tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post8965410329949585277..comments2024-03-05T11:54:11.805-05:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Lo! There Shall Come Endings Week: "Whatever Happened to Scorpio?" by Jim SterankoThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-26891336778574694522012-01-04T19:03:11.031-05:002012-01-04T19:03:11.031-05:00Yes, that is exactly what I mean. The masterworks ...Yes, that is exactly what I mean. The masterworks only do it for the double page spread to work, but Steranko designed the entire story around knowing where the ad pages were going to be placed. So a page beside an ad page was designed to be seen as a single page. Pages that were side by side were designed with that in mind. and like you mentioned, a reveal would be after a page turn. Read a Steranko comic with the ad pages and then read a reprint. It makes a huge difference.Tony Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386685361042506555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-19696759220696863062012-01-04T16:48:34.552-05:002012-01-04T16:48:34.552-05:00Tony, are you suggesting that some of the pages re...Tony, are you suggesting that some of the pages require a left or right orientation, or require the reader to turn the page to a reveal?<br /><br />When reprinted, some of these stories don't have the same page count (horrors!) or when the double page spread is coming up, the masterworks will insert a logo page so that the reveal works right. <br /><br />Is this what you mean?kirk gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-5396187248297307612012-01-01T11:57:03.716-05:002012-01-01T11:57:03.716-05:00Would it be possible to re-post the story with the...Would it be possible to re-post the story with the ad-pages included, as these pages were taken into consideration by Steranko when these stories were designed and written. The story does not read right without them.Tony Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386685361042506555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-61927033259264917252012-01-01T11:54:33.565-05:002012-01-01T11:54:33.565-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tony Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386685361042506555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-26328586737750070522011-12-31T15:02:48.143-05:002011-12-31T15:02:48.143-05:00BTW, Scorpio's identity was revealed in Avenge...BTW, Scorpio's identity was revealed in Avengers #72, reprinted in Marvel Super Action #33.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-50640855953855190922011-12-30T19:27:56.570-05:002011-12-30T19:27:56.570-05:00and there's been nothing better since... at le...and there's been nothing better since... at least not till his Captain America trilogy, that is.swinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-55569990790638921092011-12-30T11:52:46.361-05:002011-12-30T11:52:46.361-05:00Beautifully done, even if Steranko's drawing s...Beautifully done, even if Steranko's drawing still had some rough spots. It's difficult to think of (m)any other comics that are so intellectually & emotionally engaging and yet FUN! His stories crackled with great dialogue, situations, references to old films, noir novels, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-22794463289805825602011-12-30T11:50:21.655-05:002011-12-30T11:50:21.655-05:00Part 2-
I originally thought there was a page mis...Part 2-<br /><br />I originally thought there was a page missing between pages 18 and 19, as it wasn't clear what was going on. A hand appears behind an opening door, and then a close up of a face. It isn't clear that the two are connected because they happen on different pages (which had an ad between them in the original printing).<br /><br />Based on this one issue, I can't see what the big deal was about Steranko. Anytime the art calls attention to itself and takes the reader out of the story, I think it's a failure in storytelling.<br /><br />Even if it is pretty to look at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-33040678149628278772011-12-30T11:45:20.305-05:002011-12-30T11:45:20.305-05:00Now you're talking! Thanks for posting this, O...Now you're talking! Thanks for posting this, O Groovy One!<br /><br />One of my all-time faves - simply beautiful work by Jaunty Jim. I love it!Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-89965300624299066582011-12-30T11:45:12.675-05:002011-12-30T11:45:12.675-05:00Well-
While the drawings are nice to look at, and...Well-<br /><br />While the drawings are nice to look at, and some of the techinal aspects of the art were certainly ground breaking at the time, I don't think it works from a story telling perspective in a few spots.<br /><br />Page 4 is interesting to look at, but the image has nothing to do with the text, and is so jarring that it takes one out of the story. A "Hey look at this" piece of art.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-47424360141071461162011-12-30T03:15:28.711-05:002011-12-30T03:15:28.711-05:00Reading these SHIELD stories when I was a youngste...Reading these SHIELD stories when I was a youngster and not much practiced yet at comics vocabulary, was a real hang-on-by-your-fingertips experience. One little miscue and you lost the narrative entirely. <br /><br />It's so very good though. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-70663845245755228012011-12-30T02:51:44.763-05:002011-12-30T02:51:44.763-05:00As close to perfection in a simple comic book as y...As close to perfection in a simple comic book as you get. Thanks for sharing this one!<br /><br />BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com