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Mr. X
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When's The Half-Century War #5 coming out? Last I heard it was late February. Now it's coming out in March?
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Yeah, it should be late March, I think. He's got about 18 of 25 pages done.
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| KaijuX wrote: | I thought KOM had a couple of interesting premises. Animals dying, attack each other deliberately... SpaceG.  It really made me wonder, though I guess I can't blame ya. But I feel as if they are going to close connections with KOM (I doubt that day will come, but just saying), at least answer the questions that have been brought up that the series was trying to established. |
I think you are giving way more thought about those items than Powell and Walsh themselves did (i.e. none). Time to let it go, close the book on that chapter, and move on to much better things...
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KaijuX
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I'm just saying KOM had a lot of great concepts... Just that the execution of it was not all that great, unfortunately.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:36 am Post subject: Original Monsters |
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| Bobby - does IDW's contract with Toho allow for original monster or mecha creations? Thanks! |
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Do you mean creating new monsters or mecha, unseen in the movies?
There's some slight flexibility allowed, like when the Battra twins mentally made those bug things attack, but... generally, no. We can't introduce brand new, what would be classically defined as kaiju.
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KaijuX
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So you guys can create smaller monsters that don't have large roles, then? Sorta like them Mutant Birds of Legends #5?
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Bobby Curnow
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, you got it.
I forgot all about those mutant birds. Perhaps my finest moment of 2012.
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kaijukurt
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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Bobby,
I know I've asked a very similar question to this before, but I just felt the urge to ask this:
Will the final three issues serve as a grand finale to not just the Ongoing, but to Kingdom of Monsters as well?
Will it wrap up plot threads, elements, and characters seen in both ongoing characters?
Rodan's role in the finale has been confirmed, but any clues as to the whereabouts of others like King Ghidorah? Im pretty sure a major player in KOM like him can't be ignored in the Ongoing! |
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Hi kurt,
I think the short answer to your question is: "no"
It will definitely wrap up the current story we're telling, but I wouldn't call it a grand closing to anything that happened in KOM. Besides a few brief allusions, I don't really consider the current series to have much to do with KOM.
Doesn't mean you won't one day see some more KOM related things.
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kaijukurt
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Bobby Curnow wrote: | Hi kurt,
I think the short answer to your question is: "no"
It will definitely wrap up the current story we're telling, but I wouldn't call it a grand closing to anything that happened in KOM. Besides a few brief allusions, I don't really consider the current series to have much to do with KOM.
Doesn't mean you won't one day see some more KOM related things. |
Hmmm, I guess King Ghidorah won't be in the final battle then? 
And thanks for answering! I'll just have to wait and see for what happens! |
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ebirahsmeg1
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| Bobby Curnow wrote: | Do you mean creating new monsters or mecha, unseen in the movies?
There's some slight flexibility allowed, like when the Battra twins mentally made those bug things attack, but... generally, no. We can't introduce brand new, what would be classically defined as kaiju. |
I think if the route of creating new characters over using classic TOHO characters is ever taken, sales and readership will *plunge*...
| Bobby Curnow wrote: |
Doesn't mean you won't one day see some more KOM related things. |
Oh dear God, NO....
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Hmmm, I guess King Ghidorah won't be in the final battle then?
And thanks for answering! I'll just have to wait and see for what happens! |
Once again, as we discussed earlier, KOM is *OVER*, finished, done, closed, complete etc. It was universally panned (and rightfully so) and alienated a lot of fans of the series, and sales of much better books (GLegends, G&G, HCW, and the current ongoing) are still suffering as a result of the bad taste left in many fans' mouths. Not sure why you're so obsessed with seeing KOM continue or "wrap up loose ends"...it's time to move on. Thankfully, the ongoing, while it was initially announced as a "sequel" to KOM (which I criticized unmercifully), it thankfully has made little to no mention of those events as Bobby pointed out, so it could basically be considered a "stand alone".
In regards to the scrawny, wimpy runt GMK KG's pathetic, weak, and disgraceful appearance in KOM, from here on out, I am hoping we only see the true KG (i.e Godzilla's arch enemy and most powerful), which has yet to appear in any issue in 2+ years of these comics (it would be like a Batman comic without using the Joker)...hell, at this point even Keizer Ghidorah would be better than GMK KG...
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Mr. X
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Bobby Curnow wrote: | | It will definitely wrap up the current story we're telling, but I wouldn't call it a grand closing to anything that happened in KOM. Besides a few brief allusions, I don't really consider the current series to have much to do with KOM. |
So, if it doesn't have much to do with KOM, then why was it a sequel to it? Why didn't they just start over? A brand-spankin' new series? Would've been a better move, IMO.
