Saturday, October 22, 2011

Re: 2010 - Present issue' ratings 1-9

May 2010:

Cover - 2 (my apologies to the artist, who certainly has some ability, but I don't like this a bit. Looking for something to enjoy in something without imagination, instead I find the flower and sparkles, the misspelled gauge on the gun, and the software generated fishnet with rips in lines instead of stretched, just annoying)

Dossier - 7 (I like reading about the old stuff, maybe I'll even buy one of the anthologies. The article about Anky Cyriaque, and later ad for the movie, was interesting, but too bad the text got messed up, and the websites don't work for me.)

Gallery - Jeff Slemons - 7 (nice, vivid, and GIANT MONKEY HEADED ROBOTS!! whew!)

Tarot Cards - 5

Voodoo Derivat - 7 (the story is somewhat topical. The art style reminded me of R Crumb)

Regulator #4 - 7 (big finish, sometimes drags getting there)

Phantom of the Coliseum - 6

Circus of Revelations - 7 (imaginative story)

Lonely Cry in Space - 6

Dark Pandemonium - 7 (I often like Azurek stuff, even if it's kind of one dimensional. I wish more stories had English Supervisors, it helps here)

Thank You Monsieur Forest - 8 (so Barbarella is now a classic to be riffed on? OK. this was funny too)

Artist Studio - 3 (obviously some people like chicks with guns. doesn't do it for me though)

back cover -2

there's a resurgence of crap in the ads (pornomation? sheesh) and the ad for the "old" HM website is absurd even if I could see how it could get there in the transition.

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