Feb. 13th, 2004
Fairly comprehensive "Finder" compendium
Feb. 13th, 2004 10:03 pmNow go and get addicted, err, intrigued, yourselves!
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Excerpts can be found here (full issues):
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/15/index.php
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/19/index.php
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/23/index.php
As well as here (excerpts from first story arc):
http://www.artbomb.net/pdf/finder1.pdf
http://www.artbomb.net/pdf/finder2.pdf
And here (shorts):
http://www.popimage.com/industrial/finder/finder1.html
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/fetch/index.php
(About 100 pages, all told. If you only check out one, check out the second one from artbomb.net.)
Keep in mind that these are very short excerpts from a very long, complex story that even now, at issue 33, is far from finished.
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Finder recommendations and reviews from various quarters:
Warren Ellis likes it:
http://www.artbomb.net/detail.jsp?idx=4&cid=8&tid=63
http://www.artbomb.net/detail.jsp?idx=4&cid=8&tid=64
The Village Voice likes it:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0333/wolk.php
Fanboys like it:
http://www.fanboyplanet.com/comics/rs-finder.php
Gays like it:
http://www.gayleague.com/forums/display.php?id=11
Pagan Buffy fans like it:
http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=1761
Furries like it (If you don't know what furries are: google is your friend. They're the fandom everyfan points to and says, 'see, there *is* someone weirder than me.'):
longest link ever
Sequential Tarts say: Read This or Die!:
http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/jan01/rtod_0101.shtml
Badlit doesn't find Finder bad lit at all (this was actually the first review I read; the one that made me curious to find out more):
http://www.badlit.com/review_comic_finder.html
Comics Worth Reading considers it a comic worth reading:
http://www.comicsworthreading.com/gn/finder.html
The Ninth Art has this great quote from the author: "I did have a brief thing for Wolverine, and thereby discovered that one of my great callings was to bring more hairy guys to comics...":
http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=254
http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=251
PopImage says: "I'm not sure it's for everyone, but since I'm the reviewer here, I've decided that it is and that all of you should go out and buy as much of it as you possibly can.":
http://www.popimage.com/reviews/062000finder.html
A guy called Bob compares a man's portrayal of a female character and Carla Speed McNeil's portrayal of a male character. He also says: "Finder resists summary-- resists it, spits on it, uses it for skeet-shooting practice.":
http://www.zompist.com/bob34.html#2
Strange Horizons says: "In short, Finder is rich, complex, moving, sad, funny, and altogether wonderful. And highly recommended. Go buy it.":
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20010212/finder.shtml
Indypreviews for March 1999 says: "Something incredible is happening inside a modest little bi-monthly self-published comic...":
http://amazingmontage.tripod.com/ip199903.html#MF
Cold Cut Distribution looks at it from a seller's point of view: "Finder is a sleeper hit waiting to happen." Well... this is from 1997, so I guess it *didn't* happen. More's the shame.:
http://www.coldcut.com/reviews/rev27.html
"A Fanboy's Finder Find" (scroll down a bit, it's a blog) – he says: "I was mystified but hooked.":
http://www.highclearing.com/archivesuo/week_2003_08_17.html#004347
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Excerpts can be found here (full issues):
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/15/index.php
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/19/index.php
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/23/index.php
As well as here (excerpts from first story arc):
http://www.artbomb.net/pdf/finder1.pdf
http://www.artbomb.net/pdf/finder2.pdf
And here (shorts):
http://www.popimage.com/industrial/finder/finder1.html
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/issues/fetch/index.php
(About 100 pages, all told. If you only check out one, check out the second one from artbomb.net.)
Keep in mind that these are very short excerpts from a very long, complex story that even now, at issue 33, is far from finished.
***
Finder recommendations and reviews from various quarters:
Warren Ellis likes it:
http://www.artbomb.net/detail.jsp?idx=4&cid=8&tid=63
http://www.artbomb.net/detail.jsp?idx=4&cid=8&tid=64
The Village Voice likes it:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0333/wolk.php
Fanboys like it:
http://www.fanboyplanet.com/comics/rs-finder.php
Gays like it:
http://www.gayleague.com/forums/display.php?id=11
Pagan Buffy fans like it:
http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=1761
Furries like it (If you don't know what furries are: google is your friend. They're the fandom everyfan points to and says, 'see, there *is* someone weirder than me.'):
longest link ever
Sequential Tarts say: Read This or Die!:
http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/jan01/rtod_0101.shtml
Badlit doesn't find Finder bad lit at all (this was actually the first review I read; the one that made me curious to find out more):
http://www.badlit.com/review_comic_finder.html
Comics Worth Reading considers it a comic worth reading:
http://www.comicsworthreading.com/gn/finder.html
The Ninth Art has this great quote from the author: "I did have a brief thing for Wolverine, and thereby discovered that one of my great callings was to bring more hairy guys to comics...":
http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=254
http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=251
PopImage says: "I'm not sure it's for everyone, but since I'm the reviewer here, I've decided that it is and that all of you should go out and buy as much of it as you possibly can.":
http://www.popimage.com/reviews/062000finder.html
A guy called Bob compares a man's portrayal of a female character and Carla Speed McNeil's portrayal of a male character. He also says: "Finder resists summary-- resists it, spits on it, uses it for skeet-shooting practice.":
http://www.zompist.com/bob34.html#2
Strange Horizons says: "In short, Finder is rich, complex, moving, sad, funny, and altogether wonderful. And highly recommended. Go buy it.":
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20010212/finder.shtml
Indypreviews for March 1999 says: "Something incredible is happening inside a modest little bi-monthly self-published comic...":
http://amazingmontage.tripod.com/ip199903.html#MF
Cold Cut Distribution looks at it from a seller's point of view: "Finder is a sleeper hit waiting to happen." Well... this is from 1997, so I guess it *didn't* happen. More's the shame.:
http://www.coldcut.com/reviews/rev27.html
"A Fanboy's Finder Find" (scroll down a bit, it's a blog) – he says: "I was mystified but hooked.":
http://www.highclearing.com/archivesuo/week_2003_08_17.html#004347