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From: manley@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (HAVE PEN, WILL TRAVEL)
Subject: Re: HELLBLAZER dream artist
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 22:09:35 GMT

In article <Bx9woD.BMv@cs.dal.ca> castle@cs.dal.ca (JULIAN GUTHRIE CASTLE) writes:
>In article <3NOV199214063637@summa.tamu.edu>, a0v6282@summa.tamu.edu (VELASQUEZ, ARTHUR) writes:
>|> tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna Constantine) writes...
>|> >It's gotta be Tim Bradstreet.
>|>      But I've never seen him in any comic book.  Has anyone else?
>
>He's got a (monthly?) comic THE RETALIATOR being published by
>F/X Comics (sub imprint of some company)  I saw #2 in stores 3
>weeks ago.      It's about a vigilant quoting Nietchesche(sp?)
>and other philosophers while killing child-abusers.

  Unfortunately, he's only doing the covers for THE RETALIATOR.  The interior
  art is by some other artist -- and I use that term loosely, since the 
  interior art on this series is to cartoony for the subject matter.  I was
  really hoping that Bradstreet was doing the interiors on this one, but
  I was disappointed instead.  Remember the first time Howard Chaykin took
  a break on AMERICAN FLAGG, and they brought in someone else?  It looks like
  the same guy's art, but I doubt it is (can't remember any names).

  I'd love to have seen RETALIATOR with some other artist.  Either Bradstreet
  or maybe Jim O'Barr (it does remind me a lot of THE CROW).

  M.

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From: s92458km@msr.mei.co.jp (Kunio Muto,79204584,12)
Subject: re: Tintin Chronology
Organization: Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus, Fujisawa Japan
Distribution: rec.arts.comics.misc
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:53:44 GMT


	Hi, I'm the kunedog from Japan.... I've been an avid Tintin fan 
since I was seven or eight.....and although I read a lot of Japanese mangas
today, I still do read them once in a while. I recognized that I have all of 
them except for _Tintin in the Land of the Soviets_ and _Tintin in Congo_. 
I haven't been able to get these two, since I heard (when I lived in the U.S.A)
that _Tintin in Congo_ was banned from some racial reason. I haven't been able 
to get the one about the Soviets... all I've heard that it's a real long book...
If there is anybody who can kindly give me information where I can get the
English versions of these comics, please reply in e-mail to:

s92458km@sfc.keio.ac.jp


Thanks a lot.



				The kunedog (s92458km@sfc.keio.ac.jp)
				Freshman, Keio Univ. SFC. 
				Faculty of Policy Management
From: yingst@milori.ccit.arizona.edu (JIM YINGST)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Watchmen ftp site?
Summary: It's farut.sys.toronto.edu
Keywords: watchmen
Date: 11 Nov 92 03:37:00 GMT
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Organization: University of Arizona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

OK, I've found out that there are files at farut.sys.toronto.edu, located in
pub/comics/watchmen.  Some files may require use of the UNIX command 'fold' 
to get acceptable line lengths, but most of the files look fine to me.  
Thanks to Windsor Morgan for answering my original query (the only one to do
so!)  I'm posting here for those others who also wanted to know.

Jim Yingst	yingst@ccit.arizona.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Tuesday, 10 Nov 1992 10:12:23 CST
From: <U16244@uicvm.uic.edu>
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Subject: Re: Hulk
 <1992Nov6.193231.9819@Princeton.EDU> <1992Nov9.111604.1@skcla.monsanto.com>
 <1992Nov10.025442.22472@midway.uchicago.edu>

In article <1992Nov10.025442.22472@midway.uchicago.edu>, wen5@ellis.uchicago.edu
(Stan T2 Wen) says:
>To me it's alot of bother.  Just how does Cyclops fire a beam that can
>knock over a building, but not have an "equal and opposite" kick that
>tears his head off and leaves it as a brain stain on the sidewalk behind
>him?

Well, if we accept that all super powers are in some way psionic, we can
envision that first (in the Wildcards book) that while the beam originates
from his eyes, it doesn't necessarily mean that it would recoil into his
head. (Perhaps the recoil goes into the same other dimension where he gets
the energy from.) Or, one aspect of his psionics is that he can generate
the energy psionically, and redouble the recoil onto itself. (Reall goes
far considering how destructive the beams are.)  That, or Cyke merely has
a telekinetic force field which protects him only from the effects of his
optic blasts, including the reflected energy bouncing back and striking him.
(Also explains why Cyke and Havok are immune to each other's powers.)

