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I think the art was the least of its problems, but rather the writing and especially the characterisation of Bond.
In 1-4 there wasn't even much characterization at all, especially in 2 & 4 he felt like a supporting character in his own story. In 5 it was all about him and his thoughts, and oh Boy... The less we talk about it the better
What are Dynamite doing?
Unfortunately they still have not announced a next series after The Body. Lets just Hope The Body is not the last of them. That would be one ugly final nail in the coffin.
IMAGE has constantly delivered quality work by people like Ed Brubaker and Mark Millar. Currently, my favourite comics are in their hands.
Haven't read that many of the recent Bond comics (those early titles were good), but an Image published Bond comic with Ed Brubaker writing and Sean Phillips illustrating would be interesting. Also, if such a thing was to happen, Philips would be perfect for the covers:
Millar did do Bond. He called it Kingsman and whilst I enjoyed the films and the first trade paperback of comics, I'm quite fine with him not touching Bond proper.
I thought you might. Millar seems to be heavily in favour of deconstruction, too, and forcing characters to act out of character for the sake of plot (Civil War).
Wish I could spend £200 on a McLusky original! One of my favourite illustrators.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/comics-dynamite-plunging-sales-figures
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Live and Let Die and Moonraker from them with Van Jensen and Dennis Calero. However, I think we'll get lucky as Dynamite has the license from Ian Fleming Publications for 10 years since 2014/2015. Hang on everyone, always have hope!
Ooh. I am enormously tempted by the final Casino Royale one. Love the way he draws Bond.
(The trick is to tell yourself it's an 'investment' even if you'd obviously never sell it on...)
Ales Kot has apparently never read Fleming. He has no understanding of the character of Bond or what he means to his fans.
There is zero Bond Flair, or style in his writing, no trace of formula. This is just a feminists or Millenials wet dream of how to deconstruct Bond. The whole time Bond just feels like a victim of his circumstances (typical millenial thinking)
Also the whole book Deals with characters that have no place in a Bond story, Nazis, Suicidal feminists, plus anti british sentiments and overall bleakness.
And mostly it's just boring as hell.
This is the most tonally off Bond story i have ever read. He could not have missed the Mark more. If this had been an EoN Movie, the franchise would be dead right after.
Bond usually is a Symbol of masculinity as we are all aware. There should be a coolness about him, a guy you would want to be like, or have his confidence. I don't mind an occasional darkness or edgyness, i actually embrace it.
But Kots Bond has none of that, he comes off like an idiot who gets outsmarted by everybody, is an emotional and weak wreck who is not in control of his life or the circumstances he's in and
By the way, i agree that Nazis should not necesserily be off topic for Bond. Diggle used Nazis in Kill Switch to great effect.
But in The Body the Nazis become center stage and the whole issue feels like a completely unnecessery political lecture (the message of which every Person with half a brain could figure out for himself)
Methinks Dynamite's license is revoked. And The Body was a last flip of the middle finger at IFP.