Saturday, October 22, 2011

Re: 2011 - Present issue' ratings 1-9

nice to see Intone Flux with a rating, this was his idea anyway.

kanokano, thanks for your views, keep 'em coming

DP, why don't you write one, you know you want to

anyway, here's mine:

March 2011

Cover - 7 (well done but tame, 3 plastic guns?)

Dossier - 6 (i appreciate Mr. Ringgenberg's efforts to show comic art history by remembering artists who pass away, but i'd like to see more than that, in the limited space he has.)

Gallery - 7 (nice technique with some imagination)

Tarot Cards - 5 (is that Lynn Redgrave? (2-21-11) no it's not. i saw a Julie-Boris art book with a very similar painting, that says it's her mother-in-law)

Forms of Death - 5

Requiem - 8 (brings over-the-top to new heights, at least we got to see a bit more of him than usual)

Strain - 6 (interesting but simple)

Dreamfall - 6 (more simple but more interesting to me)

Riders - 7 (I like Azurek stuff for the wacky absurdity. it looks like they just read Fistful of Blood)

Awakening - 7 (even more obtuse than much of Llarena's other stuff. those transdimensional aliens are stirring things up again.)

Rpnzl Overdrive - 6 (looks nice, but isn't IM so last decade?)

Caveman - 6 (Caveman's greatest hits remix continues)

Artist Studio - 6 (nice looking but less imagination than i like. another straightjacket?)

back cover - 6

i may not act impressed but overall i think this is a solid issue. nice range of content and ads, of course i want even more. i am being mocked with the old website ad on the inside back cover.

also, i like the .pdf sample pages on the website. it gave me a chance to see some of it before i got to the store to buy the issue.

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