LoEG: Black dossier

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:32 am

Well, wasn't this a big disappointment!

In a comicbook I'd rather read a comic, not complete issues of prose.

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:33 am

XIII apparently sports numerous boner's for this book.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:57 pm

What the hell is this, anyway?
What makes it the black dossier

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:49 pm

I really enjoyed it, and thought the whole thing was great.

The only portion I didn't care for was the beatnik/jazz prose section, but that was simply because it was really hard to understand. I liked the story, and I'm eager for his follow ups.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:55 pm

Isn't LoEG III set to come out soon? Next few months? with 3 72 page issues?

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:17 pm

I too was a bit dissapointed with the lengthly prose sections.

Overall, I much enjoyed it. To really enjoy it, you have to be very well read about the literature that it borrows from.

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:35 pm

Black Dossier is basically LoEG III. It picks up after the second one.

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:01 pm

I have yet to read any of the LoEG books. But they are on my eventual "to buy" and "to read" list

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:36 pm

Me too. I have it all, vol I, vol II, Black Dossier but haven't started on it yet.
Also, I don't have a boner for it, it's just that my retailer saw an opportunity to satisfy his customer's hunger for LoEG even though it's forbidden to sell outside North America.

Also, the next book is LoEG: Century, first issue coming out in April from an indie publisher which I can't remember.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:00 pm

Avatar Comics?
That's LoEG v. 4, indeed. I want to get that, but I first need to get past this Black Dossier. Couldn't really appreciate the story, but than, I skipped the prose.

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:18 pm

There's an awful lot of H.P Lovecroft in it, which I know precious little about.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:20 pm

I know Chtulu, or whichever spelling that gets. But that's pretty much it.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:58 am

What's with everyone and Lovecraft? I'm not into that stuff at all.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:47 am

He's a good writer, and I guess if you're into horror and the shit, THE writer.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:29 am

I'm not into horror at all.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:32 am

Me neither. I've got a book with tales of Lovecraft, mainly because I wanted to try him out. I think I'm stuck on page 20 or so.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:05 pm

I think it's in Smoke and Mirrors that Neil Gaiman wrote a short story that deals with stuff Lovecraft-related. It's the only short story from the book that I couldn't finish.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:28 pm

XIII wrote:What's with everyone and Lovecraft? I'm not into that stuff at all.

I can't stand him either.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:53 pm

That's three of us which leads me to the following conclusion : Lovecraft is overrated!