D258 IDOL WITH NO NAME

Timpa · Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject:

rico wrote:

Could the Idol With No Name actually be the return of the metal man from Dimension X ? Especially if oil is found in the area!

BRAVO MAN!! Smile

Matter of fact,from that idol's look I also guessed it cud be the metal man from X-Dimension,but missed the strong poinst of "oil"(their health-drink! Razz

) Between,last time metal man appeared in a 2003 daily(D244:The Walking Man) and that was a very nice tale imho!! Smile

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PS - For those who yet to learn who's this Metal man talking about,please read earliest MTM Sunday dealing with it from 1936 (S005:Chamber into the X Dimension) and severalothers after it!!

Timpa · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject:

Today it confirmed that "unknown idol" was none other than metal Man from Dimension X,however re-named as Wheel Man!! cudn't understand what da reason behind this re-naming?? may be just a silly goof-up from scripter who forgot the original name of this alien!! Razz

Hopefully we are going to see more thrills in this daily.... Smile

T

sherlock · Lieutenant Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 528 Location: India.

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Today it confirmed that "unknown idol" was none other than metal Man from Dimension X,however re-named as Wheel Man!! cudn't understand what da reason behind this re-naming?? may be just a silly goof-up from scripter who forgot the original name of this alien!!

The reason for this renaming, maybe, is that metal man actually moves on a wheel.
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Timpa · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:19 am Post subject:

donno IF anybody have noticed and while it's nothing new that MTM strip-art is quite sloppy in recent time,but still a minimum standard was maintained until from this week,where art can be described in a single word:PATHETIC!! Evil or Very Mad

I doubt IF anybody can identify Mandrake from current art... Confused

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sherlock · Lieutenant Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 528 Location: India.

Timpa dear, don’t worry about the art, just be thankful Mandrake’s strips are still continuing. Smile

I am not sure how many print newspapers worldwide carry the strip nowadays, and if the revenues from syndication fell below a certain level, KFS honchos may start getting some scary ideas. Razz

These corporate people are not known to be sentimental. Razz

So, just enjoy the stories as long as you are getting them. Smile

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tom · Corporal Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 190 Location: NY, USA

As I had mentioned in some other posts Fred is now 80 years old. It appears that he is still writing/drawing/inking the strip. If he uses any assistants then they are copying his style. I'm not aware of any print newspapers that carry Mandrake. It is included in the "Comics Kingdom" online package that KFS sells to online newspapers. If Fred retires or is unable to produce the strip in the future I wonder if it would continue. I'd figure like Tarzan and Flash Gordon they would just go to repeats - if not just be removed completely. I prefer a slicker art style but I'll take what I can get.

jamesasaljr · Patrolman Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 21

The story lost my interest very quickly. Yes, I think the art is sloppy but even beyond that, the story simply drags . . . . . . When the action creeps along slowly, day after day, the excitement is seriously diminished. I understand this aspect is traditionally the nature of serialized newspaper strips, but with so few papers carrying the strip, why not crank up the pace for us online fans? It's time for Mandrake and other comics of it's kind to "move into another area" as it were. Just MHO.

Andreas · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject:

How do you mean "crank up the pace for us online fans"? Publish strips more than once a day?
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Timpa · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject:

Andreas wrote:

How do you mean "crank up the pace for us online fans"? Publish strips more than once a day?

I THINK IT'S "PACE" IN the SCRIPT/PLOT(rather than publishing frequency!) meant by James!!
Between Adreas,how on earth you though a "Daily" strip can publish in more-than-once/day basis?? Razz

Then it won't be called a Daily..rather by Morning/Afternoon/Night strips(considering 3-fold/day format!) Razz

Hey just joking!! Smile

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Andreas · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject:

I took the sentence "with so few papers carrying the strip, why not crank up the pace for us online fans" to mean that James suggested turning Mandrake into a webcomic instead of a printed daily strip, and wanted to know how he imagined this.

A web comic, unlike a newspaper strip, can update more frequently and/or have bigger strips.
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Timpa · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:01 pm Post subject:

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A web comic, unlike a newspaper strip, can update more frequently and/or have bigger strips.

I don't think MTM can ever turned only Web-comic(or whatever u call it!) because still many newspapers publshing it worldwide....just in India at least 4/5 newspaper currently carrying it,incld. 1 most famous Bengali newspaper where I follow MTM-Bengali version,allthough I get english one from on-line.....AND IT COMING SINCE LAST 25-30 odd years..and jsut recently they turned MTM Daily in colored version(from deacdes of b/w format!) which's quite an indication that they are NOT thinking of cancelling their licence in near future!! Smile

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tom · Corporal Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 190 Location: NY, USA

Glad to hear it appears in actual newspapers somewhere - haven't run across it in the USA yet

Timpa · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject:

tom wrote:

Glad to hear it appears in actual newspapers somewhere - haven't run across it in the USA yet

Mandrake the Magician(or Jadugar Mandrake - in Bengali) IS STILL VERY MUCH Popular in India,but that's mostly among '70s-'90s "kids" i.e those adult fans from previous generation only,not much among current kids!! Smile

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_benno · Sergeant Joined: 19 Nov 2008 Posts: 310

I'm confused. Are the panels of this strip supposed to be abstract art? Or are they being drawn by a child?
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Timpa · Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject:

I belive it's the latter option...might be Fred let his kid grandson to draw these rubbish??? Razz

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