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We were reading it at the same time. Awesome !!!!! I read awe and aftershock in a few hours, some small things were added to the original story and the art was pretty good.. Very well done, Aftershock was surprisingly good. Let’s just say I haven’t been that thirsty for new Space 1999, might it be comics, novels from Powys or the reboot/revival/re-something from Jace Hall. I will take everything they send at me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Archaia has announced a follow-up volume to their Space: 1999 graphic novel [i]Aftershock and Awe[/i], which was released earlier this year. The next one, scheduled for August, is [i]Classic Space: 1999–To Everything That Was[/i] and features re-written, more sophisticated versions of the many of the Space: 1999 comics that were released in mid to late 1970s from Charlton and the British [i]Look-In[/i] magazine. The new versions of the stories are said to help bridge the gap between seasons one and two, sort of like Powys has done with some of their books.
The first graphic novel was excellent, so I’m looking forward to this.
[b]Enik1138 wrote:[/b]
[quote]Archaia has announced a follow-up volume to their Space: 1999 graphic novel [i]Aftershock and Awe[/i], which was released earlier this year. The next one, scheduled for August, is [i]Classic Space: 1999–To Everything That Was[/i] and features re-written, more sophisticated versions of the many of the Space: 1999 comics that were released in mid to late 1970s from Charlton and the British [i]Look-In[/i] magazine. The new versions of the stories are said to help bridge the gap between seasons one and two, sort of like Powys has done with some of their books.The first graphic novel was excellent, so I’m looking forward to this. A preview of the first several pages is at .
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your entire post showed up empty, but when I went to quote it, I could see the entire thing.The inclusion of the image URL causes that.
I’ve had that happen multiple times when I’ve included URL’s for images – it screws up the entire post.
I’ve deleted the URL and you can see your post in the quoteThanks, Ultra! I noticed the post was showing up blank and couldn’t figure out how to fix it. A weird issue with the board’s code. Anyone who’s interested, Google “Classic Space: 1999–To Everything That Was” and you should find a preview of the comic.
Space: 1999: To Everything that Was, arrived today courtesy of Amazon.
It’s a thick trade paperback (it was solicited as a hardcover, but I guess that would’ve been too costly) very much along the lines of “Aftershock and Awe”
Interestingly, they include a couple Powysverse books in their timeline at the end ([i]The Forsaken [/i]and [i]The Whispering Sea[/i])
I’ll try and read it soon and post what I think.
I was home sick yesterday, so I had a chance to sit on the couch and read [i]To Everything That Was [/i]in its entirety.
First, it was long — on the order of 300 pages, I’d estimate (it’s not paginated.)
Second, the stories varied in quality from so-so to pretty darn good. John Byrne was an excellent artist even very early in his career, with an unmistakeable style. I really enjoyed his work in “Demonstar”, “Flotsam” and “Survival”. The art from the [i]Look-In [/i]issues is great (even if Archaia had to “squeeze” it a little to fit it to the modern page format, making some panels look like uncorrected CinemaScope…) but the stories are kinda confusing, That may be an artifact of the “Remastering” process, in which new narrative arcs have been grafted onto the original material (not unlike the process Powys used when putting together the Year Two omnibus, but less convincingly.)
Third, I enjoyed reading this enough to go on an E-Bay hunt for as many of the original Charlton comics and magazines as I could afford. I look forward to reading the original versions of these stories. Anyone know an easy way to get the [i]Look-In [/i]stories? I’m reluctant to pay E-Bay prices for a couple years worth of weekly magazines with only 2 pages of [i]Space: 1999 [/i]content in each issue. Were these stories ever collected anywhere?
Finally, despite some deviations from Powysverse assumptions (Koenig and Russell are married earlier, and Helena is pregnant with a daughter by the end of the book, for example) I would unreservedly recommend this collection. It and its predecessor, [i]Aftershock and Awe[/i], are solid additions to the [i]Space: 1999 [/i]”canon.”
I’m feeling better today, thanks for asking!
[b]Daddy Todd wrote:[/b]
[quote]Third, I enjoyed reading this enough to go on an E-Bay hunt for as many of the original Charlton comics and magazines as I could afford. I look forward to reading the original versions of these stories. Anyone know an easy way to get the [i]Look-In [/i]stories? I’m reluctant to pay E-Bay prices for a couple years worth of weekly magazines with only 2 pages of [i]Space: 1999 [/i]content in each issue. Were these stories ever collected anywhere?[/quote]
I purchased the electronic versions of these Blam! issues as they were being released. I’ll probably still buy this printed version, as there is still nothing quite like holding these in your hands and flipping around through the pages.the Look-In stories were never collected that I know of, but you’re in luck with them.
go check out the Catacombs – specifically here:
http://catacombs.space1999.net/comics/lookin/w2lookin.html
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