From: SATELLITE@eldi.epfl.ch (Uncle Alias)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: ElfQuest 3
Date: 9 Oct 92 10:25:11 GMT
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In <1992Oct9.014139.29805@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> pathall@astro.as.arizona.edu writes:

> In article <1992Oct8.181322.24024@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (andrew david simchik) writes:
> >I have to agree that ElfQuest Hidden Years #3 was a bit slow.  Actually,
> >I've been tremendously dissatisfied with the entire Hidden Years series,
> >which has just not been up to WARP's usual standards.  Weak plots,
> >inconsequential themes, undeveloped characters...very disappointing.
> ...?
> Are we reading the same Elfquest?  

	I was wondering also....

> Hidden Years #3, the story about a human
> raised by the elfs?  I thought this was the best EQ in a looooong time.

[stuff deleted to put my .sig in the end... 8-) ]

	I agree there too. IMO, Hidden Years is a good idea, nicely put into
forms. I must confess that I was a bit afraid about the color thing, i.e. color
of poor quality, Marvel- or DC-esque, or heavy price raise, or page cut down.
Well, in fact, THAT might be the reason why there are no letter pages. Not that
it disturbs me the least...
	Okay, I am the first to admit that the plot isn't as original as one
might think. It has already be done in the Blood of Ten Chiefs #3, but not to
such a length (i.e. in the BOTC, Goodtree's adopted human brat is taken back by
his tribe after two years or so...).
	The narrative style is also innovative. There are next to no dialogs,
but for Tyleet spinning her tale.

	To sum up MY opinion, I like the Hidden Years serie and especially the
last issue, which is, again IMO, a *great* one.

> >	However, I agree that the next one looks good.
> Yep, but I thought Ember and Leetah, etc., didn't age more than a few weeks
> during their time travel... am I wrong, or are they skipping ahead a few
> years till Ember's grown a bit?

	Yes, about ten years or so. The whole story sounds quite amusing, from
what i can guess...

> >
> >	Andrew D. Simchik
> >
> >PPS The New Blood special was much more entertaining.
> 	My only complaint is that I would prefer 2 or 3 complete stories in
> a single issue, rather than 5 or 6 strung out over several issues.  But yeah,
> it was entertaining.

	Hmm... I must have already voice my opinion on New Blood, and it's not
a very favorable one... Entertaining, yes, but not worth the price. And
curiously, the one I feared the most about (Barry Blair) is the one who did the
less bad...
	"Va comprendre, Charles..."
> 
> Pat Hall
> pathall@as.arizona.edu

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