Post by ritt on Jul 4, 2015 15:07:57 GMT -6
Last night I was in a comic shop for the first time in a long time and picked up a few comics. Out of nostalgia and curiosity one of the comics I bought was the first issue of Marvel's new WEIRDWORD, a tie-in to Marvel's big SECRET WARS Summer cross-over.
The 70's incarnation of WW was Marvel trying to imitate Tolkein. It had great "70's Hippy Fantasy" art by Mike Ploog and others but was a pretty average tale of elves on a quest. The new 2015 WW is much more gonzo and balls-out: Arkon (An obscure 70's Avengers character who's basically King Conan with the serial numbers filed off) is trapped on Weirdworld, a psychedelic nightmare world made up of the jumbled pieces of different alternate worlds smashed together, a post-apocalyptic warpscape of flying islands where Dr. Doom is worshiped as a God. It's very, very much like the 4e boxed set version of GAMMA WORLD from a few years back. His daily life is nothing but constantly fighting monsters. His prized possession is a tattered map, possibly made on human skin, of his travels so far: It has entries like "Crypt of the Man-Maggots", "Caves of the Devil Dinos", and "Cannibal Convoys" (It would make an awesome sandbox map). In the first issue alone Arkon fights squidsharks and gun-ogres on cyborg rhinos, briefly rides a cyborg dragon, and then gets captured by apes in diving suits (from Apelantis) who work for Morgan Le Fay.
I was pleasantly surprised by this: Even though it's a modern comic with very modern art the story had a very 70's feel. Unlike many recent comics it wasn't "Decompressed" and the whole thing was pretty much all action. Good stuff.
The 70's incarnation of WW was Marvel trying to imitate Tolkein. It had great "70's Hippy Fantasy" art by Mike Ploog and others but was a pretty average tale of elves on a quest. The new 2015 WW is much more gonzo and balls-out: Arkon (An obscure 70's Avengers character who's basically King Conan with the serial numbers filed off) is trapped on Weirdworld, a psychedelic nightmare world made up of the jumbled pieces of different alternate worlds smashed together, a post-apocalyptic warpscape of flying islands where Dr. Doom is worshiped as a God. It's very, very much like the 4e boxed set version of GAMMA WORLD from a few years back. His daily life is nothing but constantly fighting monsters. His prized possession is a tattered map, possibly made on human skin, of his travels so far: It has entries like "Crypt of the Man-Maggots", "Caves of the Devil Dinos", and "Cannibal Convoys" (It would make an awesome sandbox map). In the first issue alone Arkon fights squidsharks and gun-ogres on cyborg rhinos, briefly rides a cyborg dragon, and then gets captured by apes in diving suits (from Apelantis) who work for Morgan Le Fay.
I was pleasantly surprised by this: Even though it's a modern comic with very modern art the story had a very 70's feel. Unlike many recent comics it wasn't "Decompressed" and the whole thing was pretty much all action. Good stuff.
