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Subject: Re: SF-LOVERS Digest   V10 #297
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 16:55:47 EDT
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From: Miller.pasa@Xerox.ARPA

>From:  steve stuart@webstr.DEC
>In reference to M. Moorcock's stuff:
>I especially liked the way
>that while any individual series dealt with one particular
>incarnation, fate would, at times throw a few of the incarnations
>from other series into the picture.

>I'd like very much to read more sf with this feature (bug? :-)) ...
>can anyone think of what other authors do this, and do it well?

Anybody who likes Moorcock, the Theives World stuff, Old Humphrey Bogart
movies, O. Henry stories, or anything else in the world, should check
out a comic book called GRIMJACK.  It is, in my humble opinion, the best
book on the market at the moment.   Grimjack is a mercenary, detective,
bodyguard, assasin, thief, fighter, thug, bar owner (and all around nice
guy) who lives in The Pit in the city of Cynosure.  Cynosure is
approximately equal to Tanelorn-- the point at which all the multiverses
come together, and The Pit is roughly equivalent to Downwind in
Sanctuary-- which is roughly equivalent to Central Park after dark, or
the college registrar's office anytime (i.e. not a place to cultivate
marigolds.)  The combination is a powerful setting where ANYTHING can
happen.  Giant sentient slugs attack with Uzzis (spelling is optional.
I mean the Isaeli machine guns) and the locals really enjoy heavy metal
(bands, that is.)  

The writing of this series is what makes it worthwhile.  Believe it or
not, things are constrained and operate under logical rules.  The
stories have been simply superb (though there has been a recent shift in
authors, and I watching to see if the standard is maintained.)  The
artwork is generally some of the best out there and it each month's
issue redefines the phrase "attention to detail."  Be sure to read all
the grafitti wherever it appears; billboards can be a lot of fun; an
things like pinball machines in swords & sorcery taverns just make my
day.

Its from First comics and should be available in any good comics store.
Issue 15 (I think) is the latest one I've read and it's  a great
starting point-- it concerns Grimjack's assignment to guard a shipment
being delivered by a sentient truck which speaks only in 20th century
rock lyrics.  It's called "This Wheel's on Fire."  Read it.

--Chris