Steve D
Read the review. Gotta find the mag, after those comparisons to EERIE and CREEPY. Might even stash a extra mag or two in my bank box for investment purposes. But wondered a bit at the "reliable F. Paul Wilson" comment. Thought the quote could have used a better adjective.

The "omnipresent F. Paul Wilson"?
The "omnipotent F. Paul Wilson"?

Hmmmmm....

Or maybe omniscient? Omnivorous (I've seen him eat both flora and fauna)?

Compressing The Keep to 110 illustrated pages was one of the most difficult writing jobs I've ever had. A better fit would have been 150 pages, but they didn't want the graphic novel that long.

Can't i m a g i n e. It's hard enough, in my thus far piddling way, to cut a screenplay down from 120-130 pages (each one entertaining, original and necessary!) to 95 - 105.

It must be hell to distill 200-300 rich, carefully developed, text-filled pages down to 110 panelled ones. Those additional 40 pages would've been a treat. :|

-O

Can't i m a g i n e. It's hard enough, in my thus far piddling way, to cut a screenplay down from 120-130 pages (each one entertaining, original and necessary!) to 95 - 105.

Try getting onto the shoot the night before rolling and being asked to cut the script from 100 to 80 pages. Lots of fun.

Dave

Try getting onto the shoot the night before rolling and being asked to cut the script from 100 to 80 pages. Lots of fun.

Dave

:eek:

(That's all -- but the board won't let me post just an "eek!")

From here out, I think I'll reserve judgment until I can read all 5 issues together.

There's an idea. Think I'll do that, too.

Anyway, love Love LOVE "CUTS". What a great job -- terrific drawings and a fun, fun whoop of a story. More broadly, I really like the whole issue and urge everyone to buy it. Each story is well worth the price of admission. -oss

Just read "Cuts" this morning. I knew the story, but thought the art was very well suited for it. Great job with it. I only hope for more. I'll be reading the rest of the issue soon. But, just had to dive into the main reason for getting a copy. (Actually, two copies. Had to get both covers.)

#1 is on sale. Four 15-page stories. Check out the line-up. I'm in the company of Bloch and Matheson (as well as the redoubtable Mr. Schow)...

(What was it Wayne and Garth used to say?)

http://store.idwpublishing.com/product_i...4d43e7a847

I just ordered Doomed 1 and The Keep 1 online. Somehow I didn't want to risk not finding it at the local comics shops. That, plus I'm too old to be hangin' with denizens of comics shops (most of whom seem to be stuck in the '70s). It's not that I'M not also stuck in the '70s. It's just that I'm in denial. :eek:

Guess I really am "Living in the Past", eh?

I just ordered Doomed 1 and The Keep 1 online. Somehow I didn't want to risk not finding it at the local comics shops. That, plus I'm too old to be hangin' with denizens of comics shops (most of whom seem to be stuck in the '70s). It's not that I'M not also stuck in the '70s. It's just that I'm in denial. :eek:

Guess I really am "Living in the Past", eh?

Your never too old for anything. Except, maybe, liking "The Wiggles." Anyone past the age of two is too old for "The Wiggles."

Your never too old for anything. Except, maybe, liking "The Wiggles." Anyone past the age of two is too old for "The Wiggles."

Right on, bro'! And as my main man Ian wrote: "You're never too old to rock 'n' roll, if you're too young to die."

Hi. As I've never ordered comics from the internet before, I'm curious to know how these arrived on your doorstep?
I'm a real stickler for mint-conditioned everything (ie. anal compulsive). Is that asking too much with this?