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AICN COMICS: Exclusive First Look at the Cover for THE DARK TOWER: THE LONG ROAD HOME!

Faust! by playahatersball	Nov 20th, 2007 03:21:08 AM
Ha!
Why I am lame by playahatersball	Nov 20th, 2007 03:21:44 AM
Not actually a Dork Tower fan, sorry.
Ive gotta get this.. by Redfive!	Nov 20th, 2007 04:00:11 AM
My brother worships the dark tower books and king in general.I love comics and GNs and cant come to read long novel's,so looks like im in luck to get my king fix.
I have no interest in this series whatsoever by Riley Martin	Nov 20th, 2007 05:37:55 AM
And I've read, like, 7 King books
I gave up on this series... by MaxTheSilent	Nov 20th, 2007 05:51:04 AM
...very quickly. I've read WIZARD AND GLASS many times. Why would I buy this comic? I'll likely get the trade if someone can convince me it's worth it. Jai Lee's artwork is a candy-coated travesty. Not an ounce of the ugly grittiness the world needs. It's all air-brushed Marvel super-hero horse-shit. Roland was based on Clint Eastwood, not a member of Fall Out Boy!!
playahatersball! by Fawst	Nov 20th, 2007 07:18:47 AM
Oh, FAUST. Yah, good comic. Now if only they made the movie as good.
Isn't the Buffy comic's story arc "The Long Road Home"? by tonagan	Nov 20th, 2007 07:23:39 AM
Or something similar? Buffy fans will get confused, because they're stupid.
tonagan by MaxTheSilent	Nov 20th, 2007 07:37:05 AM
Careful. You'll bring the 'Browncoats' down on yourself and that'll be the last anyone ever hears of you.
Gunslinger Born Trade by Kizeesh	Nov 20th, 2007 07:45:44 AM
Came out about a month or two after the end of the run. It's certainly worth it if you're a big fan. Frankly I'm more interested in the Road Home story as it was only vaguely touched upon in the novels (Until they get home and Rhea does her vengeance bit) This second series has the potential to be better than the first because it's creating it's own new story rather than a vastly diluted version of a 300 page novel.
Saw The Mist last night... by Abin Sur	Nov 20th, 2007 09:06:37 AM
...at an Atlanta screening. You guys who love Dark Tower will flip over the painting that Thomas Jane is working on at the start of the movie. I HAVE TO OWN THAT PAINTING - I hope to God there's a way to buy it, it was gorgeous!
The artwork looks like Paul Gulacy's work by Amadeo Zeller	Nov 20th, 2007 09:23:48 AM
Nice.
Can't wait. Love the Dark Tower, was expecting new stories too by Stormwatcher	Nov 20th, 2007 09:32:11 AM
So this should be great. I just wish they would actually do that HBO series
Quint - what's the word on a release date? by Abin Sur	Nov 20th, 2007 09:48:22 AM
I'm sure next year...
i gotta get by El Borak	Nov 20th, 2007 11:00:05 AM
that hardcover awesomeness.
I never got around to.. by turketron	Nov 20th, 2007 11:22:35 AM
I never got around to the last 3 books... last one I read was Wizard and Glass. I need to get back into it and finish off the original series...
Ewan McGregor for Roland! by darthflagg	Nov 20th, 2007 11:22:47 AM
Am I the only one who thinks the young Roland in the comic looks like McGregor? And he has the blue eyes. He wouldn't be a bad choice for the movie version, provided he can do a gruff Clint Eastwood type voice.
Ewan McGrergor? by rev_skarekroe	Nov 20th, 2007 11:30:30 AM
No. No no no. Whathisface. The new James Bond. But with black hair and a old-West accent.
Release Date: March 2008 by Flaggg	Nov 20th, 2007 11:36:39 AM
Can't wait for this, and that cover is gorgeous! These guys just keep getting better and better with each comic book that is released. And now we'll get some answers to what happened to Roland while within Maerlyn's Grapefruit.
Dark Tower Fans Must Be DIsappointed by kujofbrooklyn	Nov 20th, 2007 11:53:06 AM
The comics just weren't good, plain and simple. I remember the first time i read Wizard and Glass, finishing it sitting by my window near the radiator. I was washed out after that, exhausted emotionally, but still really eager to get to the next installment. The comics just bored the hell out of me. The only interesting parts of the comics were the few pages at the ends where they told tales of Rolands world. Ka? Ka-ka.
story? by Magnethead	Nov 20th, 2007 12:04:46 PM
I'm hoping this wont be another retelling of an existing dark tower book. The art and coloring are really nice in these though.
