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Metal Hurlant returns from Humanoids with a Kickstarter (www.comicsbeat.com)

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Metal Hurlant, the French SF/Fantasy magazine that inspired the US Heavy Metal, is coming back as a quarterly magazine, The Wrap reports. Humanoids will soon launch a Kickstarter to bring Metal Hurlant to the US as a quarterly anthology (...) Read the full article here.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Me, I love the idea in general, but based on what my fellow collectors have said, so far the recent issues (MH has been revived for ~two years now I believe) devoted to new stuff have been pretty underwhelming in quality. Just not up to the original standard of work, it sounds like, although to be fair, that's a sky-high bar to aim for! :S

To be clear, I understand that the relaunch has also alternated 'new stuff' issues with others which reprint the best of classic MH, and you certainly can't go wrong with those! <3

Hmm! So... guess we'll see how it goes upping the publication schedule.

[–] thawed_caveman 2 points 4 days ago

I bought the first one when it came out and didn't buy the next ones. I actually liked the comics it contained, but the overall tone is more intellectual and less countercultural than the original (of which i also have a few issues).

I think the difference might boil down to being at the cutting edge of an emerging culture compared to being comfortable in an established culture four decades later.