Doctor Solar 1

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:07 pm

ian_house wrote:I thought it was quite enjoyable to. Definitely had massive potential, my only issue was with the art which I did think was a bit crap. Should be great by issue 3!

I'm willing to go at least two mor issues--we can hope

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:03 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
StarBrand wrote:Here are some comments on Doctor Solar 1, including comments from Jim Shooter and even a few board members here.

http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/51/docsolar
I'm surprised to see they chose not to talk about the bad reviews. Seems to me the best thing to do is just face it head on.

Those are fan responses to the issue, not reviews...

As far as I can tell they are e-mails sent in to Dark Horse regarding the book. At least, that's what I did.

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:18 pm

The cool guys at my shop tracked down a variant cover for me!

Cover price!

Nice.

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:51 pm

dave wrote:The cool guys at my shop tracked down a variant cover for me!

Cover price!

Nice.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:36 pm

ian_house wrote:I thought it was quite enjoyable to. Definitely had massive potential, my only issue was with the art which I did think was a bit crap. Should be great by issue 3!

Roger Robinson is drawing issue 2 now as well. Should be a huge improvement.

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:44 pm

Wait, what? Solar 2 will have a new artist?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:27 pm

From Roger Robinson's blog:

Hey Everybody! It's been a while since I posted. I've been pretty busy wrapping up the last couple of issues of The WEB for DC Comics. Now that I'm done, I gotta bit of news...

I'm now the regular artist on Dr SOLAR Man Of The Atom for Dark Horse Comics. I'm currently working on issue 2 even though solicitation for SOLAR #2 mentions the previous artist. Here's a preview of the splash page for #2. Hope you dig it.

BTW, I'm going to be at the San Diego Comic Con so if you want to stop by and visit, I'm going to be in Artist's Alley @ table DD-20. See you there!

-Rog

http://hardboiledronin.blogspot.com/

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:29 pm

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:31 pm

He's gonna be at SDCC on artist's row!

Someone should make sure 'Veen knows so he could get a Doctor Solar sketch!

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:35 pm

Awesome art!

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:09 pm

Can't wait to see that with some really tasty colour on it. So glad he's taking over sooner!

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:22 pm

very nice

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:01 pm

I went to a shop today but forgot to even look for this book. Doh!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:08 am

Was able to sit down and read #1 last night. It's good to see the character back in print and Shooter writing the stories again. I enjoyed the issue, but there really were not any "jump off the page" moments for me. It's going to take some time to build up the story line and introduce the characters, so I'm sure it will get more promising as time goes on. Also, while it was cool to see the original GK Solar story, I would have been happier with more of the new story line instead.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:56 pm

I just finished reading it. As everyone has indicated, it's too early to make a judgment on the series, but as a single issue, this fell flat.

I agree with everyone's comments on the art, but one aspect that I don't think has been discussed is the number of panels per page. If you flip the DH story and then the GK story, all the pages look the same. It's all 5-6 panels per page all roughly the same size and layout. To me, that even goes further to give this book the feel of a 60s comic (dated, not in a good way). That's not on the artist, that's mainly from the script.

I don't care for the design of Leviathan and Lust. The dude looks like a cheap 60s character. The chick looks like a 90s character.

This book looks like it could've been from the 60s. In fact, I liked the GK story better and there's no doubt the line art was better.

For the story, I like the idea of the writer. It's nothing original, but it could be good. Some of the "whitty" dialogue was almost Stan Lee-ish bad without all the adjectives. "Flork," Captain Ketchup," "Radioactive Raspberry"...... not good.

I'll give this an arc before I hit eject. 2/5

I'm sure I'll like it a bit better the next time I read it (when I get #2).

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:15 pm

Anyone read Shock Rockets by Busiek with art by Immonen?

I ask because if you look at the art in that book, it's really good. If you look closely you'll see the art is pretty much the same as the art for Solar (at least as far as I can tell)

Shaded blotches for noses etc...

Anyway, the difference is the colors. Check it out and see if you agree.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:36 pm

sweet art

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:05 am

dave wrote:Anyone read Shock Rockets by Busiek with art by Immonen?

I ask because if you look at the art in that book, it's really good. If you look closely you'll see the art is pretty much the same as the art for Solar (at least as far as I can tell)

Shaded blotches for noses etc...

Anyway, the difference is the colors. Check it out and see if you agree.

Wow. LOVED Shock Rockets and am ordering the new collection even though I've had all the previous ones.

In this case, though, don't see the similarity.

That said, to each his own!

arromdee · Post by **arromdee** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:23 pm

400yrs wrote: It's all 5-6 panels per page all roughly the same size and layout. To me, that even goes further to give this book the feel of a 60s comic (dated, not in a good way). That's not on the artist, that's mainly from the script.

Yeah, but didn't Valiant Comics do that and succeed tremendously? (Maybe with a few more panels)

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:51 pm

arromdee wrote:
400yrs wrote: It's all 5-6 panels per page all roughly the same size and layout. To me, that even goes further to give this book the feel of a 60s comic (dated, not in a good way). That's not on the artist, that's mainly from the script.
Yeah, but didn't Valiant Comics do that and succeed tremendously? (Maybe with a few more panels)

Absolutely, but that was 20 years ago when that was pretty much the norm. Today, comics don't look like that unless the are going for a retro feel.