The first mini was a big letdown by MrEkoLetMeLive	Nov 20th, 2007 12:10:34 PM
If you've read "Wizard & Glass" all the comic book was, was that story with a lot of the good bits taken out for the sake of space. Hopefully, we'll actually get something NEW in this next mini.
The fist mini by BrightEyes	Nov 20th, 2007 02:50:39 PM
was my introduction to Dark tower, and because of it I bought the books and have loved them, so I cannot wait for this second series to come out.
Trades suck - there's just no getting around it by gruntybear	Nov 20th, 2007 03:04:17 PM
Omnibus reprints of monthly series will be the death of comics, just as freely available, intangible MP3's are now the death of tangible recorded music for the masses. This is not a good thing. It's the death of culture. Thanks ever so much you cheapskate cyber-kiddies.
Bruce Campbell for big screen Roland! by The Eskimo	Nov 20th, 2007 04:02:44 PM
I always thought Roland should be kind of older...ageless.
It's a New Story by Flaggg	Nov 20th, 2007 04:27:08 PM
First, the background of Roland had to be told in comic book format to introduce fans to this world and who Roland is. That requires adapting Gunslinger and Wizard & Glass. In short, don't be selfish; you didn't have to buy The Gunslinger Born if you didn't want to. Second, this next mini-series is all new material. It is the story of Roland, Bert, and Alain's trip back home to Gilead. During this trip, Roland is stuck within Maerlyn's Grapefruit while other events transpire around Bert and Alain. The only thing that might have been seen before in this next mini-series is the events leading up to Roland's mother's downfall and what happens to Rhea of the Coos. But that might be saved for the third mini-series where Gilead becomes an even more dangerous place as the world moves on.
trades suck? by newc0253	Nov 20th, 2007 05:46:33 PM
yeah, because i too find it impossible to appreciate great story and artwork unless it is interrupted every 3 fucking pages with ads for (a) warcraft (b) the army (c) other comics and (d) how drinking/smoking/having premarital sex isn't cool. i buy comics monthly because i can't wait for the trades for the stories i like. but let's not kid ourselves that somehow makes monthlies the superior format.
I'll second that emotion by Duke of Hurl	Nov 20th, 2007 06:18:44 PM
So I suppose when geeks shell out $100 for an over-priced hardcover edition like the DC Absolute series, they're contributing to your "death of culture" obsession? You're a moron, gruntybear.
I've read all the novels, are the comics worth reading? by The Dum Guy	Nov 20th, 2007 06:22:03 PM

Jae Lee owns Life by messi	Nov 20th, 2007 06:57:11 PM
that cunt can seriously draw. Fuck I still can't get over how incredible his pencils for the first Sentry miniseries were, from his originals, to his Frank Miller DKR style to his jack Kirby style panels. Amazing.
Abrams/Lindelof have first option on a DT movie by performingmonkey	Nov 20th, 2007 08:49:10 PM
I know it's hard to see how the Dark Tower books could be adapted into movies but I would still like to see it happen. Perhaps you could make a trilogy out of the entire series. Sure, a lot would be cut, but some of it is fat that could easily be trimmed. They could never do truly faithful versions so they should just try to deliver at least one amazing movie that works alone and doesn't feel like you need to have read the series and know the backstory.
Automobiles suck - there's just no getting around it by rev_skarekroe	Nov 20th, 2007 09:34:43 PM
Horseless carriages will be the death of equestrianism, just as the jenny is now the death of spinning wheel. This is not a good thing. It's the death of culture. Thanks ever so much you speed-obsessed mechano-kiddies.
I started to read the Dark Tower novels recently... by Bobo_Vision	Nov 20th, 2007 10:49:07 PM
...and I've been stuck on the fourth novel for several months with little progress because I've lost total interest. The series kind of veered off into a direction I wasn't compelled to follow. I'll finish them for completion, but it feels like homework now.
