tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post756081280687626334..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Dan Dare and Virgin Comics: the final verdictStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-13490067837738210312010-01-03T01:02:42.277+00:002010-01-03T01:02:42.277+00:00I am the owner of day2daytrading i am proud to say...I am the owner of day2daytrading i am proud to say that i will releasing the New Dan Dare Action Figure in early 2010. For a preview of the first prototype please visit www.day2daytrading.com i would welcome any views you may have. Happy New Year 2010Toy Manuafcturerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994247494067037307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-1901770664331112042008-08-29T13:35:00.000+01:002008-08-29T13:35:00.000+01:00Paul.Imagine you had to create an alien. Would you...Paul.<BR/>Imagine you had to create an alien. Would you give him eye sockets if his eyes are in his stomach? Or a tongue too big to retract into his mouth? Or claws to tear food then put his brain in his belly? Why give him two arms, two legs, a head and humanoid body, when Sydney Jordan has shown real aliens needn't be<BR/>humanoid at all. Why form your marines up in squares and have them fight Alastair Cromptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533244755560791249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-34493124944505586082008-08-29T13:23:00.000+01:002008-08-29T13:23:00.000+01:00Steve. Of course Eagle was fortunate in its timing...Steve. Of course Eagle was fortunate in its timing. Of course<BR/>no-one could contemplate a similar story today. The planet is in trouble. The human race on a precipice. Utopia as Hampson saw it will never happen in comics again.<BR/>I don't even think the nine years<BR/>of Hampson at Eagle were great.<BR/>He wrote two-and-a-half stories, and during that time his muse burned like limelight. It Alastair Cromptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533244755560791249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-38104252951271964392008-08-29T00:51:00.000+01:002008-08-29T00:51:00.000+01:00Hi Paddy,Precisely the point I was trying to make:...Hi Paddy,<BR/><BR/>Precisely the point I was trying to make: if you are relying on the Direct Market, advertise your comic to the Direct Market audience and try not to put off that audience by talking about how old the character is and how wonderful he used to be. It is irrelevant if you are planning to reinvent the character. By all means discuss the old Dan Dare when talking to the UK media Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-78624014427634164932008-08-29T00:42:00.000+01:002008-08-29T00:42:00.000+01:00Alastair,I suspect there will always be a divide b...Alastair,<BR/><BR/>I suspect there will always be a divide between fans on Dan Dare. I don't think anyone would deny that the stars were aligned during that 1950-58 run of Frank Hampson's creation: you had a brilliant artist who was also a good story teller interested in science and how it would develop.<BR/><BR/>The impact it had on fans at that time was tremendous. My own feeling is that it Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-32217314322313841302008-08-28T19:49:00.000+01:002008-08-28T19:49:00.000+01:00"Crass?" I don't even begin to understand that. I ..."Crass?" I don't even begin to understand that. I found Ellis' story to be marvelously nostalgic and forward-looking at the same time.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231006765771386866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-46181902787067331462008-08-28T18:07:00.000+01:002008-08-28T18:07:00.000+01:00My opinion is that the direct market is the wrong ...My opinion is that the direct market is the wrong place for characters like Dan Dare and Judge Dredd. The direct market serves the fans of Marvel/DC style American superhero comics, and to a lesser extent fans of American underground-style comics. There is very little crossover between those fans and Dan Dare fans.<BR/><BR/>As you say, the new Dan Dare series got plenty of coverage in the UK Paddy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14390553355397751745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-60238258783281195372008-08-28T15:05:00.000+01:002008-08-28T15:05:00.000+01:00Steve. You are supremely even-handed when you talk...Steve. You are supremely even-handed when you talk about Virgin's Dare. I fear I found<BR/>the story crass, and the artwork lacking in both inventiveness and continuity.<BR/>Would you consider it too impertinent if I asked you to refer old-time FH and DD enthusiasts to my own site:<BR/>http://www.frankhampson.co.uk/<BR/>I'm sure that with your connections I would enjoy a higher hit rate.<BR/>VeryAlastair Cromptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533244755560791249noreply@blogger.com