"Jack Staff" - classic or dud

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It seems to be some kind of (ironic?) recreation of Britain's list era of up-and-at-'em adventure comics, with cheap and cheerful art.

But is it any good?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 10 October 2004 11:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yes. Jack Staff is possibly the best British comic ever (and I love Strangehaven). The last handful of Dancing Elephant b&w issues are superb.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Sunday, 10 October 2004 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Not JACK STAFF, but I started reading Paul Grist's KANE and it's pretty darned good.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Sunday, 10 October 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

My usual namedropping thing: Paul did a GREAT comic for me years ago, St Swithin's Day. I have unfortunately not read his more recent stuff, but he was always a fine writer too. He pitched to do a Jimmy Olsen mini-series for DC just after SSD, but they didn't go for it. I bet it would have been terrific.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 10 October 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I loved St Swithins Day when I read it in the midst of teen angst - it felt as if Morrison wrote it as some sort of autobiography, it had a great depth of feeling to it. And Grist's art was perfectly judged for the story.

Kane is/was great - it nicely balanced a celebration and a deconstruction of that hard-boiled police procedural with some narrative experimentation. I don't like Jack Staff so much, but its still admirable and well-crafted...

― David N (David N.), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Jack Staff = classic
Kane = classic
Anything by Paul Grist = classic

― David Simpson (David Simpson), Monday, 11 October 2004 08:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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