tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post8838913891693111598..comments2023-03-26T00:57:48.542-07:00Comments on Eastern Standard: Early misstepsAndrew Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423087160541542219noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post-4866910055787601102010-01-18T19:43:56.648-08:002010-01-18T19:43:56.648-08:00The works here definitely fail to gain that sort o...The works here definitely fail to gain that sort of coherence, or at least feel like it; the title story and the desert battle (with look-a-like villains from Tekkon Kinkreet) perhaps being the exceptions. What I read of No. 5 was alright, but in retrospect almost feels like autopilot. Will have to see about GoGo Monster.<br /><br />Considering Viz is going with accessible, "safe" works for the likes of Inio Asano and Daisuke Igarashi, I definitely agree that it's bizarre that they don't pick up, say, Hanaotoko and release it all in one go; same thing applies even more with Ping Pong, except done in two volumes.David Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838671470583348231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post-7636401526538133792010-01-18T19:31:55.720-08:002010-01-18T19:31:55.720-08:00I'd argue that there should always be an inter...I'd argue that there should always be an internal logic at work, even if you can't quite perceive it; if there is one, things feel RIGHT. I think the period of work Viz is bafflingly concentrating on releasing here is the point at which his works either ceased to have any internal logic, or his abilities to convey that logic faltered to the point where I was no longer capable of discerning it. I'm really not sure why books like this, No. 5, and Go Go Monster are being brought over instead of his outright masterpieces. If it's working out for them, fantastic, but my instincts suggest it will lose whatever audience the reprint of Black and White may have gained them.Andrew Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423087160541542219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post-28799213381362980582010-01-18T19:19:29.887-08:002010-01-18T19:19:29.887-08:00I would argue that there is a distinction between ...I would argue that there is a distinction between the incoherence of the first story about the social misfit with a bike fetish and the more dreamlike stories where there's no real expectation of logic.David Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838671470583348231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post-13113287235302038612010-01-18T18:06:51.279-08:002010-01-18T18:06:51.279-08:00"Shades of the fantastical" is an intere..."Shades of the fantastical" is an interesting euphemism for "increasingly incoherent."Andrew Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423087160541542219noreply@blogger.com