tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2237481024093282535..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Force Annual #3Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-52088526724431035302018-12-06T16:28:08.819-06:002018-12-06T16:28:08.819-06:00Was this discrepancy ever resolved?
I wondered ab...<i>Was this discrepancy ever resolved?</i><br /><br />I wondered about that too, but couldn't find any explanation/evidence anyone other than Nicieza worked on it. <br /><br /><i>Then in terms of a narrative peeve, I submit that having a private journal is a rather iffy prospect when you’re dictating aloud your log entries and your passcode — whose security you’re oh so smug about — in a literally cavernous space.</i><br /><br />+1<br /><br />I get why "undercover operative narrates to a journal as a means of expressing their inner conflict" is a trope, but that doesn't mean it's a *good* trope. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-77498763445800519812018-12-01T22:54:19.503-06:002018-12-01T22:54:19.503-06:00I only met Wieringo a couple of times — most signi...<br>I only met Wieringo a couple of times — most significantly over the weekend the Gorilla imprint was announced at Mid-Ohio Con in 1999 — but it was more than enough to confirm that his considerable talent was matched by his good nature.<br /><br />Nicieza is just credited with “plot” on the contents page yet there’s no-one credited with scripting. Was this discrepancy ever resolved?The GCD and Marvel DB both have him as the sole writer.<br /><br />Dani’s internal monologue displays one of my hates about poorly formatted type, which is leading (the space between lines; rhymes with “bedding”) that’s not only more open than optimal in context but wider than the margins between the lines of text and the box they’re in. While this is hardly the most egregious case I’ve seen it still bugs me on an aesthetic level as well as, like, philosophically in terms of the lack of craftsmanship.<br /><br />Then in terms of a narrative peeve, I submit that having a private journal is a rather iffy prospect when you’re dictating aloud your log entries and your passcode — whose security you’re oh so smug about — in a literally cavernous space.<br /><br />Boomer looks in her pinup as though she were a model figure placed just so with articulation beyond human anatomy, never mind her ridiculous waist and boobs, yet Semeiks & Wiacek’s technical proficiency is such that despite the awkward pose it’s miles prettier than the pinup of Feral before it.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-84373262613432690692018-11-30T06:40:48.988-06:002018-11-30T06:40:48.988-06:00Well, now I need to find this. That panel of Dani ...Well, now I need to find this. That panel of Dani addressing Bird Boy is so perfect.<br /><br />Man, every time I find a book by Wieringo I missed, I miss him & his work even more.Melahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539894845356203447noreply@blogger.com