Monsters

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Rosenfeld, Jason (April 2021). "Barry Windsor-Smith's Monsters". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021 . Retrieved 1 May 2021. Academy of Comic Book Arts Shazam Awards Best Individual Story ("Lair of the Beast Men," by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith, from Conan the Barbarian #2) (nominated) [42] During his run on Conan the Barbarian, Windsor-Smith was involved in the writing as well. [10] He and writer Roy Thomas adapted a number of R.E. Howard short stories, the aforementioned "The Frost-Giant's Daughter", "Tower of the Elephant", "Rogues in the House", and "Red Nails". As well as the art and story contributions, Windsor-Smith provided the covers for most issues. They worked on original adventures and characters based on R.E. Howard's characters – most notably the flame-haired warrior-woman, Red Sonja – loosely based on a character from one of Howard's non-Conan stories, who has now become a major comics character in her own right – in "The Song of Red Sonja" in Conan the Barbarian No. 24 (March 1973), Windsor-Smith's last issue of the title. By then he had worked on 21 of the first 24 issues of the series, missing only issues No. 17 and No. 18, and No. 22 (which was a reprint of issue #1), and both he and the title had won a number of awards. Windsor-Smith would later say that the reason he missed those issues was because he had quit the series a number of times as he was dissatisfied with the work and how the comics business worked, rather than the deadline problems Marvel quoted. [11] In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Thomas and Windsor-Smith's work on Conan the Barbarian seventh on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels". [12] BWS tenía que haberse buscado un guionista para, al menos, redactar los diálogos (lo que seguramente habría conducido a una poda de páginas) y corregir las incoherencias del relato (¿junio de 1945? ¿No debería haber sido mayo de 1945? ¿Qué cojones hacen los nazis en esa casa?). Pero entonces nos habríamos perdido parte de arte, y Monstruos es un tebeo para mirarlo y remirarlo mientras te deleitas con los detalles de las ilustraciones en glorioso blanco y negro. El excelente trabajo sobre las tramas y en el detalle de ciertas estampas que se ajusta a lo que demanda la narración, morosa en la mayoría de las partes, precipitada al final.

Info Dump: The Professor takes the time at one point to explain some of Logan's military history and his nature as a mutant. Fan Disservice: Logan is naked throughout most of the story. However, it's used to show his vulnerability and how the project has dehumanized him and is never played for titillation. Other American Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015 . Retrieved 4 February 2016. There is no indication that there are other test subjects besides Logan. The inclusion of "Team X" would come later.

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It Seems Like a Waste … Of the Dramatic Situation”: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy By Dan Sullivan At its heart, Monsters is a tender and involved family drama, but it comes dressed in not one but two layers of fantasy: mad Nazi scientists and a supernatural subplot involving ghosts and psychic powers. Intriguingly, one comics expert I spoke to told me that it started life all those years ago as a Hulk story. With its super-powered, lonely monster being pursued by a furious military man, the suggestion sounds very plausible. Eye Scream: The Professor pours hot coffee onto Logan's face and into his eyes. Not even for some experiment, just out of sheer sadism.

For the Evulz: The Professor at one point pours hot coffee onto Logan's face, knowing that, due to the mind control, he literally cannot react to the pain of it burning him. Special mention goes to him waking up during the Adamantium bonding process (i.e. having his skeleton coated in molten metal). It took me days to finish this, but not due to any lagging or slogging dullness... on the contrary, I had to force myself to put it down periodically for my own emotional wellbeing. This is a mentally and emotionally exhausting read. Parts of it are also terrifying. Not in a creepy, spooky way... in a very real horror of life sort of way. It’s frightening in the same way an angry adult about to lose their temper was scary to me as a child. It’s a mostly joyless read. Cronin, Brian (16 September 2022). "The Strange Origins of Barry Windsor-Smith's Iconic Wolverine Story, Weapon X". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022 . Retrieved 16 September 2022. On May 20, 5 days before his 73rd birthday, Barry Windsor-Smith, author of WEAPON X and MONSTERS, suffered an Ischemic Stroke. He spent 8 days in an ICU and some weeks in rehabilitation. He has been released from the hospital and is slowly recovering at his home in NY.By the time we finally reach a conclusion the story is so full of forced coincidences that the author feels compelled to mention "fate" and "destiny" to make excuses for the ridiculousness. And I Must Scream: Logan is subjected to horrific experiments and goes in and out of awareness throughout due to being drugged out of his mind. He does end up screaming about how much pain he is in on multiple occasions. Implacable Man: One of the goals of the project is to create one. Logan was already superhumanly tough, but once he gains the Adamantium skeleton, he takes it to a new level. Climaxes when he is shown to survive a bath in molten nuclear waste and just keep coming.