tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post5515824241267854815..comments2023-09-17T03:58:27.286-04:00Comments on The Aquaman Shrine: Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #57 - Dec. 2007rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-14697247365645475922007-10-20T00:18:00.000-04:002007-10-20T00:18:00.000-04:00i try to only hits the highlights with my reviews,...i try to only hits the highlights with my reviews, since i dont intend these to be a substitute for reading the books themselves.<BR/><BR/>and the interview with tad is monday, so you're safe for the weekend, frank!rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-35075422163153451142007-10-19T23:34:00.000-04:002007-10-19T23:34:00.000-04:00I won't get my copy for a good 2-3 weeks, and I de...I won't get my copy for a good 2-3 weeks, and I decided not to read the previous issue yet either, so all I got off the blog today was "interview tomorrow," which I probably also shouldn't read. Dag, but I regret mail ordering comics every now and again-- at least until I see the bill. Paying 1992 prices for 2007 books will do that...Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-78320986959216112472007-10-19T16:57:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:57:00.000-04:00Right you are, Rob! The constantly changing creat...Right you are, Rob! The constantly changing creative teams really screwed up poor Arthur. <BR/><BR/>Consider these very basic questions: what do Atlantean military unforms look like? Do Atlanteans employ mechanical vehicles or sea creature mounts? And what is Atlantis' tech level?<BR/><BR/>It seemed that every new artist on the feature brought their own vision of Atlantis and Atlanteans. While some of them were quite wonderful (Hamilton comes to mind) the inconsistency was really annoying. <BR/><BR/>I was always hoping that some creative team would come in and explain these discrepencies as residual fall-out from Crisis or something. Y'know, just have someone address it in some way. <BR/><BR/>But it hasn't happened yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-88043052619493734682007-10-19T16:00:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:00:00.000-04:00i think the problem as to why this didnt sell is t...i think the problem as to why this didnt sell is the same one that plagued WW for decades...constantly revolving creative approaches.<BR/><BR/>WW as a book was a sales dog for decades, until George Perez rebooted it and gave WW years of creative consistency. that has fallen by the wayside too, but at least for a few years you had just a small team of writer(s) and artists guiding WW through a new age.<BR/><BR/>Aquaman has had A LOT of reboots in just the last 10 years, and even more than that in the last 20:<BR/><BR/>1986--Hamilton/Pozner mini<BR/>1989--Giffen/Swan mini<BR/>1991--McLaughin/Hoover series<BR/>1993--David/Egelund series, and then several diff creative teams during that book's 75-issue run<BR/>2003--Veitch/Guichet series, and then ditto<BR/><BR/>...and almost all of these series ignored and/or drastically changed what had come before, so i think to the avergae comic reader, they have no idea who Aquaman is, and i think thats part of the reason they stay away.<BR/><BR/>i think if you started a new Aquaman book with a writer/artist team who were fans or at least understood the basic strengths of the character AS HE EXISTS, not using him as a template for some other idea, and could try and maintain a long run on the book(Ennis and Dillon did every single issue of Preacher, for example, so it can be done!), you could give Aquaman as a book and as a concept a new, iconic direction, and i think that would be a big help.rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-35909531783517086782007-10-19T15:36:00.000-04:002007-10-19T15:36:00.000-04:00I am sorry to see this series go after the set up ...I am sorry to see this series go after the set up we got. If they stay true to form tho, there may be another series In a few years... I hope. I have to say that I have actually grown fond of this character as well, yet I miss the original more. I wish there was a way for them to coexist, but for now I guess it is what it is. <BR/><BR/>See you in The Outsiders Arthur Joe.<BR/><BR/>I love the covers done by Maguire too! He IMO is the master of facial expressions.Scurvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05581506763821479702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-55849686333093433182007-10-19T15:24:00.000-04:002007-10-19T15:24:00.000-04:00And I don't understand the cover. I find it odd th...And I don't understand the cover. I find it odd that the first cover of the previous AQUAMAN series was drawn by Kevin Maguire, too. I wish he would have drawn the inside...that would have brought in a few more readers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-37346386524324197302007-10-19T07:54:00.000-04:002007-10-19T07:54:00.000-04:00You definitely have a way with words, Rob. I agree...You definitely have a way with words, Rob. I agree with everything you say...I tried the first issue of this by Busiek and Guice but hated it and left it. Then when McManus and Williams came on board, I gave it a try and, like you, actually ended up enjoying it (a little). I hate Judd Winick's art, but if Joseph is in OUTSIDERS I, too, will pick it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com