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Mike Farley
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N-MEN = NEXT MEN
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John Byrne
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there will definitely be a second ASSIGNMENT: EARTH series next year.
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But I want one now! :) Especially after issue three's epilogue.
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I'll mention again that for future iterations of A:E I plan to do what I did with
GENERATIONS 1 & 2 and cover the same span of time -- roughly 1968 thru
1972 -- without going much, if any, beyond it.
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Michael Penn
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Is the sense that this time-frame mirrors a four year television run?
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John Byrne
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In the sense that I don't want the characters getting too old!
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David Ferguson
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I like the idea of the series filling in the gaps.
That's what I'm looking forward to the next series. To see how they got the last page of issue 3.
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Patrick Graffin
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so after the 4th series of Assigment Earth -- can we collect all the issue #1's and have 4 1968 adventures (and so on) with #2s, #3s, etc?
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John Byrne
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More or less.
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John Byrne
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That's what I'm looking forward to the next series. To see how they got the
last page of issue 3.
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What do you think is "missing"?
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Nathan Greno
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Hey JB,
I'd love to "see" an episode where Gary Seven lost that space doo-hickey of his...
...he relies on it so heavily, might be interesting to see what happens when he can't mind wash people clean -- it would put him in a total underdog position. Might be an interesting tale...
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John Byrne
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Great minds think alike, Nathan!
(Altho, they also say that fools seldom differ!!)
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Nathan Greno
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Well that was easy! :)
I have another idea that involves you drawing me a free commission...
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Leigh DJ Hunt
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Read STAE4 last night and though it was the best one yet and not just because of the Isis back-up! :)
Only annoying thing was that my trips to my LCS have been infrequent of late and so it's only with this issue that I realise I never got my copy of #3!
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Ed Deans
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This issue made me wonder if the design of the alien ships was a hint
about Isis.
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John Byrne
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Nathan Greno
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What do you mean, Ed?
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Ed Deans
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I thought these ships had a cat-faced look to them:
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John Byrne
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Not intentional. Sometimes a dorsal fin is just a dorsal fin!
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle
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Just read it yesterday. I am going to sound repetitive but, like others, I think this is the best issue so far.
There is that feeling I felt when reading the panel where Gary says who those " persons" really. It is a mix of pride, respect, kindness in Gary's body language and the way the sentence through the dialogue is brought on.
Before I follow the series for the artist. Now I start to care for the characters.
And the mini story with Isis.
John, I may be mind reading but I think you are getting more "confortable" with the characters and how to use them.
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Ed Deans
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Thanks, JB.
My cat thinks she's from a planet-conquering race just the same.
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John Byrne
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I may be mind reading but I think you are getting more "confortable" with
the characters and how to use them.
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Usually takes me three issues to "find" a series. This has been so since the
beginning of my career, and even with creator owned stuff. When I finished
the fifth issue of ASSIGNMENT: EARTH I had this pang of wishing it was an
ongoing series, things were clicking so well.
Now, the big test will be if it takes three issues for me to "find" it again
when I do the second series!
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My cat thinks she's from a planet-conquering race just the same.
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You may be digging a bit too hard. The "clue" for Isis comes when Gary's
alien boss turns into the handsome young human male.
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Ed Deans
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I was just making a joke BUT you gave me a "clue" that opened my eyes! I
was digging too hard.
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David Ferguson
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That's what I'm looking forward to the next series. To see how they got the
last page of issue 3.
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What do you think is "missing"?
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More on Curtis. Isis and Roberta's friendship too.
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John Byrne
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Well, definitely more Curtis! But I hope you're not looking for any sort of
sub-text. His story is pretty straightforward -- decent man, wrong place,
wrong time.
You'll be seeing a bit more of the relationship between Roberta and Isis in 5.
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His story is pretty straightforward -- decent man, wrong place, wrong time.
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Yeah, I just wanted to see how he got to that end scene. Will we see his story to the end? SPOILER End scene: in the uniform. His end: how he became a name on the wall in DCSPOILER
You'll be seeing a bit more of the relationship between Roberta and Isis in 5.
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Thanks JB. That's what interested me in the last scene.
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