Jason is absolutely right when he says that we identify Arthurian elements in comics just as we do in other forms of literature, and that can mean personal ...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 13, 2001 3:13 pm
... animated ... So does Cogliostro also play a part in the contemporary Spawn comics series as well, or was this a flashback to the "Spawn: Dark Ages" series...
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Cory Rushton
derishton@...
Jan 14, 2001 2:21 am
Hi all: Great discussion! But it seems as though we might need to expand our field a little. By that I mean that there may be differing and equally valid...
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Bert Olton
artorius@...
Jan 14, 2001 1:41 pm
... story ... that ... theme ... by ... I don't think that there's too much disagreement on this point Jason, unless I'm misunderstanding what folks have been...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 15, 2001 2:33 pm
I like Cory's suggestion of dividing the works under consideration into the categories of Arthurian, marginally Arthurian, and thematically Arthurian. My own...
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Eric J. Ehlers
l33tplatypus@...
Jan 15, 2001 3:36 pm
I haven't been around for a month, but I should comment on the danger of using Babel fish for extensive translations. I read Spanish and French, and Babelfish...
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Jason Tondro
jvester@...
Jan 15, 2001 5:16 pm
Everyone, In my current project I am using five different categories of Arthurian comics. I certainly don't claim the system is perfect. Some works are ...
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Eric J. Ehlers
l33tplatypus@...
Jan 15, 2001 9:08 pm
I've been absent for a month, and spent all day catching up on several arthurian mailing lists (ok, just two), but here's my two bits about "determining...
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Cory Rushton
derishton@...
Jan 16, 2001 4:56 am
Hi Eric ... I assume that you mean that the themes will be there for each individual reader, then, even if they weren't intentional? Taking the author's ...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 16, 2001 7:39 pm
... rediculous. You ... from the ... involves an ... reader). ... purpose, more ... I agree that we don't need a statement of authorial intent when the ...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 16, 2001 7:47 pm
... either ... identification as ... literary ... Cory, I'm still interested in tracking down the specific issue or issues of "Spawn" and related series which...
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Jason Tondro
jvester@...
Jan 16, 2001 8:29 pm
In the letter column for the last issue of Marvel's "Spaceknights" a reader asks about the many names for the dead leader of Galador. He is referred to as "The...
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Michael Torregrossa
mtorregrossa@...
Jan 17, 2001 5:40 pm
I'm sorry this is so late. Its been a crazy end of the semester, and I still haven't finished all my work yet (I've been living in the fifteenth century for...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 19, 2001 3:48 am
Updates to the "Camelot in Four Colors" site since the last time I posted on this topic include new entries for "Iron Fist", "The Sorceress of Zoom" (!), the...
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Michael Torregrossa
mtorregrossa@...
Jan 23, 2001 11:58 pm
Sorry for the lateness in posting this. Here are the new Arthurian-related books solicited for March 2001. ... Archie Comics: Sonic the Hedgehog No. 95 by...
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RODNEYFFC@...
Jan 25, 2001 3:13 am
There are a couple other items in the new PREVIEWS for March. NAMES OF MAGIC - issue 2 out today, mentions Merlin. Issue 5 features Merlin as a character. I...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 25, 2001 6:40 pm
... I may be wrong, but wasn't a third issue of "Dark Crossings" solicited? Certainly, there's a story gap between the second issue of "Dark Crossings" and...
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Cory Rushton
derishton@...
Jan 26, 2001 6:50 pm
Hi Alan: Sorry it took so long to respond to this! I checked my collection and I seem to have sold all my Spawn comics, possibly to buy food during my student...
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mtorregrossa@...
Jan 26, 2001 7:12 pm
Dear list member, Our list had officially moved from eGroups to Yahoo! Groups. All links appear to move instantly from eGroups to Yahoo!, but you might want...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 26, 2001 9:13 pm
Thanks for responding, Cory. I've done quite a bit of web searching, but the only site I found that seemed to make the Cogliostro/Merlin connection was a...
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Michael Torregrossa
mtorregrossa@...
Jan 30, 2001 4:11 pm
I have not yet seen the Spawn film. Does it have any Arthurian content? (I plan to start collecting the Spawn TPBs to track down the references in the comics...
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Michael Torregrossa
mtorregrossa@...
Jan 30, 2001 4:12 pm
Alan, I finally went comic shopping this weekend-- I saw Dark Crossings No. 2, and there is no reference to it being continued. The cover to Butcher Knight No....
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Michael Torregrossa
mtorregrossa@...
Jan 30, 2001 4:12 pm
This actually makes good sense given the Arthurian arc in Rom 36 and 37, where Rom acts first as a "knight in shinning armor" and is later rescued by a ghostly...
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Michael Torregrossa
mtorregrossa@...
Jan 30, 2001 4:12 pm
Rodney, Is the Slaine book a TPB or a comic? I missed that one. Names of Magic No. 2 suggests that Tim Hunter's father Tamlin was once Merlin's apprentice....
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RODNEYFFC@...
Jan 31, 2001 2:57 am
Michael, SLAINE is a trade. I'll try to find the page for you. Rodney...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 31, 2001 3:27 am
... characters on cover standing/sitting around); perhaps they produced alternate covers. ... I didn't mean to imply that it's obscene -- just embarassing....
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 31, 2001 3:30 am
... I haven't seen the film either (maybe this weekend...). The articles I've read refer to Williamson's portrayaal of Cogliostro being reminiscent of his...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Jan 31, 2001 7:55 pm
... Michael, I've decided you must be right. I still think that some early publicity may have described it as running three issues, but I've found no evidence...
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Nastali@...
Jan 31, 2001 10:27 pm
... comic is slickly produced, but the T&A factor is so overwhelming it's hard for me to even try to discuss the book seriously.< This style of comic art...
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Alan Stewart
lljhas@...
Feb 1, 2001 1:02 am
Sure, "Lady Pendragon" was in the same style -- just not quite so in-your-face about it. But it's a matter of degree, I guess. And one's own sensibilities....
