MrBeebs37

July 16, 2010 10:24 am

I gave in and thus far, it's been worth the gamble. Fingers crossed.

July 13, 2010 12:57 pm

I'm having a hard time trusting the guy who co-created Pretty Baby Machine to finish another comic that sounds like a movie pitch.

June 7, 2010 10:44 am I'd like to point out that thre was also a 'hurm' in this week's Franken-Castle (at the cemetary, right before the karate pepple show up). That one seems more on the nose if you ask me...

January 7, 2010 9:58 am

I have a strong feeling that what's in the bag wasn't money but something else that will make Jepperd's decision a little more complicated. Meds? Food? The small corpse of his own animal kid that he can now bury?

Stopped buying this as of this issue but read it at the shop. If word of mouth keeps getting better, I'll be back though.

November 26, 2009 11:10 am

Not exactly a defense of the story, because as it stands, it's pretty choppy, but originally this was supposed to be a 10 issue mini (maybe even more than that back when it was originally a Vertigo series several years before it finally came out as a Wildstorm book). And then it went down to 6, and then down to 4, plus a super-sized special. So clearly Brett Lewis had to summarize a lot in a very short space, which is a shame.

Speaking of Brett Lewis, has anyone else ever heard of him? I remember doing a search back when issue 4 came out and I couldn't find anything, mostly because it's a pretty common name. I'd love to see if his knack for dialogue translates over into other works.

Also, if you liked the cold war/super powers thing, you should try Wildstorm's 'Programme". Similar in tone if not in style, but definitely an example of the interesting Peter Milligan that wrote Shade and Enigma and is now killing it on Hellblazer.

November 23, 2009 4:47 pm It's fantastic, but rushed at the end as the length of the series kept getting short and shorter. The are and dialog make it easy to look past that though.

June 24, 2009 10:20 pm

Hey, is it possible that some books are somehow getting ommitted from the lists you guys get from wherever you get them? I noticed that Terror Inc. #3 was out this week but wasn't listed. I checked retroactively and I don't think any of the issues every showed up. It's a Marvel Max title so I was surprised. Anyway, no big deal, just curious.

 Also, I don't think they're promoting it terribly well so wanted to bring it up here - The Dark Horse series Rapture, the 2nd issue of which comes out this week, is drawn by Mike Avon Oeming and I could be wrong, but I believe it's new material. Worth a look if you need something to tide you over while you wait for Powers to come back.

June 3, 2009 4:33 pm

@PaulMontgomery: Yes, Secret Six and Guardians of the Galaxy are written by different writers but Josh specifically commented on his dislike of certain types of jokes (every panel having a one liner being the example that springs immediately to mind) not just certain types of jokes as written by Gail Simone.

 

In the same way that movies like Royal Tenenbaums and The Squid & the Whale are by different creators but similar enough in sensibility/tone to warrant a comparison, I don't think it's unreasonable to point out the similarities between SS and Guardians.

June 3, 2009 3:09 pm

I’m glad you guys did this, and don’t mean this to sound like a continuation of the give Secret Six a chance campaign, but I just wanted to mention that it surprised me to hear that Josh didn't go for the humor as I think it's exactly the same as what one gets in Guardians of the Galaxy, which is also a book about a group of nobodies that would sound ridiculous if one were to go over the characters/events (though admittedly, Starlord’s suit is a lot better than Catman’s). I would say the one-liner in every panel thing happens there as well. I recognize that there's something to the idea that SS is about villains and that that could be what makes the difference, but I just wanted to throw the comparison out there.

Anyway, kudos on the effort; it’s appreciated.

May 26, 2009 2:55 pm

If Willis is sans whig for 75% or more of the movie, I'm in.