Talk:Finder (comics)
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AlainV - I replaced your edit--
- McNeil's spin-off series or sub-series (they are still numbered within the Finder progression when they are first issued) are Mystery Date and Talisman. They follow the life of two other characters in the same world as Finder.
--with this:
- McNeil's spin-off series Mystery Date follows the life of another character in the same world as Finder.
The thing is, the first two issues of Mystery Date were issued as Mystery Date #1 and #2, not Finder #anything - that's why I described it as a spin-off series. Those two haven't been collected yet. The third part of the story did appear in the main series, as Finder #31, but I'm not sure how to explain that in the article without being really confusing. As for "Talisman", the only thing that distinguishes it from the other named story arcs is that it's narrated by Marcie rather than Jaeger ... but Jaeger appears even less in "Dream Sequence". Sorry about the nit-picking... --Hob 06:43, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Speaking of which, should someone create a Mystery Date entry? I haven't gotten my paws on all of it yet, so I can't. FZ 15:47, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Oh yeah, also when I added the reference to Le Guin, Delany, and cyberpunk, I was thinking of content - Le Guin & Delany for the sociology/anthropology element & the focus on sexual and family roles; cyberpunk for the role of digital technology & the media, and the somewhat anarchic & dangerous atmosphere. I don't think there's any way to lump those 2 writers and 1 genre together in terms of "textual style". --Hob 06:51, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Finally: Old horror comics, really? Hmm. Example? --Hob 06:52, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Our esteemed artist explained herself the visual influence of old horror comics in an interview by Stuart Nathan for 9th art, posted on the Web at http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=254 In the same interview she also notes the separate origin of Mystery Date, at first, but then talks of her intention to integrate all of it within the series, which she is in the process of doing, having Finder 31 as a new Mystery date story. I will find another way of stating the "out of series" nature of the Talisman arc, after having reread the many Web based interviews and the three issues of Talisman. AlainV 22:48, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- OK, write whatever you think is right (and what you said about Mystery Date continuing in #31 is exactly what I just said above), but I'm still confused as to why you think "Talisman" is a special case in any way: all of the story arcs so far have been published as separate TPBs, and the characters in Talisman aren't at all separate from the rest of the series. As for the horror comics, I think the reference would need more context to be clear - unlike the Moebius influence, it's not really a connection you can understand just by looking at the art, without the explanation she gives in the interview. --Hob 00:35, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I will read a lot more of the originals before I set the three issue Talisman apart again. Which will take some time, because I have not yet found a sure way of buying the other issues (The local customs staff were horrible in the process of getting the few I have through the Internet and the mail) apart from watching the author's future trips to comics fair so I can buy them in situ, when they coincide with one of my vacation trips. I am still wondering how to phrase or explain in a very concise manner the context or creepy ambiance of those old horror comics. It seems to me that to blance or justify such an explantion there should also be an explantion of the ligne claire in Moebius and the mastery of movement and implied human (or monster) movement which he shares with Carla Speed Mc Neil. AlainV 02:35, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Oy, Canadian customs and comic books - yeah, I've heard about some problems there. Good luck! --Hob 06:30, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Hi. I added a scan of the Talisman GN for illustration purposes. Couldn't find my copy of the first one, so there you go. Hope I did everything right, this was my first wikipedia image. :) Airosche 07:14, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] move to Finder (comics) ?
ChrisGriswold "moved Finder (comic) to Finder (comic book series) .." and then "moved Finder (comic book series) to Finder (comic book): WP:CMC naming conventions)." However, at the moment WP:NCCom (Wikipedia:Naming conventions (comics)) says: "Conventions to use
- Use the name itself (e.g. Green Arrow) unless that leads to ambiguity, in which case...
- Follow with "(comics)" (e.g. Love and Rockets (comics)) unless that leads to ambiguity, (........)"
(I omited conventions 3 and 4 because I as far as I can tell "Finder (comics)" doesn't lead to ambiguity) My interpretation of WP:NCCom is that the Finder article should be at "Finder (comics). What do others think? --EarthFurst 22:29, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
