tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004575200320231085.post2079979268448506348..comments2024-01-22T02:15:32.357-08:00Comments on Larry Marder's Beanworld: My Moore MemoriesLarry Marderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936917049779513696noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004575200320231085.post-84467086895408513242008-09-23T16:42:00.000-07:002008-09-23T16:42:00.000-07:00Larry: I wasn't buying from Seagate regularly any...Larry: I wasn't buying from Seagate regularly anymore, when the Marvelman issues arrived. However, the guys there told me that the "mostly damaged" story was hype from Steve Milo, who wanted to spike demand for his supposedly pristine copies.<BR/><BR/>They WERE evidently shrink-wrapped loose on skids (or possibly slip-sheets), but the Seagate guys said that there were relatively few damages.<BR/><BR/>Eclipse's decision to stop gang-printing with Dez and to switch to printing at Ronalds may have had other explanations, but the damage situation and the long ship times may have been the official story.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the 75¢ pricetag wasn't viable at Ronalds, but it never seemed to be the selling point for Marvelman (nor for DNAgents, for that matter) anyway.<BR/><BR/>Now, to go read Alan's LA Times piece, before it goes away.Jim Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166809602894431000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004575200320231085.post-5131768580111862212008-09-23T10:13:00.000-07:002008-09-23T10:13:00.000-07:00Jim, I'd forgotten about the gang printing. But I ...Jim, I'd forgotten about the gang printing. But I remember that now. Also, my memory is that MM #1 was printed in Finland, of all places, and a whole lot of 'em got damaged in transit. <BR/><BR/>Derek, I probably would be agreeable to it now, if it ever came up again. Particularly now that so much of Beanworld has been defined with a certain amount of clarity. <BR/>Remember that in the summer of 1985, we hadn't even met Beanish yet, let alone Dreamishness, the Pod'l'pool Cuties, Goofy Jerks, Mr Teach'm, and everyone (and everything) else that has arrived in Beanworld since then.Larry Marderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936917049779513696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004575200320231085.post-83870579171319435682008-09-23T09:22:00.000-07:002008-09-23T09:22:00.000-07:00Mr. Marder, would you take Mr. Moore up on writing...Mr. Marder, would you take Mr. Moore up on writing a <I>Beanworld</I> back-up now, if he offered again? The idea intrigues me, especially as, with the letters and the Do-It-Yourself Beanworld contests, your brilliant series always felt collaborative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004575200320231085.post-54747446381176428832008-09-22T21:36:00.000-07:002008-09-22T21:36:00.000-07:00Larry:There's a bit of info that seems to have bee...Larry:<BR/><BR/>There's a bit of info that seems to have been missed on Four Color Heroes site regarding the San Diego Limited Edition Marvelman ("He isn't really called Miracleman at all") #1s.<BR/><BR/>The first two issues were printed in Europe (Spain, I believe) in a co-publishing deal with Dez Skinn. Several different languages were gang-printed, with the black plate being switched out. Eclipse editions were sent by sea freight to New York, where Seagate (the late Phil Seuling's distribution company) acted as forwarding agent to other distributors. There was a delay, possibly due to slow customs clearance, and copies did not get released in time for San Diego.<BR/><BR/>The copies that did arrive came via air freight. Eclipse was uneasy about selling an unreleased book at the convention, so an old friend of ours suggested the Gold Edition / Blue Edition ploy as a way of recouping Eclipse's cost of bringing Alan Moore to the Con.<BR/><BR/>As he's no longer able to tell the story, I won't reveal our friend's name, but he mentioned several times over the years that he felt a little embarrassed about starting the whole multiple edition thing. He just meant it as a way to help some friends out of a jam.Jim Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166809602894431000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004575200320231085.post-37697091357125665412008-09-21T21:15:00.000-07:002008-09-21T21:15:00.000-07:00Alan Moore is such a polarizing writer. On one ha...Alan Moore is such a polarizing writer. On one hand, I nearly always love what he writes... nearly. The run on Supreme was fun, at first, but then the whole 'we interrupt this story with a golden age retelling that never really happened' just became irritating to me, and got in the way of the story.<BR/><BR/>1963 I loved while it lasted, especially what seemed to me to be his take on Basil Wolverton's Spacehawk. <BR/><BR/>However, when Moore misfires on me, I really find I dislike the story on a grand scale. Like, I loved Promethea for the first couple of books... even though it was kind of recycling the idea again of multiple versions of the same superhero throughout history, yet his was giving another brilliant spin on it.<BR/><BR/>Towards the end of the series, when he started using the book to flesh out his theory of magic (or whatever... I actually never really understood what he was doing), it lost favor for me.<BR/><BR/>I really wish the whole Miracleman thing would get resolved. I just read the whole run again, and am shocked at how it still holds as much power as it ever did.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292215192443014922noreply@blogger.com