Comments on: the alchemy http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/the-alchemy/ Thu, 24 May 2012 20:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/the-alchemy/comment-page-1/#comment-120341 David Carlton Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:44:41 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1892#comment-120341 Thanks for the info - sounds like I should at least give Echo: Spirit Quest a try, then. And I completely sympathize with the annoyance of different publishers for different volumes in a series. :-) Thanks for the info – sounds like I should at least give Echo: Spirit Quest a try, then. And I completely sympathize with the annoyance of different publishers for different volumes in a series. :-)

]]> By: Jonathan Mills http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2009/04/the-alchemy/comment-page-1/#comment-120330 Jonathan Mills Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:47:39 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1892#comment-120330 I've read Mack's Daredevil trades, and I've read two volumes of Kabuki, although I don't know if I can adequately compare them. I didn't think the first volume "Wake Up" did a good job of integrating Bendis story with Mack's layout. From what I recall, Mack's narrative storytelling is inseparable from his visual storytelling, and I didn't think the Daredevil story really worked. His later volume, "Echo: Spirit Quest," is much more traditional Mack, but it feels completely alien to the Marvel Universe. I was reading it as a Daredevil story, and in that respect it's a failure, but I'm not sure how well it'll hold up as a Mack story. At one point I was planning to pick up all of Kabuki, but it was in that weird comics middle-ground--too arty to be fun, not arty enough to be serious--and I have such a collector's mentality that I have a hard time just reading a story here and there. I think the volumes I have are from Image's reprints, so if I'd have to deal with that if I went back and picked up where I left off (meaning I'd either have to have multiple publishers and trade dresses for the series or repurchase volumes I already own.) I’ve read Mack’s Daredevil trades, and I’ve read two volumes of Kabuki, although I don’t know if I can adequately compare them. I didn’t think the first volume “Wake Up” did a good job of integrating Bendis story with Mack’s layout. From what I recall, Mack’s narrative storytelling is inseparable from his visual storytelling, and I didn’t think the Daredevil story really worked. His later volume, “Echo: Spirit Quest,” is much more traditional Mack, but it feels completely alien to the Marvel Universe. I was reading it as a Daredevil story, and in that respect it’s a failure, but I’m not sure how well it’ll hold up as a Mack story.

At one point I was planning to pick up all of Kabuki, but it was in that weird comics middle-ground–too arty to be fun, not arty enough to be serious–and I have such a collector’s mentality that I have a hard time just reading a story here and there. I think the volumes I have are from Image’s reprints, so if I’d have to deal with that if I went back and picked up where I left off (meaning I’d either have to have multiple publishers and trade dresses for the series or repurchase volumes I already own.)

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