't know about anyone else, but Johan scares the bejsus out of me. I'm just sayin. Monster is incredible, and I say this as a person who has sampled dozens of manga titles and liked a total of maybe two.

And for those of us who’ve been following along with the releases, it only comes out every, like, three months, which softens the financial blow a bit. ;)

Thanks for the torrent! I’ve been looking for the anime for some time now.

PS I don’t know about anyone else, but Johan scares the bejsus out of me. I’m just sayin.

]]> By: Dan Coyle http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12458 Dan Coyle Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:15:30 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12458 If you like <I>Monster</I>, then you're gonna LOVE Urasawa's <I>Pluto</I>. If you like Monster, then you’re gonna LOVE Urasawa’s Pluto.

]]> By: Andrew http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12457 Andrew Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:34:08 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12457 It's not so much that Wildstorm's getting rebooted as they've ignored a bunch of reboots, and launched a bunch of crossover event type dealios (Wildstorm Revelation, Wildstorm Armageddon, and Number of the Beast) that have done what Marvel and DC tend to say they do when they get released (i.e. really shake the status quo the fuck up). It's kind of more like Age of Apocalypse than an actual reboot, only without the AU aspect. It’s not so much that Wildstorm’s getting rebooted as they’ve ignored a bunch of reboots, and launched a bunch of crossover event type dealios (Wildstorm Revelation, Wildstorm Armageddon, and Number of the Beast) that have done what Marvel and DC tend to say they do when they get released (i.e. really shake the status quo the fuck up).

It’s kind of more like Age of Apocalypse than an actual reboot, only without the AU aspect.

]]> By: Flynn O'Connor http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12453 Flynn O'Connor Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:43:53 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12453 Monster really is a great story. The anime was very good too. If anyone is interested there is a torrent that has all the manga chapters and all the anime episodes here. http://www.mininova.org/tor/1130519 Enjoy. Monster really is a great story. The anime was very good too. If anyone is interested there is a torrent that has all the manga chapters and all the anime episodes here.
http://www.mininova.org/tor/1130519

Enjoy.

]]> By: Skemono http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12452 Skemono Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:28:41 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12452 I have also read <I>Monster</I>, and I can also say that it's a great manga. Naoki Urasawa in general is good. Although, I've read Mangascreener's scanslations and not the official translation, so maybe they did something real weird with it. I have also read Monster, and I can also say that it’s a great manga. Naoki Urasawa in general is good. Although, I’ve read Mangascreener’s scanslations and not the official translation, so maybe they did something real weird with it.

]]> By: BringTheNoise http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12451 BringTheNoise Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:18:48 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12451 <i>My comics shop guy did the exact same thing a few weeks ago, pushing me to buy “Monster”, and I agree — it’s really good. My qualms with this stuff is that the entire collection is so LONG. To get the entire story I’m going to end up having to spend like $180, which seems crazy to me when I think about it like that.</i> Buying the complete run of <i>Preacher</i> in trades will cost you about the same. I've noted read "Monster", so I can't compare quality, but it's not a horrific price. My comics shop guy did the exact same thing a few weeks ago, pushing me to buy “Monster”, and I agree — it’s really good. My qualms with this stuff is that the entire collection is so LONG. To get the entire story I’m going to end up having to spend like $180, which seems crazy to me when I think about it like that.

Buying the complete run of Preacher in trades will cost you about the same. I’ve noted read “Monster”, so I can’t compare quality, but it’s not a horrific price.

]]> By: Dave Silva http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12450 Dave Silva Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:03:15 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12450 So wait, lemme get this straight - Wildstorm got rebooted with that Captain Atom crossover, and now it's getting rebooted again? So wait, lemme get this straight – Wildstorm got rebooted with that Captain Atom crossover, and now it’s getting rebooted again?

]]> By: Lister Sage http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12449 Lister Sage Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:01:13 +0000 http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/13/comic-talking-post-a-bunch-of-stuff/#comment-12449 Ah. Thank you Mr. Stewart. I saw it advertised, but other then that it was off my radar. Ah. Thank you Mr. Stewart. I saw it advertised, but other then that it was off my radar.

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