State Your Opinion on a Character

[Anubis]

I don't think I've ever read a damn thing with Vampy in it.....but I just luv her look.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Of the stuff I've read, the quality of the book varies WILDLY but when it's good it's pretty fun stuff!

 

[Anubis]

 

[Mystirious]

I love her look so much

She is fabulous undead hawtness

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Vampirella

Makes me think Vampire porn

 

[Mystirious]

I would read it

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

back in the good ole days.. i got 3 or 4 of her mags

i still have no idea what she was all about only that i snuck em in my house and didnt want my dad to know i had em! hehe good times! i could get my hands on em more than i could the playboys!

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Hahaha! "I only read it for the articles!"

Okay, Vampi's had quite a positive reception so what next... hmmm...

Conan the Barbarian

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Read none of his Marvel comics, can't say anything about his other appearances

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Kato​

Thanks Wesley

 

[SuperFerret]

Meh to Pilgrim. F**k Fett. Meh to Vampirella. to Conan. to Kato.


I think that catches me up.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I'm with you on Kato

 

[Anubis]

Conan is teh awesome.

Kato is pretty cool too.

 

[E-Man]

Kato was played by Bruce Lee, therefore he is cool.

 

[KingMob]

Kato and Conan - both pretty badass.

 

[Holmberg]

so what next... hmmm...

Conan the Barbarian

Conan is a great character. It's been said that Tolkien was the father of "High Fantasy", and that Robert E. Howard was the father of "Low Fantasy". I like that description. Tolkiens strength is in his creation of such a rich world of mythological fantasy, although he can be very long winded in his epic style. His - more or less - American contemporary wrote more in the short story form, and, frankly, it is more charming in its cruder style. Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane, Howard really had something, and I enjoy his writings. Conan's world is not a world of a higher moral order. It is a more "every man for himself"-philosophy, and very cool.

In comics, my introduction to Conan was John Buscema, who, to me, is, and will always be the defintive Conan artist. Barry Windsor-Smith has his equally loyal followers, and it is an almost religious discussion as to who is the "right" Conan artist of the two. Buscema's take was rougher and gruffer than BWS's, but it had a brutal beauty of his own, and personally I think Buscema is better at drawing faces than BWS (whose strenght is more in intricate details in the background). I also think Buscema drew the definitive Red Sonja (although Frank Thorne was also good).
Apart from Buscema, I also like Neal Adams' and Gil Kane's work on Conan, which I find more similar to Buscema's than BWS's. The Conan trinity.

As for the cinematic Conan, I have always considered Arnold dead wrong for the part. He lacks the essense of Howard's (and Buscema's) Conan, and comes across unwillingly comical, "You killed my mothar, you killed my fathar, You stole my fathar's swouaaarrrd" (my attempt to capture the sound of Arnie in print). TV's Ralf Moeller is similar, but even worse. Much worse.
For all its problems with coherence, I still think that the new movie's Conan, played by Jason Momoa, came very close to the spirit Conan as I feel he should be. He looks the part; maybe a bit too pretty, but still convincing.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

Kato is the meaning of bad ass. i will always remember Bruce lee showing up in the Batman 60's show and getting beat by Burt ward. that was when that show jumped the shark for me. Bruce Lee would have made Burt his *&^%9 houseboy!! Bruce lee is Kato therefore kato rocks!

 

[greenrage36]

love Conan!!! I think the Dark Horse comics have re-kindled the ol' barbarian enjoyment in me and while I've always liked the marvel stories, I'm really enjoying the newer stuff as well.


Kato is damn cool. As mentioned, I can't not BUT think of Bruce Lee when I think of Kato so...yeah. He is the awesomeness.

 

[PaleRider]

Conan is a great character. It's been said that Tolkien was the father of "High Fantasy", and that Robert E. Howard was the father of "Low Fantasy". I like that description. Tolkiens strength is in his creation of such a rich world of mythological fantasy, although he can be very long winded in his epic style. His - more or less - American contemporary wrote more in the short story form, and, frankly, it is more charming in its cruder style. Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane, Howard really had something, and I enjoy his writings. Conan's world is not a world of a higher moral order. It is a more "every man for himself"-philosophy, and very cool.

In comics, my introduction to Conan was John Buscema, who, to me, is, and will always be the defintive Conan artist. Barry Windsor-Smith has his equally loyal followers, and it is an almost religious discussion as to who is the "right" Conan artist of the two. Buscema's take was rougher and gruffer than BWS's, but it had a brutal beauty of his own, and personally I think Buscema is better at drawing faces than BWS (whose strenght is more in intricate details in the background). I also think Buscema drew the definitive Red Sonja (although Frank Thorne was also good).
Apart from Buscema, I also like Neal Adams' and Gil Kane's work on Conan, which I find more similar to Buscema's than BWS's. The Conan trinity.

As for the cinematic Conan, I have always considered Arnold dead wrong for the part. He lacks the essense of Howard's (and Buscema's) Conan, and comes across unwillingly comical, "You killed my mothar, you killed my fathar, You stole my fathar's swouaaarrrd" (my attempt to capture the sound of Arnie in print). TV's Ralf Moeller is similar, but even worse. Much worse.
For all its problems with coherence, I still think that the new movie's Conan, played by Jason Momoa, came very close to the spirit Conan as I feel he should be. He looks the part; maybe a bit too pretty, but still convincing.

yeah I was just going to come in and say "Conan rulz!!!11" this said it just a little better. Though I will say I like Arnold as Conan, I know he isn't perfect, maybe it's more of a nostalgic thing. Since the movie was the first Conan I was introduced to.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Kato is the great half of the Green Hornet team

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Kato is super cool. One of the only examples of a sidekick that completely outshines the protagonist.

Seems like Conan was pretty successful so let's keep the sword and sorcery vibe going with...

Red Sonja

 

[greenrage36]

For as much as I loved Conan I had a hard time getting into Sonja. In theory I think she's great and deserves her own little corner of the S & S world, but I never could follow any of her books/stories for very long...and I love redheads too...whatever...

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Yeah, tried her latest series recently. It wasn't great, felt a little bit by the numbers...

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Like Vampirella and Witchblade before her

 

[Wesley Dodds]

No more love for Sonja. Those poor ginger's just can't catch a break...

Anyway!

The Goon