Lost Cause Boy.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 09:36:19 EST
From: Pete Kennaday <PCK102@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: JSA Cancelled ALREADY?
 <1992Oct30.015931.18162@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
 <003695s.118.720477842@ace.acadiau.ca> <1ct3k2INN3br@mozz.unh.edu>
 <5801@balrog.ctron.com> <Bx7r2p.5BI@news.cso.uiuc.edu>

I dunno...I kinda like the JSA.  Yeah, they might be "angst-ridden" old guys,
but they're fresh characters (well, to Me, anyway...).  Besides, I find them
a nice change from the current trend in comics, that being creating characters
who look like they're going off to fight World War III with what they have
strapped to their backs.  I like the bright-colored long underwear.  Of course,
I like Superman, too...(don't even talk to me about Doomsday...)

The best description of the JSA that I heard came from a guy who works at the
local store, the _COMICS SWAP_  in State College, PA (Shameless Plug).  He
called JAS, "a FUN comic."  I think its fun, too...

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pck102@psuvm.psu.edu    |   but you can't take the 1940's
                        |   out of the villian!"
    HAIL SINFONIA!      |
                        |        _Justice Society of America_ #5
                        |
Disclaimer: These opinions are mine, ya understand?  Mine mine mine!!

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From: stoodt@cis.umassd.edu (Michael Stoodt)
Subject: Re: Sandman 44 (SPOILERS)
Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:36:16 GMT

In <1992Nov4.131727.1@skcla.monsanto.com> jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com writes:

>Besides, do you think Dream is stupid enough to set up the situation where Del
>gets to drive?

Does the idea of Delirium driving remind anyone else of the taxi
driver in George Alec Effenger's Marid Audran books (who dodges
efreets and such that no one else can see)?

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From: rutled@bnr.ca (Philip Rutledge)
Subject: Re: BONE...
Reply-To: rutled@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:53:52 GMT

st902173@pip.cc.brandeis.edu wrote:
: does anyone know anything about the release of
: bone #6? have been waiting...and waiting...
: anyone with info leading to the 
: acquisition of first printings of 1-5 would
: be profusely thanked as well.
: russ

I am also looking for any info to the whereabouts of Bone #6 please
e-mail.

Similarily I'm also looking to buy copies of Bone 1-5 first printing.

Thanks,
Phil
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From: tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna Constantine)
Subject: Re: Sandman #44 (spoilers)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:39:10 GMT

petrick@dms.agames.com (Jim Petrick) writes:

>I always thought that Constantine was one of those continually reborn types,
>who are reincarnated over and over forever.  Books of Magic has one at the
>end of time.  The Swamp Thing storyline where he went into the past had some
>earlier Constantines (I think :-( ).  Hellblazer had LJC.  There was a 
>reference somewhere to "Konstan-tin" or something similar in ancient Egypt.
>If this is so, fact that there is a current Constantine implies that she's 
>dead (although her soul is in the current John Constantine).

I don't think the COnstantines are all reincarnations of the first,
Kon-stan-tin (who was a Celt from Bt=ritain, not an pharoah or anything.  He
becasue teh first Christian Roman Emperor, member?) I just think he's curst
his own line, hence John and Johanna's "luck".

>I'd be suprised if Thess was the current lover, given their attitudes to 
>each other in the Cuckoo storyline (what was that one called?).  I seem to
>recall he being rather short with her, and she more frightened than anything.

Isn't that how the most relationships start?  With both indifferent to or
dislikeing the other?  And I don't think Thess was all that scared.  She's
lived thsi long, being trapped in the Dreaming woudl be an interesting
challenge or experience I think.  She's not the type to be easily cowed.
Someone else pointed out that perhaps her antagonism towards Dream may be
hiding a secret crush.

just my .02 insert currency of choice here.

LJC

    Jim
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From: kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER 2099)
Subject: DRACULA----PLLTTTTHHHHHTTTT!
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:32:56 GMT

Hi.    I just got back from a sneak preview of Dracula, (Copala's).  and all I 
can say is BLECH!!!!
I won't reveal any of the plot, but I will say this:

Anthony Hopkins is the best part of the film,  he's often funny.  The problem is
that the humor often takes away from the films atmosphere.

Of course Copala's directing does a pretty good job of taking away the atmospher
.   He does so many "neat" camera tricks, you can't get caught up in the film.

Besides Hopkins, most of the acting is stiff and uninspired.  Gary Oldman(Dracula) is one of the worst offenders.  His accent is so thick at times you can't 
understand what he's saying.

The music is wonderful, but is often too loud and drowns out the dialogue.

The screenplay is hackneyed and contrived.  Jim Hart (Hook) wrote it and did his
usual sub-standard job.  The story jumps about in a haphazard manner.

