holy crap!! my face just melted!!! more revealing tid bits in this article (alpha strike) as well as 10 pages of mind blowing art. this is what we've been waiting years for guys!!!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54729540/A...lusive-Preview
holy crap!! my face just melted!!! more revealing tid bits in this article (alpha strike) as well as 10 pages of mind blowing art. this is what we've been waiting years for guys!!!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54729540/A...lusive-Preview
and the interview itself.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/...haFlight_N.htm
Now that's Alpha Flight.
The interview is the icing on the cake. The way these fellas talk about Alpha.
Soooooooooo pssssssyyyyched. {sas}
Awesome! Was that a Snowbirdosauras that I saw?
I need to buck up on my dinosaurs. I never thought of a dinosaur as an option for Snowbird, but why not? Pretty creative!
Was that Attuma I saw? Wonder what he's doing all axe-wieldy and stuff. (Cue the "It's not a TUMA" jokes)
I'm a bit disappointed in the hypersexualized version of Heather. I was hoping Eaglesham would reset the character to a more demure version, more like how Byrne drew her. That page in the preview with Heather's butt sticking out of the page just seems too much over the top, even for me. ;)
Marrina's new scarf thing around her neck can go. It doesn't even appear to obey physics when it comes to getting wet nor soggy. Otherwise I'm digging her new look.
Everyone else looks great!
Oh you can see Gary Cody in the newspaper picture on the ground - looks like he just won election as PM!
Shaman is shown floating a huge truck-sized bubble out of the water to rescue some people in a pickup truck- what an iconic and awesome image, love it!
You can see the name "PAK" on one of the store signs, nice little Easter Egg for writer Greg Pak, eh?
I also love the helmeted guys with the "Dept H" on the back of his jacket - they look much better, more realistic and modernized than other Dept. H drones we've seen before.
That's definitely Snowbird transforming into the Snowbirdasaurus... the wispy trails around her arms and cape are certain magical transformation wispy things, and an intermediate stage of transformation is shown sort of ghosty.
And I love Aurora's swoop down to snatch the guns from Attuma's stooges - Eaglesham pulled off a look of surprise on the guy's face even though his eyes were covered by a helmet - nice touch! Also love inverted Aurora flying upside down blasting double barelled awesomeness! Very badass, especially for her. Wearing the classic black and white starburst costume too, not the yellow one Jimenez drew on the covers.
Me likey sexy Heather. But I don't think she's hypersexualized in those pages, at all. It's been a long, long time since librarian Heather was on the scene with those huge glasses. For her character I'm glad they didn't reboot her. Heather is strong and confident both in her looks AND her intelligence. I WOULD like to know what power set she has though. The same as Mac's or going back to her geo-thermal abilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by rplass
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I wouldn't say Heather's been sexualised per se... she looks more natural than in Vol.2. Maybe breast feeding's just worked for her.
Dino-Snowbird...? Hmm...
Alpha Strike? Well, I suppose that's better than rehashing an Omega Flight.
Yay for proper Puck confirmation!
Overall, I'm still impressed by the action and definitely by the art.
Nice to see the whole team (apart from Northstar *cue dramatic music?*) getting equal face time so far.
I, too noticed the lack of Northstar, but it seemed characters were being introduced one per page and they only got as far as Aurora in the previews.... he's likely on the next page. But it is curious that they didn't introduce the twins at the same time.
I like the way Eaglesham uses sillhoette (sp) in panels to show what's happening. I tried to count the number of times and make it about four or five times.
That's as high as i can count, anyways. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DelBubs
To count past five I've gotta take my other mitten off.