From: cfalls@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au (Craig Falls)
Subject: Re: Grendel -Warchild
Organization: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 07:28:58 GMT

jordan@castor (USENET's Chuck) writes:

>In article <22875@galaxy.ucr.edu> zeus@watserv.ucr.edu (Zeus) writes:
>>Well, the only reason I bought Grendel is because everyone on the net was  
>>saying how good this book is/was.  I missed the first ones, so I decided to  
>>give warchild a chance...  sofar BIG dissappointemnt (espec. #3)  Matt is  
>>dragging this thing out beyond belief!
>>
>>Is it just me?

>Yes.

>I am certain you are the only person to have read this series and dislike
>it.  I think it's really good.  Yes, it has been slow-moving so far,
>especially compared to the early storylines in the Grendel ongoing series.
>I think the homage to Lone Wolf and Cub is interesting, so maybe War CHild
>loses something if you're not a fan of LW&C.  (I hate doing that.  Acronyms.) 
>Also, it probably has more impact if you're familiar with the later story-
>lines in Grendel, about Orion Assante.  (I haven't read those yet, so I'm
>just guessing here.)

>I'm just now buying up all the Grendel back-issues I can, so I can't give
>you a definitive recommendation, but the good recommendations you've heard
>about the book are probably about the Comico series, especially the first
>few story arcs.  My personal favorites are 16-19, which were all written
>and drawn by Matt Wagner, and I think are completely brilliant.
>					      	     ^^^^^^^^^	
>If you want to hear all the reasons I like Matt Wagner's work, e-mail me
>because I can go on and on and on... 

>I think the current series is pretty good.  It's interesting that Wagner
>could take a character who I imagine was first conceived in only one
>incarnation -- Hunter Rose -- and stretch it out as an abstract spirit of
>evil and vengeance that has existed over centuries. 

>I also like the Comico Grendel series because of its format -- a series of
>limited series, each one done by a different art team.  (Although I would've
>been happier if Wagner had done the art for all of them.)

>Chuck

	No, i didn't like it either, i'd heard alot about it from the net and
	since most of the comics i read have been flamed as "fan-boy" or just
	plain crap, so i get Grendel - Warchild 1 & 2.  Suddenly i am on 
	a different level, it is awesome, well extremely average really.

	IMHO the story was choppy and didn't seem to flow, the art was O.K.
	bordering on average, and i was amazed my the mediocrity of something
	i really thought would be stunning.  However i will get to 10 just 
	to see if it get better, but it will have to get alot better for me
	even to think about getting it if it become an unlimited series,
  	the best thing about it so far have been the Simon Bisley(sp?) covers,
	they have been excellent.
	
	hope when i get sandman i won't be this dissapointed.

					- Fallz


  Craig Falls - Griffith University, Australia - cfalls@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au
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