{"id":1709,"date":"2015-02-27T18:43:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T18:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2016-04-26T14:22:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T14:22:23","slug":"battle-chasers-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/1709","title":{"rendered":"Battle Chasers Is Back?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bc-renewal\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I got into comics in the mid-’90s reading X-Men<\/b> and I recall the day I bought my first comic (of that era). It was in the autumn of 1995 now that I check and it was X-Men #45<\/b>. Later that week I snatched up Uncanny X-Men #325<\/b> and I was exposed to the utterly-spectacular art of Joe Madureira. Comics had come a long way from the ones I’d read in the ’80s as a kid and the art was incredible. While I read several comics over the next few years, Joe Madureira style has always been my all-time favorite. <\/p>\n

Joe Mad’s run on the X-Men<\/b> didn’t last too much longer and I anxiously awaited his new creation, Battle Chasers<\/b> in 1998. Issue #1 was all I had hoped for. It seemed that Madureira (who is just one year my senior) had the very same tastes as me. The fantasy sword & sorcery tone was mixed with a steampunk futuristic mech deal and his penciling was leagues beyond his peers (IMHO). Issues 2 and 3 came soon but the delay between them only grew. The publication history of my new favorite comic was chronicled everywhere. It’s great, but waiting 2-3 months or more kind of ruined any momentum.<\/p>\n

Canceling issue #10 in 2001 meant merely nine issues over more than three years. Not a very good track record. I followed Mad through his cover work for other comics and whatever else he did but my interest in comics waned. I played both Darksiders<\/b> games, never finishing the second. I even met him in 2003!<\/p>\n

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Me & Mad – 2003<\/p><\/div>\n

So, now, 2015…the remnants of Vigil Games<\/b> and we have not only a three-issue arc completing the original Battle Chasers<\/b> storyline but also a potential Battle Chasers Game<\/i>?!?! My excitement is evident but let’s just say one thing here…I’ll believe it when I see it. Two issues a year he was going at a decade+ ago. <\/p>\n

However, I shouldn’t be so jaded! This is fantastic news and while I don’t know how many die-hard BC<\/b>\/Joe Madureira fans there are after all this time but I’m on board with the comics and the game! In fact, I don’t think I’ve purchased a comic since 2001 or so – but hell yeah I’m getting BC<\/b> #10 or whatever they call it. <\/p>\n

I’ve actually been thinking about the X-Men<\/b> lately and picked up an issue and flipped through it. Not entirely sure if I care to start up that affair with comics again. If it’s a Madureira series though? You won’t be able to keep me away! Now…we wait. Hmm…feels awfully familiar! :) <\/p>\n

\"Excessive?<\/a>

Excessive? Nah!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Wargolem\"<\/a>

Wargolem<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Classic<\/a>

Classic Mad!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"B.A.!\"<\/a>

BA!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got into comics in the mid-’90s reading X-Men and I recall the day I bought my first comic (of that era). It was in the autumn of 1995 now that I check and it was X-Men #45. Later that week I snatched up Uncanny X-Men #325 and I was exposed to the utterly-spectacular art […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,12,15],"tags":[127,128],"class_list":["post-1709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artwork","category-best-worst","category-blog","tag-battle-chasers","tag-madureira"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1709"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1719,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions\/1719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}