Well, I haven’t had a real chance to introduce myself to this board yet. I’m a former member of the Yahoo group (which I’m currently trying to rejoin, but have not been able to attract Sydney or Beau’s attention in this matter) who left because of the unreadable strips produced during Locher’s solo tenure. It was not, as I am sure most of you agree, the best of times for the Dick Tracy comic strip. I have been a fan of Tracy for some twenty years now, and like many of my generation, I blame the Warren Beatty Dick Tracy movie for that. Well, not so much the movie itself, which is fun but flawed, but all of the great merchandise, particularly reprint books, that preceded it and followed in its wake. The Celebrated Cases was my first taste of Tracy, and since then, I have been hooked on Gould’s classic vision. I am also a fan of comics and cartoons in general (and yes, Terry, anime and manga as well. Gunsmith Cats is one I have enjoyed, but for gritty crime dramas in anime, though it is rather mature in content to say the least, I would have to say Crying Freeman is a master work. Miyazaki and the works of Rumiko Takahashi and their respective anime adaptaions are among my favorites). I have a lot of comments to make and catching up to do, and am pleased to make the acquaintance of some of you, and to continue the acquaintance of others of you.Aaron
Well, I haven’t had a real chance to introduce myself to this board yet. I’m a former member of the Yahoo group (which I’m currently trying to rejoin, but have not been able to attract Sydney or Beau’s attention in this matter) who left because of the unreadable strips produced during Locher’s solo tenure. It was not, as I am sure most of you agree, the best of times for the Dick Tracy comic strip. I have been a fan of Tracy for some twenty years now, and like many of my generation, I blame the Warren Beatty Dick Tracy movie for that. Well, not so much the movie itself, which is fun but flawed, but all of the great merchandise, particularly reprint books, that preceded it and followed in its wake. The Celebrated Cases was my first taste of Tracy, and since then, I have been hooked on Gould’s classic vision. I am also a fan of comics and cartoons in general (and yes, Terry, anime and manga as well. Gunsmith Cats is one I have enjoyed, but for gritty crime dramas in anime, though it is rather mature in content to say the least, I would have to say Crying Freeman is a master work. Miyazaki and the works of Rumiko Takahashi and their respective anime adaptaions are among my favorites). I have a lot of comments to make and catching up to do, and am pleased to make the acquaintance of some of you, and to continue the acquaintance of others of you.Aaron