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Post by ChaosReaver on Jan 16, 2010 18:44:37 GMT -5
those that ordered copies. sent today Ugh. I'm so bummed. I thought the money order was mailed out when I gave it to my girlfriend who was going to the post office. She told me she forgot. I was so pissed. Not at her because it was an honest mistake. But the fact everybody is going to read the book before I get it. I am going to be so jealous when you guys get your books.
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Post by killju on Jan 17, 2010 18:46:00 GMT -5
tim,can i get a copy of faust 14 and how much?is this true?
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Post by killju on Jan 17, 2010 21:52:52 GMT -5
no shit!!!mines going out as well,ju
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Post by crager on Jan 20, 2010 15:15:10 GMT -5
I bet tim gets his package! huh ju...?
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Post by jayfotos on Jan 24, 2010 21:48:13 GMT -5
Remember this week, Wednesday 1/27 the last issue hits!
RED MORDEN VERSUS DEATH DEALER as the epic miniseries concludes in full panel-to-panel comic storytelling! Pulled beneath the swirling sands of the Isle of Thorns by a living statue of tentacles and steel, Red Morden awakens beneath the boiling skies of the Land of the Dead. Propelled by the rowing of a mysterious, skull-faced boatman, the berserker finds himself facing the end of his quest amidst the blood red waves. And on a lost beach littered with skulls, rusted armor and the ghosts of the battle slain, Morden will face his greatest challenge-an unstoppable engine of destruction in black chain mail and a horned helmet!
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Post by godless on Jan 26, 2010 15:58:52 GMT -5
Going to pick mine up today or tomorrow. Then I have to get on ebay and order Tim's alternate cover because my LCS is fired.
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Post by jainitai on Jan 29, 2010 13:26:04 GMT -5
Going to pick mine up today or tomorrow. Then I have to get on ebay and order Tim's alternate cover because my LCS is fired. You know, I was thinking about that, i.e. - how Tim's covers aren't the "regular" editions. I really liked it better when they were, because I have zero chance of getting Tim's covers from my LCS. I'd also have to get them from Ebay or online. Oh well. I'm sure they'll all be collected and printed in the Dark Kingdom HC that's due out. So here's my two cent review of Dark Kingdom #4 (DON'T READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK YET!!!): First off, I noticed that Jay did in fact spend a little more time on the coloring. It's evident from page one, last panel, where you see the highlights in the guy's hair and the texture on the fur. (By the way, who is that guy? Is that supposed to be Red? And if so, what's he doing? Who is that lady in the ground and what is he feeding/giving to her?). So it was refreshing to see a little more detail in the coloring. I mean, it can always go to another level, but at least there was some variation in tones and some rendering instead of flat, "paint bucket" looking fills of color. The best part of the book was the fight between Death Dealer and Red and also when they "team up" to fight off the skeleton warriors. That splash page is really fun and has a lot of energy. (It sometimes bothers me that Red looks like the dwarf from Lord of the Rings. Has anyone else noticed that or is it just me?? And I don't mean proportions or body size, just in his face.) I didn't understand why the Death Dealer showed up in the first place. Can someone explain that to me? I don't know about the ending either. It was kind of lame that Red is such a tough, bad ass that can handle himself against Death Dealer, yet in the end he's killed in his sleep by his not-real-wife. And why didn't his buddies warn him about the bad feelings or that something wasn't right? I don't know. The ending just seemed anti-climactic or too abrupt. And the story overall just hasn't been something that I've been excited about reading. I really just like the pretty pictures. Tim has shown us again that he can do quality work on a book that's on a schedule. I look forward to seeing more of his work on these collaborations. So my over all ratings on the book would be: Art: 9 out of 10 Story: 6 out of 10
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Post by killju on Jan 29, 2010 16:36:45 GMT -5
im with you i loved dark kingdom 4 got 3 of the vigil covers and 2 frazetta but i was a little confused at the end,but what the hell its DEATH DEALER!!!GREAT JOB TIM AND JAY
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Post by Smokin Devil on Jan 29, 2010 19:56:58 GMT -5
(By the way, who is that guy? Is that supposed to be Red? And if so, what's he doing? Who is that lady in the ground and what is he feeding/giving to her?)
