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Part 3 of 3 for Marvel's THE STAND adaptation! Quint interviews writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa plus a special surprise...

This will rock. by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord	Jul 24th, 2008 03:17:50 AM
The Dark Tower was badass, reaffirming Marvel for me a bit, so I'm really looking forward to checking this out.
He sounds like he loves it ....... by Be_a_zed	Jul 24th, 2008 03:24:15 AM
.....therefore it will be great.
file by Quint	Jul 24th, 2008 03:34:48 AM
can you guys open the PDF? It's opening blank for some people and not for others...
God...this looks awesome. by Beeslo	Jul 24th, 2008 03:37:29 AM
When does this masterpiece hit the stands? Also, for those who have been reading The Dark Tower comics and books....does anyone sense a gigantic cross-over brooding in the distance?
blinded by Quint	Jul 24th, 2008 03:48:18 AM
September, I think.
PDF by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord	Jul 24th, 2008 03:57:26 AM
Worked fine for me, awesome little teaser for everyone who knows what comes next. And yeah, September ?? is all I can find anywhere.
This is almost as cool as... by snitchseeker	Jul 24th, 2008 04:14:45 AM
Gone. Don't think anyone has forgotten.
It's a layered PDF. You need the latest software by V'Shael	Jul 24th, 2008 04:25:06 AM
Also, it allows you to pull the raw images from the file, without the word balloons. Neat!
PDF by Be_a_zed	Jul 24th, 2008 05:23:18 AM
Took a little while, well well worth the wait though.
God will give me kung-fu against my enemies by Nasty In The Pasty	Jul 24th, 2008 07:56:42 AM
Amen.
So by Shigeru	Jul 24th, 2008 08:08:30 AM
that's the dead baby from the preview page? lol dead babies
view it in Reader or Acrobat, by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet	Jul 24th, 2008 08:44:22 AM
not Preview or any other program. it should be fine.
and yeah, looks good. by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet	Jul 24th, 2008 08:45:03 AM
i just hope its long as hell.
Shigeru by Sailor Rip	Jul 24th, 2008 08:45:54 AM
Oh yeah, I guess that's the page he said he was really pulling for them add to the book. Not much of a surprise anymore.
Awesome by Mel Gibsteinberg	Jul 24th, 2008 10:04:01 AM
They did a great job of economically laying out the first section of the book. I love the economy and style of comics, you have to say so much with so little, and it really forces the creative process. This could be great! Jeez, just thinking of Campion, and how scary the spread of Captain Tripps was, and thinking about all those people dying, the government cover up, the people locked in prison or the hospital, it just creeps me out and makes me want to re-read that novel all over again. I think King has never written anything better.
Great Stuff by Leto III	Jul 24th, 2008 11:49:54 AM
Looking forward to seeing my favorite part of King's novel -- his depiction of the collapse of society, especially that one chapter of vignettes. Wonder how closely Marvel's gonna hew to the text, versus what they might cut out?
Actually better without the word balloons. by eggart	Jul 24th, 2008 12:47:30 PM
Very nice.
GRAMMATICAL ERROR on the third page... by 3D-Man	Jul 24th, 2008 12:50:51 PM
...in the third panel. It should read "Sally took one last look at the bungalow they'd LIVED in for the last three years." Marvel can send me a check for my editing services. Or a free copy of the entire series would also work. It's really looking GREAT though!!! Roll on September!!!
Sold. by Kurutteru Yatsu	Jul 24th, 2008 05:57:15 PM
All the art I've seen so far has been excellent and the writer sounds like he gives a damn. Marvel has my money come September.
That is one ugly kid! by slave to the one	Jul 24th, 2008 08:16:50 PM
Looks like they used Aaron from Lost as a model! The rest of it kicks ass though!
Can't wait to see the rest and by Kneprock	Jul 24th, 2008 08:20:21 PM
I just wonder what all the crazy non sex between Harold and Nadine will look like
Oh BOY!!!! by rutgersjaffo	Jul 24th, 2008 08:35:26 PM
The amazing Stephen King classic now in comicbook form for those of you too damn stupid or lazy to open an actual piece of literature! Fantastic! Now we not only get that shitfest TV movie with Gary Sinice and Dahmer from Coach, but the amazingly uninspired minds of Marvel are milking the last drop from the teet by actually DRAWING PICTURES of the story for all of the 'tards in America who don't think anything is worth checking out unless they can get it in f-ing picture form. Jesus Christ, does ANYBODY have a single original idea anymore?! This is pathetic...
This more than makes sense by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord	Jul 24th, 2008 10:55:21 PM
The pairing of King w/ Marvel, I was blown away to find (via Wiki but whatever) that the 1st issue of the second series (Long Road Home) outsold everything else Marvel had on the shelf by 20,000 copies. I hope the 3rd DT series continues this trend, I hope The Stand brings in the readers as well, and finally I hope that in the future we might see a visual adaptation of IT that lives up to the source. Now THAT would be "excelsior!".
rutgersjaffo by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord	Jul 24th, 2008 11:07:22 PM
Get off the cross, the wood is needed. Apparently it does NOT go without saying that many of the people purchasing these comic books (2 words), myself included, have already read the originals inside & out years ago. Also,specifically RE: Marvel's Dark Tower series, even though I'm sure that I'm talking to the proverbial wall here, only the first installments recounted events depicted in the books. From series 2 on, they are original stories by Robin Furth & Peter David, using characters created by King, dealing with events not depicted in the original books.
This Looks Awesome by CaptainTripps	Jul 25th, 2008 08:56:12 AM
I always like to see other peoples interpretations of these characters and events to see how close they come to my own. This looks pretty right on so far. Looking forward to the first issue.
when does the Enders Game comic come out? by HoboCode	Jul 25th, 2008 12:26:04 PM

What scene? by Douglas Brown	Jul 26th, 2008 07:12:32 AM
"That scene between Frannie and her mother in the creepy parlor." What scene is he referring to?
Douglas Brown by CaptainTripsUK	Jul 26th, 2008 06:25:29 PM
Where she tells her mother she is pregnant, I dont think it is in the shorter version, but it is in the extended version.. nice scene. Cant wait for this to be released. and I have read that book at least 10 times.

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