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Once again, as we discussed earlier, KOM is *OVER*, finished, done, closed, complete etc. |
No need to internet-shout.
| Quote: | | It was universally panned (and rightfully so) and alienated a lot of fans of the series, and sales of much better books (GLegends, G&G, HCW, and the current ongoing) are still suffering as a result of the bad taste left in many fans' mouths. |
This is why I've grown a STRONG hate for KOM in the past few months.
'Course, it also helped me hate G-fans more than I already do... ya heard me. I'm ashamed of the fandom.
| Quote: | | Not sure why you're so obsessed with seeing KOM continue or "wrap up loose ends"...it's time to move on. Thankfully, the ongoing, while it was initially announced as a "sequel" to KOM (which I criticized unmercifully), it thankfully has made little to no mention of those events as Bobby pointed out, so it could basically be considered a "stand alone". |
Still a sequel. Doesn't have to tie up "everything", but some things ought to be answered. All the events of KOM happened in this timeline, whether the are directly addressed or not. They still happened. Ghidorah is in the universe. Can't just pretend he didn't exist.
| Quote: | | In regards to the scrawny, wimpy runt GMK KG's pathetic, weak, and disgraceful appearance in KOM, from here on out, I am hoping we only see the true KG (i.e Godzilla's arch enemy and most powerful), which has yet to appear in any issue in 2+ years of these comics (it would be like a Batman comic without using the Joker)...hell, at this point even Keizer Ghidorah would be better than GMK KG... |
Patience, my son. HCW.
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kaijukurt
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| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:32 am Post subject: |
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| ebirahsmeg1 wrote: |
| Bobby Curnow wrote: |
Doesn't mean you won't one day see some more KOM related things. |
Oh dear God, NO....
| kaijukurt wrote: |
Hmmm, I guess King Ghidorah won't be in the final battle then?
And thanks for answering! I'll just have to wait and see for what happens! |
Once again, as we discussed earlier, KOM is *OVER*, finished, done, closed, complete etc. It was universally panned (and rightfully so) and alienated a lot of fans of the series, and sales of much better books (GLegends, G&G, HCW, and the current ongoing) are still suffering as a result of the bad taste left in many fans' mouths. Not sure why you're so obsessed with seeing KOM continue or "wrap up loose ends"...it's time to move on. Thankfully, the ongoing, while it was initially announced as a "sequel" to KOM (which I criticized unmercifully), it thankfully has made little to no mention of those events as Bobby pointed out, so it could basically be considered a "stand alone".
In regards to the scrawny, wimpy runt GMK KG's pathetic, weak, and disgraceful appearance in KOM, from here on out, I am hoping we only see the true KG (i.e Godzilla's arch enemy and most powerful), which has yet to appear in any issue in 2+ years of these comics (it would be like a Batman comic without using the Joker)...hell, at this point even Keizer Ghidorah would be better than GMK KG... |
Excuse me? Obsessed? I'd prefer it if you didn't at least sound so harsh. I want to ask something about KOM. What's wrong with that?
It's not like I said I wanted a another KOM-universe ongoing! What I meant was that it'd be good if plot threads wrapped up in this current ongoing, not another new series.
I know you've been very vocal in your criticisms of the series (and of, your points make sense), but that doesn't mean you should also be vocal against/jump on people talking about complimenting KOM plot elements (like user KaijuX) or wanting to see them resolved.
It's just my opinion, but sometimes you seem quite harsh and in need of some courtesy in your opinions on the series. Sorry if that came off as rude.
I just want to see some questions answered in the ongoing.
Yes, KOM is very sub-par and my least favorite Godzilla comic series from IDW, but I do want to see things resolved.
That's it.
I'm sure I love HCW and Legends as much as you do, but I think the ongoing would simply make more sense if such a big plot element was tackled to some extent, right?
I mean, they explained MechaG's disappearance (he's being fixed), and Bobby mentioned they'll explain later why the monsters specifically attacked cities in the first place.
So, I simply became curious about KG's fate in the series. End of story. Just because a series is stand alone, doesn't mean it has throw to ignore many elements in continuity.
Of course, whether or not KG's fate will actually be revealed will be up to the minds behind the ongoing.
And a big shout-out to Mr.X! Thanks for previously mentioning several points, all of which I completely agree with. |
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| kaijukurt wrote: | | Bobby Curnow wrote: | Hi kurt,
I think the short answer to your question is: "no"
It will definitely wrap up the current story we're telling, but I wouldn't call it a grand closing to anything that happened in KOM. Besides a few brief allusions, I don't really consider the current series to have much to do with KOM.
Doesn't mean you won't one day see some more KOM related things. |
Hmmm, I guess King Ghidorah won't be in the final battle then?
And thanks for answering! I'll just have to wait and see for what happens! |
My foreshadowing sense has been telling me something for sometime now that I have been ignoring because I don't want it to be true.
remember when the Fairy twins stated Monster-X was of this earth but also alien to it?
well King Ghidorah went into space and was corrupted and became Monster-X (that is what my foreshadowing sense has been telling me). |
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