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From: moriarty@uw-june (Jeff Meyer)
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Subject: Re: Fast Furry and Fractile
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Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:38:10 EST
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Oh, Hell, now Evelyn has decided to infiltrate net.comics (sigh... things 
used to be so quiet around here).  Well, a few reactions to her (his?
its?) opinions.

Secret Wars: Come off it, this is trash, just the same as Micronauts and
Hulk, but more slickly produced.  I keep noticing that Marvel is perfecting
a method of making old character situations seem new by inserting
violence/gore/deaths of main characters; The two issues (and that's as far
as I'm going) of Secret Wars, and espescially Rom, tend to bear this out.
If I complain about SW, it's not to follow general opinion, it's because I
think the sucker should be taken out and put to sleep in the back yard.
There's nothing new or even interesting here, and the characterizations have
been blown to #$%!.

normalman:  Agree totally.... this could really become dull after a while,
but 4-6 issues of it are about all I can take.  Really does remind one of
Not Brand Echh!

Cartoon History:  How many issues has that gotten up to now?  I've got the
first six, and think they are some of the funniest, most intelligent work
done in the last 5 years.  If there are more out there, I'd like to know.

Can't argue with "likes" or "not likes", so can't argue with TT... I really
enjoy it.

LSH should only be read for art.... story does remind me of High School, and
I **NUKED** high school.

Claremont: Won't argue that Chris is one of the best, and X-Men is a title
he always keeps fairly fresh (I believe he has a real devotion to his
characters), but his work in New Mutants has not been good.  I enjoy the Red
Scare-like Mutant Hunt that seems to be occuring in the LEVRAM (oops,
Marvel) universe, but he seems to be relying to much on that.  I am also
getting EXTREMELY tired of the NM's always running into an extremely nasty
figure (Sorceress in New Rome, White Queen (to a lesser extent), Illya's
demon friend whose name escapes me) who tries to corrupt their fresh young
innocence.  Also, the Magik mini-series was one of the worst comics series I
have ever read.  But, let's point out that Claremont was responsible for the
Wolverine mini-series and X-Men last year, so that puts him in the top three
or four with me.  Perhaps he's spreading himself too thin?

Sim's characters not real?  Please re-read the duchess in the last few
issues (OK, no way could Elrond or the Cootie be real....)

I love Jack Nicholson, I while I would have agreed with Evelyn after the
first 4 issues, I think (after 9 issues) that Chaykin has created some of the
best characters in years... with very real frustrations and tensions...
rather like what Frank has to deal with in HSB.

Just wanted to point out, Evelyn, that what we have here is not a mob
opinion, or a group poll.... if we like Flagg and hate Wars, it's for
specific reasons.

TO ALL:  Anybody know if HonkyTonk Sue, the premier comic from New Mexico's
Bill Boze, has gone past issue #5?  I'd appreciate it if you know... a great
comic if you haven't picked it up.

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