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Yeah, the animated feature is pretty faithful. I had bought the NF series on eBay and the animated movie both last year. I had refrained from watching the movie until I'd read the series, so I just watched that last week, too. Oddly enough, they didn't show the Losers segment/LTTF segment but did allude to it. They also worked the big heroic moment of that story into the final battle and transferred it to another character to give that character a different death than he's originally had. Obviously, there were nips and tucks but the story and look were basically all Darwyn. Most of the very best moments were there.
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Lardy, you already mentioned the Losers & The War that Time Forgot. Just incredible. How about that depiction of a T-Rex though? Horrifying yet "I'm a 6 year old again" awesome.
Definitely eye-poppingly AWESOME! Oh, GAWD, yes!
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I think they should do the Loser's segment as it's own movie. A little padding (extended story telling from Darwyn, and you could get a full feature out of it.
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I checked up on Darwyn's dedications in New Frontier, which is very telling of his influences. NF stands completely on its own and parallels the spirit of the Silver Age--it contained many older concepts but was new. It went it's own way. That is pure Cooke.
Book One - Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman and Alex Toth
Book Two - Gardner Fox, Carmine Infatino, Johnny Craig, and Bernard Krigstein
Book Three - Bill Finger, Dick Sprang,Joe Simon, Jack Davis
Book Four - John Broome, Will Eisner,Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood.
Book Five - Julius Schwartz, Archie Goodwin, Gil Kane, Russ Heath.
Book Six - Jack Kirby
(Very telling that Kirby has a book singly dedicated to him)
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quote:Originally posted by Fat Cramer: More Cooke goodies: DC will be reissuing his Batman: Ego in June - from Comics Worth Reading
For more modern work with classic flavor, in June comes BATMAN: EGO AND OTHER TAILS (200 pages, $14.99). It’s mostly Darwyn Cooke work, but it also includes stories by Paul Grist and Tim Sale. It collects BATMAN: EGO, CATWOMAN: SELINA’S BIG SCORE, and stories from SOLO #1 and 5 and BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #23 and 33.
I did read in some interview he gave that he was disappointed with Ego, one of his earlier works. Still, I'll probably pick this up even though I already have the Catwoman and Solo books.
Anyone else read Batman: Ego or Selina's Big Score? I remember the reviws for SBS being VERY enthusiastic in various trusted websites!
Also, did Spirit 1-13 plus the Batman/ Spirit one-shot comprise all of Darwyn's Sprit work?
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I just re-read the first four chapters of New Frontier!
It's amazing how you can tear up one minute with reading the fate of the Losers, then tear up a few pages later at the sight of Hal Jordan meeting Chuck Yeager!
Wonder Woman telling off Superman in Southeast Asia! And the only version of J'Onn J'Onzz that I've ever read that I've really loved! And Batman in the church scaring the kid!
I love this book so much!
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Okay, ENOUGH. I will now reread NF as well so I don't feel left out!
Lardy, you are correct, those are the Cooke Spirit stories. They are also excellent and each one takes a solid 20+ minutes to read. It's really the only non-Eisner Spirit stuff that's ever been really good.
I've got to read Batman: Ego! Can't believe I've never done so before--and delighted there is undiscovered Cooke material out there!
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For the record, Parker: The Hunter = Ordered!
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I reread V. 1 of New Frontier. The whole thing with the JSA and HUAC - was that the inspiration for Marvel's mutant registration story?
NF was even more awesome than I remembered. Wonderful the way all those classic characters were woven together, and how Cooke managed to distill their essence without the 50s hokiness. It's sort of like the Secret History of the DCU.
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quote:Originally posted by Fat Cramer: I reread V. 1 of New Frontier. The whole thing with the JSA and HUAC - was that the inspiration for Marvel's mutant registration story?
Dunno, but it's worth noting that Paul Levitz originally came up with the idea during his 70s JSA run.
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Guess what arrived in the mail today?
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