Ken Aldred

Maybe more a Water Cooler thread?

That was at the end of the story arc. It's also considered a classic slugfest issue. The interior work does have merit.

On the British news it said they were living in a very exclusive area of Vancouver, so it's understandable. Plus, Canada won't be paying for expensive security details.

Great thread. Glad you enjoyed the convention.

There have been a few boardie collectors, returning to buying and posting after a few years, who have expressed the same shock and incredulity here. I put a few likes in the C2E2 thread, but glossed over the dealer pictures. I found looking at the prices to be a depressing and pointless exercise. Not for me anymore. Moving in the opposite direction to the OP, I guess.

As bad as the MCM event for comics? Nice report, though.

Just a caution, that's all.

Yup. It's a fair point that rarely gets mentioned. With my food intolerances, I would cause appalling devastation.

Kav, why can't Ray Palmer, or whoever's The Atom these days, enlarge the city and do Superman's hard work for him?

The story's really good throughout. But, worth warning that it's much gorier than Walking Dead.

The Cybermen storyline was an improvement, but it was still a bit unimaginative and meh. I am happy to hear less from the pulpit, though.

Very sad news. For me, the EC Library hardcover sets are the most important comic book reprints ever published. I started with Weird Science in summer 81, and was just absolutely blown away by the quality of the stories and artwork. As a science-fiction fan, still my favourite. The last comic set I needed to complete my New Trend run was Haunt of Fear, which I picked up in autumn 88. I had to wait until the early 2000s to obtain the Picto-Fiction magazine collection. Despite the absence of Marie Severin's brilliant colouring, the black-and-white, crystal-clear, oversized artwork allowed you to admire the often incredible detail or gothic shading incorporated by the master illustrators in these volumes. So good.

I didn't realise it was so close to the Moscone Center back then. A pity.

A pity that wasn't on when I visited, as I was located very close to there. I'd have enjoyed that as much as Wondercon.

It's a growing problem here, too. Worsening homelessness, sleeping behind waste or clothing collection bins, for example, and no other option but to relieve themselves publicly. Mentioned as such by the security and employees at a nearby supermarket. I only saw it the one time on the pavement in SF, although I believe the problem required a clean-up crew in a downtown BART station to wear Hazmat suits.

I visited San Francisco, circa 2008, had just left Isotope Comics and went around onto Market St, where I narrowly missed a large deposit on the pavement. Given its size, I concluded that the source was either a very large Dire Wolf, or a human.

I’m not sure I’d like the Marvel Studios film formula to be applied directly to licensed or purchased DC properties, as that level of sameness across the board might then start to really accelerate audience fatigue, in addition to the already poor comic book sales. Dual saturation.

Good stuff inside there as well.

Yup. Classic cover, brilliant characterisation, some of Neal Adams’ greatest ever artwork. No standout features whatsoever inside it.

Another great match for John Byrne’s art was Bjorn Heyn, who inked his pencils brilliantly in FF 232, and then disappeared into obscurity.

I’ll leave the Famous Funnies covers for someone else. Inevitable that this one gets added.

My favourite modern cover. Just brilliant.

That's terrible. Empty and extremely boring to look at, when compared to Anderson or Klein.

He ruined a lot of artwork while at DC in the mid seventies.