Darque Edge Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 Just read issue seven, and while I really like it....it just feels like Gaiman-lite. I'm really hoping that the conclusion will blow my socks off, but I'm not sure it will. Maybe I was just expecting too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 Though I have all of them to date, I've only read the first three issues. Despite it being "Gaiman-lite" is it any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Edge Posted March 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 Yes it is, actually. The artwork is done by the 'Origin' team, so it looks gorgeous. The dialogue is as good as I'd expect from Gaiman, and there's some really nice moments. I'm just....I was expecting something bigger. Something bigger in scope than it actually is. It's a very well written series, don't get me wrong, and i'd recommend it to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJG Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 To be honest I felt a little dumb after finding out who the forerunner was. In retrospect it seems so obvious but... ach well. I won't spoil it for those who haven't read it though. I like this series so far but the exposition on the nature of the comics universe has been done before in Animal Man by Grant morrison so it really didn't do anything for me here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 I can't FIND this comic. I bought the first two issues, and then the next one I saw was 5. I said screw it, and I'm waiting for the TPB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 I think it's all feeling a bit rushed. The art really is SPECTACULAR, but there's a real feeling of Gaiman trying to force everyone in. And why is an obscure Alpha Flight character so prominently featured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electronaut Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Personally, I wasn't sure whether or not 1602 was going to have any major bearing on the Marvel continuity, or if the primary reason people were buying it was because of Gaiman. After reading the final issue, I'm still a little in the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 I just finished reading the hardcover collection, and all I have to say is: WOW! The revelation that Rojhaz was Captain America blew my mind and I can't believe I missed it! I mean, the clues are right there. The star-like feathers on his head, throwing the tray as he would his shield, white skin and blond hair, a Native America. I feel so dumb! Also, that the treasure was Thor was quite a surprise as well. And from what I read, Virginia is not supposed to be Snowbird as many people think. She wasn't created alongside the other characters during the initial boom of the Silver Age, and therefore wouldn't have been used by Gaiman. Truth be told, Virginia Dare was a real person who (as myth has it) could turn into white animals. The following is from Neil Gaiman's journal. (The text in bold was asked by a fan. The rest is Gaiman's response.) I did a web-search for Virginia Dare. It says she was a real person and that there is a story that she turned herslef into a white deer. Did you know this? There's a page about her story at http://www.angelfire.com/tn/traderz/virginia.html amd more on the legend at http://www.tangledforest.com/states2/northcarx.html. Yes, I knew it. Truth to tell, I sort of automatically assumed that most Americans probably were familiar with the story of Virginia Dare and the White Doe, because I first read about it when I was a little kid in England, and, well, you people live here. (And I just googled, and this -- http://www.icw-net.com/tales/mantwdoe.htm -- was the first thing that came up, which seems a good retelling of the version I'd heard.) So, yes, she was a real person, who was, in many stories, killed in the form of a white doe, by a silver arrow. She, and Elizabeth, and James of Scotland, are pretty much it for my real historical people (although there are innkeepers, soldiers, papal assassins, and executioners who just walked on when I needed them and aren't meant to be analogues of anyone really.) [Quite a bump, eh...? This was one of our first threads.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRetreater Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 I've just read the first ish of the "sequel" and have to say it is written better than Gaiman's. He did set the stage but Pak is doing a MUCH better job at telling a story. It is kinda like how Hobbit tells a story and LoTR seems more like a history lesson (and therefore bored me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieMurdock Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I thought it was very well done. Very interesting concept and Gaimen did some really great things with these characters. The most original concept since Origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Did anyone read the sequel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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