Comments on: Bond. James Bond. The newspaper strips. Too much stop start, not enough Mr Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:06:16 +0000

I know what you mean abut a different mode of reading with newspaper strips and I deliberately read it in very small chunks to get into that different mode of reading. But even then it didn’t work for me. I’ll revisit possibly with Omnibus Volume 2 to see if they do flow better.

However, like Lew says – if this is your sort of thing, then the Omnibus format is very nice and incredibly good value.

By: Baletanke

Baletanke — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:45:26 +0000

I think that 007 strip and all of the films about james bond,the best one is Casino Royale…

By: Lew Stringer

Lew Stringer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:18:22 +0000

I think one just needs to get into a different mode of reading with newspaper strip collections. After all, they weren’t intended to be read as collections anyway; just as short memorable daily episodes. However I do understand your comments about these early Bond strips. I think you’d find that if you tried the ones from a year or two later they’d flow better.

I’m surprised that Titan have released this Omnibus just after they’d completed their Bond strip albums, but it is a cheap way to obtain the early stories.

I’d recommend the Modesty Blaise albums too.