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by Zenguru » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:11 pm

nietoperz wrote:Try his Fantastic Four run. Seriously, he set the high water mark for that title, and I say that as someone who makes an effort to avoid the man these days.

Indeed. I still enjoy looking through his FF back issues.

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by Zenguru » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:11 pm

nietoperz wrote:Try his Fantastic Four run. Seriously, he set the high water mark for that title, and I say that as someone who makes an effort to avoid the man these days.

Indeed. I still enjoy looking through his FF back issues.

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by misac » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:01 pm

Zero wrote:Meh. As someone who got into comics recently I have no love for Byrne. I don't like his art, and I've never read a Byrne illustrated comic I enjoyed. Never seen his writing but I doubt that'd turn me around.

I think that nowadays his art looks dated, and his work on Star Trek looks good because it can't look dated there.

I have a question to those reading Buffy and Angel. Does Spike come out in any of those titles?

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by misac » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:01 pm

Zero wrote:Meh. As someone who got into comics recently I have no love for Byrne. I don't like his art, and I've never read a Byrne illustrated comic I enjoyed. Never seen his writing but I doubt that'd turn me around.

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by kingbobb » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:03 pm

Spike appears in Angel, and he's in a dream sequence in Buffy. But remember that Buffy takes place at the same time as Angel TV season 4, so there probably won't be any real Spike appearances in Buffy SEason 8.

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by kingbobb » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:03 pm

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by nietoperz » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:31 pm

kingbobb wrote:Spike appears in Angel, and he's in a dream sequence in Buffy. But remember that Buffy takes place at the same time as Angel TV season 4, so there probably won't be any real Spike appearances in Buffy SEason 8.

It doesn't! It takes place after Season 5 of Angel. (Remember, Seaon 5 of Angel begins two weeks after Sunnydale's collapse).

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by nietoperz » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:31 pm

kingbobb wrote:Spike appears in Angel, and he's in a dream sequence in Buffy. But remember that Buffy takes place at the same time as Angel TV season 4, so there probably won't be any real Spike appearances in Buffy SEason 8.

It doesn't! It takes place after Season 5 of Angel. (Remember, Seaon 5 of Angel begins two weeks after Sunnydale's collapse).

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by kingbobb » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:15 pm

nietoperz wrote:It doesn't! It takes place after Season 5 of Angel. (Remember, Seaon 5 of Angel begins two weeks after Sunnydale's collapse).

Well, darnit, I got my nummers wrong. Yes, Angel had 5 seasons. But are yo usure that Buffy season 8 takes place AFTER Angel Season 5? Seems we'd have some reference to what happened the LA if that were the case.

I'm pretty sure that Buffy 8 takes place alongside Angel 5, and that Buffy 8 in fact begins before episode 520, where Spike and Angel visit Rome.

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by kingbobb » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:15 pm

nietoperz wrote:It doesn't! It takes place after Season 5 of Angel. (Remember, Seaon 5 of Angel begins two weeks after Sunnydale's collapse).

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by nietoperz » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:25 pm

kingbobb wrote:Well, darnit, I got my nummers wrong. Yes, Angel had 5 seasons. But are yo usure that Buffy season 8 takes place AFTER Angel Season 5? Seems we'd have some reference to what happened the LA if that were the case.

I'm pretty sure that Buffy 8 takes place alongside Angel 5, and that Buffy 8 in fact begins before episode 520, where Spike and Angel visit Rome.

IIRC, Whedon has said that Season 8 happens a year and a half after the fall of Sunnydale...

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by nietoperz » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:25 pm

kingbobb wrote:Well, darnit, I got my nummers wrong. Yes, Angel had 5 seasons. But are yo usure that Buffy season 8 takes place AFTER Angel Season 5? Seems we'd have some reference to what happened the LA if that were the case.

I'm pretty sure that Buffy 8 takes place alongside Angel 5, and that Buffy 8 in fact begins before episode 520, where Spike and Angel visit Rome.

IIRC, Whedon has said that Season 8 happens a year and a half after the fall of Sunnydale...

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by Zero » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:28 pm

nietoperz wrote:Try his Fantastic Four run. Seriously, he set the high water mark for that title, and I say that as someone who makes an effort to avoid the man these days.

Am I gonna enjoy it as much as I did the Waid\Ringo stuff? Until then I had pretty much no time at all for the F4 but I've kept an open mind about them since.

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by Zero » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:28 pm

nietoperz wrote:Try his Fantastic Four run. Seriously, he set the high water mark for that title, and I say that as someone who makes an effort to avoid the man these days.

Am I gonna enjoy it as much as I did the Waid\Ringo stuff? Until then I had pretty much no time at all for the F4 but I've kept an open mind about them since.

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by nietoperz » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:30 pm

Zero wrote:Am I gonna enjoy it as much as I did the Waid\Ringo stuff? Until then I had pretty much no time at all for the F4 but I've kept an open mind about them since.

I think it's just as good, yeah. :-)

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by nietoperz » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:30 pm

Zero wrote:Am I gonna enjoy it as much as I did the Waid\Ringo stuff? Until then I had pretty much no time at all for the F4 but I've kept an open mind about them since.

I think it's just as good, yeah. :-)

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by Zero » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:39 pm

Maybe if I gte real bored in 'nam I'll fire up a download. No need to give Marvel any reason to think the asshat's profitable...
As for Angel, I'm on the threshold of dropping it anyway, because it's been too much fanservice and not enough interesting. Oh and the art! :roll:

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by Zero » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:39 pm

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by Zenguru » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:58 pm

Zero wrote:Am I gonna enjoy it as much as I did the Waid\Ringo stuff? Until then I had pretty much no time at all for the F4 but I've kept an open mind about them since.

I agree with nieto. Nobody, but nobody, did a better Doctor Doom than Byrne.

Probably because they have so much in common. :smt081

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by Zenguru » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:58 pm

Zero wrote:Am I gonna enjoy it as much as I did the Waid\Ringo stuff? Until then I had pretty much no time at all for the F4 but I've kept an open mind about them since.

I agree with nieto. Nobody, but nobody, did a better Doctor Doom than Byrne.

Probably because they have so much in common. :smt081