For anyone who might be interested, I recently posted some thoughts on the upcoming KOLCHAK miniseries I wrote for Moonstone over on my
personal blog.
Jen Contino also interviewed me about the book over on the
Comicon PULSE comics news site.
Issue #1 hits stores today!
Hope people enjoy it!
Plus, there's a new interview with me about the series at:
Jazma Online.
Allen is a great guy. Nice interview. I'll be looking forward to picking up the comic. I've always enjoyed Carl's character and I'm glad to see the comics staying close to how the character was portrayed in the first TV series and movies.
Richard Vasseur
http://www.jazmaonline.com
A very positive review of the new KOLCHAK comic has been posted at
Comics Bulletin.
"Mills knows the premise is old. So he wisely enlivens the deceased dog with inventive, well constructed characters such as a sheriff of the female persuasion who Carl attempts to woo. Mills even deepens the characterization of some of the victims that are briefly seen. Kolchak of course is pitch perfect, and I like how Mills does not forget his experience in dealing with matters of the outré.
The art by Tim Hamilton and Ian Sokoliwski is suitably dark but neither dreary nor murky. Instead, it creates atmosphere without going too over the top. There's a blue sky in Nebraska, almost as blue as the Sheriff's blouse, and the colors at the fair are bright in contrast to the inky shadows."
A very positive review of the new KOLCHAK comic has been posted at
Comics Bulletin.
"Mills knows the premise is old. So he wisely enlivens the deceased dog with inventive, well constructed characters such as a sheriff of the female persuasion who Carl attempts to woo. Mills even deepens the characterization of some of the victims that are briefly seen. Kolchak of course is pitch perfect, and I like how Mills does not forget his experience in dealing with matters of the outré.
The art by Tim Hamilton and Ian Sokoliwski is suitably dark but neither dreary nor murky. Instead, it creates atmosphere without going too over the top. There's a blue sky in Nebraska, almost as blue as the Sheriff's blouse, and the colors at the fair are bright in contrast to the inky shadows."
I agree wholeheartedly with this review. Bought the book over the weekend and darn near read it in the parking lot. I can't wait for the next issue!
And yes, I agree, I wish there were more Kolchak comics!
Scott
Glad you enjoyed Issue #1, Scott -- things really get crazy in part 2!
I really enjoyed the first issue of NIGHT STALKER OF THE LIVING DEAD. You've got a great command of Kolchak's character; his speech patterns and his writing patterns. As far as the latter is concerned, I particularly liked the eopening of the issue, and the description of Brandy Smith's death.
One of the differences that I noticed between the original Night Stalker and the Stuart Townsend fiasco was that the latter very seldom gave you any facts about the monster's victims (At least not in the episodes I've sat through.) The original Kolchak though usually gave you enough info about the victims that you could believe that they had a life before those few seconds on the screen. Or the comic book page. So your take on that death scene was very welcome.
Sheriff Collins looks like she's going to be an interesting character, and I liked your description of the Corn Festival. I've covered my share of those for various papers here in Pennsylvania, and they probably aren't all that different from the ones you've seen in New England.
In general, I like Tim Hamilton's art a lot. There were some very moody scenes, such as the one at the bottom of Page 7. I did have some trouble telling Kolchak and Councilman Taylor apart, though.
Looking forward to the next issue.
Bill Spangler
I want to add my kudos.
Christopher Mills give us the best Kolchak this side of Jeff Rice. His characterization is spot-on.
It takes skill and insight to get a character just right, whether it's Carl or the Phantom
or Doc Savage.
A great job.
Pen
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