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Started by Timothy, 21 November, 2016, 07:00:16 PM

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credo

Hang on ... doesn't this mean we can now get the collected Bradley!?!?!

CalHab

I never got Bradley. I wouldn't mind taking another look at Brigand Doom, though. I liked the style of Dave D'Antiquis' work.

credo

Quote from: CalHab on 24 November, 2016, 02:59:11 PM
I never got Bradley. I wouldn't mind taking another look at Brigand Doom, though. I liked the style of Dave D'Antiquis' work.

Not very good. Art is lovely, but the story is very much a (very) poor man's V for Vendetta. Where Moore does a lot of very careful world building to pull the whole thing off, Doom relies on you having read stuff like that and not actually caring too much about understanding the nature of the state/system beyond 'it's bad'.

IndigoPrime

Bradley was amusingly anarchic, fizzing with energy, and seemingly challenging the manicness of Dr & Quinch. But from a story standpoint, it never felt that strong to me, and was too often a bit reliant on you having the same musical tastes as the writer. (Whose tastes were, as I recall, oddly similar to Roxilla's.)

James Stacey

Quote from: IndigoPrime on 25 November, 2016, 12:03:54 PM
Bradley was amusingly anarchic, fizzing with energy, and seemingly challenging the manicness of Dr & Quinch. But from a story standpoint, it never felt that strong to me, and was too often a bit reliant on you having the same musical tastes as the writer. (Whose tastes were, as I recall, oddly similar to Roxilla's.)
It certainly never got better than this

AlexF

For my money, the first 4 or 5 Bradley strips, before the music thing intervened, were the equal of DR & Quinch for delightful comedy. The rest wasn't to that level but the art was always gorgeous.

I'd happily read a collected Brigand Doom in a floopy, or maybe even a digital collection. But yes, if you compare it to V for Vendetta, it falls pretty far short. I kinda liked the David Lynch vibe it had going, where it was all pretty dream-like and you could never be sure whether Investigator 9 was in the real world or lost in a drug-induced haze.

Colin YNWA

I really enjoyed the first Brigand Doom story and as said Dave D'Antiquis' art was fantasticly dark and oppressive. Shame it was a case of deminishing returns as the series went on (as I recall at least), though it always remained readable.

Hawkmumbler

Bradley, The Clown and Armoured Gideon have to be three of the most unfairly maligned 90's thrill's i've read.

Jimmy Baker's Assistant

Quote from: Hawkmumbler on 25 November, 2016, 09:23:41 PM
Bradley, The Clown and Armoured Gideon have to be three of the most unfairly maligned 90's thrill's i've read.

I liked Bradley at the time. Don't really remember The Clown, I think that was probably after I had jumped ship. Armoured Gideon was awesome, though. Such wonderful art.

dweezil2

As Brian Glover was fond of saying, there's nowt wrong with the The Clown.
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Hawkmumbler

Gorgeous painted art work by Robert Bliss as well.

dweezil2

Quote from: Hawkmumbler on 26 November, 2016, 11:43:04 AM
Gorgeous painted art work by Robert Bliss as well.

Most definitely!  :thumbsup:

A story full of longing and pathos-one of my favourites from that era!  ;)
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IndigoPrime

I find it a bit surprising and disappointing we've not had any more Armoured Gideon in the Meg floppy. Mind you, it's turned into the Sin/Dex floppy these days. (I hope that changes soon. I realise the characters are popular, but I've never much cared for them. Moreover, though, the floppy's supposed to offer some variety, surely, rather than a permanent fixture?)

Rara Avis

Shut up and take my money ...

Quote from: TordelBack on 23 November, 2016, 09:39:43 AM
I can't help imagining what Luke Kirby would have been if Alan had asked (for example) me to draw it...  I'm not sure that a hairy stick figure chasing a small stick figure around on a backdrop of photocopied trees

Any more news on when this might be released?

dweezil2

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