Dark Horse Sent Me Lots Of Free Star Wars Comics
Dark Horse Comics posted a message on Twitter that they were having a contest. Anyone who forwarded that message on Twitter would be eligible for a giveaway. I was a huge fan of Dark Horse back in the day, and they still hold the comic rights to my two favorite franchises, Aliens and Predator (and Aliens VS Predator, for that matter). So I took a chance and re-tweeted their announcement.
And hey, I won! Dark Horse sent me eight “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic” graphic novels in the mail. It took a while for them to show up, but I was happy to get them. I played the KotOR video games by LucasArts, so I was interested in seeing how the comic version tied in. Very loosely, or so I found. The story is sort a prequel to the video games, not directly related to those storylines, but the game characters do make guest appearances.
The art by Brian Ching started the series strong with great detail work. Like Groo, by Segio Aragones, the scene would often pull back and show sprawling city scenes in the background, filling in details about the location and alien life all about. The art would waver again as Ching cycled in and out of the artist chores. It would appear that many artists don’t share Ching’s talent for backgrounds. I didn’t like the art for the Vector crossover at all, but improved when Ching returned.
I don’t normally win anything, so this was a pleasant surprise. And since the KotOR series recently came to a close at the 50th issue, I received almost the entire print run in one shot. Just need to pick up the last four issues to see what happens in the end. I haven’t even read them all yet though, so no hurry. I sent a nice “thank you” note to Dark Horse (digitally, of course). I’ll have to keep a lookout for more Dark Horse giveaways concerning Aliens or Predator.
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Hey, congrats!
Thanks! Like I said, I don’t normally win stuff, so it’s kinda nice. On the other hand, if you don’t buy a lottery ticket, then you won’t ever win. Twitter makes it easy, too.
Michael