Comments on: Seekers Into the Mystery http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BOOM! Studios Blog » Blog Archive » SEEKERS: “impressive” http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103286 BOOM! Studios Blog » Blog Archive » SEEKERS: “impressive” Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:48:08 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103286 [...] “By offering hope for rebirth for even the most washed-up and jaded of individuals, DeMatteis inspire....” — Comics Worth Reading [...]

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]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103105 Johanna Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:06:58 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103105 I just read the remaining issues and I can see it being problematic for people who weren't comfortable with the spiritual aspects. I did like the way it could work for both Christian and less traditional beliefs. I just read the remaining issues and I can see it being problematic for people who weren’t comfortable with the spiritual aspects. I did like the way it could work for both Christian and less traditional beliefs.

]]> By: Mage http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103102 Mage Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:37:00 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103102 I think it was the overall type of the story. I'm not very spiritual, and I have little to no tolerance for unresolved mystery. I like my universes - standard or magical - to follow explicable rules and ultimately reveal all to the reader (to the characters is optional). The longer that story went on, the more ethereal and ambiguous it got. Plus the main character brought most of his problems on himself, and I usually prefer my conflicts to be more external than internal. Ultimately, the book was just totally Not For Me. I think it was the overall type of the story. I’m not very spiritual, and I have little to no tolerance for unresolved mystery. I like my universes – standard or magical – to follow explicable rules and ultimately reveal all to the reader (to the characters is optional). The longer that story went on, the more ethereal and ambiguous it got.

Plus the main character brought most of his problems on himself, and I usually prefer my conflicts to be more external than internal.

Ultimately, the book was just totally Not For Me.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103077 Johanna Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:19:15 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103077 Isn't it interesting how differently we can relate to works depending on who we are at the time? Isn’t it interesting how differently we can relate to works depending on who we are at the time?

]]> By: Dave http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103074 Dave Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:58:17 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103074 I really loved this series when it was originally published. I'd only been back into comics a year or so following a 10-year break and was excited about the range of subject matter being explored. I still have the complete run but haven't read it in over 10 years. Honestly, I don't think it would stand up real well for me today but that is mostly due to me being a very different person today than I was in '95. The series was well-structured for TPBs: IIRC, There were essentially 3 5-issue arcs comprised of a 4-issue main story and a done-in-one coda/epilogue that set the stage for the next arc. I would just say that most readers could probably be excused for being unhappy with the ending. I think Dematteis had a really big epic with lots of arcs planned but Vertigo pulled the plug. They gave him a double-sized issue #15 to wrap it up but it all seemed very abrupt and dissatisfying. But I enjoyed it immensely up to that point. I really loved this series when it was originally published. I’d only been back into comics a year or so following a 10-year break and was excited about the range of subject matter being explored. I still have the complete run but haven’t read it in over 10 years. Honestly, I don’t think it would stand up real well for me today but that is mostly due to me being a very different person today than I was in ’95.

The series was well-structured for TPBs: IIRC, There were essentially 3 5-issue arcs comprised of a 4-issue main story and a done-in-one coda/epilogue that set the stage for the next arc.

I would just say that most readers could probably be excused for being unhappy with the ending. I think Dematteis had a really big epic with lots of arcs planned but Vertigo pulled the plug. They gave him a double-sized issue #15 to wrap it up but it all seemed very abrupt and dissatisfying. But I enjoyed it immensely up to that point.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103073 Johanna Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:22:09 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103073 I hope they keep going, too, Sonic, since I've never read the series and would like to continue with it. Mage, you're welcome to think what you like. If I'd read this when it came out, I think I would have been bored by it, since I wouldn't have been looking for that kind of content. Curious: was it the ending you disliked, or was your opinion formed looking back on it? I hope they keep going, too, Sonic, since I’ve never read the series and would like to continue with it.

Mage, you’re welcome to think what you like. If I’d read this when it came out, I think I would have been bored by it, since I wouldn’t have been looking for that kind of content.

Curious: was it the ending you disliked, or was your opinion formed looking back on it?

]]> By: Mage http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103070 Mage Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:34:32 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103070 You're going to give me crap all weekend if I admit that I wound up really hating this series, aren't you? You’re going to give me crap all weekend if I admit that I wound up really hating this series, aren’t you?

]]> By: Sonic2nd http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103067 Sonic2nd Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:09:51 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103067 It's finally out?! I've been waiting for a graphic novel of this series for over a year now. J.M. Dematties is my favorite comic book writer and I'm so happy to see that more of his work being available in the trade paperback format. Seekers into the Mystery is a special series to me. It's the time I ever saw religion being treated with respect in a comic book. In the past I had mostly seen religion being used on some evil one dimension straw man who would stand for everything that the writer was againist. I hope they publish the entire series. I'm missing the last issue so I never did get to see how the comic ended. It’s finally out?! I’ve been waiting for a graphic novel of this series for over a year now. J.M. Dematties is my favorite comic book writer and I’m so happy to see that more of his work being available in the trade paperback format.

Seekers into the Mystery is a special series to me. It’s the time I ever saw religion being treated with respect in a comic book. In the past I had mostly seen religion being used on some evil one dimension straw man who would stand for everything that the writer was againist.

I hope they publish the entire series. I’m missing the last issue so I never did get to see how the comic ended.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103066 Johanna Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:22:30 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103066 Oh, good, always nice to have a satisfied customer! Oh, good, always nice to have a satisfied customer!

]]> By: Ray Cornwall http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/02/seekers-into-the-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-103058 Ray Cornwall Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:54:53 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6022#comment-103058 THANK YOU! I knew this was coming out at some point, but I missed the solicitation. I loved this (and Brooklyn Dreams, another project by DeMatteis and Barr), and I'll be rushing off to Amazon to buy a copy now! (And I hope that sales are good enough to continue this!) THANK YOU! I knew this was coming out at some point, but I missed the solicitation. I loved this (and Brooklyn Dreams, another project by DeMatteis and Barr), and I’ll be rushing off to Amazon to buy a copy now! (And I hope that sales are good enough to continue this!)

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