tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post7418031892930129710..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Jax for short, which he ain'tKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-72267525736530766842013-07-22T10:27:48.999-04:002013-07-22T10:27:48.999-04:00If you've got any fondness for Jaxxon and the ...If you've got any fondness for Jaxxon and the rest, those first Marvel issues have been adapted and spun off into an audio drama...<br /><br />http://www.nolinecinemas.com/marvels/mmain.htmAndrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-34534813716091843882009-10-09T09:32:38.284-04:002009-10-09T09:32:38.284-04:00I agree with Jason about the swashbuckling concept...I agree with Jason about the swashbuckling concept. They were fun and didn't seem to care a whit about continuity, which is what makes some of the other EU stuff so dull. (Why tell a story when you can just fill in pieces and pretend it's a story?)<br /><br />Plus, those Marvel comics gave the world Hoojibs, one of my favorite Star Wars anything ever.SamuraiFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18313259493587442589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-31070513164125289932009-10-09T01:18:51.880-04:002009-10-09T01:18:51.880-04:00You know, I think those early comic book stories -...You know, I think those early comic book stories -- the run between the first two movies, at least -- are still my favorite "Expanded Universe" stuff, even though they don't remotely fit into anything that was established later. They have a swashbuckling tone and a fun energy that's rarely been matched in any of the licensed novels, and certainly not in the deadly serious Dark Horse comics that came along in the 90s. Even if they did occasionally feature silly things like humanoid rabbits and porcupines.jasonhttp://www.jasonbennion.comnoreply@blogger.com