John M. Burns (1) (1938–2023)
Autor de Wuthering Heights The Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics: Original Text)
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Obras de John M. Burns
Wuthering Heights The Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics: Original Text) (2011) — Ilustrador — 44 copias
Yellowstone Booty [Strip] — Ilustrador — 2 copias
Green Cobra [Strip] — Ilustrador — 1 copia
Eve And Adam [Strip] — Ilustrador — 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strip Collection Volume 1: 2010-2011 (2013) — Colourist — 18 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1938
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2023-12-29
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Essex, England, UK
- Ocupaciones
- comics artist
illustrator
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- También por
- 4
- Miembros
- 89
- Popularidad
- #207,492
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 16
- Idiomas
- 2
The Age of Chaos
Already reviewed on its own here.
Under Pressure
The seventh Doctor tells Ace a story of the time the fourth Doctor (on a submarine) secretly helped the third and Jo (on a surface vessel) avert a crisis with the Sea Devils. It's pretty charming: Abnett captures the voices of both past Doctors pretty well, and the ways the fourth Doctor helps the third are fun. There are some good moments, such as the fourth ingratiating himself with the submarine's captain. My main issue is the Sea Devils never feel like much of a threat, as we barely see them. I did really like the panel of them all swimming around the sub, the kind of thing you could never afford to do onscreen, but it comes after they've been neutralized. But it's enjoyable enough.
Metamorphosis
The seventh Doctor and Ace battle (spoiler) Daleks on a space freighter. As Cornell says in his notes, this is pretty generic action-adventure stuff, but it's good anyway, lifted by some cool ideas (there's a reason Steven Moffat stole the "eggs" bit, and the Doctor becoming a Dalek is good, too), some horrific ones (human embryos mutated into Daleks!), and some excellent artwork from Lee Sullivan. Sullivan draws great Daleks, but also a strong Doctor and Ace, capturing their facial expressions well, and clear action sequences. Generic... but solid. The last line is a groaner, in the most delightful way.
The Last Word
And here, the comic strip adventures of the seventh Doctor, Ace, and Benny come to an end. For reasons I didn't understand, this is framed as the Doctor writing up an account (in the third person) of a recent adventure the TARDIS crew had. The adventure itself is somewhere between a parody and a pastiche of the Virgin New Adventures: Gareth Roberts lists all the tropes in the notes at the end, but I picked out most of them myself. Journeys into 1970s pop culture, overcomplicated plots, a voyage into "puterspace," and the Doctor being mentally tormented by all the people and planets he's let die. I had fun, and it mostly comes across as good-spirited. It's funny, though, that despite being a DWMification of the VNAs, it doesn't feel anything like the actual DWM strips that tied into the VNAs! I feel like it makes a better finale to this era than Cuckoo/Uninvited Guest, so I'm glad I read it here. With a wink and tounge-in-cheek, it's time to switch to something completely different!
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