Comments on: Nikolai Dante: The Great Game http://www.politedissent.com/archives/668 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim Kosmicki http://www.politedissent.com/archives/668/comment-page-1#comment-3468 Jim Kosmicki Thu, 14 Apr 2005 03:37:01 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/668#comment-3468 I believe that it's been stated several places that DC will continue to support the titles published so far to the direct market. Given what they did republish from 200AD, doesn't that now give them several more solid Alan Moore titles to promote as perennial backstock like Halo Jones and Skizz? Plus, they got quite a few of the Ennis Judge Dredd books too, right? and doesn't the Ennis backstock sell pretty well? Of course this means nothing in terms of the Humanoids stuff -- I've tried a lot of it and it just doesn't work for me. I love the art for the most part, but the stories just don't flow right for me. I imagine it's like the art-comix people who indicate that superhero stories just don't appeal to them. the vast majority of European albums just don't appeal to me as comics -- as art yes, but not as comics. now 2000AD stuff has always been a favorite of mine. I even bought the crappy Quality books to get these characters. My biggest disappointment out of all of this is that they never got to the Nemesis stuff. Of course, there's a long-time problem with DC's management and Kev O'Neill's artwork, if I recall. I believe that it’s been stated several places that DC will continue to support the titles published so far to the direct market. Given what they did republish from 200AD, doesn’t that now give them several more solid Alan Moore titles to promote as perennial backstock like Halo Jones and Skizz? Plus, they got quite a few of the Ennis Judge Dredd books too, right? and doesn’t the Ennis backstock sell pretty well?

Of course this means nothing in terms of the Humanoids stuff — I’ve tried a lot of it and it just doesn’t work for me. I love the art for the most part, but the stories just don’t flow right for me. I imagine it’s like the art-comix people who indicate that superhero stories just don’t appeal to them. the vast majority of European albums just don’t appeal to me as comics — as art yes, but not as comics.

now 2000AD stuff has always been a favorite of mine. I even bought the crappy Quality books to get these characters. My biggest disappointment out of all of this is that they never got to the Nemesis stuff. Of course, there’s a long-time problem with DC’s management and Kev O’Neill’s artwork, if I recall.

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