TOM STRONG discussion

[grphxkindaguy]

As I understand it, what happened was that Awesome folded overnight with virtually no warning and stiffed all its creative talent.

It wasn't so much that Moore was a screw-up or that he was desperate for money himself as it was that all his regular collaborators had mortgages and bills to pay and needed work ASAP.

He was already in talks with Wildstorm over LoeG (or may have actually already signed with them to do LoeG) so when they offered a deal straight up that minimized the hardship for all his fellow creators, Moore went for it.

Ah ok, that explains it. I also thought Moore owned all the ABC properties and was surprised to see more stuff come out from it after he had left.

[grphxkindaguy]

Would anyone know wether there are any plans to collect Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom in a hardcover edition?
I have all the Moore Hardcovers (of everything done for ABC) and I would like to complete the set.

I don't think so RawShark, IIRC that mini-series did really poorly in sales. So poorly I'm surprised they even finished it!

[RawShark]

I don't think so RawShark, IIRC that mini-series did really poorly in sales. So poorly I'm surprised they even finished it!

ah well, trade paperback it is, then

[inferno]

So I recently picked up Tom Strong Terrific Tales #12, and the lead Peter Bagge story was great. I was surprised that Bagge only did the art and Alan Moore scripted it. Moore really captured Bagge's voice.

[Magnum_Valentino]

I bought all six main books and the first of the Terrific Tales books last week shortly after finishing Promethea. Can't bear starting a new series without the whole run at my disposal. Look forward to posting in here once I've read the lot but I've a little Morrison to get through before then.

[RawShark]

Read the Tom Strong & the Robots of Doom trade last night and quite enjoyed it.
The art is nice and clean and the story is one of the best non-Moore ones I've read from the ABC line.
They keep the characters personnality in-line with what had been established before and there are a few nice "heart-warming" scenes between the lot.
I feel sad that it wasn't the success that it deserved to be as that will probably mean that there won't be any more stories to follow.

[grphxkindaguy]

I feel sad that it wasn't the success that it deserved to be as that will probably mean that there won't be any more stories to follow.

I felt the same, probably the LAST Tom Strong story we'll ever see again.

[demos99]

The Terra Obscura mini-series were all written by Steve Moore. I'm a sucker for the weirdo team books. The first mini was great, the second fell flat.

Credit Where Credit's Due Dept. - Peter Hogan actually wrote the Terra Obscura minis (based on plots by Alan Moore), not Steve Moore.

S.Moore also wrote the Robots of Doom mini, that came out last year. This was good too, but Steve is no Alan.

Sorry, that was Peter Hogan as well.

[RawShark]

I was waiting for the Terra Obscura Hardcovers before getting them, but I guess that's not likely to happen either.
On a side-note they WERE published in hardcover for the Spanish editions and I did order it from Amazon by mistake... so I just gave them away to a "Spanish-school" nearby.
Ah well, trade paperbacks to be ordered shortly.

[tomstewdevine]

I've been a long time fan of Tom Strong, I mean he has the best First name ever . Besides that, it's such a fun book that hits so many elements that make good comics. It made me look more into Doc Savage and other pulps. Which I think is such a cool subject. I loved how uncompramising Alan Moore is and this writing show how much range he really has.

Recently on our WebTV show "A Comic Book Look", we do some back issue diving and my parnter in crime read his first ever Tom Strong book, it was interesting to see what he had to say, give it a watch some time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN8dUPpDnTM

[grphxkindaguy]

Credit Where Credit's Due Dept. - Peter Hogan actually wrote the Terra Obscura minis (based on plots by Alan Moore), not Steve Moore.

Sorry, that was Peter Hogan as well.

D'oh!

So what did Steve Moore write then?!?

[demos99]

So what did Steve Moore write then?!?

Steve Moore wrote the 'Young Tom Strong' and 'Jonni Future' strips for Tom Stong's Terrific Tales.

[buytradestuff]

Loving this series as well right now (though not digging the Tomorrow Stories). Reminds me a bit of All-Star Superman in that it captures some of silver-age nostalgia for a modern audience, without being overly hokey.

[dupersuper]

I just finished reading today, the last of the Tom Strong series of comics. In total that was:

Tom Strong 1-36

Many Worlds of Tesla Strong, one-shot

Tom Stong's Terrific Tales 1-12

(spinoff/tie-in mini-series to TS)
Terra Obscura vol 1, 1-6
Terra Obscura vol 2, 1-6

and finally....

Tom Strong & the Robots of Doom 1-6

Thanks for the complete list: that'll come in handy.

[Eumenides]

Tom Strong's Terrific Tales was also an excellent series, focusing on Tom's younger years; I also loved the Jonnie Future stories - I'd love to see her return one day, provided Steve Moore continued to write her.