tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post4311130293422788455..comments2024-03-13T06:04:12.643+00:00Comments on Thoughts Of A Workshy Fop: Red Sonja Book 1: Queen Of Plagues (#1-6)varalys the darkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-71862760810889536992016-11-01T21:08:19.128+00:002016-11-01T21:08:19.128+00:00Apologies for missing this comment:
I have to adm...Apologies for missing this comment:<br /><br />I have to admit, I mainly knew of Red Sonja because of the similarly bikiniied pastiche in the early Cerebus comics. But Simone's reboot is excellent stuff that I need to write up volumes 2 and 3 of next year.<br /><br />Also google for current Red Sonja cosplayers for some real stunners. And no, I don't know why cosplay is used now, I knew of it about a decade before it began to get used in the west, and for a while I was forever saying "Yes it's a fusion of "costume" and "play" and no, I don't know why it's being used instead of fancy dress" now it's just another useful foreign word.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-65419455509263943722016-09-13T14:35:10.946+01:002016-09-13T14:35:10.946+01:00Argh, I re-pasted the comment with the same bloomi...Argh, I re-pasted the comment with the same blooming typo!!!!Alan Robertshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509360521332746130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-78735823436641345112016-09-13T14:34:04.120+01:002016-09-13T14:34:04.120+01:00Red Sonja was one of my earliest crushes. One of t...Red Sonja was one of my earliest crushes. One of the few Marvel comics I read. I even liked the film, notwithstanding the weird prologue.<br /><br />"Ah Sonja, you were brutally violated when Gedren attacked your village and murdered your parents and all your neighbours"<br /><br />"I know, I was right there, it's only just happened, why are you telling me this?!"<br /><br />There was quite a good strip examining the impracticality of the chain mail bikini (but justifying it) actually featuring Roy Thomas. It was all very tongue in cheek and had actual photos of the key Sonja cos-players* at the time in the relevant outfits.<br /><br />(* of course in my day we just called it fancy dress, and it was all fields round here, and whe can't you buy Fresca any more?Alan Robertshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509360521332746130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-76699673523305341022016-09-13T14:30:34.844+01:002016-09-13T14:30:34.844+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alan Robertshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509360521332746130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-61370723000074862452015-08-19T15:03:07.457+01:002015-08-19T15:03:07.457+01:00Hmmm, you know actually I agree, I'm not a big...Hmmm, you know actually I agree, I'm not a big one for the smells of perfume and ladies deoderant. Mind you I could take a bath with Sonja, that could be fun!varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-45170113442657197042015-08-19T13:14:00.899+01:002015-08-19T13:14:00.899+01:00No, no: if she washed she'd lose part of her c...No, no: if she washed she'd lose part of her charm. There's nothing wrong with the smell of lady's musk. And possibly blood.Glen McCullahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852390016175036244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-25990743748673698462015-08-14T17:41:35.521+01:002015-08-14T17:41:35.521+01:00I don't think Sonja would be tied down to one ...I don't think Sonja would be tied down to one person, but I'd definitely romp with her. As long as she had a bath first!varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-63967714045582198552015-08-14T07:51:43.399+01:002015-08-14T07:51:43.399+01:00i think this red sonja would be an awesome girlfri...i think this red sonja would be an awesome girlfriend!G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-68928767097471496312015-08-11T08:30:13.675+01:002015-08-11T08:30:13.675+01:00There was going to be a Red Sonja film starring Ro...There was going to be a Red Sonja film starring Rose McGowan? Gah! I feel cheated now. Gail Simone is great. She's written a Conan and Sonja team up and a maxi series which brings together Sonja with other ladies like Vampirella which I hope get collected in a couple of big trades as well.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-91443789210478317392015-08-11T06:27:01.964+01:002015-08-11T06:27:01.964+01:00"They must send us fools to Slimming World!&q..."They must send us fools to Slimming World!" Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-43687470939547071402015-08-11T04:43:17.044+01:002015-08-11T04:43:17.044+01:00*'THINK us fools', obviously.:p*'THINK us fools', obviously.:pGlen McCullahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852390016175036244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-23750574842597601942015-08-11T04:42:25.208+01:002015-08-11T04:42:25.208+01:00This sounds brill. i always liked Sonja, even in ...This sounds brill. i always liked Sonja, even in her old problematic guise, but this is much better.<br /><br />Howardian dialogue is definitely hard to get right. I know from the days i'd try my hand at Conan pastiches. 'I shall cleft thee in twain' just always sounds shit. I did get to use the Sawardian 'They must thin us fools!' though, which amused me somewhat.<br /><br />I'm still slightly narked that the Red Sonja movie starring Rose McGowan never happened. Though a friend of mine insisted (when it seemed like it was happening) that she was terrible casting, and that it should have been Christina Hendricks or Jessica Chastain.Glen McCullahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852390016175036244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-66373613493353790512015-08-10T07:56:40.456+01:002015-08-10T07:56:40.456+01:00I didn't know much about her, but thanks to th...I didn't know much about her, but thanks to this reboot I'd totally have a figurine of her as well.<br /><br />This nice thing about this new Sonja is she is bisexual, she's quite happy to have sexytimes with women as she is with men. She basically a walking mass of horniness!<br /><br />Have you ever tried to scrub bloodstains off a horse?! I think Sonja just wants to avoid some boring work.<br /><br />Annisia was definitely pants-on-head crazy, she made a good contrast with Sonja who has the same darkness in her background but never sucumb to it.<br /><br />Gail Simone is a really good dialogue writer, I put her up there with Garth Ennis when it comes to creating character through verbal means. And that's a huge compliment from me I am sure you'll agree!varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-53749800965684092332015-08-10T01:16:14.440+01:002015-08-10T01:16:14.440+01:00Tony really likes Red Sonja. He has a little figur...Tony really likes Red Sonja. He has a little figurine of her and everything.<br /><br />It's good that she can sleep with men even if they don't defeat her in combat, because the old Sonja probably lost a couple of fights on purpose just because she fancied the man's, ahem, swordplay. Also, it reminds me of Wonder Woman losing her powers if she was bound. Some male SFF writers seemed to have the hots for women who were very strong but also very weak. Which is a thing that should be worked through on the couch rather than the page. <br /><br />"I might get blood on my horse" is the best drunken excuse for not fighting I've ever heard :-D Was it a white horse? Are they dry clean only? <br /><br />The problem with Annisia killing people to bring the souls company is that the souls of the people she's just killed will want company too, so she'll end up having to kill everyone. And then herself. <br /><br />Writing period dialogue that doesn't succumb to gadzookery is a neat trick. Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.com