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Post by SkellyMan on Feb 29, 2012 9:56:44 GMT -5
I've been wondering just how good is Haunt? i like the character design but I'm not sure how good the story is. also are there any collected issues out yet?
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Post by okcomputer on Feb 29, 2012 13:16:31 GMT -5
There are a couple trades out. If you can find a good price it might be worth it, but otherwise probably not. I thought it was a half-assed supernatural story with dated 90s artwork. Not really my thing.
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Post by optronix on Feb 29, 2012 13:19:38 GMT -5
There are a couple trades out. If you can find a good price it might be worth it, but otherwise probably not. I thought it was a half-assed supernatural story with dated 90s artwork. Not really my thing. The correct answer was, "what is Haunt?" a la, "what is Spawn?".
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Post by frinspar on Feb 29, 2012 13:54:41 GMT -5
I know it's not really fair to say after having only read the first issue, but I wasn't impressed. Certainly not enough to bother getting into the story. I like the design as well.
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Post by SkellyMan on Feb 29, 2012 18:38:19 GMT -5
that bad, huh? well maybe I'll skim the books before i buy em
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Post by NecroDragon on Feb 29, 2012 23:24:45 GMT -5
Yes it is. Very good. Greg Capullo is one of the most underappreciated and greatest artists working in comics. His compositions are amazing and the way FCO Placencia colors his work is phenomenal. The story isn't one of Kirkman's best, but it's not one of his worst by far. It was the best thing TMP had going for them until they changed the creative team. Now it just sucks. Read the first two trades if you're at all interested. It's worth it.
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Post by SweetZombieJesus on Mar 1, 2012 3:10:13 GMT -5
I read the first seven issues or so, and it just seemed to me like it was never going to wind up going anywhere.
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Post by NecroDragon on Mar 1, 2012 4:28:46 GMT -5
It looked to me like it would have wound up being great like Invincible. Invincible started out slow as well, but this one had a more interesting intro.
The story's not that bad.
You guys sound dangerously close to hating all things McFarlane just because it's the thing to do nowadays.
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Post by okcomputer on Mar 1, 2012 11:07:05 GMT -5
It looked to me like it would have wound up being great like Invincible. Invincible started out slow as well, but this one had a more interesting intro. The story's not that bad. You guys sound dangerously close to hating all things McFarlane just because it's the thing to do nowadays. Yeah, but I disliked McFartlane's art BEFORE it was cool.
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Post by okcomputer on Mar 1, 2012 11:11:32 GMT -5
It's crap. Lame premise, lame execution. Pretty much a 90's book and all that entails. McFarlane all over. He's always been a style over substance guy and he just can't seem to grasp that story finally matters more than art. I don't care how great the art is, if the story sucks this bad, it's just shit and wasted effort. The amount of talent involved in this turd astounds me. I don't know how Kirkman sleeps at night knowing his name is on this piece of shit. Kirkman's name is on lots of shit. Haunt, that stupid Image book with Liefeld, that stupid Marvel book with Liefeld, etc... I've never read Invincible so I can't judge that one, but it seems like Walking Dead is the one exception in his oeuvre.
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Post by skullshine on Mar 1, 2012 19:10:38 GMT -5
Personally, I don't care for Venomspiderspawn...er, I mean Haunt.
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Post by SkellyMan on Mar 1, 2012 19:44:40 GMT -5
I'm getting the idea that it started out ok, but it went downhill
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Post by optronix on Mar 2, 2012 0:05:16 GMT -5
It's crap. Lame premise, lame execution. Pretty much a 90's book and all that entails. McFarlane all over. He's always been a style over substance guy and he just can't seem to grasp that story finally matters more than art. I don't care how great the art is, if the story sucks this bad, it's just shit and wasted effort. The amount of talent involved in this turd astounds me. I don't know how Kirkman sleeps at night knowing his name is on this piece of shit. Kirkman's name is on lots of shit. Haunt, that stupid Image book with Liefeld, that stupid Marvel book with Liefeld, etc... I've never read Invincible so I can't judge that one, but it seems like Walking Dead is the one exception in his oeuvre. You're missing out by not reading Invincible.
