HEY BABY, I'M THE CASANOVA THREAD

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I read the first issue of Casanova (while "hungover"), and it was wild crazy stuff. TRIPLE BRAIN THING? Also, it taught me to love (Ronnie Spector).

The question I put to you is, "Should I track down the floppies, or should I WFT (wait for the trade)?"

― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 19:09 (eighteen years ago)

FLOPPIES!!!!!!!!

― Richard Baez (Johnny Logic), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

Can I ask why? Is it because of:

its thrill-powerful serialness

general up-with-floppies, support-the-industry philosophy

ginchy author's afterword

― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 19:35 (eighteen years ago)

ANSWER:

- its thrill-powerful serialness
#2 is the most ecstatic thing I've read all year - it's complete in of itself, despite being the clear follow-up to the premiere issue.

Fraction's mastery of Cass' voice always gets me, too. There's something to be said about those rhythms, but I'm not the most articulate man around - any takers?

The afterwords are fine, fine things, but what compells my purchase each month is the energy and immediacy, basically.

― Richard Baez (Johnny Logic), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 19:55 (eighteen years ago)

again another book with annoying music snob references and then the author has to explain them to us at the end.

― chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

There's like ONE music reference, chaki. Ignoring the super-spy shenanigans and tri-brain hottness because Fraction likes the New Pornographers is fifteen types of WRONG.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago)

i like casa! i read every issue. i was just pointing out thats its "YET another music snob book. also theres TONS of beatles refs bro.

― chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 21:55 (eighteen years ago)

When I become a famous funnybook writer, I'm going to name every single character in my sci-fi titty opus after a Big Black song.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 03:05 (eighteen years ago)

Chaki, I don't know who the Beetles are, and I still enjoyed the first issue perfectly fine!

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 03:35 (eighteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

CASANOVA - The Gentleman's Choice!

― R Baez, Monday, 20 August 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago)

Bone to pick, CASANOVA might be a book that appeals to geeks, but Casanova himself isn't all that geeky.

Should get around to reading the first issue of the new storyline sometime, too...

― Matt M., Monday, 20 August 2007 20:47 (seventeen years ago)

ten months pass...

Question: should I pick this up in hardcover or go for the individual issues if I can get them cheap? Does the hardcover reprint the written material at the end of the floppies or is it like Criminal where it's left out as an incentive to buy it monthly?

― Telephone thing, Saturday, 28 June 2008 22:48 (seventeen years ago)

I have the trade and it's awesome.

― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 30 June 2008 12:19 (seventeen years ago)

Does the hardcover reprint the written material at the end of the floppies or is it like Criminal where it's left out as an incentive to buy it monthly?

The latter, alas.

― R Baez, Monday, 30 June 2008 17:39 (seventeen years ago)

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