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Is anybody reading the BTILC/EFNY comic?


I don't know how many people here read comics, I'm much more of a casual fan than I used to be, but I recommend the BTILC/EFNY comic even if you're not a regular comic reader.

Although I collected both the separate BTILC and EFNY comic series, both suffered a bit from being somewhat directionless and having inconsistent art, neither title seemed able to keep hold of an art team for more than a few issues. (At least most of the covers were quite good.)

The BTILC/EFNY comic though, is a blast, the story's fun, the characters well written and true to the movies, and I like the way the artist has manged to draw both Snake and Jack Burton as recognizable and yet still different. Also, given that it's only limited to six issues, the story actually seems to be heading somewhere. It would have made a good movie back in the 80s. If there is one criticism, it is a largely humourous story, so more skewed in favour of the BTILC universe than EFNY, but Snake makes a good straight man to Jack's lunk/buffoon.

Anyway, hope it attracted some readers outside of regular comic fans.

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