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Post by NecroDragon on Mar 2, 2012 1:10:30 GMT -5
^ This is the truth.
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Post by NecroDragon on Mar 2, 2012 1:11:43 GMT -5
It's crap. Lame premise, lame execution. Pretty much a 90's book and all that entails. McFarlane all over. He's always been a style over substance guy and he just can't seem to grasp that story finally matters more than art. I don't care how great the art is, if the story sucks this bad, it's just shit and wasted effort. The amount of talent involved in this turd astounds me. I don't know how Kirkman sleeps at night knowing his name is on this piece of shit. Kirkman's name is on lots of shit. Haunt, that stupid Image book with Liefeld, that stupid Marvel book with Liefeld, etc... I've never read Invincible so I can't judge that one, but it seems like Walking Dead is the one exception in his oeuvre. Yes, the Liefeld books suck. Why is that not surprising, though? Kirkman's a great storyteller. You just need to read the right books. Haunt's really not that bad if you read both the first two volumes. You guys think Greg Capullo is outdated? I think he's ahead of the curve! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
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Post by SweetZombieJesus on Mar 2, 2012 2:16:40 GMT -5
You guys sound dangerously close to hating all things McFarlane just because it's the thing to do nowadays. I don't hate anything just for the sake of hating it. If I had a blanket hate for everything McShitstain, I wouldn't have spent the 20-odd bucks to buy the first seven issues when they came out. I just found it to be uninspired and flat and gave it up.
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Post by NecroDragon on Mar 2, 2012 2:21:06 GMT -5
YOU're uninspired and flat!
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Post by optronix on Mar 2, 2012 2:23:39 GMT -5
YOU're uninspired and flat! Did you write the books cause you seem awfully offended by others opinions of this. People can have different opinions about things, including how they view specialty holidays that take place in early spring.
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Post by NecroDragon on Mar 2, 2012 2:36:41 GMT -5
Yes I wrote the books! Gosh!
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Post by AgentFox5 on Mar 2, 2012 3:06:19 GMT -5
While I did enjoy the second Haunt trade, I was a much bigger fan of Ottley's art in the first. The switch to Cappulo was a bit of a disappointment. And I feel bad for anyone who hasn't read Invincible. It's one of the best stories I've ever read and each book just makes me more and more interested.
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Post by NecroDragon on Mar 2, 2012 3:21:40 GMT -5
Capullo and Ottley are my two favorite artists ever. It's probably why I'm so biased towards this book.
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Post by okcomputer on Mar 2, 2012 12:47:55 GMT -5
Kirkman's name is on lots of shit. Haunt, that stupid Image book with Liefeld, that stupid Marvel book with Liefeld, etc... I've never read Invincible so I can't judge that one, but it seems like Walking Dead is the one exception in his oeuvre. You're missing out by not reading Invincible. I know. I've just never gotten around to checking out the trades. Someday...
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Post by coaxmf on Mar 5, 2012 17:46:24 GMT -5
The second Haunt trade was much better than the first. Too many black haired women that can be easily confused with each other though. Haven't read any of it since Kirkman left. But Joe Casey is good in my book.
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Post by pirate X on Mar 6, 2012 5:48:44 GMT -5
I've never really had any interest in invincible and refused to accept agentfux5 sorrow lol. I think haunt's kick-ass, loving each issue, and I think you guys are giving up to quickley on it but hey thats just my opion so do what you wanna do. Though I do agree about the concept of the character and how it looks a little to much like spiderman, venom and spawn put together but "Fuck" great iconic heros were inspired from other heros like what the WATCHMEN did. Commedian based off of the punisher, nightowl based off of batman, rorschach based off of The Question .....etc etc but these are still damn good characters back then and today and feel Haunt should at least be given another chance regardless of the negative feedback and maybe might be viewed differently this time. But IDK its just a thought
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