The phrase I use to describe this film is:

A FAILURE OF STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE

I'd advise catching it at a $1.00 theater(if at all).  You'll be less disapointed.


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From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Subject: Re: LSH: Evacuating the Earth
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 04:43:58 GMT

akhale@pollux.usc.edu (Abhijit Khale):
>>No, you are wrong.  Daxamites have been retconned to have approximately
>>the same power level as Kryptonians. 
>Anyway, this is a very confusing topic and DC has given out lots of
>contradictory information: 

DC has a lot of writers who don't talk to each other much.  Obviously
any Daxamite interacting with Superman can't, for story purposes, have
incredibly superior powers.  So Daxamites in the Superman titles have
post-Crisis power levels.

The Bierbaums have said that in *their* writing, they consider Daxamites
to be essentially pre-Crisis in power.  In particular, they are capable
of survival in space and unassisted interstellar flight.  (Again, there
are story considerations that make this necessary.)  In practice, of course,
their Daxamites are still toned way down from the blow-out-a-star level.

In short, no attempt has been made to give the Lar Gand of Valor and
the Lar Gand of LSH consistent power levels.  

Could a pre-Crisis level Daxamite have saved the Earth's population?
A pre-Crisis Daxamite, like a post-Crisis Daxamite, can do anything
the writer wants.  That said, I think it's reasonable to rule that
no combination of super-strength, super-speed, etc, is going to make
much of a dent in evacuating a couple of billion people.  (Ah, for the
good old days when building space arks was just a matter of smelting
metal and bending girders into shape.)

-----
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From: rwelsh@cs.strath.ac.uk (Robert Welsh IE91)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: penciller for darkstar ads
Date: 12 Nov 92 14:43:58 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.

In article <BxLGG6.Azz@matilda.vut.edu.au> jed@matilda.vut.edu.au (Jed Bowtell) writes:
>Who is pencilling the nice Darkstars advertisments. It is
>not Mignola. 
>
>Jed
>
>PS What is Mike McKone (spelling?) doing ?

Hi there !

As far as I can remember its Travis Charest. He also did this years
Flash Annual : ETDW.

And he's rather good too !! (IMHO)

		Cheers
		   UncleBob
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From: Sten M. Drescher <smd@hrt216.brooks.af.mil>
Subject: Re: Hulk
Organization: AL/HRTI, Brooks AFB
	<69160@cup.portal.com> <1992Nov9.195619.3767@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:02:10 GMT

On Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:56:19 GMT, gwangung@carson.u.washington.edu (Roger Tang) said:

 Roger> In article <69160@cup.portal.com> Peter_A_David@cup.portal.com writes:
>In regards to Delphi's vision of the Hulk's mental state, laughing with
>blood on his hands...why,it was right there in Hulk #400, page 46,
>panel 1.  I'm
>surprised no one has commented on it.

 Roger> 	But Peter.....we're FAR too smart to comment on the
 Roger> obvious.

	Personally, I was tempted to post a message screaming:
			FRAUD!FRAUD!FRAUD!FRAUD!
	That heavy-handed forshadowing for ONE panel?  That was
definitely a waste of your talents, Peter.
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sdrescher@animal.brooks.af.mil | presidential candidates.
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From: kens@css.itd.umich.edu (Ken Small)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: The Seventh Endless: David (was Re: Sandman #44)
Date: 7 Nov 1992 00:49:27 GMT
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In article <96499@netnews.upenn.edu> smith@bohr.physics.upenn.edu (doug smith) writes:
>
>No, I insist that this song comes from David Bowie.  It might not be on the album
>"Heros", but I don't listen to this album much.  But I have a tape of "Serious
>Moonlight" the live movie that he did, and this comes from that movie.  Just
>before the song "Heros" David sings this as an introduction to the song.  I can't
>remember if these lirics are actually in the song itself, but David does sing 
>them.  I don't know if Marillion used these lirics too, if they have, that makes
>it a little more interesting.  Is this some english folk song that people would
>know from growing up in england, is it really as old as Neil suggests?  Or is
>everyone mentioned just a fan boy of David Bowie and used his lirics?  Just
>Wondering-

I'm not sure of the origin of this song, but I do remember singing it as a
child, probably getting it from my parents.  I'm sure it's much older than
any Dawid Bowie song, and probably is an old English folk song.  If I
remeber correctly, Marillion's version is an ironic, warped version of
what is normally a nice little folk song/nursery rhyme.
-- 
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From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Superman Titles Cancelled?
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:16:38 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
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In-reply-to: jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com's message of 9 Nov 92 11:34:14 GMT

>>>>> On 9 Nov 92 11:34:14 GMT, jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com said:

jjfink> Superman News: The Chicago trib had an article recently
jjfink> interviewing Jurgens and Swan.  Jurgens said that the Supes
jjfink> titles would be cancelled (Previews lists up to Superman #77,
jjfink> still part of the FfaF story), Swan said he was still
jjfink> pencilling stories with our favorite boy scout in them, and
jjfink> theorized that they would be flashbacks.

