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I've owned this for a long time - but re-read it the other night. I loved 2000 AD and particularly Slaine as a kid. I originally read the first half of this in 2000AD monthly around three decades ago!
Before the review, it's plug time. I write fantasy novels and folklore stories.
Right! Onto the review. First of all, this is a really nicely presented hardback comic book. I wouldn't feel right calling it a graphic novel, because it is 100% in black and white. It b ...more
Before the review, it's plug time. I write fantasy novels and folklore stories.
Right! Onto the review. First of all, this is a really nicely presented hardback comic book. I wouldn't feel right calling it a graphic novel, because it is 100% in black and white. It b ...more
Things get really silly in this, the first Sláine epic, and the art isn't nearly as good as that by Angie Kincaid or Massimo Belardinelli. Still, there is an argument (made by Pat Mills himself) that this is the foundation of everything that comes after.
Thankfully 'ley-sers' never become a trope of the series, at least. I guess even Mills must have some regrets about that particular route around the British censors. There are also shades of Tweak in Pluke. I have a soft spot for both characters ...more
Thankfully 'ley-sers' never become a trope of the series, at least. I guess even Mills must have some regrets about that particular route around the British censors. There are also shades of Tweak in Pluke. I have a soft spot for both characters ...more
