 Stolen..., Shadowrun comic in heart if not in fact |
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 Mar 31 2005, 09:43 PM
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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill.  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,545 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gloomy Boise Idaho Member No.: 2,006  |
I just picked up a comic called Stolen from the market, and damn if it wasn't Shadowrun. It is a precurser to a vid game coming out in april, which will probably suck. Check it out, I loved it.
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Mar 31 2005, 09:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 468 Joined: 17-March 05 Member No.: 7,185 |
Unfortunately it looks to be a bad Danger Girl ripoff in style.
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Mar 31 2005, 10:15 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
Seems quite good. But i never read Danger Girl.
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Mar 31 2005, 10:10 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
I'm not going to bother reading it, but from a glance, it doesn't look like it has anything to do with Shadowrun (unless you're part of crowd that's decided everything is Shadowrun and want to regale me with explanations of how Shrek is a shadowrunner and Hamlet is a retelling of a disastrous corporate family affair, in which case I sincerely hope you get hit by a car and die). It does, as Vuron noted, look a lot like Danger Girl. Which, as far as I'm concerned, is enough to convince me that I've already spent too much time and attention on it just writing this post.
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Mar 31 2005, 10:28 PM
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Jesus Freak Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,141 Joined: 23-April 04 From: Anaheim, CA Member No.: 6,274 |
I thought it was cool. And yes, its very Shadowrun.
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Mar 31 2005, 10:22 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Ironically enough, pretty much everything is "very Shadowrun."
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Mar 31 2005, 11:20 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
It's just that some things are more "very Shadowrun" than others. |
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Mar 31 2005, 11:15 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Eh. Well I suppose you could argue the burglar/covert ops specialist and hacker/decker angle, but then practically any crime drama or book would be 'very Shadowrun'. |
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Mar 31 2005, 11:16 PM
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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill. Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,545 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gloomy Boise Idaho Member No.: 2,006 |
Wow, you sure spend a lot of time talking about something you have already decided is not worth while. |
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Apr 1 2005, 12:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 351 Joined: 17-February 05 Member No.: 7,093 |
It didn't have the right feel to be very SR. Nice looking, okay writing (I've never read Danger Girl, so I can't comment on that angle), but not any more SR than most superhero comic books. The superficial resemblance is there: rediculously skilled theif and assassin, lotsa explosions, some melee combat and some internet overwatch. But I wouldn't classify it in the 'very Shadowrun' league.
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Apr 1 2005, 12:27 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
Looks a little cliché. Like the stealth elements from Tenchu and Metal Gear and the obligatory hot-chick-with-big-hooters-in-tight-clothes rehashed into something that's trying to be original. The comic is passable, though. And I do agree, it's Shadowrun.
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Apr 1 2005, 12:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 13-January 05 From: Forgot where his meat body was Member No.: 6,971 |
Now, if one of the girls had suddenly sprouted dikoted cyberspurs while the other turned out to be a spellcasting elf, we might've started to get there. ;)
It was a decently entertaining read (I don't read comics at all normally, so I wouldn't know how it compares to the competition), but I can't sey I felt much for the drawing style itself. Part of me cannot help but wonder how many times in her carreer she's managed to knock herself unconscious with her own breasts performing that kind of jumps and flips though. |
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Apr 1 2005, 12:47 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
That was pretty cool. Definatly Shadowrun inspiring. Some of the dialouge seems right out of the books.
"Sometimes you forget you're the bad guy..." That's staight out of Neo-Anarchist. |
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Apr 1 2005, 12:51 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Of which Neo-A do you speak, eh? |
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Apr 1 2005, 01:01 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Chicago section of NAG2NA. 'Hooding.
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Apr 1 2005, 01:04 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Ah, NA. Wasn't sure if it was RL or NA. |
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Apr 1 2005, 01:05 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
If it weren't for the supposed origin of the sword, I would have dismissed it as just another breaking-and-entering crime fiction. Throw in that 2% of mysticisim with the origin of the sword, and well, I have to admit that I'd count it as Shadowrun in my book.
It's just the skim-milk version of Shadowrun. |
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Apr 1 2005, 01:03 AM
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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill. Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,545 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gloomy Boise Idaho Member No.: 2,006 |
In the absemce of any real Shadowrun comics, tv shows, or movies, I take it where I can get it.
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Apr 1 2005, 02:50 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
That was alright. I don't think I'd pick it up though. Now Lobo, he's Shadowrun. He says 'Frag'.
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Apr 1 2005, 03:52 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
Lobo is Shadowrun, if your players all pick the Bad Reputation, Braggart, Combat Monster, Impulsive, and Vindictive Flaws for their characters, considering them freebie points, because they all play their characters like that already.
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Apr 1 2005, 06:47 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
Not to mention a jillion strength, regeneration, Heavy Weapons: a jillion, and Whips(Chains): a Jillion-1(a jillion+1). Oh, and we'd need to make stats for a space motorcycle.
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Apr 1 2005, 08:12 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
Actually there's an online comic based on SR called Bulletproof. It's not "very SR" at all - and the art is quite good as well. I recommend it. It's still going, too... |
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Apr 1 2005, 10:14 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Thanks for that link, Doc, I wasn't aware that comic existed.
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Apr 1 2005, 11:32 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Shadow isn't happy with Bulletproof's anime styling, but... I like it.
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Apr 1 2005, 11:55 PM
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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill. Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,545 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gloomy Boise Idaho Member No.: 2,006 |
That is true, but I can forgive a lot of art stuff if the stories good. And after my initial irational coment I went back and gave Kit some props for her good writing.
I am actually heading over to her sight to check out her latest stuff. |
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