Baltimore:The Plague Ships

[CBM]

Out today...

[THE REAL kirk]

...and it is pretty damn good

[Boston Style]

damn straight. What a solid team at work on this book!

[Jr. Wormwood]

Agreed! Looks even better in color :)

[zur en arrh]

I haven't read Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, but I still thought this was an excellent issue.

[Neil Hill]

Spoilers...




Is it just me, or is the sequence with the bird flying out of the Vampire's mouth one of the best little throw away moments from this issue? Loved it!

[Jackson Brody]

This Stenbeck kid's hot stuff! Good hire, Team Mignola.

[Boston Style]

totally agree JB. He fits this stuff so well. Remember how great he was on the Witchfinder series?

[Kees_L]

Love it.
The feel, the grasp, the smell, the ringing, endless endless - ... - sorry.

Going only on the rich preview bits I got as yet, I gotta say it rocks. Like pioneering pulp high on daguerrotypes or industrious cinematographics!

> Spoilers <

I love how the Lord Balt looks so appropriately buff yet slim or boney, like he'd be tough as hot cooked nails for sure.
I also really love the crone seeing things in her soup bowl. So good it's steaming.

In response to the whole preview-thing I wrote to the editors: "go take the week off, this project can't go wrong" .
(I was merely kidding 'though.)

[Noct]

I'm going to have to wait for Trades on this one. I can't wait though. Looks amazing.

[brentmcd]

I didn't read the novel, but I loved this first issue. Great writing, great art. No complaints whatsoever.

[edhopper]

It was good. Does this take place in the Hellboy Universe?

[Neil Hill]

I'm going to have to wait for Trades on this one. I can't wait though. Looks amazing.

I'm curious why you would deprive yourself of the monthlies, and I guess in a larger context why others do as well? (Not necessarily just you here, btw) I read on MB's all the time that so and so feels that they *have* to wait for the story to be collected in order to read it, as if they are involved in some kind of forced fast in service to a higher good, when in reality the motivations rarely seem so altruistic. So, this begs the question (and hopefully not to derail the original topic here too intensely), why do people feel that they must so deprive themselves of the monthlies in order to wait for the TPB? A few dollars saved on the back end? Keeping themselves way from the comic shop because of some social stigma? I just don't get it.

[edhopper]

I'm curious why you would deprive yourself of the monthlies, and I guess in a larger context why others do as well? (Not necessarily just you here, btw) I read on MB's all the time that so and so feels that they *have* to wait for the story to be collected in order to read it, as if they are involved in some kind of forced fast in service to a higher good, when in reality the motivations rarely seem so altruistic. So, this begs the question (and hopefully not to derail the original topic here too intensely), why do people feel that they must so deprive themselves of the monthlies in order to wait for the TPB? A few dollars saved on the back end? Keeping themselves way from the comic shop because of some social stigma? I just don't get it.

And it has been pointed out before. The more readers that "wait for the trades" the less monthly readers. The less likely they will continue to publish them and therefore the fewer series to collect in trades.
It is a self defeating action.
Trades are great for series you missed. (Davis' Marquis for example) But to not read them when you know they are available just to wait will eventually deprive you of the very book you want to read.

[Noct]

I'm curious why you would deprive yourself of the monthlies, and I guess in a larger context why others do as well? (Not necessarily just you here, btw) I read on MB's all the time that so and so feels that they *have* to wait for the story to be collected in order to read it, as if they are involved in some kind of forced fast in service to a higher good, when in reality the motivations rarely seem so altruistic. So, this begs the question (and hopefully not to derail the original topic here too intensely), why do people feel that they must so deprive themselves of the monthlies in order to wait for the TPB? A few dollars saved on the back end? Keeping themselves way from the comic shop because of some social stigma? I just don't get it.

I live in France at the moment and I already have a huge pile of books that I want to bring back to Canada with me next spring. (Not just comics.) Since Baltimore is something I have no connection with (Haven't read the book yet) other than my love for the creative team, I figure I can wait and save myself a bit of weight. If I bought everything I wanted now I wouldn't be able to afford sending it all back.

I'm terrible at waiting for trades. I buy monthlies in the Hellboy universe because I just can't stand the wait. One day, when back in Canada, I'll probably even buy the trades, but as it goes now, it's just not a wise choice.