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Phil
01-18-2013, 12:40 PM
Anyone else pick this up?

I wasn't expecting much after Trio let me down, but I really enjoyed #1 of this.
Le Messor
01-18-2013, 03:18 PM
I'm not familiar with it, but I'm putting it on my list... if I can find that pencil...

Trio let you down? I can understand that; a rushed-feeling rip on Fantastic Four. Mostly battle, little characterisation.

~ Le Messor
"It only hurts when I don't laugh."
~ Mark T. Shirey
Phil
01-18-2013, 03:30 PM
It's more sci-fi than superhero.

There's a bit of opinion about it at http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/01/16/john-byrne-our-robert-heinlein/
Flightpath07
01-18-2013, 03:55 PM
I'm not familiar with it, but I'm putting it on my list... if I can find that pencil...

Trio let you down? I can understand that; a rushed-feeling rip on Fantastic Four. Mostly battle, little characterisation.

~ Le Messor
"It only hurts when I don't laugh."
~ Mark T. Shirey

I thought Trio was 'okay'.
Le Messor
01-18-2013, 05:53 PM
I thought Trio was 'okay'.

Yeah, 'zackly!

... but I expect better than 'okay' from Byrne.

~ Le Messor
"It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm."
~ Mary Henle
EccentricSage
01-19-2013, 12:11 AM
Anyone read Labrats back when that came out? Has he gotten better again since? I always loved his art style, but his writing can be so hit or miss sometimes.
Le Messor
01-19-2013, 04:23 PM
I missed that one, too. :(

~ Le Messor
"It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are."
EccentricSage
01-23-2013, 07:36 AM
I missed that one, too. :(

~ Le Messor
"It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are."

Don't worry, if you're referring to Labrats, you didn't miss much. No characterization. Just cynical shock value concept mixed with wacky visual settings. I hadn't really been seeking out Byrne's work since, personally, but if his new stuff is any good, I might check it out.
Le Messor
01-24-2013, 05:15 AM
Don't worry, if you're referring to Labrats, you didn't miss much. No characterization. Just cynical shock value concept mixed with wacky visual settings. I hadn't really been seeking out Byrne's work since, personally, but if his new stuff is any good, I might check it out.

Wow, that sounds bad! I'm glad I missed it.
Thanks. :D

~ Le Messor
"It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous."