C. Pumpkins
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Hey guys. I didn't see a thread for this one, so I thought I'd start one. If I've done something wrong, please let me know since I'm still kinda new here.
Here are my thoughts:
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Combustible Pumpkins
Here are my thoughts:
A- from me on the Kaine story.
DeMattheis knocks it out of the park with his sparsely written Kaine introspection. Kaine muses deeply about himself as his hallucinations guide him through a self-healing process. Apparently not only is he on the mend psychologically, but even physically since it's hinted that the deterioration is actually some form of a re-birthing process.
The art was wonderful for the first two pages: petri dish bubbles overlayed on a killer Kaine hand grip and his pupilless glowing eyes. Unfortunately the next splash page doesn't do much, due to the center of focus being Kaine's grizzly thick beard which is ever so hard to take seriously. The rest of the art was average, but solid comic book art which is all one can really ask for.
I'm not really qualified to comment on whether this all works in continuity, but I'm suspecting that Kaine fans are in for a real treat here. Parts of this was a little too melodramatic for me, but that's probably because I haven't read too much stories about this clone.
The ending was sort of ambiguous although we know now that Kaine has come to terms with what he is and the wrong he's done, so we're left with the feeling that he'll do good in the world.
The Spidey-Girl story I wasn't very drawn to. I know the Spidey-Girl fans are stoked, and although I greatly respect the creative team on this, it's mostly rehashed ideas for me (e.g. a female goblin on a broomstick at the end. Umm... yeah, no thanks.)
Not in the slight bit interested in the kid art in the last story either. Who is Stephanie Buscema, is she Sal's daughter? Maybe that's kinda neat.
DeMattheis knocks it out of the park with his sparsely written Kaine introspection. Kaine muses deeply about himself as his hallucinations guide him through a self-healing process. Apparently not only is he on the mend psychologically, but even physically since it's hinted that the deterioration is actually some form of a re-birthing process.
The art was wonderful for the first two pages: petri dish bubbles overlayed on a killer Kaine hand grip and his pupilless glowing eyes. Unfortunately the next splash page doesn't do much, due to the center of focus being Kaine's grizzly thick beard which is ever so hard to take seriously. The rest of the art was average, but solid comic book art which is all one can really ask for.
I'm not really qualified to comment on whether this all works in continuity, but I'm suspecting that Kaine fans are in for a real treat here. Parts of this was a little too melodramatic for me, but that's probably because I haven't read too much stories about this clone.
The ending was sort of ambiguous although we know now that Kaine has come to terms with what he is and the wrong he's done, so we're left with the feeling that he'll do good in the world.
The Spidey-Girl story I wasn't very drawn to. I know the Spidey-Girl fans are stoked, and although I greatly respect the creative team on this, it's mostly rehashed ideas for me (e.g. a female goblin on a broomstick at the end. Umm... yeah, no thanks.)
Not in the slight bit interested in the kid art in the last story either. Who is Stephanie Buscema, is she Sal's daughter? Maybe that's kinda neat.
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Combustible Pumpkins
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Hold on! I just remembered the Daredevil arc by Bendis and David Mack... with Frogman (or Leapfrog as he was called in that arc) not being some cartoony clown, but a real dark and abusive sociopath who traumatised his son. Oh well... another one for the continuity nitpickers.
