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By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:35:22 +0000

Kind of like an omnibus, right? I’m almost hoping it will match that format on my shelf. And hey, if you click on Amazon through the book listing here, I get a little for my hosting ;)

Well.. 4 percent, haha. I’ve made amazon some nice money so far though! I’m trying to get ebay referral links on here too, so users can shop around. If it goes well enough I’ll be able to move to a private server eventually and the site won’t be so damn slow, lol.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:20:04 +0000

Yeah, that’s what I gathered about the story…I don’t think you were too harsh. I’m just imagining it’s probably exactly what you would expect from it if Will Eisner weren’t telling you it was amazing.

I didn’t realize that Kubert hardcover was coming out either, but I just looked it up on Amazon and it seems interesting. And at almost 300 pages, that’s a nice, meaty collection.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:09:45 +0000

Next you’re going to tell me you haven’t read all of Shining Knight! Kidding.

Yeah one of the reasons I decided to review this one (besides the fact that it comes early in the timeline and I hadn’t read it yet myself!) is because the Viking Prince volume of Kubert’s work is finally about to come out. I’m really excited about it, because, like you said – he’s a very under promoted character.

His latest appearance is in the 2008-2009 War That Time Forgot mini, but for the most part he’s very scarce.

I hope I didn’t sound too negative about the story in the review. Just because of the presentation I really got my hopes up, and it turned out to be kind of standard. It really was enjoyable, though, I never was thoroughly frustrated or annoyed with it.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:05:09 +0000

Well I’ll be darned…this is a series and character I have never, ever heard of, and for that you certainly have my attention! Wow.

The art in this looks beautiful, almost like something by Jon J. Muth. And for such an early collected edition, it seems incredibly well designed and put together. Even if the story is average, I’m going to find a copy and give it a read simply because I’m so intrigued by it now. I’d also be interested to find the Kubert material.