Comments on: The Webcomic Overlook #95: Legend of Bill http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/ Webcomic reviews are serious business. Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:37:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Taranaich http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-5634 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:26:48 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-5634 “I mean, we’re talking about stories where beefy dudes regularly walk around shirtless, hot warrior babes rush into battle in skimpy outfits, warriors have unpronounceable alphabet soup names like “Grignr,” and the prose is so tortured* that Amnesty International is filing formal complaints. Yet everything is taken deadly seriously, like their pulp paperbacks were King James Bibles or something.”

This only describes bad Sword-and-Sorcery: good Sword-and-Sorcery as written by Howard, Leiber, Moorcock and the like are hardly recognizable in comparison to the dreck of the genre. For example, Howard had his beefy dudes wearing armour as often as not, his hot warrior babes wore sensible clothing, warriors have sensible names taken from history and mythology, and the prose can hardly be described as “tortured.”

]]> By: The Gigcast » Blog Archive » Webcomic Wire - 08/31/09 http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2980 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:03:50 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2980 [...] Overlook No. 95: Legend of [...]

]]> By: Strip News 8-28-9 | Strip News | ArtPatient.com | ArtPatient.com http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2940 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:05:07 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2940 [...] i09. Lonely Panel did an anti-review of Reporterz, too. Webcomic Overlook opined on Dreamless and Legend of Bill. MPD57 reviewed Arctic, If You See The Hills, Rogue Royal and Simply Sarah. Peiz covered the [...]

]]> By: Anise http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2898 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:23:59 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2898 I have been reading your reviews for a while now, ever since Alex linked you from “The Meek”, a webcomic that tends towards the fantastical entertainment quoted from your interview.

I must say, you do get around. So far I have been turned on (and off) of several previously unknown (to me) webcomics through your reviews. I am now reading a couple of LoB strips to see if I can get into it, and I agree that the humour is a little on the corney side. I prefer my humour much more raunchy, so it’s nice to know ahead of time that we’re not going to get any crude “your mom” jokes anytime soon.

Looking forward to the next review!

]]> By: Brock http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2767 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:17:52 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2767 I already said it on Twitter, but terrific LoB review here. A review like this is, to me, worth a lot more than a purely laudatory one. I think you were quite fair and accurate in your assessment. This is why I love reading your reviews–I can always count on honesty a true critical eye. Can’t wait to see what you pick next, El Santo.

]]> By: Michael Stearns http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2763 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:05:59 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2763 Shh, you’re gonna get me in trouble! xD

]]> By: Og http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2760 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:14:59 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2760 Nice to see LoB get the full review treatment. Fair all in all, and I for one am glad to see the return of a full-time David Reddick at the helm of LoB. Roll on with yer bad ole reviewin’ self.

]]> By: El Santo http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2758 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:06:51 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2758 Well, thanks, David! I’m blushing. I felt this particular intro, by the way, was a little more useful than most: I do like how Howard did internalize things from everyday life and carved a new genre out of it. His biography has very strong implications in storytelling.

Also, I should pass some credit (blame?) to Dawn of Time‘s Michael Stearns, who suggested I review Legend of Bill in the first place. :)

]]> By: David Reddick http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2757 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:59:41 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2757 Wonderful review, El Santo. Thank you. I’m honored. I think the best things about this, and all your reviews, are the lengths you will go to add the extra tidbits of trivia, information, backstory, creator info (I forgot about the Trek Wiki at Memory Alpha!) and historical data (LOVED the beginning portion which added the varied historical look at the sword and sorcery genre and its perpetrators). Robert E. Howard. Leiber. Moorcock. Bradley. Sergio. Dave Sim. Legend of Bill. All in the same breath. Is that the sun shining in my window? Yes.

]]> By: LegendOfBill.com Webcomic » Legend of Bill reviewed extensively by “Webcomic Overlook” http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/08/20/the-webcomic-overlook-95-legend-of-bill/#comment-2756 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:28:34 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=3500#comment-2756 [...] of Bill has been reviewed by Webcomic Overlook in an extensive look at the comic, all its pros and cons, and lots of images [...]

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