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Post by mrhalliwell on Aug 25, 2010 12:28:17 GMT -5
Issue #1 Charmed Lives Release date: June 30, 2010 Summary: The Girls are back in town! The Charmed ones return in this brand new fantasy series from Zenescope that picks up where the series left off. Claiming their victory in the battle against evil, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige were free to settle into the future with their husbands and children, destined to live out the happily ever after they had so rightfully earned…or so they thought. Written by: Paul Ruditis Co-written by: Raven Gregory Cover A: David Seidman Cover B: Mark Sparacio and Diogo Nascimento Cover C: Photo Cover Cover D: 2010 San Deigo Comic Con Exclusive Limited to 500 copies Cover E: David Seidman Artwork by: Dave Hoover Colors by: Milen Parvanov Letters by: Jim Campbell Editor: Ralph Tedesco Note from Admin: This post was altered because the original post was copied without permission from another site. I am very sorry that this happened.
I will find and post larger preview pics.
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Post by Esmeralda on Aug 25, 2010 12:42:55 GMT -5
I was just advised that this thread is supposed to be for reviews. Please be aware that this *is* a review and if you don't want to be spoiled, please don't read it. I wrote this the day that I got the comic. First off, I'm very happy with the way the sisters (and Leo and Coop - no signs of Henry yet - not thrilled with the drawings of the kids, especially Phoebe's baby Prue - she looks like she is being played by the same fugly set of twins who played Baby Chris) were drawn. The sisters don't look *that* much like the actressses, but I'm glad - the ones on the cover *do* look like the actresses and I don't think they're pretty at all, while the ones in the comics are all very pretty, especially Paige as a redhead. The characters are all in line and so far they're the Paige, Phoebe and Piper (since that's the order they're introduced) who I love, not the Miss Whinealot, PhoeME and Ditzy who starred in the last three seasons of the show.
It's supposed to be 18 months since the Big Battle, but I still insist that no way Wyatt (who is not a blond, but whose hair is styled differently than Chris') is 3 1/2 and no way Chris is 2! At the very youngest, Wyatt is 5 and Chris is 4, making this closer to 3 years in the future, which works, coz that would make it 2010. So as far as I'm concerned...
I'm also not happy that although Piper's daughter is older, she's named Mel (which I assume is short for Melinda) while Phoebe's is named Prue. No way I can't see Piper naming *her* daughter Prue and no way I can see Phoebe naming "Ladybug" that - she just never seemed that close to Prue, not the way Piper was. Actually I'd be happier if Phoebe's daughter had been named something else, because then I could pretend that Piper's daughter is Prudence Melinda - the name they were going to give Wyatt if he was a girl - but are calling her Melinda, while Phoebe's was Patricia WHATEVER, but they're calling her WHATEVER. So I'm more than just a bit irritated about that, but can accept it because up to this point, it's the only thing about the series irritating me.
I'm not thrilled with the powers that were given the two kids (HATE it when kids are more powerful than their mothers who are supposed to be Charmed), but up to this point, the powers (and the way the powers are shown) are fun. Hopefully those powers don't take over the series...
I liked the two demons and their powers, especially Neena, and I've got a funny hunch that the BIG BAD is going to be Zankou, which would be absolutely fantastic, since then I can pretend that except for Paige meeting Henry and Phoebe meeting Coop - which I can pretend happened during S7 rather than Leslie and Brody and *oh, well* Drake - S8 never happened, because I definitely prefer this plot to the ones during that season.
I read somewhere that the first five issues make the first "episode" and that if it's successful, there will be a paperback with that entire episode put out in December. If that's the case, this would be the Teaser and it works fantastically as that. Kudos to Paul Ruditis, Raven Gregory, Dave Hoover, Millen Parvanov, Jim Campbell and Ralph Tedesco.
What truly irritated me is that of 34 pages, only 24 of them are truly Charmed #1. The other 10 pages are Zenoscope previews, none of which I was particularly interested in, especially at $3.50. I would've preferred paying the $1.99 I paid for Charmed #0 and only have the 24 pages or paying $3.50 for Charmed #0, get the previews and then for the same price, get more Charmed, including getting to see Henry, and his and Paige's twins.
But for now, I'm happy and looking forward to Issue #2.
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Post by mrhalliwell on Aug 25, 2010 12:59:14 GMT -5
My review I dind't expect it to be this short. But it's okay. I like how they interduced us with Neena and Hogan and I really like their characters. They are one of my favorite demons in Charmed world Neena looks great and sexy which I expected. Part with the Angel of the Destiny was the best for me. Too bad they didn't put the fat lady from Charmed series 'cause I would really like to see her flying! The scene with the elf was so well made and thats my favorite page. I must say - Neena you have already one fan How come they showed us the Magic school from the outside?? And we saw similiar scene in Charmed and also in the series Paige was in it! So thats a big minus. That monster/demon was too big and I liked it 'cause we never saw that in Charmed. The scene had too much orange color. They showed the Golden Gate bridge in the first issue and that's what I like Scene with Phoebe, Coop and Prue were pretty good, I also liked how they showed Prue using her powers on Phoebe. Couch scene was good only 'cause I enjoyed seeing the Charmed ones again together. Isn't it too much for them to get 4 children in just 18 months? The ending was well made and I can't wait to see what happens next
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Post by StoryGirl83 on Aug 26, 2010 0:43:04 GMT -5
I will try and give my own thoughts on this soon, but for now here's a review I found online. It made me laugh. First the author of this site posted this: Charmed Comic? Count Me OutThen, he posted this one: Charmed Comic Review, Issue #1And it got so many views that it made number one on his highlights for July. He wrote this in response: 1. Charmed Comic Review, Issue #1 Remember way back in March when I said I'd probably be skipping the Charmed comic? Yeah, well I have very little willpower when it comes to these things, and actually I didn't completely hate the book (no Billie! Yay!). My review has been linked up in a few different places, which definitely helped it beat the Buffy #34 review (which at this point is drawing the majority of its traffic from Google searches). The whole thing made me laugh. The Buffy review mentioned has apparently been at the top for several months.
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Post by Esmeralda on Aug 27, 2010 12:18:02 GMT -5
Thanks for posting these, StoryGirl - I *thoroughly* enjoyed them and agree with most of the things he said. I agree that the best way of looking at the comics is as an alternate universe (although if that was the case I wish they'd started it with Prue's death and show what could've happened had Prue *not* died). I also agree that of the sisters, Paige doesn't look a lot like Rose (their renditon of Leo and that of the boy is a lot worse), but except for the ginger hair, I think the comic book Paige is actually prettier than Rose -and Rose is gorgeous, characterization of Paige nonewithstanding. I think it's hilarious that of all the sisters, Phoebe is the one wearing the most clothes; I like the new demons, but agree that they seem low-level (although how could a low-level demon-or even a *high*-level one, for that matter) get rid of an Angel of Destiny??? That's the main inconsistency that I've found) and hopefully are just there to introduce the Big Bad, which I'm betting is Zankou, somehow come back from the dead, and am also looking forward to seeing what Ruditis and Gregory have up their sleeves. I think B is a very fair grade.
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Post by mrhalliwell on Aug 27, 2010 16:22:13 GMT -5
Now when I saw previews for issue 2, I must say it's quite better than this one, so I give it a C.
btw, I will tomorrow make new threads....
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Post by mrhalliwell on Aug 28, 2010 12:56:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 12:55:27 GMT -5
The Paul Ruditis run is considered the.
The Pat Shand run, not so much.
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