Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site looking.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: review of Kelvin Mace #1 Message-ID: <324@looking.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 00:00:00 EDT Article-I.D.: looking.324 Posted: Tue Aug 13 00:00:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 07:25:56 EDT References: <9864@ucbvax.ARPA> Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Organization: Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont Lines: 27 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