IDW Godzilla Previews

[klen7]

That Megaguirus is gorgeous

[ebirahsmeg1]

[ebirahsmeg1]

[kpa]

On SciFi Japan, we've posted the November solicitations with details on G:ROE #18 and Cataclysm #4, plus the corrected cover for the Cataclysm #4 subscription variant...

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2014 ... mber-2014/

[ebirahsmeg1]

[kpa]

[kpa]

SciFi Japan has an exclusive preview of Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #15 from IDW Publishing. The issue will be available from comic shops and retailers on August 27th.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2014 ... e-preview/

[mr.negativity]

[Enshohma]

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2014 ... mber-2014/

Okay, so the Matt Frank cover art for isuue 19 of "Rulers of Earth"...Are those brand new Kaiju swarming up upon Godzilla?

I've been enjoying the Kaiju roster of famous and obscure Toho monsters, but new characters are always preferred. And those giant anomalocaris-like creatures are quite intriguing. Though knowing my luck, they'd probably end up becoming a dream sequences, or some nonsense like that.

[ebirahsmeg1]

[RaymondBurr]

[Enshohma]

[kpa]

IDW Publishing has sent SciFi Japan an exclusive preview of the first five pages from Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #16. The issue will be available from comic shops and retailers on Wednesday, September 24th.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2014 ... e-preview/

[MouthForWar]

The RoE Facebook page has given us a look at the series' first original kaiju, the "Trilopod"

https://www.facebook.com/GodzillaRulersOfEarth

I seem to remember them saying they were going to do more original monsters because they burned through most of the Toho characters they could license already.

Nothing against the guys at IDW, but one of the reasons I just CAN'T keep up with these Godzilla comics is that there just isn't an engaging story. Its like each issue just wants to cram as many monsters in as possible. Tons of monsters is fine, but when your book is like 75% monster battles, its boring... I honestly just don't feel like this is a genre that translates to comics well. Maybe if they focused more attention on character and story, they wouldn't have burned through Toho's entire roster already.

I dunno, its just that I've tried (and failed) several times to get into these comics. I've tried each ongoing and none of them do it for me. Some of the mini-series were fun like Half Century War, but I just can't get into these... it sucks cuz its not hard to get me into most things Godzilla related.

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

[Enshohma]

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[klen7]

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

Ebirahsmeg, a lot of what you contribute to just about any given thread is a smegma of snide cynicism, condor jokes and backhanded comments ever since you first joined. It feels very much recycled material from the past 10 years, and its a miracle in itself you're even still around.

Enoshima, There are a few camps in all this, one that doesn't want ANY new monsters or new Godzilla material, and puts the old series on a pedestal (We see this one a lot, and it was pretty apparent when news of the new movie first came out) a camp that insists Godzilla HAS to be absolutely taken seriously and disregards most of the films past the mid 60s and is constantly looking for new and more powerful foes for Godziller to beat, and a camp so desperate for new Godzilla materials they'd gloss over any legit complaints.

Oh and then there's Bagan's cult.



In regards to the first camp, I sometimes think that the Godzilla fandom has its own variant of the GEEWUN trap the same way it went into Pokemon (Genwunners) and other long standing franchises. This camp thinks should headline films. The second camp glosses over the technical failures of the Heisei films.

As for the Trilopod, it looks pretty cool. But he has this distinct cannon fodder look. If the show fits? More than anything he looks like one of those unused creatures Toho had in between the Rebirth of Mothra and Millennium Godzilla movies. The best part I like of it though, are the man-in-suit proportions. Rulers Of Earth is the longest Running Godzilla storyline from IDW, and quite a long time in general. It's been pretty creative with the use of some of these creatures, and I like the lore that goes into this. We even got Sanda and Gaira for this! Who'd have thought that!? The evil Battra Twins? That's such a cool concept.

It's easily better than the previous two storylines. The politics of the first two stories didn't bother me, but that God awful inconsistent art was such a downer, and the writing was pretty inconsistent at times. Frank and Mowry are THE Godzilla artists at IDW and RoE has proven it.

I'm curious to see what new monsters IDW makes, because Frank and Mowry really know how to get the aesthetic of a tokusatsu kaiju that some people in the West just can't get.

[RaymondBurr]

[klen7]

^ Yeh, that sounds more in line with what the creative team has been saying..not at all what MFW said, but maybe i had missed something

[ebirahsmeg1]

[ebirahsmeg1]

Frank's cover for ROE issue #18:

[kpa]

IDW Publishing has given SciFi Japan an exclusive preview of the first five pages from Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #17. The issue will be available from comic shops and retailers on Wednesday, October 22nd.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2014 ... e-preview/

[ebirahsmeg1]

Godzilla Catalysm 3 is also coming out this week. Here is a short preview: