IDW Godzilla Previews

by **Eleking** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:08 pm

I figured the other thread has become the place for reviews and opinions, so here's a thread to feature previews for future issues.

Tiny image for cover to G&G 2:

http://previewsworld.com/public/news_im ... 075_13.jpg

by **king_ghidorah** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:33 pm

SOS Godzilla and Mothra from what looks like...

I for one like that they are forcing different artists, or...allowing them perhaps...to use different interpretations of these characters...does the over 50 years of history for these monsters justice..

by **jellydonut25** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:33 pm

I don't know if I've ever found a Mothra design to be worth getting up in arms in either direction about within the Godzilla-verse (in the RoM series, there's plenty to dissect...)

I mean, even the plush-toy Heisei version and GMK's plastic-toy version are more about the EXECUTION and CREATION of the design than the concept of the design itself...

by **lhb412** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:48 pm

It's a small pic, but I think that the colors look really beautiful.

by **MekaGojira3k** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:54 pm

lhb412 wrote:It's a small pic, but I think that the colors look really beautiful.

Yeah, a lot of these covers look really great. And, as King_Ghidorah said, I'm glad we're getting a kind of variety with the versions of the monsters we see.

by **kiryugoji04** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:54 pm

Closer image of Gangsters & Goliaths issue 2:

Not huge on this image, though the colors are really pretty. Better than Geoff Darrow's cover though. Blech!

Now, issue 2's B-cover, on the other hand, HOLY GOD. D8

Hot damn! I WANT THAT ONE.

And here's some work from Victor Santos, the artist who will be taking over the artwork duties on Kingdom of Monsters from issue 5:

by **jellydonut25** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:08 pm

Yeah, of the G&G covers thus far, only that alternate for issue 2 has impressed me at all but...holy DAMN is it impressive!!!

by **Kaiju Nexus** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:37 am

Those G&G covers are fantastic!!

And Victor Santos...

That silhouette and most of the panels looks great and really stylized! But damn if that isn't the ugliest closeup of Godzilla's face I've ever seen....

by **king_ghidorah** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:49 am

Kaiju Nexus wrote:Those G&G covers are fantastic!!

And Victor Santos...

That silhouette and most of the panels looks great and really stylized! But damn if that isn't the ugliest closeup of Godzilla's face I've ever seen....

That is a pretty ugly Goji face...

The only problem I have with the first cover for issue two is again, the face on Godzilla looks pretty bad..someone hire Bob Eggleton or Art Adams please.

by **MekaGojira3k** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:47 am

Cover B looks awesome.

And yeah, Santos is going to take some adjusting to. What an awkward/ugly Godzilla face!

by **jellydonut25** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:59 am

anybody else notice that Godzilla's mouth is pointing DOWN but his beam is heading STRAIGHT???

reminds me of Destroy All Monsters and the curve-beam in a way

by **MekaGojira3k** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:09 am

Yeah, but this looks a bit more off in that there doesn't seem to be a curve to the beam. Looks weird.

by **lhb412** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:41 pm

Santos seems great apart from the eyes... I think they're too human.

by **ebirahsmeg1** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:25 pm

Pics from issue #2

Eric Powell's cover for Issue #3

I guess the twin fairies/shojin now look like French school girls....*sigh*....

by **kiryugoji04** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:41 pm

Let the shitstorm... BEGIN!

:lol:

by **Legion** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:43 pm

I'll start...

Angilas also comes out of the sand? The fairies are beret-wearing school girls?

More dumbassery. What's Japan going to do to the monsters this time? Launch a strand of anthrax? Is Angilas going to stomp kittens just for the sake of being badass.

by **ebirahsmeg1** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:45 pm

kiryugoji04 wrote:Let the shitstorm... BEGIN!

You're welcome for posting these images... :turnbad:

by **Kaiju Nexus** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:48 pm

Anguirus looks awesome and I like the new take on the Mothra twins.

There, I said it.

by **Legion** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:49 pm

Sometimes I wonder what Toho is smoking when they approve this stuff.

Then again, they did approve GINO. And GFW.

by **TripMasterMunky** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:52 pm

Anguirus has a weird shot.

Mothra twins cover looks sweet though.

by **kiryugoji04** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:52 pm

Anguirus isn't coming out of the sand, he's coming out of the ground, a la Mechagodzilla 74. Remember all that DUST he kicked up though? Yeah.

The monsters appearances so far seem to be homages to appearances they made in the movies. Godzilla from the sand (MvsG), Anguirus from the ground (MG74), and I assume Rodan will be similar. Maybe he'll come from a volcano or the side of a mountain.

by **ebirahsmeg1** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:06 pm

kiryugoji04 wrote:The monsters appearances so far seem to be homages to appearances they made in the movies. Godzilla from the sand (MvsG), Anguirus from the ground (MG74), and I assume Rodan will be similar.

That's a pretty loose interpretation of the word "homage." I don't think this comic nor its writers are near as deep as you give them credit for...

by **Legion** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:08 pm

ebirahsmeg1 wrote:
That's a pretty loose interpretation of the word "homage." I don't think this comic nor its writers are near as deep as you give them credit for...

Especially if they feel the need to dramatically change the twin fairies after 50 years of consistency.

by **ebirahsmeg1** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:10 pm

They may be French, but they're still 2 twin girls, so that must mean that they're paying homage to the original Mothra :lol:

That's like me saying that "Godzilla came out of the water, so they're paying homage to <insert film here>." :lmfao:

by **Legion** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:14 pm

ebirahsmeg1 wrote:They may be French, but they're still 2 twin girls, so that must mean that they're paying homage to the original Mothra

That's like me saying that "Godzilla came out of the sea, so they're paying homage to <insert film here>." :lmfao:

Yeah. Just watch. Baragon is going to make his first appearance by falling out of the sky or something.

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