comic pimpery
Feb. 2nd, 2007 12:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerSelect retailers and reviewers have read the first issue of the DARK TOWER comic book, and the word is very, very good. I read just the first few pages myself, and let me assure you, they've nailed it. "They" being the writing team of King's assistant Robin Furth (who knows more about DT than even King does) and scripter extraordinaire Peter David (solid writer of comics as well as BABYLON 5, among many other things), based on an in-depth outline by King himself.
Also, Joss Whedon fans: you *do* know he writes X-MEN, right? Did you also know about the forthcoming BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 comics? Now, you all know Joss makes my teeth itch, but if I can persuade a handful of you folks to actually pick up a comic or two, it'll make my day.
Because that's the real hope here, to get non-comic readers to actually get curious about the medium. I mean, we're seeing tons of people, usually women who are utter strangers to comics, come in here to pick up the ANITA BLAKE series. Never mind that the comic is utter tripe and a perfect example of why I hate hate hate vampires and their frilly-shirted angsty ways... the fact is, people are buying comics for the first time in their lives. It doesn't matter that the book is (in my eyes) shit; they're reading comics, and maybe, they'll see something else in an ad or in the store and pick up a copy.
I sincerely hope the DARK TOWER and BUFFY comics bring new readers in. And if you're fans of either (or LOST, since the great comic writer Brian K. Vaughan has joined their writing staff) and are curious, I would be more than happy to hook you up with recommendations. And if you can, come on into the store and let me show you around. I even promise to turn down the Hefner Intensity a few notches.
DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN # 1 comes out on February 7th.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 # 1 comes out in early March.
Also, Joss Whedon fans: you *do* know he writes X-MEN, right? Did you also know about the forthcoming BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 comics? Now, you all know Joss makes my teeth itch, but if I can persuade a handful of you folks to actually pick up a comic or two, it'll make my day.
Because that's the real hope here, to get non-comic readers to actually get curious about the medium. I mean, we're seeing tons of people, usually women who are utter strangers to comics, come in here to pick up the ANITA BLAKE series. Never mind that the comic is utter tripe and a perfect example of why I hate hate hate vampires and their frilly-shirted angsty ways... the fact is, people are buying comics for the first time in their lives. It doesn't matter that the book is (in my eyes) shit; they're reading comics, and maybe, they'll see something else in an ad or in the store and pick up a copy.
I sincerely hope the DARK TOWER and BUFFY comics bring new readers in. And if you're fans of either (or LOST, since the great comic writer Brian K. Vaughan has joined their writing staff) and are curious, I would be more than happy to hook you up with recommendations. And if you can, come on into the store and let me show you around. I even promise to turn down the Hefner Intensity a few notches.
DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN # 1 comes out on February 7th.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 # 1 comes out in early March.
