tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796556.post114748542251483452..comments2023-11-05T07:37:13.475-05:00Comments on Tales to Mildly Astonish: Free Comic Book Diary: The Comics, Part 3Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947233996077734991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796556.post-1147705501864892492006-05-15T11:05:00.000-04:002006-05-15T11:05:00.000-04:00The hell was that?The hell was that?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947233996077734991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796556.post-1147671194726566532006-05-15T01:33:00.000-04:002006-05-15T01:33:00.000-04:00Castle Rain Entertainment: Jack The Lantern 1942I'...Castle Rain Entertainment: Jack The Lantern 1942<BR/><BR/>I'm tempted to take back everything I said about Deadbeats after reading this comic, which does the unthinkable by making a pumpkin-headed demon fighting Nazis and evil monks the most boring thing I've read since my college class on modern art theory. The lion's share of the story is a flashback to an adventure of the current Jack the Lantern's predecessor. Apparently worried that this might be too interesting, writer Michael Angelos (I pray to God that's a pseudonym) decided to tell the Entire. Damn. Thing. in narrated captions. So stupendously inept a crime against writing is compounded by the plot's being a pastiche of the generic "Chosen One" cliches that have peppered the landscape in the post-Buffy era. Oh, and someone needs to tell Mr. Angelos that, to qualify as an epigram, a quote has to have something to do with the story being told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796556.post-1147671088753803662006-05-15T01:31:00.000-04:002006-05-15T01:31:00.000-04:00Castle Rain Entertainment: Jack The Lantern 1942I'...Castle Rain Entertainment: Jack The Lantern 1942<BR/><BR/>I'm tempted to take back everything I said about Deadbeats after reading this comic, which does the unthinkable by making a pumpkin-headed demon fighting Nazis and evil monks the most boring thing I've read since my college class on modern art theory. The lion's share of the story is a flashback to an adventure of the current Jack the Lantern's predecessor. Apparently worried that this might be too interesting, writer Michael Angelos (I pray to God that's a pseudonym) decided to tell the Entire. Damn. Thing. in narrated captions. So stupendously inept a crime against writing is compounded by the plot's being a pastiche of the generic "Chosen One" cliches that have peppered the landscape in the post-Buffy era. Oh, and someone needs to tell Mr. Angelos that, to qualify as an epigram, a quote has to have something to do with the story being told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796556.post-1147536818268972052006-05-13T12:13:00.000-04:002006-05-13T12:13:00.000-04:00Yes! I've been quoted!List me in your links secti...Yes! I've been quoted!<BR/><BR/>List me in your links section, Writer Boy!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031465272229212106noreply@blogger.com