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Originally posted by DigiFluid View PostGave these a read today, the three Back to Pegasus issues and the first Gateways issue.
Hoooo boy. Not good. Genuinely surprised to see if getting any kind of positive response.
I know - opinions, a-holes, etc etc.
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Well, the two key parts of any given comic: the writing, and the art.
The storytelling leaps around without rhyme or reason--to the point where it's not just lacking in exposition, it's bordering on nonsensical. The broad strokes of the story are evident, but that's about it.
The characters are depicted terribly; none of them even remotely comes across like their TV counterparts. Perhaps worse, they're not even depicted as characters. That is to say, they're not even they're own defined characters in the comics. With one, possibly two exceptions, literally every line in the comic could have been delivered by any other character.
As for the art? Oh my. i can understand that there may be licensing issues with using the likeness of certain actors, but there's just no excuse for the characters looking as they do. They are unrecognizable, which, paired with the beige writing of the dialogue, is just inexcusable.
Even the environments come across as halfassed and bland. For most of the panels so far, the art is so bland that you can barely identify where anybody is at any given time. Alongside the breakneck/breathless pacing and the terrible character art, it's challenging (at best) to be able to tell what is going on without reading, and then re-reading the scene at least once.
The only thing I can give any credit for is having a couple of interesting ideas that I can construct my own fantasy Season 6 around. Beyond that? Goodness me, this is an embarrassment."A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life
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Originally posted by DigiFluid View PostGoodness me, this is an embarrassment.Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
Proper Stargate Rewatch -- season 10 of SG-1
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Originally posted by Lorne View PostMaybe SWAT could answer this for us, but it looked to me like those sections of characters' faces were left like that for digital inking and were shaded by the colorist instead. That's my guess, anyway.
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SGA: Gateways #2 is up now for preorder, along with #3, at the AM site.
I have a suggestion for the AM webpage: now that the AM comic line has grown, a search feature would be nice in the shopping section. By the time I scroll down to find both 2 and 3 and all the covers I want, my shopping cart times out.Last edited by WraithTech; 11 December 2016, 11:04 AM.
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Looking back to the Kickstarter artwork and this cover which was tweeted, there was this lovely character who looks like a Wraith Queen with ultra-long hair... whoever she is, if she appears, along with any other notable new characters who appear in the comic, it would be nice if they had their own character pages too. Their costume design in particular would be a good visual addition. Or, if those can't fit, some tweets of the same would also get some fannish joy.
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This is disappointing news...
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP161259
Makes me wonder if these comics will continue or not. Not sure if any of the creators still pop in here or not but maybe if they do they can chime in
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In what way is that disappointing?Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
Proper Stargate Rewatch -- season 10 of SG-1
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I think and hope PreviewsWorld has a typo. The AM webpage says this title is shipping in Jan, not Jun.
http://www.americanmythology.net/pro...3-c93786311b9d
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Ah... like that.Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
Proper Stargate Rewatch -- season 10 of SG-1
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Originally posted by lightsyder View PostThis is disappointing news...
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP161259
Makes me wonder if these comics will continue or not. Not sure if any of the creators still pop in here or not but maybe if they do they can chime inOriginally posted by WraithTech View PostI think and hope PreviewsWorld has a typo. The AM webpage says this title is shipping in Jan, not Jun.
http://www.americanmythology.net/pro...3-c93786311b9d
June is a helluva delay. Yikes!
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