Comic Foundry‘s second problem is now out, as well as (obnoxious as this sounds), I was right, it is much much better in color.
The style is excellent, welcoming as well as readable. There are plenty of short features covering a variety of material, including webcomics, indy publishers, superheroes, as well as manga. With two or three items on a lot of pages, none of them are extremely deep, however they’re entertaining sufficient introductions to the subjects.
I did weary of them a little before the longer pieces started, a lot more than halfway through the issue. I think I’d have preferred to have short, long, then short again.
My preferred items included the “Where Are They Now?” page on Milestone Media, although I wish they’d had much better news to report about the characters as well as company. as well as the cover function was excellent. even though I’ve checked out other Matt fraction interviews as well as even spoke to him myself, I still learned meaningful things from it.
I do have a handful of quibbles. If you want to set yourself apart as a non-traditional comic magazine, having your very first function be a three-page focus on the huge summer events from DC as well as marvel may provide the wrong perception (although it is in keeping with the tone of the mag to see Bendis as well as Morrison sniping at other creators at their respective companies).
I still don’t see the point of the fashion coverage. They look like ads, as well as not even informative ones. The only one I appreciated was the Jimmy Olsen, where a normal real-life look for him was paired up with crucial images from his comic history. The page of underwear as well as the two pages of t-shirts were wastes of paper.
The strong style focus made it tough for me to tell later story introduction pages besides the few ads. as well as of the six features, half were non-comic; I don’t care much about the venture Bros. or LARPing or some person from Friday night Lights who’s a geek. Those stories may have a lot more crossover charm to others.
The recently added evaluation section appears to be an afterthought, appearing next-to-last. There are five graphic novels as well as a marvel comic problem covered, in short form, with the lengthy opening piece recommending the book Kirby: King of Comics. There are likewise two graphic book series pointed out under the title “Permanent Collection”. I’d like to see more, however there are so lots of other possible sources that perhaps it’s not a useful area to focus on.
Overall, the magazine is well worth seeking out for your own flip-through. The diverse protection is appreciated. (A complimentary copy for this evaluation was supplied by the publisher.)
Tom Spurgeon spoke to Tim Leong about lots of of the decisions behind the magazine — exactly how it started, his style as well as material selection sensibilities, why they cover non-comic material, as well as whether it has a new York focus.
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