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Andrew Davey
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Just picked up issue 4. Got cold just reading the issue. A lot of fun. I look forward to the next installment. Good thing the nuclear Sword of Damocles is not hanging over our heads anymore. (well sort of)
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Joe Smith
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| Posted: 11 January 2012 at 11:06am | IP Logged | 2
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page 10 panel 1 artwork is incredible!
This is going to look AMAZING on someone's wall!
Why most of us prefer you ink yourself.
You can be Gil Kane in one panel, and if needed, can be Terry Austin in the next, etc., as the story unfolds.
page 12 text! I read this first thru on Sunday after work, and was NOT aware until I read this thread that there was missing text.
The artwork said it all, especially after the heated conversation Swann & Orlova had just finished.
In panel one, I 'heard' music take over the scene as they walk from Swann.
Two, the order is given to the blockheads.
Three, attention is gotten.
Four, Indignant inquisition.
Five, Weak American!
Six, Sucker!
Worked for me.....!
page 14 the woman Swann ties up...you've left me wanting more, and I'm in hopes that she's all the more 'damaged' by the situation she'd been left in. We don't kno what a nutcase she was BEFOREhand! As Orlova is likely to escape and become a free agent to save her own now worthless life, I'm hoping we see bondage woman (what?) again!
page 15 great silhouette to break up the narrative with a stark reality.
page 20 colors are INSANELY bright compared to the rest of the series, expounding just how HOT this explosion is. Masterful storytelling, JB.
Masterful planning, and execution.
Congrats!
Bring on more Swann!
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John Byrne
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Five, Weak American!•• ??
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Stephen Churay
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| Posted: 11 January 2012 at 4:33pm | IP Logged | 4
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Five, Weak American!
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Come on JB, you know as Americans we aways think it's about us!
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Joe Smith
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| Posted: 11 January 2012 at 4:59pm | IP Logged | 5
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ooop.
Honest mistake, old chap!
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David Ferguson
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This was not my kind of series and I only picked it up to support JB. He's turned me around on the spy stuff. I'll be getting the next mini.
Edited by David Ferguson on 12 January 2012 at 4:30pm
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Benny Hasa
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Well I finally got issue 4. Hopefully I don't get shot for saying this, but after thinking about it for a few minutes, I really think these four issues have been some of JB's best work and that's saying a lot! The last issue was much more brutal and shocking than I ever thought it was going to be, but in a way a happy ending might not have worked. I truly wonder if a certain villian survived a certain explosion, as the interactions they had with Swann were quite entertaining to read. Overall, this was a great read and I can't wait for the next run.
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Hunter McFalls
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Just read all 4 issues of Cold War! F**king brilliant!!
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Michael Lee
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I echo my fellow readers' sentiments. Compelling to the end. I'm still wowed by the car race double spread in issue 2, & I read it on an iPad!
Well done Mr B.
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Wilson Mui
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Another excellent issue. A terrific read to the end. That panel with Swann being tortured in the chair reminded me of Daniel Craig in Casino Royale. I love it when you put your characters through hell like that.
Did you switch to using a brush to ink some of the pages towards the end?
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