tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post5280616154236532432..comments2024-03-28T15:14:28.323-07:00Comments on Disciples of Boltax: Review: Marvel G1 #56: Back from the DeadJimtronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-64916073929861780862010-06-05T18:18:25.331-07:002010-06-05T18:18:25.331-07:00The UK comics were usually 11 pages long but most ...The UK comics were usually 11 pages long <i>but</i> most of the stories up to 1989 were two parters so Furman was generally used to having 22 pages to play with although artificial cliffhangers and recap flashbacks took up a few.<br /><br />Although Furman gave consistent quality on the US run, it's unfortunate that this was around the same time that the quality of the UK comic nosedived, with a shift to five page original black & white stories that often offered little meat, whilst continuity with the US comic first slipped out of line (in particular a few extra epilogue stories to US events started appearing <i>before</i> the US stories they follow on from) and then descended into the total mess that is Earthforce. Resurrecting Megatron in the US strip also created problems as the guy had been running around the UK strips for a lot of the intervening period and the explanation provided raises more questions than it answered.Tim Roll-Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-19257713442983004552010-06-05T12:59:40.550-07:002010-06-05T12:59:40.550-07:00I had never heard of Simon Furman before I picked ...I had never heard of Simon Furman before I picked up this issue when it came out in the 1980's. I didn't know he would be the new permanent writer at the time (the Dutch translations I got never mentioned anything about creative team changes), but I immediately loved what he was doing, bringing back Ratchet and Megatron. And even offering up hope that the other classic characters might get to be revived later.<br /><br />Eventually, I became a huge fan. Still am, actually :)<br /><br />Although the only reason the page count was this low was that he had to get used to telling a 22-page story! I remember reading in an interview he never expected José Delbo to put as much dialogue in one page, or something. Hence the story was done in 16 pages rather than 22.<br />I believe the UK TF comics at the time had 11 pages, so that was what Simon was used to.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442388706616569265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-42520279126553479782010-06-03T14:20:12.696-07:002010-06-03T14:20:12.696-07:00If Furman was brought in "to preside over the...If Furman <i>was</i> brought in "to preside over the termination of the Transformers comic" (and I see no reason to dispute this), it's as much a testimony to his talent that the comic continued for another two years!<br /><br />And this is <i>without</i> the concurrent existence of a cartoon to keep Transformers in the public mindset!Mark Baker-Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-38326322861450658272010-06-03T13:23:51.402-07:002010-06-03T13:23:51.402-07:00I for one enjoy where the series go from this poin...I for one enjoy where the series go from this point and I think Simon does an excellent job with that. I'm sure he's the reason why the run after this issue gets so much better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com