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static
05-08-2005, 07:51 AM
i just picked up book 2 and 3 of the Alan Moore- Rick Veitch 1963 series and was wondering if anyone has any information on this hidden gem! this is a legendary team and i cant belive i have never seen this collected in a TPB or even heard anything about it! how many issues are in the run? is it any good? how can it NOT BE ! alan moore!! rick veitch!! tell me why this series is so undercover!?!?!?!?
dancj
05-09-2005, 05:16 AM
It's a fun series, but it ends on a cliffhanger. The story was supposed to be wrapped up in a special drawn by Jim Lee, but it never materialised. It's a shame, because it really just leaves it hanging quite badly. IMO it sould never have been marketed as a 6 issue miniseries in the first place.

Dan
FunkyGreenJerusalem
05-09-2005, 06:38 AM
It bothers me because surely there'd be enough intrest to make it worth putting into trade form and getting someone to draw the final issue - not Lee though, the other artists inolved suited it more.

If ABC sells, surely this would?
Pil
05-09-2005, 08:30 AM
The story was supposed to be wrapped up in a special drawn by Jim Lee, but it never materialised.

Actually it was Liefeld. Later they talked about updating the story to the current Image universe. Don't know how they'll explain Shaft if they ever do it.

Besides the 6 issues, the characters also appeared in ShadowHawk #14 and one or two issues of Big Bang Comics.
dancj
05-10-2005, 04:49 AM
Actually it was Liefeld.

Actually it according to this (http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/faq/1963.html) page it looks like the book was passed from Jim Valentino to Jim Lee to Rob Liefeld.
dancj
05-10-2005, 04:51 AM
Inot Lee though, the other artists inolved suited it more.

I think the whole point was that the final issue would be drawn in the 90's Image house style. The final issue ended up with a 90's Image style villain threatening all of the retro heroes so that style would fit
Papergirl
05-10-2005, 06:23 PM
As much as I love Alan Moore's work, this thread really belongs on the Image board, so I am moving it there. :)

~Bev
Christopher Burton
05-10-2005, 07:00 PM
As much as I love Alan Moore's work, this thread really belongs on the Image board, so I am moving it there. :)

Thanks Bev!

1963 was a great little series. I think it would be cool if they got a bunch of veteran creators who were working in the 60s and 70s and do a big jam issue as the conclusion.
static
05-13-2005, 09:38 AM
i have only read 2 issues so far but what modern Image characters were involved that would bring about copyright problems? the 2 issues i read had none in it that i noticed.

has there been any movement to conclude the series?? what would be the hold up?
Christopher Burton
05-14-2005, 06:20 AM
has there been any movement to conclude the series?? what would be the hold up?

Not that I've heard of. Perhaps the main hold-up is that Alan Moore isn't too involved in comics these days. The ABC line is continuing with other creators at the helm. The Albion series is, I think, plotted by him, but that may be the extent of it. It sounds like he's just more interested in non-comics projects lately.

I wouldn't be surprised if he had some ideas or plots or something stashed away in his files. It would be cool if he passed those on to some collaborators who were interested in finalizing the series.