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By: Television crossovers…what a bizarre concept… « Chronicles of a Writer

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:50:22 +0000

[...] when it’s possible, the logistics of staging a crossover episode is a monumental task. In comic books and video games (often based off of comic books), crossovers occur all the time, but both mediums [...]

By: Loke

Loke — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:42:27 +0000

They remind me a little of Asterix, at least in format (same album size and -length), and also in the mix of story and humour. The series retell the main myths of Norse mythology in a rather amusing but still at heart pretty faithful sort of way.

By: rkuang

rkuang — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:26:49 +0000

I have heard of most of your suggestions, but I haven’t heard of Valhalla. I should look into that.

By: Loke

Loke — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:52:22 +0000

Runaways, Ex Machina and Y: The Last Man are all on my to-do-list, but sadly, economical and time-factors have kept me from catching up on any of them. (I’ve read the first volume of Y, though, it was good, and my comic-experiences with Vaughan on “Pride of Baghdad” and “Ultimate X-Men” both indicate high quality, so I’m confident it’ll get even better)

Rising Stars, I have read and thoroughly enjoyed – though I read Norwegian translations six years ago and haven’t kept updated, so JMS might have written more that I’m not aware of.

If you want some of my favourites, I suppose Alan Moore’s “V for Vendetta” and “Watchmen”, Jeph Loeb’s “Batman – the Long Halloween”, Mike Carey’s Sandman-spinoff “Lucifer”, Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman”, Mark Millar’s “The Ultimates”, Jeff Smith’s “Bone”, Keno Don Rosa’s “The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck”, Joss Whedon’s “Fray” and Frank Miller’s “Sin City” are the ones that most immediately spring to mind. I’m sure I’m forgetting something important though. Oh, and I’m a life-long fan of Peter Madsen’s “Valhalla”, but I don’t think those are available in English. Could be wrong, though.

By: rkuang

rkuang — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:54:20 +0000

I have read all of them! Amazing writer, not to mention I love his work on television as well. Amazing guy.

By: Teresa Jusino

Teresa Jusino — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:37:30 +0000

I LOVE Brian K. Vaughan (author of two of your favorites up there!). Check out Runaways (Vaughan/Alphona), and his beautiful graphic novel, Pride of Baghdad.

By: Professor Beej

Professor Beej — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:30:16 +0000

Rising Stars might be the best comic ever written. Until issue 17. Then the series took a two year hiatus, and JMS was finally able to bring it to a close which did not live up to the hype or the quality of the original 2/3 of the series.

If you’re a fan of Rising Stars, give Midnight Nation (also a JMS comic by Top Cow) a shot. I think it’s around 11 or 12 issues total, and if the end doesn’t make you feel a little empty inside–in the good way–you’re a robot.