The owner of the store had told me, DC already announed Superman's
return. I don't know what his source was, but being the owner of a
store, I assumed he has access to info a buyer wouldn't have. I really
can't see them killing him off forever. It would be a major money loss
for DC.
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From: morrow@fnalo.fnal.gov (Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Elmo)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Eyes in "Brief Lives"
Date: 14 Nov 92 01:28:59 GMT
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nicholas@next01csc.wam.umd.edu (Ronnie Simonds) writes:
> I was going to suggest a comprehensive list of 'eye' allusions for the  
> Sandman Annotations, but after 44 I realized this would be LONG. :)   
> There's at least one on every page, I think, but haven't looked carefully.

	Don't worry.  Now that I know to look for them, I'll pick them up :-)
(Hey, Neil himself had to point out a visual pun in 37 that I missed. 
Everybody can pick up issue 37, turn to page 3, upper right, and GROAN.)

	BTW, I'm back.  There's still a hellish decnet storm between Rice and
Fermi, but I'm telneting OK, -and- Fermi got a new newsfeed.  Fast fast fast.
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From: kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER 2099)
Subject: Re: new HELLBLAZER reader...needs background...
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:13:37 GMT

>
>
>>	The books I know of that JC has appeared in are: Hellblazer, Swamp
>>Thing, The Books of Magic, the Sandman, and Doom Patrol (a single issue
>>parody-type story.)
>
>He was in a panel (wearing very little I might add) of the SECRET ORIGINS
>issue with Zatanna and Zatara's origins, and I don not know the numbers for
>these, but there is mention of a cameo appearence in the framing sequence
>of a Batman villians SECRET ORIGINS issue written by Neil Gaiman.
>
>
Yeah,  He's on one of the last pages.  The page has a bunch of pictures of 
people being asked what they thought of Batman. As I recall John basicly tells
the reporter to piss off.

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From: mskeen@willamette.edu (Michael A. Skeen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Alan Davis
Summary: She-hulk
Date: 11 Nov 92 06:29:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: willamet.BxJGoF.JnD
Organization: Willamette University, Salem OR

In article <AezuSCy00WBOE0vGpw@andrew.cmu.edu> aw3a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anatole Wilson) writes:
>>Alan Davis has worked on the following titles, that I am
>>aware of:
>> 
>>Artist
>>  Excalibur 1-7, 9, 12-17, 23-24
>>  Miracle Man ??
>>  New Mutants Annual 2
>>  Uncanny X-Men 213, 215, Annual 11
>> 
>>Writer/Artist
>>  Captain Britain 1-14
>>  Excalibur 42-50, 54-56
>>  Wolverine Bloodlust
>> 
>>Can anyone think of any that I missed?
> 
Don't forget the She-Hulk story from Avenger's Spotlight from a few years
back. It was one of the funniest comics I had read in a long time. I can't
remember the issue number, but Shulkie took on Titania.
From: gt8232d@prism.gatech.EDU (Jarvis T. Lowndes)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: John Byrne's Next Men
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:49:59 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Nov2.204105.16178@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> cwelsh@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Craig Welsh  ) writes:
>
>Actually, I rather think Next Men is progressing nicely. Nice touch with
>their powers, especially Bethany and Jack. Nice to see people who have
>to pay the price for being super strong or invunerable.

True, although I thought that Byrne overemphasized that fact a little too much 
(esp. Tony's comment "Boy, those comic book writers don't have a clue what's
going on, do they?" (paraphrased) )  He shouldn't have to hit us over the head 
with the "Hey, these are 'real' characters with 'real' powers with 'real' reper-
cussions on their lives/developments."

>The art is good, but Byrne is one of the most consistant artists in the
>business. And by consistant, I mean consistantly good. I enjoy Byrne's
>art just as much today as I did back in (oh God) 1980. (Now I have done
>it, I feel old again. sigh).

Funny you mention this.  To me this issue seems - I don't know, rushed,
blurred, not as much detail to it, as any other Byrne art I've seen (since
Man of Steel mini-series.) 

>As for the story, I'm still willing to give it more time. And I
>certainly will not complain about character development. At least he
>develops them, unlike a lot of other characters out there right now...

Definitely.  The art HAS been good and the characters are fleshed out well.  
I'd say it's worth trying out.


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