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Anyone out there read this book? It's published by Boom. Looks like the third issue is coming out this week.

Basically it looks like Keith Giffen takes old silver age comics and rewrites them for comedic effect. I fondly remember Ambush Bug so hey, it could work. Looking for reviews from the knowledgable ILC before I purchase ...

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Monday, 9 October 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

you might have to take that plunge and report back

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 12 October 2006 03:42 (nineteen years ago)

The thread title filled me with suspense, so many possibilities as to actual content!

"What Were They Thinking - Keith Giffen To Write Jimmy Corrigan sequel??"

"What Were They Thinking - Keith Giffen action figure??"

and so on...

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 12 October 2006 07:57 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't bought a comic book since July 2002 ... quit cold turkey. It would be a sad comment indeed if it was Keith Giffen who lured me back.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

as opposed to wanting to buy a Keith Giffen comic, asking someone else if you should buy it, then buying it?

― occasional mongrel (kit brash), Thursday, 12 October 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

It was the concept that interested me more than anything else. Back when I was a kid a friend and I used to white out the word balloons and write in our own comedic text ... there was an issue of Avengers (265?) which I remember as being a particular favorite. Always thought that conceptually it could be done well, though I'm not sure Keith Giffen is the guy to do it.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 13 October 2006 11:20 (nineteen years ago)

are you kidding?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 13 October 2006 12:09 (nineteen years ago)

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― Chriddof (Chriddof), Friday, 13 October 2006 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

CBR - so much to answer for

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 13 October 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

I bought this crapfest, and it STINKS. Giffen's participation is grossly overplayed. He "assisted" with one remix.
As facile as the concept seems, it's actually REALLY difficult to pull off, even with just a four-page story, especially considering the high panel-count of pages back then. Why it's almost as hard as actually WRITING a comic. Only one effort worked in any meaning of the word "worked", and that was the one where "Astro-Dog" or something was crudely pasted over the appropriate words in a single page story.

Probably an easier way to deliver BANKABLE YUKS would be to do the reverse, DRAW NEW PANELS for existing dialogue & captions. Or better yet, just REPRINT THE UNADULTERATED STRIPS with and but a big fuck-face smirk disclaimer on the cover.

The only other enjoyable part was the names

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 22 October 2006 04:34 (nineteen years ago)

the names credited to the artists who were unknown, that is. EG, "Sineyer Werk Pleeze" or something.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 22 October 2006 04:46 (nineteen years ago)

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