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Post by Stephen Day on Apr 10, 2019 4:02:33 GMT
Last week I bought the first issue of the new Marvel Team-Up. It turned out that it was a flip book. It's a concept that can work, I've read flip books that I've really liked. This one wasn't one of those though. The idea behind this first issue was that Kamala Khan and Spider-Men were featured in one half of the flip book, showing the story from each of their points of view. It was an interesting idea in theory, but in practice I was left feeling like I only got half a story told twice instead of a full story. As I said, there have been flip books in the past that I have liked. Jeff Lemire's Trillium, which came out a few years ago through Vertigo, used the format to great effect. What flip books have the rest of you liked? When have you thought the idea didn't work? Thoughts? |
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Post by Amoebas on Apr 10, 2019 21:27:22 GMT
  An old favorite  And the best flip book I know (with #2) |
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Post by Stephen Day on Apr 12, 2019 3:00:46 GMT
An old favorite I loved FF Unplugged too |
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Post by Amoebas on Apr 12, 2019 11:57:55 GMT
An old favorite I loved FF Unplugged too I liked Busiek's Untold better though. |
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Post by Stephen Day on Apr 12, 2019 21:42:50 GMT
I liked Busiek's Untold better though. Hey that's cool. I can't say I was a big fan myself although I did enjoy the few issues that I read. Then again I've never been a fan of that sort of Retro series. There's always a sense I have when reading something from a series like that that if these stories were meant to be told they would have been told when the original series was at that point. It's one of the reasons why I wasn't a fan of Star Trek: Enterprise and am currently not a fan of Star Trek: Discovery. Once again, like Untold Tales of Spider-Man, there are indiviual episodes that I do like. |
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Post by Amoebas on Apr 12, 2019 22:17:39 GMT
The thing I liked best about Untold Tales is that it didn't take away from anything. It wasn't a retcon because nothing changed from the originals. Busiek did a great job fitting his stories into the established Ditko/Lee stories.
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Post by Stephen Day on Apr 12, 2019 22:53:02 GMT
The thing I liked best about Untold Tales is that it didn't take away from anything. It wasn't a retcon because nothing changed from the originals. Busiek did a great job fitting his stories into the established Ditko/Lee stories. Yeah, I got that impression from the issues I read. Busiek was always good with that sort of thing. The man seemed to do a lot of research before writing a story that had anything to do with a character's past. |
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Post by Amoebas on Apr 13, 2019 0:37:20 GMT
The thing I liked best about Untold Tales is that it didn't take away from anything. It wasn't a retcon because nothing changed from the originals. Busiek did a great job fitting his stories into the established Ditko/Lee stories. Yeah, I got that impression from the issues I read. Busiek was always good with that sort of thing. The man seemed to do a lot of research before writing a story that had anything to do with a character's past. Especially for Avengers Forever - probably the best 'researched' book I can think of (outside of Crisis & Marvels). |
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Post by Stephen Day on Apr 13, 2019 0:51:21 GMT
Especially for Avengers Forever - probably the best 'researched' book I can think of (outside of Crisis & Marvels). Avengers Forever was the magnum opus of his work for Marvel in my opinion. |
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