tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post3319134238565480538..comments2024-03-28T09:04:42.135-04:00Comments on Rip Jagger's Dojo: Hanging The Green #10 - Snowbirds!Rip Jaggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-52624981346868271972016-12-30T22:29:37.730-05:002016-12-30T22:29:37.730-05:00My comic collecting was sporadic at the time and m...My comic collecting was sporadic at the time and mostly I collected Marvel Comics-- at age 9 I already preferred Marvel's output over DC's. I did get the last 3rd of the earlier Spider-Man drug story and eventually I did get the other 2/3rds of the Spidey story as well as the GL/GA reprints. Both very good stories and neither as a kid reading ASM #98 nor as a young man reading the whole story much later did I ever get the sense that the writing was obviously a middle-aged man writing down to a young audience. Of course, the reality is that people of all ages take a variety of mind-altering drugs, including alcohol, for a variety of reasons, but showing Harry or Speedy getting high just to have fun wouldn't have worked very well in early '70s superhero comics -- the audience wasn't quite the same as that for Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (although, admittedly, as an adult with wide tastes in entertainment, I enjoyed both). Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-74780088568569080452014-12-23T01:45:38.982-05:002014-12-23T01:45:38.982-05:00Sadly I have only one of the originals to compare ...Sadly I have only one of the originals to compare to, but Adams experience with the production team led by Adler doubtless contributed to the high quality of the issues. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-64844626712305515722014-12-22T19:22:14.704-05:002014-12-22T19:22:14.704-05:00This is in my top 5 favourite Neal Adams comics of...This is in my top 5 favourite Neal Adams comics of all time - the art in this issue is (imho) sublime - I was never a fan of the collected editions of Adams GL/GA work as for some reason I felt the better quality paper and printing was never as good as on the original paper versions (later reprints with new colouring were good but again detracted (imho) from the original)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-55277311111824391392014-12-22T06:09:37.265-05:002014-12-22T06:09:37.265-05:00It's worth the effort. Clearly most folks (mys...It's worth the effort. Clearly most folks (myself included) agreed with your assessment of the series since the bravura storytelling didn't save it from cancellation. The fame though did lead to a revival in the 70's with Mike Grell trying his best to recreate the magic. <br /><br />It makes me think that Neal Adams also was brought in to save the X-Men and that failed too. Not a great track record really. His then singular style was though only worthy of comics headed to the boneyard. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-64644614752169426002014-12-22T06:05:52.126-05:002014-12-22T06:05:52.126-05:00Adams at his best for sure.
Rip OffAdams at his best for sure. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-8523507652221520432014-12-21T18:17:40.987-05:002014-12-21T18:17:40.987-05:00Great art, bold story! Also some nice coloring on ...Great art, bold story! Also some nice coloring on that last panel page.GARETThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027041765844127613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-71752094180321483832014-12-21T17:39:59.391-05:002014-12-21T17:39:59.391-05:00This was one comic that I never collected at the t...This was one comic that I never collected at the time, probably because I considered the characters to be second-stringers. Also, I don't really recall seeing the title on the spinner-racks either, apart, perhaps, from a very occasional issue. I do have reprints of one or two of them, but I'll buy a collected edition one of these days, and sit down and read what I missed.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com