tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post7869212200147935647..comments2024-01-11T23:34:21.746+11:00Comments on notes from the junkyard: Federal Daredevil #3: Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Splash Page!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-59101046038407082782007-03-16T12:11:00.000+11:002007-03-16T12:11:00.000+11:00“That's an example of Federal doing something righ...“That's an example of Federal doing something right at the same time as doing something wrong.” I like that.<BR/><BR/>I think the KGM editors did something similar in the splash page example from Daredevil #3. In the original the splash page is on the odd-numbered right-hand page<BR/>(I’m assuming it is without pulling out the original comic to confirm). The characters face left from the right-hand side of the page, which the reader encounters as a subliminal pause in the trajectory, a slight halt and hesitation in turning the page as it points left towards the previous intro pages. In the KGM version the image is reversed so that it naturally leads towards the following panel on the same page. The excerpt I scanned is from the trade paperback which in context unwittingly produces the ‘problem’ which the KGM edition deftly sidestepped.spiros xenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162947951011029392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-10300760239063167132007-03-15T17:04:00.000+11:002007-03-15T17:04:00.000+11:00In DD #6 there's one splash page. However whoever...In DD #6 there's one splash page. However whoever edited the book down did an incredible job as you'd be hard pressed to find out where one issue finished an another started. That's an example of Federal doing something right at the same time as doing something wrong.<BR/><BR/>Another book like that is 'The End Of Ghost Rider', which reprints the last three issues (#79, 80 & 81) of the standard USA series and formats them into one seamless story. Makes good reading, but naturally the splash pages are gone. The Simonson Thors are the same. However the Byrne FFs often used the splash page as part of the story (as opposed to a recap) and as such they're usually left intact in those books. I don't have as many Federals as I'd like, but that's because I prefer the Newtons and the large and digest sized Page books. Those I've got literaly hundreds of.<BR/><BR/>When there was one artisitc team on board it worked well. However when artists changed from issue to issue it was jarring.Daniel Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709668308904142615noreply@blogger.com