No, that's Jallak. If you go back to issue #1, you'll find that Morden didn't burn Brynna's body with the rest of the dead villagers. He buried her in the snows of the high plains where it never melts, saving her for the day when he could bring her back. The corpse in the snow is Brynna.
Jallak is placing one of the two petals of the "Iron Rose" that he managed to save on the Isle of Thorns into her mouth. Since he thinks Morden is dead, he takes it upon himself to complete his friend's quest.
I didn't understand why the Death Dealer showed up in the first place. Can someone explain that to me?
As established in the original FC Death Dealer mini, DD is a force of nature, raised wherever and whenever there's an imbalance in the natural order of things. Example: When war takes the life of the innocent, he appears. So, when Red Morden, a living man with a heartbeat and a pulse, shows up in the land of the dead, the Death Dealer senses the imbalance of the natural order (ie: Ya ain't supposed to be there unless you were heroically slain in battle-example: The Nordic legend of Valhalla) of things and arrives to either stop Morden from entering the Citadel of the Slain or kill him in combat to justify his presence there.
I don't know about the ending either. It was kind of lame that Red is such a tough, bad ass that can handle himself against Death Dealer, yet in the end he's killed in his sleep by his not-real-wife. And why didn't his buddies warn him about the bad feelings or that something wasn't right? I don't know.
Jallak tries to warn Morden that something is just shy of "right" about the risen Brynna and the baby, but he stops short when Morden embraces his dead wife. He realizes that the man has miraculously returned from a suicide mission to bring her back and is in no sane frame of mind to accept any misgivings about who or "what" came walking out of the snow. (By the way, try talking a friend out of dating someone who you're sure is wrong for them and will end up breaking their heart. Doesn't work, man.)
As far as Morden being murdered by the undead Brynna's hand...who else could have done it? Certainly no one (including Death Dealer) has been able to take him down in combat. Asleep however, thinking himself safe next to the only thing in the world he's ever found worth living for (or dying for, for that matter), Morden's guard is down. He is at her mercy. She's not Brynna anymore. She's something new, born of the "Iron Rose" and its evil.
The ending just seemed anti-climactic or too abrupt. And the story overall just hasn't been something that I've been excited about reading. I really just like the pretty pictures.
Glad you dug Tim's work. I do too. I've always been a fan. Sorry the story wasn't your bag. I do suggest that you take the time to really "read" the prose issues instead of skimming them. There's alot in there. By the way, you might not have noticed the remaining black petal of the "Iron Rose" in old Ghurrd's amulet at the end. He and young Finn are direct descendants of Jallak and have been charged with keeping the final piece of the dark flower safe all these years. The last petal will be passed down to Finn when he comes of age, to protect...and use as he sees fit.
Thanx for picking up Dark Kingdom.
Mark Kidwell
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Post by killju on Jan 29, 2010 21:13:50 GMT -5
IVE BEEN VERY EXCITED about the dark kingdom,the story picked up as soon as issue 3 hit,but the end on issue4 was a little confusing,but im a fan.great job
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Post by bastard on Jan 29, 2010 22:34:52 GMT -5
HEY MARK! great job writing! i can't wait to SEE your jack the lantern work! any art or goodies available for purchase? ;D
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Post by godless on Jan 30, 2010 10:53:22 GMT -5
Yeah thanks for chiming in here Mark. I was not able to get to my LCS in the last couple days because of health issues(been having diabetic seizures again) but will make it out today and also will order the alternate covers through ebay.