Awesome by ye olde shiza	Nov 20th, 2007 10:50:45 PM
I just read the hardcover version, and I was pretty impressed. The narration is a little strange at first, like some old witch-doctor is telling us a story in third-person, but the effect died down pretty quick. The art in the back is pretty great, which gives us some Jae Lee pencil work, and a step-by-step into how Isanove inked one particular frame. For the readers of the Dark Tower series, I would say the hardcover is worth a buy if simply for revisiting one of the best stories in the series, though I would love to see some comics with Eddie Dean and Jake (just me, I guess). Besides that, it's rewritten and retold through the weird narrator (as mentioned), and it's kinda neat to see the choices that the artists made for Cort, Cuthbert, and Alain. On that note, who else out there thinks that Jae Lee's take on the Crimson King is far better than Stephen King's descriptions? The scene with him and all of the orbs effectively washed the bad taste that (SPOILERS, BOOK READERS) seeing ... the Crimson King hurling grenades off the side of a tower in book 7 put in my mouth. He seemed like a ridiculous enemy after that bit. The comic makes him and Walter seem kinda scary, though, which is nice.
Re: Bobo_Vision by ye olde shiza	Nov 20th, 2007 10:56:16 PM
The story takes a drastic shift in Book 4, but I would definitely trudge on. Many people think Book 4 is their favorite, and it really sets a lot of the following books up. I hear where you're coming from, though ... it took me years to return to the Dark Tower after getting halfway through Book 4, myself. With that said, I think you'll eventually appreciate it a great deal. It does seem like homework, but I think the story (since it's such a thematic departure) just takes a coupla hundred pages to really sink in. It really fleshes out Roland for us.
I'm thinking the lack of posts here... by kujofbrooklyn	Nov 20th, 2007 11:37:06 PM
says something about the interest that Tower fans have for this thing. I have no pump at all about this, except for maybe to see how they'll the Sisters infirmary. I never really had a good clear image of that in my mind as I did with so many other things in the book. And they should never ever make this into a movie. (Eddie Dean : Jared Leto)
Sorry... by tristeele	Nov 21st, 2007 12:08:48 AM
That last book just killed me. I don't know if Ill ever be ready to revisit this universe. With everything that happened in the final (I'll stay spoiler free for the newbs above) I just hated, HATED the ending. If these were new stories AFTER the final book, I might be inclined to join on but its not and probably never will be. To the poster above who said they would like to see Eddie and Jake again. I'm with you brother. Eddie was and still is my favorite character. The Drawing of the Three is my absolute favorite book. I just wish I hadn't read that last book. I LOVED Stephen King before. Everything he wrote I was all about. Now I just get a bitter taste in my mouth. Sorry I know Im a whiny fanboy. But 20 years of my life went into reading those books and well, just not the ending I was hoping for. I hope the Harry Potter fans how lucky they are with the ending they got. True closure. Sorry for rambling.
1 final thing. by tristeele	Nov 21st, 2007 12:11:33 AM
As others have said- Wizards and Glass does drag for awhile. But the ending is worth it. Its beautiful. It really does explain Roland better. After you've read it once- you can revisit it and the story is actually a breeze to get through. For some reason that first read through is tough.
To Be Fair, Tristeele... by TheBladehelm	Nov 21st, 2007 02:20:03 AM
Sai King did warn us that the ending wouldn't be satisfying. After so long, it couldn't have been. And although I agree that Harry Potter's ending was more instantly satisfying, the ending to Dark Tower was a much braver choice, and ultimately will resonate with me much longer.
'comics books ... hardly qualify as culture'? by newc0253	Nov 21st, 2007 04:19:47 AM
boy, are you ever on the wrong frakking site. i thought the guy raging against trades was a buffoon, but you, sir, take a prize. on a wholly unrelated note, but actually on-topic, i only ever read the first three books of the Dark Tower. i get the love for them, but - let's be honest - they 're also full of a lot of padding. also, having had the ending of book 7 spoiled for me in another talkback hardly makes me want to slog my way through another 4 books, especially given King's tendency to pad.
I am Batman what the fuck are you talking about? by messi	Nov 21st, 2007 05:15:01 AM
comic books are the modern myth, they juxtapose myths that people believe(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) against Myths that we wish we could believe. And lately? Have you not read SINESTRO CORPS WAR you dumb fuck. That is not only the best Superhero story in decades, or the best comic book story in decades but it is close to goign down as one of the best stories in fiction.
As both a comic fan and a DT Junkie.... by BangoSkank	Nov 21st, 2007 07:15:15 AM
for more than twenty years, I went into the Gunslinger Born knowing that it couldn't meet all of my expectations. Know what I'm saying? To condense a book of that size, not to mention illustrate scenes and characters I'd been imagining on my own for so long? In the end, I enjoyed it. I thought it was a decent start and an okay adaptation. I really enjoyed the backup stories by Robin Firth (sp?) and am REALLY looking forward to more original stories in the second series... Hopefully they're able to fill in some blanks, that particular time period in Roland's life should be rich with opportunity.....

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