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    Farscape: Strange Detractors #4 comic book (SPOILER DISCUSSION!)

    It's out today (1 July 2009). Whadja think?

    Here's a preview of pages 1-6.
    Keith R.A. DeCandido
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    "Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." ---Tom Waits, "Heartattack and Vine"

    #2
    Was just coming to start a thread. Got mine and read it already. Some very Farscape moments in this one, it had me grinning, though it was a little too much crammed into one issue IMO. (basically, the war with the whales was glossed over) That said, I could totally picture that vomit sequence being on the show.

    Nice job with the Chrichton pop culture bits Krad!

    Are Sebacians lit up internally?

    I was hoping to see more Mr. Red Eye in this one, (or did we already reveal that and I just forgot?)

    Other random thoughts:

    I didn't like seeing Pilot and Moya being at odds, but you did a good job of showing the discomfort. Same with Chi-Jothee.

    The art was mostly good, with a couple of really bad panes. (Sikozu was unrecognizable at times)

    The cover (A) is fantastic.

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      #3
      Aside from a cameo in Crichton's issue #1 dream sequence, we didn't see Red Eyes in this mini. But worry not, we haven't forgotten him.
      Keith R.A. DeCandido
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      "Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." ---Tom Waits, "Heartattack and Vine"

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        #4
        I will have to wait on mine in the mail, but at least now I know it will be on the way. I can't wait to see how this concludes.
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          #5
          Originally posted by krad View Post
          Aside from a cameo in Crichton's issue #1 dream sequence, we didn't see Red Eyes in this mini. But worry not, we haven't forgotten him.
          Well that is good news.
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          MS - "Boy, wow that's a great question!"
          "...phu...ah..."
          "Anyone know what SENTIENT means???"
          Sunday is my favorite day for two reasons - Football and The Walking Dead

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            #6
            Got mine in the mail yesterday.

            I thought it was okay. Yeah maybe too much story to fit in 32 pages, but then again I thought the virus story was a bit meh in the first place. Heh, it was like Farscape does Andromeda Strain/Fantastic Voyage. Never seen Fantastic Voyage, but I assumed that was who Crichton was referencing.

            And yeah cover A was great and that's the one I got.

            I enjoyed the series as a whole more for the character bits rather than the story line driving the series. The Crichton dream bit in the first issue was my favorite part of the series.

            I was reading Strange Detractors, Angel: Aftermath, and Angel: Blood and Trenches at the same time. I got the last issue in each series yesterday. SD definitely beat out Aftermath by a wide margin. I can't give Aftermath enough thumbs down. That five issue series totally sucked (and that's putting it nicely)...writing and art wise. I got all 5 issues with the covers by Nick Runge, and frankly those covers were the only thing good about the series. Though the last issue was a bit improved in the story. I liked Blood and Trenches better than Strange Detractors though.

            Comparing Strange Detractors to the first Farscape comic series, I enjoyed the first one more. I liked the story better in that one.

            Still looking forward to Gone and Back (which comes out tomorrow) as I like AU stories...minus giant walking viruses.
            IMO always implied.

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              #7
              Originally posted by LoneStar1836 View Post

              Still looking forward to Gone and Back (which comes out tomorrow) as I like AU stories...minus giant walking viruses.
              I didn't realize that comes out already. Dang, I don't recall if my subscription includes that one. They seem to be lingering on the shelves more now, compared to the first run, so I suppose it's not as big of a deal.

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                #8
                I liked the conclusion to this series. I hope we get a lot more of these, because I am so used to having Farscape around again (at least in this form).
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                MS - "Boy, wow that's a great question!"
                "...phu...ah..."
                "Anyone know what SENTIENT means???"
                Sunday is my favorite day for two reasons - Football and The Walking Dead

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                  #9
                  The series fell behind schedule -- remember that issue #1 was supposed to come out in November 2008. With Gone and Back #1's release in the month of July 2009, we're finally back on the original schedule.
                  Keith R.A. DeCandido
                  [email protected]
                  www.decandido.net
                  decandido.wordpress.com
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                  "Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." ---Tom Waits, "Heartattack and Vine"

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by krad View Post
                    The series fell behind schedule -- remember that issue #1 was supposed to come out in November 2008. With Gone and Back #1's release in the month of July 2009, we're finally back on the original schedule.
                    Will there be more after the Gone and Back series?
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                    MS - "Boy, wow that's a great question!"
                    "...phu...ah..."
                    "Anyone know what SENTIENT means???"
                    Sunday is my favorite day for two reasons - Football and The Walking Dead

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