Comments on: Jeff Smith's comic RASL http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/jeff-smiths-comic-ra.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 10:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: vonnegutlives http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/jeff-smiths-comic-ra.html#comment-346674 vonnegutlives Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346674 RASL is so great, but it only comes out once in a blue moon. The next issue won't be out until March (I think). I have to reread the previous issues when a new one comes out (but maybe that's Smith's plan). RASL is so great, but it only comes out once in a blue moon. The next issue won’t be out until March (I think). I have to reread the previous issues when a new one comes out (but maybe that’s Smith’s plan).

]]> By: Umbriel http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/jeff-smiths-comic-ra.html#comment-346725 Umbriel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346725 The B-1 bomber only has a crew of 4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-1_Lancer#Specifications_.28B-1B.29 ...which doesn't seem completely out of control for creating a graphic novel (perhaps two writers, one artist, one inker/colorer...), even if it can be done quite well solo. The B-1 bomber only has a crew of 4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-1_Lancer#Specifications_.28B-1B.29

…which doesn’t seem completely out of control for creating a graphic novel (perhaps two writers, one artist, one inker/colorer…), even if it can be done quite well solo.

]]> By: cshirky http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/jeff-smiths-comic-ra.html#comment-347242 cshirky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347242 @brad, my bad. Fixed, and thanks. @brad, my bad. Fixed, and thanks.

]]> By: dderidex http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/jeff-smiths-comic-ra.html#comment-347258 dderidex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347258 Wait - WHEN were you 17, Violent Femmes existed, and Led Zeppelin *used* to be 'simple, direct, urgent, short'? Last I checked, "Stairway to Heaven" was 1971, and if THAT is what you call 'short'... Wait – WHEN were you 17, Violent Femmes existed, and Led Zeppelin *used* to be ‘simple, direct, urgent, short’?

Last I checked, “Stairway to Heaven” was 1971, and if THAT is what you call ‘short’…

]]> By: Brad S. http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/jeff-smiths-comic-ra.html#comment-347027 Brad S. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347027 Thanks for the review and recommendation, but maybe it should be edited to remove a spoiler? Thanks for the review and recommendation, but maybe it should be edited to remove a spoiler?

]]> By: bibulb http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/jeff-smiths-comic-ra.html#comment-346806 bibulb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346806 I see the magic words "Jeff Smith". Sold. I see the magic words “Jeff Smith”. Sold.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/04/jeff-smiths-comic-ra.html#comment-346874 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-346874 There's a really neat 'oversized' trade paperback of the first three issues coming out next week, and it's actually pretty cheap. Check it out on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Rasl-1-Drift-Jeff-Smith/dp/1888963204/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228428106&sr=8-1 There’s a really neat ‘oversized’ trade paperback of the first three issues coming out next week, and it’s actually pretty cheap. Check it out on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Rasl-1-Drift-Jeff-Smith/dp/1888963204/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228428106&sr=8-1

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