Thus far, aside from the few nitpicks I mentioned in my earlier posts(which could be due to my own failure to comprehend what I was reading), I have been pleasantly surprised by your writing talents. Though I too prefer the traditional sequential art-narrative of comics over the 'pulp style' illustrated prose(which is kind of weird since I am such a huge fan of pulp fiction, i.e. The Shadow), I did like the fact that you went that route for the 2nd and 3rd issues. If for no other reason than it probably gave Tim more freedom to do better quality art than having to rush to meet deadlines doing a full 4-issue series for a mainstream publisher.
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Post by jainitai on Jan 31, 2010 0:03:26 GMT -5
Thank you for stopping in and taking the time to clarify some of those points, Mark. Yeah, I totally missed that it was Jallak at the beginning of the book. And I also was going to mention that it seemed like Jallak was trying to tell Morden something at the end, but then didn't finish his thought, when he says something like, "There's something you should know...". I guess I get the rationale of why he didn't tell him, but you would think if he really thought there was some kind of "dark magic" danger that he would say something, if for nothing else than to protect his friend. I know the space in the book is limited, but it may have been interesting and brought more depth to the story if you had shown Jallak bringing this up to Morden later and then Morden becoming angry or in denial about it and THEN he's later killed by her. Then it would have been like, "I warned him! But due to his blinding love he couldn't see the truth!" It also would have been more interesting to see that relationship sort of build where you see the interactions between Morden and evil Brynna. The ending just seemed too abrupt. It was like on one page he was hugging her and on the next being stabbed.
Anyway, I'm no professional writer and overall I think you did a fine job. It's even harder for me to gauge a story like this where I'm not completely interested in the content, i.e. - viking, Nordic lore and whatnot. I don't know if in the prose books you wrote more about the whole balance thing with the Death Dealer, but that would have helped to explain why he showed up. Someone not familiar with the Death Dealer's background would be left scratching their head (like me!). I know you had the sea witch (as the boatman) say something in reference to the Death Dealer's penchant for balance when he/she picks up that skull, but when I read that I didn't know what it meant in reference to then raising all of those skeletons from the dead.
Oh, and I didn't even notice that rose petal at the end. Does that mean more adventures await Red Morden in the Frazetta Universe?
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Post by Smokin Devil on Feb 1, 2010 10:34:45 GMT -5
Hey Folks,
Thanx for all the discussion on DK!
Admittedly, the ending to the current arc of Dark Kingdom had to be brief, as page count dictated. Most of the book was dedicated to Morden's violent encounter with Death Dealer as well as wrapping up the whole saga started on the Isle of Thorns. Call it ambitious.
Anyway, from the very beginning, in DK #1, after showing Morden's rotting skull atop a plateau, I've known how he died. I knew it would have to be the person (or creature) he least suspected who could catch him off guard and kill him. I knew it had to be Brynna. A few more pages to show a building, suspenseful change in the newly arisen Brynna woulda been nice, but again...no room.
As far as Jallak being able to influence Morden, remember, those two still weren't on the best of terms. Besides fighting side by side on the Isle of Thorns, the last time they'd seen each other, they'd been at odds. Jallak and the others had run like cowards in the face of the Wyvern that slew their families, leaving Morden to face it alone. Morden would not have taken kindly to any words of advice given by one who hadn't exactly redeemed himself in his barbarian eyes. Jallak knew this and also had a head full of Morden's legend. How could he truly believe that the greatest Vikavian of them all could be in true danger from his own wife, no matter how she'd changed? Perhaps too, he felt there would be time to try and speak further to Morden once he'd had a chance to rest and see the new Brynna for himself? Sadly, there was no time.
On the remaining petal of the dark flower: Yeah, if everything goes just so, maybe we'll see what happens when the "dark sails of Vikavia's greatest enemy dot the horizon" and a grown-up Finn Ulgridd, faced with the annihilation of his race, decides it's time to use the dread power for the final time. Maybe he'll make his way to a high plateau and place the petal between the rotting teeth of a weathered skull...
Mark
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Post by jainitai on Feb 1, 2010 13:35:50 GMT -5
Maybe he'll make his way to a high plateau and place the petal between the rotting teeth of a weathered skull... You're such a tease! And good points about the other stuff.
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