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Elric #2 on Dec. 29 (#3 on Feb. 23)
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I does look as though Simonson used
some TLC...
Jerico, please fix this link. Looks like you grabbed the popup addy instead of the one you wanted. Then delete this quote.
What a big ass sword!\"Bush\'s army of barmy bigots is the worst thing that\'s happened to the US in some years...\"
Michael Moorcock - 3am Magazine Interview
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Since comics are sent to distributors worldwide before the day of release, it should be available in England on the 22nd, I know I'll be running off to Gosh! to grab mine.
My b'day is the 27th, I'll take that as an early present from you pard. ;)
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Re: Elric #1 on Sept. 22
Originally posted by KrzysiekDon't miss this previously untold installment in Elric's storied history, mixing the sword and sorcery of the Lord of the Rings saga with Moorcock's unique brand of storytelling and Simonson's unmistakable artistic styling.The cat spread its wings and flew high into the air, hovering to keep pace with them as they moved cautiously toward the city. Then, as they climbed over the rubble of what had once been a gateway and began to make their way through piles of weed-grown masonry, the cat flew to the squat building with the yellow dome upon its roof. It flew twice around the dome and then came back to settle on Jhary's shoulder. - The King of the Swords
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I like how they add "mixing the sword and sorcery of the Lord of the Rings saga" in there so there is a connection to hot ticket. I know there is a lot of issues with LOTR (movie & books) on these boards, so thougt it was funny that Dc would link the two.
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Re: Elric #1 on Sept. 22
Originally posted by Berry SizemoreOriginally posted by KrzysiekDon't miss this previously untold installment in Elric's storied history, mixing the sword and sorcery of the Lord of the Rings saga with Moorcock's unique brand of storytelling and Simonson's unmistakable artistic styling.
Does anyone else find it funny that until a few years ago, people used to treat us like social lepers, and now all of a sudden it's cool?
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Originally posted by JericoWhat a big ass sword!
But September 22 is so... far... away..."Wounds are all I'm made of. Did I hear you say that this is victory?"
--Michael Moorcock, Veteran of the Psychic Wars
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I gotta disagree PWV - Simonson is one of the great living stylists of the comic book medium. From the perspective of authorial intent, I have to think MM is more than aware of the choices being made by Simonson. Without knowing for sure, I'd guess that MM loves Simonson's stuff even if his readers do not. Let's not forget MM's avatar is by Simonson.
Simonson has one great flaw - his work can be too sketchy looking at times. But otherwise he is a genius of layout and overall design.
Sadly, I could not readily find any good Manhunter images...
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Just a couple of points here -- the 'massive hilt' will actually be explained in the first story! It won't remain massive throughout!
Walter's drawn the whole thing very much as I've asked him to, while
adding his own inimicable touches, which have heightened, never detracted from, my story. And I could also add that it might be worth
seeing how the four independent stories develop before entirely judging the series! :)Pre-order or Buy my latest titles in Europe:
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I meant to add that the publicity stuff really is pretty far off the mark!
My guess the writer of the blurb has seen nothing of the book.
And comparisons with LOTR are inimitable. If I felt irritated by it every time a publicist does that, I'd be in a permanent state of irritation.
We are not, as I've been saying for some years, the literary pariahs we once were. This has been a trend for years. As I said in Boston a few years back, quoting Tom Paine on America and the 'mother country' -- it is unseemly that such a large country should be ruled by such a small one (that's a paraphrase). Meaning that the 'literary world' had long-since lost touch both with public taste and the uses to which literary fantasy can be put. It's just taken a while for it to catch up. The Whitbread prize going to Pullman and the Tolkien movies have, of course, finally helped. People will use these names a lot simply because they are far more in the consciousness of the general public than others.
It's always been done. At least nobody's saying 'in the great tradition of Robert E. Howard' any more... :)
As with all the other Elric stories, this one will have a moral underpinning, dealing, as with the earliest stories, with the rights and wrongs of Empire and what happens when we use our strength merely for our own greedy ambitions. But, as intended, the story will be fast and furious and add not only something to the Elric story, but will
show the beginnings of Melnibone and how it made the transition from
a group of idealistic, Law-embracing immigrants to a mighty, world dominating empire with all the forces of Chaos at its command... I was, of course, originally talking about Britain in 1960... :)Pre-order or Buy my latest titles in Europe:
The Whispering Swarm: Book One of the Sanctuary of the White Friars - The Laughter of Carthage - Byzantium Endures - London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles - Kizuna: Fiction for Japan - Modem Times 2.0 - The Sunday Books - The Sundered Worlds
Pre-order or Buy my latest titles in the USA:
The Laughter of Carthage - Byzantium Endures - London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction - The Sunday Books - Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles
Kizuna: Fiction for Japan - The Sundered Worlds - The Winds of Limbo - Modem Times 2.0 - Elric: Swords and Roses
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God, I wish I was awake... Inevitable, not inimitable. It's Tolkien who's inimitable (though far too many have tried!).Pre-order or Buy my latest titles in Europe:
The Whispering Swarm: Book One of the Sanctuary of the White Friars - The Laughter of Carthage - Byzantium Endures - London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles - Kizuna: Fiction for Japan - Modem Times 2.0 - The Sunday Books - The Sundered Worlds
Pre-order or Buy my latest titles in the USA:
The Laughter of Carthage - Byzantium Endures - London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction - The Sunday Books - Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles
Kizuna: Fiction for Japan - The Sundered Worlds - The Winds of Limbo - Modem Times 2.0 - Elric: Swords and Roses
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