heard pullman on radio 4 talking about it, and it kind of put me off - talking about the eagle, jumpers for goalposts etc. it just seems too cosy, too fifties. it makes me think of that ghastly mid-ground guardian comic supplement they have on saturdays - which i know i would have hated when i was wee. where's pat mills when you need him? so to be honest, i'm only cautiously interested. i think it'll probably be killed by the subscription thing - it's just not going to have the pester power behind it until it's in the newsagents, but how's it going to get there without customers in the first place? seems doomed by its own good intentions. and poor business model. i mean, i'm not going to subscribe, as the dependant is a year or two off yet, and if i'm not, who is? (well, boboss apparently, which is good)
all that said - the strips look okay. nicely produced, a good mix of slick/serious and garish/silly not attempted since the excellent, overlooked 'buster', as far as i remember. is buster becoming a hip slagging word again? i seem to have heard it a bit lately... |
