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Simon Bowland
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| Posted: 18 January 2013 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | 1
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I know what you mean. I keep finding myself working with artists who draw EVERYTHING in full bleed - every single panel on every single page. That looks weird enough in a standard comic, but in a trade... sheesh.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 January 2013 at 1:38pm | IP Logged | 2
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One of the things I like about working thru IDW is that I know a left hand page will be a left hand page, a right hand a right hand. Which means I can plan my bleeds so that I don't accidentally create the illusion of a double page spread.Except when I forget!!
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Ronald Joseph
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Got my copy yesterday and read it immediately. Loved it! But I already knew I would. I know there isn't much more I can add in the way of praise for this (as well as any of the other books you produce now and have produced in the past), but I will say this: There is a certain degree of comfort (for lack of a better word) that accompanies buying something with your name on it. Like a visit from a favorite friend or relative; you know it's going to be a pleasant - and sometimes mind-blowing! - experience. The fact that it's a John Byrne project alone transcends whatever genre you're tapping into at each juncture. The love and respect you have for the medium is apparent in every bit of dialogue and artwork and I just want to say thank you. Small comforts like the ones I'm offered following your work really do make my small world a better place!
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Sean Watson
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| Posted: 18 January 2013 at 4:38pm | IP Logged | 4
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JB you have out done yourself with this title. This is the best but together comic book I have picked up in a long time. From the story to the art and color. You and IDW are perfect together. I have liked everything you have done at IDW, but this just blew me away. I hope this series does well because I'm hooked. Leonard O'Grady's coloring is breath taking! I would like to see him color all your stuff at IDW.
The detail in this issue is unbelievable your hand most have gotten sore from drawing this. To me this is the perfect package of what a comic book should be. Heres to more of the High Ways!
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John Byrne
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It's interesting to me that some of you have commented on the amount of detail in this issue. Working on it, I really didn't have a sense that this was a particularly detailed job.
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Flavio Sapha
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| Posted: 18 January 2013 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | 6
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Just read it on the iPad. My hard copy will take a couple of months to get
here.
Have spacesuit, will travel!!!
Excellent stuff!!!
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Joe Hollon
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Just bought the comic. Haven't read it or a single post in this thread. Just wanted to chime in by saying I love the cover! It would make a great movie poster!
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Matthew Hansel
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As I've mentioned before, I have waived my page rate and first publication royalties on all my books at IDW, to make it easier on their corporate wallets. I get only the royalties from the trade paperbacks and other reprints.************ I didn't know you had waived your page rate!
So, what's all the nonsense about you "hacking books" out just for the money????
I stand in awe of you, JB. A class act.
MPH
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Joe Zhang
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Re: #1
Exhilarating!
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Joe Zhang
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"Max reminds me of Ted Danson."
That was my reaction too.
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Lars Sandmark
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I was drawn into the story quite easily, and connected to the charcters straightaway. Good writing.
Chief, your facial expressions for all the characters in this book are amazing.
Page 10, panels 3 & 6 has John Byrne's most realistic/accurate portrait EVER. It looks as if JB traced Eddie's face from a photograph of a real person with a true expression rather than from his imagination.
These panels popped out to me, they're so 'real'.
Another example is Jonesy's eyebrow on page 11 panel 3.
Someone casually using a keypad would hold an expression like that. Great cartooning!
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Flavio Sapha
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Cagney must be fun to draw!
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