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Hi Jason,
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KOBE27 wrote:As such, the book (which tries to feel like Kirby sense of wonder circa mid-1960s) actually makes me think of late Bronze Age Kirby, that is, a bunch of cool ideas tossed scattershot all over the place and not particularly focused.
My name is Oedi and I soar amidst the stars far from the planet of my birth. I guess this starship is the closest thing I've got to a home now, for I am a refugee and an outlaw. Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Willow 327, Rainbow and Skeevo are my family. We are revolutionaries. Our goal? To bring an end to the 200 year old war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy!
Jun 16 11 2:01 PM
jason wrote:I just got this response back from Tom Scioli! (I should have just emailled him in the first place, I guess) Hi Jason, I finished #35 over a month ago, so it should be out sometime soon. Joe is hammering away at the plot for #36. There are a ton of threads to tie up, so we want it to be perfect. 37 is going to be the final, double-length issue. At this point it's a labor of love, so there's no need to rush it.So there I go See? We're all waiting -- Jason
Jun 16 11 2:08 PM
jason wrote: I just got this response back from Tom Scioli! (I should have just emailled him in the first place, I guess) Hi Jason, I finished #35 over a month ago, so it should be out sometime soon. Joe is hammering away at the plot for #36. There are a ton of threads to tie up, so we want it to be perfect. 37 is going to be the final, double-length issue. At this point it's a labor of love, so there's no need to rush it.So there I go See? We're all waiting -- Jason
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Jun 17 11 12:48 PM
Sentry 459 wrote:I think I found a Vol. #1 for original price. When I get confirmation, I will post an update.
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Jun 18 11 12:46 AM
Sentry 459 wrote:KOBE27 wrote:As such, the book (which tries to feel like Kirby sense of wonder circa mid-1960s) actually makes me think of late Bronze Age Kirby, that is, a bunch of cool ideas tossed scattershot all over the place and not particularly focused.That's a good summary, KOBE!
I’m not necessarily sure Casey was trying to emulate the silver age Kirby style in the first place. Sure, the Archer clan, their past as astronauts, Adam’s vaguely Silver Surferish appearance brings to mind the Fantastic Four, but I don’t think the tone was ever going for that. More than a few people have noticed that Godland is closer to bronze age Kirby than silver age Kirby. A critical article in the back matter of second Celestial Edition specifically references the Pacific Comics era, and some of the interviews and such with Casey and Scioli also mentioned Silver Star and Captain Victory (“pure Kirby,” they call it) as influences.
Really though, while visually and conceptually Kirby is all over Godland, along with Starlin’s Warlock and Steve Englehart’s cosmic Avengers stories and such, I don’t feel like Godland is a simple rip-off.
Someone once referred to Godland (as well as the Umbrella Academy) as being the first “silver age” comics of the 00’s. In the sense that the silver age superhero books were all about taking the old concepts that the golden age left them and took them in a completely different direction, wearing that influence while being its own thing. The same goes with Godland (and Umbrella Academy), the stuff that influenced these comics (Kirby in general and 70’s Marvel cosmic comics in the case of Godland and stuff like Morrison’s Doom Patrol, Mike Mignola, Kirby again, The Royal Tenanbaums for Umbrella Academy) is very apparent, it’s not so much slavish devotion as it is a firm jumping off point for the creators to do their own thing. Godland looks like Kirby, especially early on, but it doesn’t read like Kirby.
For what it's worth, if people dig Godland they might want to look up Charlatan Ball. It's another Casey does Kirby-tripping-balls type of comic, this time with artist Andy Suriano (who worked on the Samurai Jack cartoon) about a deadbeat stage magician being dragged into a cosmic/magic tournament. Funny, though it's a different vibe from Godland and it's another comic that definitely recalls Kirby in some of the character designs and concepts, but the actual story doesn't read like Kirby.
Also, I kinda wish I could still find the old Basil Cronus "Violence is the new black!" t-shirt that was out years ago. Seriously, Basil Cronus (or Basil Discordia, whichever) is one of my favorite villains of the last decade or so.
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Jun 24 11 6:21 PM
Sentry 459 wrote:Sentry 459 wrote:I think I found a Vol. #1 for original price. When I get confirmation, I will post an update.My copy was shipped today from New Moon Comics! _______________________________________________________________
Jun 25 11 8:20 PM
Sentry 459 wrote:Sentry 459 wrote:Sentry 459 wrote:I think I found a Vol. #1 for original price. When I get confirmation, I will post an update.My copy was shipped today from New Moon Comics! _______________________________________________________________ Just arrived today! Excellent packaging! Fantastic customer service! Looking forward to some cosmic reading!
Aug 5 11 2:11 PM
GØDLAND #35
Solicited for release on November 24, 2010
Missing For Eight Months
Status: Delayed
A modern cult classic, Joe Casey and Tom Scioli’s "GØDLAND" has been both a nostalgic look back at classic comics style and also a step forward in storytelling, but that road has not been without bumps. Since its July 2005 debut it’s had several delays and hiatuses, and signs have been pointing towards a finale as far back as issue #25 when the Image solicitations heralded a finale with issue #36. Casey himself refuted that information from the publisher as untrue in an interview with CBR back in 2008, but time will tell where this issue ends. The artist posted pages from the missing #35 back in April 2011 but as of today no issue has reached shelves. The publisher said that the series is still in progress.
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Dec 26 11 4:04 PM
jason wrote:I was just going through the soliciations for Image in September, and they've listed Godland 36 - when did 35 come out?Waiting for Iboga!
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Dec 27 11 12:41 PM
Matteo wrote:I can't WAIT for this to come in this week. ... but it's gonna be really hard to read it, considering it's anybody's guess how long it'll be before #36 arrives.
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