The Steve Ditko Gorgo book was excellent. Ditko's art is of the same style as his ASM and Doc Strange stuff, only with a pair of giant monsters in the mix as well. The stories run the gamut from straight monster on the loose to anti-Red patriotism to bizarre romance adventure. Really a nice collection in a very handsome package.
If you are interested in checking out Ditko's Gorgo stuff online, you can find the entire run of the series in the public domain! I like comicbookplus.com just look under Charlton and you will see Gorgo (along with the other monster book he did for Charlton, Konga). Up next -- Essential Power Man & Iron Fist v.1! I have read a lot of the issues in this collection, but PM&IF is one of the best Bronze Age books I have ever read, so I am eager to sink my teeth into these fast paced, fun adventures. On Monday, December 29, 2014 8:42:50 AM UTC-5, Luke Jaconetti wrote: > > Finished reading volume 1 of Dave Sim's Cerebus The Aardvark, entitled > simply Cerebus. > > Hot damn. These early Cerebus stories begin as a send up of sword and > sorcery comics, but about halfway through this collection, things start to > take on a more sweeping, epic scale. Sim's cartooning is uniformly > beautiful, mixing the grimy fantasy world with it's funny animal star. Not > much in the way of political commentary at this point, but it starts to > seep in as we go. I am very excited to continue reading the saga -- I have > volume 2 (High Society), which is another 500+ pages, but after that I will > need to pick up volumes 3 and 4 (Church & State I and II). After that I > have volume 5 through I think 14! > > But before I read High Society, though, up next is a Christmas gift from > my wife -- Steve Ditko's Monsters Volume 1: Gorgo, a very handsome > hardcover collecting all of Steve Ditko's Charlton Gorgo work. Gorgo, of > course, was King Features daikaiju effort from 1961 which features a baby > monster being put on display in London... and then his gigantic Mama > crushing her way to Battersea Park to rescue him. Classic Ditko monster > stuff, from right around the time he was creating Spider-Man and Doc > Strange for Marvel! > > > > On Sunday, August 3, 2014 10:16:27 PM UTC-4, Shag wrote: >> >> Reading "Time Travelers Never Die" by Jack McDevitt. Really enjoying it! >> I normally read his Alexander Benedict series, but this is a one-off. In >> 2018, Shel's father goes missing. Shel discovers that his father has built >> a time machine. Shel gains a copy of the machine himself and starts to >> track down his father. About 100 pages in and really enjoyable! >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Read Battlestar Galactica by Glen A. Larson and Robert Thurston. This is >>> the novelization of "Saga of a Star World," the original pilot/movie. The >>> story is slightly different in parts, indicative of the "on the fly" nature >>> of the film, being written as it was being shot in some cases. One of the >>> major departures is the alien nature of the Cylons -- they are specifically >>> described as cyborgs, with the Cylon society being stratified by the number >>> of brains one has -- Imperious Leader having three brains. The characters >>> all sound close to how they would sound in the film, although Apollo is a >>> bit harder edged in spots, and Athena a bit more emotional. The ending is >>> different as well -- again not surprising as the ending went through >>> several iterations during filming. >>> >>> Overall I rather enjoyed this. I like novelizations, and this one does >>> a good job of expanding on what we see on the screen to give us more >>> information. There is a lot of insight into the thought process of the >>> Imperious Leader as well as the organization of the Cylon forces, which was >>> never touched on in the original series. Made me really want to watch the >>> movie again, but that's for another thread... >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
