yeah it turns out that my store goofed when they sent out their weekly email of what was coming out. It was supposed to be here's what's coming out next month so get your subscriptions in now.
yeah it turns out that my store goofed when they sent out their weekly email of what was coming out. It was supposed to be here's what's coming out next month so get your subscriptions in now.
It's out today. Got my copy a bit earlier.
I'll pick mine up tomorrow. Also WTF MARVEL AND COMIXOLOGY?! So Comixology or maybe marvel through comix stopped carrying the dark tower comics as far back as gunslinger born. They even are missing a few issues from an earlier arc. Anyways I just went on there and see that they have dark tower evil ground available for purchase. Why the hell would they start carrying the comic now after not carrying them for several years?
Back issues probably weren't selling and demand was low. My shop has a stack of The Gunslinger Born TPBs for $3.99 and the ones after that are five bucks.
I did not like this issue at all. Even the art is lousy, and Isanove typically does really good work.
I got this recently. On learning it was on Comixology I decided to download it this time. (I usually order hard copies of this.)
It works pretty well on the Comixology App for my Android tablet, although the automated panel-hop feature could be a bit better. (I.e. it will zoom into text areas but won't always then scroll/zoom out to show the rest of the panel when viewing those long panels.) It's not a big issue as you can still do that stuff manually.
I enjoyed the artSpoiler:And while I found the story intriguing... (particularly the present day segment) it's not doing a whole lot for me. It's not bad, butSpoiler:
I also noticed a couple of minor errors. Actually one of those isn't strictly an error from a story point of view, it just contradicts what Robin Furth states in the after-word. They're very small issues that don't really affect the story so it seems a bit petty me even bringing them up.
I'd still like to see how it goes though. There's only one more issue to go after all.
My take on it was that Roland did not behave like Roland at all, in present or past. It read like poorly-thought-out fanfiction, to me. If that's the direction the comics are going to take, I'll be happy to see them come to an end.
To me the graphic novel series are exactly that fan-fiction given the green-light and some feedback from King. Not that there is anything wrong that.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
This. +1
I have no desire to see them come to an end. Nothing wrong with it. I might even spend a little now and then to check out a couple of the pieces. Just don't A.) expect me to spend loads for a whole collection or B.) throw references to some issue in my face as "proof" of an interpretation in discussion of the novels.
The second issue is out. Anyone else read it?
It's better than the first. Not one of my favorites, but not bad.
Good to know. I'm waiting for it to turn up on Comixology like the first. It seems they don't come out on a monthly basis there like the more mainstream comics.
One look at Comixology later...
Oh okay. I see it's there now too. Okay, feedback soon...
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Okay I've read it now.
While quite readable, I didn't think it was very good.Spoiler:
And the present day thread....Spoiler:
In terms of positive points, I thought theSpoiler:Last edited by Brainslinger; 06-11-2013 at 03:36 PM. Reason: Too add to post.