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On my end, I am already thinking about what series I should take on issue-by-issue next. I want to do something non-Morrison, and am seriously thinking about THE MAXX. Your ideas are welcome.
On the videoblogging end I have the camera, but cannot figure out how to work the microphone that comes with it.
The Maxx gets my vote! Also, have you seen 300 yet, Geoff? If so, what did you think?
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ReplyDeleteIf you ever return to Morrison again, I'd LOVE to see you tackle The Invisibles and/or The Filth.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I'm not too keen on you doing The Maxx (mainly because I've barely read any of it), but hey, whatever floats your boat.
Oh, The Maxx would be fantastic! I still own all my original issues, and I would happily re-read them in order to follow along with an issue-by-issue review on this site.
ReplyDelete(I even still have my VHS collection of the cartoon too! Wish they'd release that on DVD.)
Please consider this comment to be equal to five votes for The Maxx!
Blog plug: I reviewed some comics that came out this week. Also, I reviewed the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated, and did some commentary on the game Final Fantasy XII, which I'm currently playing.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I haven't read more than an issue or two of The Maxx, even though I like Sam Kieth. So I won't vote for you to cover it, but I won't vote against it either.
I've never read The Maxx, so it would be cool to read along with you on that. Though, maybe it would be a good idea to tackle something a little bit shorter between your X-Men and Maxx dissections?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I owe you a thank you for mentioning Spider-Man loves Mary Jane on CGS. I've found all the issue and have fallen completely in love with this book. I would have never picked up this book, so thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Outside of being a very sweet story, the fashion sense of the characters is possibly the best I've ever seen in a comic. After I read an issue I go back and see how vibrant the costuming was. Miyazawa did an amazing job bringing that teenage world to life visually.
Hey Geoff!
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I think a discussion on the Maxx would be great - but a discussion of at least a few story arcs from The Invisibles would be fantastic! I like reading about the books you love as it encourages me to go back and re-read those issues and find more resonance therein.
In case no one has mentioned it yet - Grant Morrison was just interviewed on the latest episode of Fan Boy Radio!
Fan Boy Radio
Over at my livejournal, I'm talking about the ideas in Geoff's book if anyone wants to stop by: Streebo's livejournal
My attmepts to understand it are primitive at best, but it's fun nonetheless.
Geoff, since Kill Bill is one of your favorite movies - are you excited about seeing Grindhouse?
Providing an analysis of the Maxx (especially volume 2) so that I can understand it would be good. I mostly remember it as the book I bought for awhile to seem smart...
ReplyDeleteHey Mitch (and anyone else who's curious), some of the pages in JLA #7 were indeed out of order. From Brad Meltzer's blog:
ReplyDelete"Wish this weren't so, but just found out there's a misplaced page in JLA 7. Thanks to an extra ad, Page 30, for some reason, runs before page 26. It oddly still somehow reads okay (kinda), but for the optimum reading experience, there's how it should go. (The whole Star City scene should read together). Sorry for that one."
Mitch: did not see 300: loved the comic book but didn't think it needed to be a videogame. Or wait, I meant movie. The movie looks like videogame interchapters is my point. Miller's 300 is great because you feel in his art a lot of freedom; the movie looks claustrophobically attentive to the comic book thus going the other way. Again I have not seen it, but that is what made me decide to avoid it.
ReplyDeleteTammy totally got permission to advertise her film here from me. She was very polite, and not a spam jackass.
Troy: would you be interested in picking up the first trade at least?
Jason: the Maxx animated was the best comic book adaptation ever.
Matt: thanks
Kenny: glad i pointed someone to that book. It makes me feel like I am doing good work.
Streebo: you probably already saw it, but the review is above.
Lurker -- some of the Maxx did implode.
Troy: thanks.
Sure, Geoff, I can check out the first Maxx trade.
ReplyDeleteFree form comments, eh? Not what you had in mind, but I'm freakin' giddy, so... I got engaged today!
ReplyDeleteUltimate Matt: CONGRATS!
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