DT Comics : Which character is depicted best or worst?

[Daghain]

I thought Alain was spot on. Cuthbert kind of grew on me over time. I *really* hate the "whiskers" Lee insists on drawing on Roland, though.

[Letti]

Susan was pretty close too though

It is simply incredible to me. Are you serious?

[jayson]

I thought Cort was well done. Honestly, I wasn't very pleased with any of the other depictions. Jonas was actually quite good on second thought. I especially thought that Gilead looked pitiful. Nothing how I pictured it.

i too thought Cort matched my expectations well, as did Jonas. gilead i thought looked pretty cool actually from what we saw of it. i would like to see much much more of it.

[Matt]

King said in that interview with NPR that he loved how Rhea looked in the comics

[jayson]

i like comic Rhea. she's not what i expected, but i think she is def "witch-like" and certainly disgusting [which is a key trait of Rhea]

[Brainslinger]

The Big Coffin hunters looked the best to me, pretty much spot on to how I imagined. Minor Long Road Home Spoiler

Spoiler:

When I first saw Jonas in the grapefruit scene however, I thought he looked rather feminine, rather like Rhea, (appart from the nose. Ironically with the nose he looke more like how I imagine Rhea compared to how she looks inthe comics.)

As for the others, Alain looked something like how I imagined. Cuthbert I saw rather different but I think it works, as do many of the others I saw different.

I think Sheemie just looks wrong though. For one thing, he looks a good deal younger in the comics to how I imagined. I'm pretty sure he's at least a couple of years older than Roland and co.

Spoiler:

Seeing the expressions on his face in the Long Road Home though did rectify this somewhat.

As for Roland himself, I thought the boyhood portrayal of him was pretty spot on, but the adult version in the first comic had none of the weathered 'blasted' look of his book equivalent. It's an awesome splash page though, but his face looks like that of a generic super-hero.

Marten looked pretty much how I imagined Marten. It's mentioned in the books that this persona rarely smiled, but I agree that it would have been nice to see that dark humour and grin when he was in Walter mode.

[Wuducynn]

Rhea is up there with Sheemie in my least favorite depiction. I'm getting used to Sheemie.

[UnderTheKillingMoon]

Roland's father, Susan, and Cort were all what I had imagined. I think they could've made Rhea a lot creepier

[Archangel(tjk)]

I would have to say that I don't like the way Alain works he often looks a lot like the village idiot, I did l like Steven though

[MonteGss]

Yup...Steven was depicted better than anyone, imo. Marten looked pretty good too. I don't like how the CK looks in the comic though...well at least in the human form.

[Ruthful]

Cort is a little too bulky for my taste.

[obscurejude]

I thought Susan looked a little whorish. Honestly, I haven't been pleased with any of the depictions.

[MonteGss]

I thought Susan looked a little whorish. Honestly, I haven't been pleased with any of the depictions.

For real? Not even Steven Deschain?
He was spot on for me. What do you think they could have done different with him to make it better?

[CyberGhostface]

Cort is a little too bulky for my taste.

Yeah, he's nothing like I pictured him either.

[Tiffany]

I *really* hate the "whiskers" Lee insists on drawing on Roland, though.

I hate them, too.

Alain was farthest off for me. Cuthbert was spot-on, as was Steven Deschain. Susan isn't a bad depiction, I don't think, but I did picture her as having a sweet face as opposed to down-right supermodel hot.

Sheemie has taken some time to warm up to but as for the rest, I wasn't terribly disappointed.

Eldred was probably my favorite depiction.

[The_Gunslinger]

Most of the characters seemed spot on for me. I would have liked to have seen the Crimson King is his human form though... =\ John Farson looked absolutely awesome. And Walter looked amazing too. I read my hardcopy constantly.

I agree with Matt on page 1 though. Susan's hair was way blonder than I predicted. I always saw it a deeper shade.

[Matt]

Yep, I think they missed the boat on Susan. She should have been much more "plain cowgirl" than "blond bombshell".

Roland didn't love her for her body and looks alone

[Brainslinger]

Most of the characters seemed spot on for me. I would have liked to have seen the Crimson King is his human form though... =

Spoiler:

You might be nicely surprised in the Long Road Home. Well maybe not... his human form doesn't look all that human... but it is certainly curious.

[Babymordred121]

I'm still pretty pissed off at how they've portrayed Walter so far. I mean, in the books he pretty much IS Heath Ledger's Joker. In the books he's just some old dude that makes pithy plays on words here and there. I LOVED the way he looked as far as his actual design looked, with the nearly bald scalp and the white skin, but he needs to be grinning and cackling and completely deranged at all times. It was completely essential to his character.

While Crimson King looks nothing like his character in the books, I'm inclined to think that his comic incarnation is far superior. You know; he actually looks threatening.

I also LOVED Clay Reynolds. I don't know why. He just looked awesome.

[Matt]

I think we had a long conversation about Walter and I tried to come to grips with the somber portrayal of him. Because in the books, a person really gets the impression that he is a big grinner.

But after folks analyzed the passages it seemed like there was an interpretation issue on how much the man actually was that way.

So I'm still on the fence but I don't think that the format they are going with lends itself to big smiles.

[fernandito]

Cort is a little too bulky for my taste.

Yeah, he's nothing like I pictured him either.

+1 more.

I'm not saying that I don't like Lee's interpretation of Cort, it's just that it's nothing like what I had in mind.

[Babymordred121]

It just annoys me that the only feature of Walter even remotely described in the books is that he grins. A lot. Like a psychopath. And that his defining feature in the comics is that he doesn't grin. Ever. Because the comic writers seem to think Walter would be more entertaining if he were as completely sane and as dead serious as every single other super villain we've ever seen before.

[LadyHitchhiker]

None of them look like I thought they would...

[MonteGss]

It just annoys me that the only feature of Walter even remotely described in the books is that he grins. A lot. Like a psychopath. And that his defining feature in the comics is that he doesn't grin. Ever. Because the comic writers seem to think Walter would be more entertaining if he were as completely sane and as dead serious as every single other super villain we've ever seen before.

I wish they drew him smiling more as well...though, I think they overall appearance of Walter in the comics is good. He looks good but the "feel" isn't what it should be, partly due to the lack of smiling.

[Wuducynn]

He looks good but the "feel" isn't what it should be, partly due to the lack of smiling.

One of my biggest complaints also.