tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post397527445645940750..comments2024-03-18T10:25:36.314-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Warlord Wednesday: HolocaustTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-30761750649667035122010-06-02T18:50:55.429-04:002010-06-02T18:50:55.429-04:00Well, if you take 2010 (and I'm not suggesting...Well, if you take 2010 (and I'm not suggesting you <i>should</i>) it turns out and poor HAL was just as much a victim as Bowman and Poole.<br /><br />The interesting thing to me about Warlord, is that, taken as a whole, its a much more mature work than any individual issue would suggest (which is not to say it's terribly mature, but still). Morgan ultimately comes across as a deeply flawed hero--kept from his potential by tragedy impairing even his already shakey ability to manage relationships.<br /><br />Grell's limited series in the 1990s, in particular, does a nice deconstruction.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-16134268111023377882010-06-02T11:32:26.535-04:002010-06-02T11:32:26.535-04:00HAL was just misunderstood.
Really.
Morgan really...HAL was just misunderstood.<br />Really.<br /><br />Morgan really seemed like a putz when it came to anything other than gutting opponents in battle. Especially in how he handled relationships.<br /><br />And yep; the ERB-ish stuff is fairly overt at times, especially in this issue in particular, but that's okay. These tales tend to gravitate towards archetypal themes, just like soap operas and telenovelas. People can relate to them. The whole sub-plot with Machiste and Mariah was a stroke of genius--humanized things nicely and led to a lot of plot complications which drove the story onwards, gave meaning to consequences, all the good stuff that comes from a developing set of interacting characters.<br /><br />It would have been interesting to have pursued the Morgan Dynasty down a few generations...netherwerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361800925618339097noreply@blogger.com