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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: review of Kelvin Mace #1
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 00:00:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 00:00:00 1985
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Organization: Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont
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I think whether you enjoy Kelvin Mace depends on your style of humour.
The humour in this book is the humour of the absurd, the same sort of
thing you find in places like Monty Python.  There's lots of Monty
Python that's far more violent, and people laugh at it.  The Black Knight
from Holy Grail, "Salad Days", and almost all of "The Meaning of Life" are
examples of this.

If you haven't already guessed, Monty Python is the favourite comedy group
of both myself and Ty.  (Yes, the author of the comic under discussion is
my brother.)

However,  Kelvin Mace doesn't quite live up, and to be honest I think it
has a way to go.  He's not drawing this and I think you lose something
when a magazine is not the work of one man.  He was also running himself
pretty ragged at the time this was done, as he was doing 4 mags at once
(Everything on STIG'S INFERNO, Writing on Kelvin Mace and Mister X, plus
editing the Vortex flagship comic).  I think he should cut down.

You might enjoy Stig #5.  While he was drawing it, I gave him my
Illuminatus! books and so he's put in a few references.  Due to political
problems, Stig #5 will be a while reaching the stands.  'nuff said,
to copy a phrase.

I will pass your review on to Kelvin Mace.  He may pay you a visit to
tell you how much he appreciates it.  8-)
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473