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Anyone Else Old Enough to remember the Original Run of Grimjack?

post #1 of 13
1/5/07 at 11:41pm
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I remember back in the 80's this was a name mentioned a lot in catalogues and reviews as a good series; it appered in all those monthly "checklists" Mile High Comics or whoever would take out a one page ad publishing in the books every month. I got the impression at the time that it was pretty popular and that critics liked it, too, so eventually I gave it a chance and loved it right off. The 1st 4 issues are just great reads, and the overall storyline they start takes almost 30 issues to tell. Great background concept of the pan-dimensional city of Cynosure, great (anti?) hero and supporting cast, offbeat and sometimes genuinely funny back up feature in the Munden's Bar short companion feature in every issue, with a new writer and artist every month. Timothy Truman's art at the time wasn't nearly as polished as it is now, but that kind of added to the book's grim, gritty charm. And John Ostrander wrote w/ a dry and sometimes very funny sense of humor. I'm also a sucker for the aging hero, and time certainly was catching up w/ Gaunt as the series progressed.

But for some reason, I could never get any of my comic geek buddies to even give this a try (despite my success hooking them all on John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee novels). Did any of you read and enjoy this series?
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post #2 of 13
1/6/07 at 5:56am

I'm old enough

I remember loving this series, though it's been so long that I don't remember any of the plotlines, just John Gaunt himself. This one, American Flagg, Dreadstar, and Alien Legion were the only non-Marvel books I bought every month. Grimjack always seemed to me one of the great anti-heroes in comicdom. Good to hear his name again.
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post #3 of 13
1/6/07 at 9:35am
I was aware of it but never read it.
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post #4 of 13
1/6/07 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by tonetone
I remember loving this series, though it's been so long that I don't remember any of the plotlines, just John Gaunt himself. This one, American Flagg, Dreadstar, and Alien Legion were the only non-Marvel books I bought every month. Grimjack always seemed to me one of the great anti-heroes in comicdom. Good to hear his name again.
I liked Alien Legion a lot, too. But it was an Epic title. Epic was a Marvel property. I am glad I'm not the only person in the universe that liked Grimjack, though. I loaned issues 1-4 to my friend Rich to read (although he has denied this for 15 yrs) and never got them back, and I had a devil of a time replacing them. Conventions don't seem to stock anything non-Marvel or DC (or at least, precious little of it), and my local stores were sold out of them.
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post #5 of 13
1/6/07 at 12:49pm
Yeah, all those old titles were great...Still grab the stuff Timothy Truman does w/ Joe Lansdale.
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post #6 of 13
1/6/07 at 1:15pm
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg
I liked Alien Legion a lot, too. But it was an Epic title. Epic was a Marvel property.
Dreadstar was Epic too.

I remember seeing this, but since I grew up in Bum Fuck Egypt with the nearest comic store 100 miles away, I unfortunately missed out on all the great independent series that were out at that time. I HAVE been able to catch up on some of them lately (American Flagg! and Jon Sable, Freelance, notably).
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post #7 of 13
1/6/07 at 1:58pm
I wasn't alive when they were first published, but I have every issue of it. The real question is, does anyone remember Timothy Truman's Scout, which is the best post-apocalytpic comic ever written.
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post #8 of 13
1/6/07 at 2:12pm
I remember seeing Scout and Grim Jack, but never read them.
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post #9 of 13
1/6/07 at 3:14pm
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I heard of Scout, and saw ads for it in Grimjack, but I don't think I ever saw it on the store shelves. I also had no idea it was post apocalyptic. I always thought it was a western.
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post #10 of 13
1/6/07 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by Cigarette Burn
I wasn't alive when they were first published, but I have every issue of it.
Good man!
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post #11 of 13
1/7/07 at 6:52pm
Hell,I'm old enough to remember the first appereance of Wolverine in "The Incredible Hulk" back in the 70's when I was eight years old.
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post #12 of 13
1/7/07 at 11:44pm
Great book.

I have the first 16 issues in one of those starter packs if anyone is interested in them for some sort of interesting compensation or maybe just a good home.
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post #13 of 13
1/8/07 at 11:15pm
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Originally Posted by Kirby Drummond
. . . or maybe just a good home.
For you or the books?
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