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If they ever do any more Fleming adaptions in this format, though, I will be getting those. Fingers crossed for Moonraker.
Agreed 100%.
Art-wise, Marco Finnegan's storytelling is clear if a little undistinguished. His inking is a bit boldly plain for my tastes. Maybe I just want to see a more detailed finish to these books, as a way of trying to capture the glamour that the Bond series requires (in my own mind, at any rate.) The coloring by Dearbhla Kelly is likewise a bit nondescript for my tastes. Can we try to bring a little more polish to the look of this series? The storyline at least is finally more to my liking -- now if only the visual aspect of these comics can likewise be brought up a few notches!
And a few covers :
Except this one, I really liked this one.
I'm liking this run of the 007 comic book quite a bit, actually. I do wish there were fewer storylines (not just in the comic but in Bond films as well) putting Bond in conflict with MI6 -- but I suppose that has more to do with the zeitgeist of our times and the general distrust of authority that is so prevalent today. Art-wise, I agree with @Bondfan68 -- this series' editors seem to like a "jagged edge" approach to the artwork (empasizing the abrupt turns that Bond's lifestyle can take) and I'd prefer a smoother look overall (to put the accent on the glamour that should be an integral part of Bond's presentation in any format.) They've had a few variant covers by Jackson Guice, and his work on Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is just the sort of approach I'd prefer for this title. Still, the book is looking/reading quite nicely overall. I'm a little concerned that the lack of discussion in this topic thread indicates that our community has lost interest in Dynamite's 007 -- which does not bode well for the future of this book. Somebody, anybody, prove me wrong!
So do I. I like to hold a single issue in my hands and gently stroke the paper as I turn a page of that seemingly feeble and vulnerable booklet. TPs are often clumsy (when too thick) or suffer from poor bonding so that pages start falling out, and panels sometimes drown in the inside edges of the book. I buy TPs when they are the only printed version of a comic still available. But only then.
Also, I refuse to go digital with my comics.
Please do, I'll be interested in hearing what you have to say.
I expect a full report on my desk ASAP, 00IG.
It's far from perfect and #3 is a small step down, but still the best series in quite some time.
I don't know how "Flemingesque" it is, but I love the 00s meeting and telling stories, hinting at a larger world. I feel like that has been missing for a while.
I also like at least the allusion early on (let's see where this is going) of the idea of a grey MI6 being more complicated than: One actor is bad. Bond rumbles them. Everything is fine again. This is more complex. There's hints at the 00s seeing themselves slightly outside of MI6, which makes sense given what they are and how often Bond goes rogue. But there's also acknowledgement that this isn't ideal. (Although @BeatlesSansEarmuffs' point stands that we don't need quite as many Bond against MI6 stories.)
The fight with the goon at Bond's apartment is great. Bit on the nose with the "old vs. new" stuff, but well done nonetheless. Good up and down and back and forth in just a couple of pages. And it hints at some more being up with Myrmidon than just a regular paramilitary organisation.
(I'm quite sure a diplomatic attaché is a person and not an institution. So terrorists taking "a whole diplomatic attaché hostage" is a funny turn of phrase)
#3:
Kind of hard to follow the dialogue with first no art and then a lot of perspective changes and off-panel dialogue. I am pretty sure one speech bubble is rendered to the wrong person. The gist of the conversation is clear, I suppose.
"We have to rid the world of amoral leaders by all means necessary" is a tired trope. The story about Philip I and the doctor is nice, though.
A villain with Marfan syndrome (I guess that's what Fromm has) is a nice touch. All villains needing a physical deformity is too clichéd at this point, however.
Myrmidon seems unnecessarily muddled. It's a super-soldier programme like in VARGR, but it's also a private intelligence agency like SPECTRE, but it's also a surveillance aparatus like SPECTRE from the film SPECTRE?
Coming back to the fragment of a story Bond told in #2 is good, but it narrows the world again. The one mission of hers that has stayed with him is also the one on which this new plot hinges? Always a bit too convenient, but I guess you have to get your story beats in in such a short run..
Also, I am happy to report that the Amazon Comics experience has gotten slightly better. Still a lot worse than the old comixology, but slightly more manageable. Either I just didn't find this before, or they've added series' being a thing, so you can now read and buy issued that are of one series more easily.
Frankly, I don’t have a clue. I paid 2,45€ for one and 3,36€ for the other issue. No idea what they would cost in print. Given what we know about Amazon‘s business practices, I can’t imagine it’s a great deal for the publisher, let alone the artists, but more of a „damned if you don’t“ situation.
Comes out next week according to Forbidden Planet, although sometimes they seem to be a few weeks behind everyone else. Anyway the short answer is no, not yet.
Weird, the Dynamite website says it came out yesterday. Someone must have forgotten to update it.
Let us know what you think when you read it! I'm on the fence about that one. But this latest one, the imaginatively titled 007, sounds like people are digging it.
Amazon/Comixology Germany only has it for 30 November. Strange.
Yeah I see both. Standing by to update On This Day discussion, my thinking is 30 November is correct. But also don't understand Dynamite not being the reliable source.
Again, talking about 007 #4.
I hope this isn't too spoilery: It's mostly moving pieces for the finale, but in a very satisfying way I would say. A lot of tradecraft. It took me a few pages to remember what all this was anyway. It did that quite naturally, which was nice writing, I guess. It very much is like the action set-piece about 2/3 into a film. It's not the finale yet, but it sets the stage, shows off a bit and does a little bit of character exposition without being a heavily expository issue like #2 (I think that was the one with the 00s meeting, right?).
If this is indeed only 5 issues, I do hope they have the writer on the hook for a second batch because I really can't see how he would tie off the main plot, the meta plot and the villain's overarching plot in just another 22 pages.
Out of all these Four? I liked the Third one.
The rest I'm not a fan of.
The Second one? Bond looked like a henchman in that chase 😅
The last one? Reminds me of the Skyfall fight, but Bond does looked very young.
I liked the first and the last one, and I'm quite fond of the Third and Seventh picture (those two with the signature of Laming), but the rest in the middle, again, Bond looked like a bit of a teenager 😅.