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| Topic Started: Jun 20 2009, 07:51 PM (271 Views) | |
| JD | Jun 20 2009, 07:51 PM Post #1 |
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Let us know your thoughts. Issue Listing Edited by JD, Jun 20 2009, 08:01 PM.
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| Andreas | Jun 20 2009, 09:30 PM Post #2 |
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Trivia fact: The writer Anna Jansson is a well-known writer of crime novels in Sweden. This is her first ever comic story. |
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| JD | Jun 21 2009, 01:12 PM Post #3 |
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Interesting fact, Andreas. Hopefully it'll be better than what we've been getting currently, then. |
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| germ | Jun 21 2009, 04:37 PM Post #4 |
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SO a female writer. Last time we had a female writer it caused a lot of phans to be unhappy.. |
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| Paul Andreas | Jun 21 2009, 07:11 PM Post #5 |
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Strictly speaking, there have been several female Phantom writers since Ingebjørg Berg Holm, in Moonstone's prose collection. If this one is half as good as "Giovanna", we would be in for a treat. I will never get why the story was hated by so many. It tried something original, received a lot of media attention, and completely overshadow a lot of the average stories we have been getting lately. Never read anything by Johnson before, but then again, I don't tend to read crime fiction. My mother reads her stuff, though, so maybe this is the time to introduce her to the Phantom? EDIT: In an interview done a couple of years ago, Ingebjørg expressed some great views on how Egmont should further evolve the Phantom series. Sadly, they have not followed any of them. She really needs to write another story. Edited by Paul Andreas, Jun 21 2009, 07:34 PM.
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| Hallgeir | Jun 22 2009, 05:46 PM Post #6 |
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There have been other female writers. Diane Alfredhsson who wrote under the psevdonym Dai Darell. I don't think the phans were so unhappy about her. On the other hand I've never understood why the Giovanna story was so hated. I kind of liked it. This story by the way "Saved by Fate", I did not like. Another unknown sivilization in the mountains of Bengal were people lives until they are hundreds of years of age... Hallgeir |
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| Andreas | Jun 23 2009, 04:00 AM Post #7 |
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A lot of Australian fans, if you think it is necessary to differentiate people by the least common denominator... |
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| Paul Andreas | Jun 23 2009, 06:09 PM Post #8 |
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She never wrote a bad story as far as I'm concerned, at least I cannot remember any. She's one of the people I wish would join Team Fantomet again.
Sigh... |
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| Andreas | Jun 24 2009, 02:56 AM Post #9 |
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The "lost civilization" didn't bother me much, for once. Maybe it was Lindahl's superb art, or the two plot lines that converged at the end, or Lindahl's art...  But I really, really liked it. And the "people live until they are hundreds of years" is kept ambigous enough IMO. Oh, and lets not forget the wonderful artwork... 
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| Xander | Jun 27 2009, 06:06 PM Post #10 |
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This wouldn't happen to be on line would it I wouldn't mind looking at it |
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| Paul Andreas | Jun 28 2009, 05:57 PM Post #11 |
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I liked it too, to my surprise. I'll come back with more comments later when I have more time. I hope she writes more stories, for sure.
I believe it was only done in Norwegian, but I'll have a look later. Maybe I could translate the section I mentioned. |
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| Erik M | Jun 29 2009, 08:17 AM Post #12 |
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This was a very well written story and the art was fantastic. |
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| Paul Andreas | Jun 29 2009, 05:45 PM Post #13 |
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Agreed. Jansson must have an extensive knowlegde of the Phantom's history, and I would love to see her write another one. It was wonderful to see a slightly more human Phantom again, and in particular a much more human and "real" Kit Jr. (the future 20th Phantom, that is). I'm amazed by how much was packed into this story. It's only standard length, 33 pages or so, but it feels like it could be around 50 pages long because there's so much detail and so much going on. Only silly thing is that the Norwegian edition did not have Anna Jansson's name on the cover, which is a massive missed opportunity, unlike the Swedish edition. Overally, one of the best stories of the year. |
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| Andreas | Jul 1 2009, 06:13 PM Post #14 |
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An interview with Anna Jansson gives a little insight in how se came to write a Phantom story, and how the work was done: http://www.fantomen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139 For those who can't read Swedish, it basically says that the Egmont editors sent out a request to lots of famous Swedish novelists some years ago with an offer to write Phantom stories. A lot of them responded positively, some submitted ideas and synopsis, but finally it was only Anna's idea that became a story. As she was not used to the format of writing comic scripts, she was assisted by the artist Hans Lindahl who broke down her story into comic panels. The Phantom was a childhood favourite of hers, and since she has worked as a nurse it was a natural combination for her to let the Phantom play a part in the discovery of penicillin. |
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| Paul Andreas | Jul 1 2009, 07:23 PM Post #15 |
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I wonder what other writers they contacted. |
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