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I'll give it a download. I know Marvel has been pushing this for the last few months.

What is a Motion comic? Is it a moving comic or a brand name?

It's just a moving comic with SFX and VO.

Originally Posted by Rodimus It's just a moving comic with SFX and VO.

Isn't that a cartoon?

The characters themselves don't move i think, the pages flip and everything, plus there's sound.

Originally Posted by fatherofcaitlyn Isn't that a cartoon?

If your definition of a cartoon is everything "drawn, animated w/ sound" then yeah, I guess it technically could be. It's just the style in which they present it is very much like reading a comic. Metal Gear Digital Graphic Novel & The Watchmen Digital Comic are some of the more well known of there kind.

Its the Metal Gear Motion Comic style.

Anyone check this out yet? For a buck, I'll give it a go this weekend.

Originally Posted by JolietJake The characters themselves don't move i think, the pages flip and everything, plus there's sound.

Thank you, sir.

The trailer actually gives an idea of how it works.


Here is one for a batman comic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5omuIw6qiA

The backgrounds mostly move, there is a little character animation, but not really like a cartoon.

Originally Posted by JolietJake The characters themselves don't move i think, the pages flip and everything, plus there's sound.

I guess it's different for each one but I know in The Watchmen they have some slight animation. Just moving arms, walking, but nothing drastic.

Watched this a couple days ago and I must say, it was pretty bad. Here's my complaints:

It is not "new reader" friendly. To understand what's going on then knowledge of Marvel's Secret Invasion is required. They do try to give the reader a quick synopsis of the event but I couldn't imagine a fresh reader to understand this 100%. Abigail Brand makes a cameo and if you're asking, "who's that?" then I'm not surprised. This is a fairly new medium and one would asume Marvel to choose a character/franchise easier to pick up for newcomers. Perhaps Ultimate Spider-Man would've made a better choice.

Some like Bendis' writing style, some hate it (I happen to like it) but having it read to you aload is not a good thing. It was laughable and cheesy. It sounded very comic bookish and not in a good way. Both Jessica & Brand's dialog with each other is painful.

I kept thinking, "Would this be a something I'd like to read in print form?" The answer is "no." It's simply not a story worth telling. You can always track Jessica's troubles in the pages of "The New Avengers" anyways.

Alex Maleev's art is nice, unfortunatly it's wasted on this venture. I was wanting something with more pop and colors. That may be just me however.

The fight scene got me a little excited. I was thinking "okay now it's gonna get good." Unfortunatly it's over before you know it and is quickly ruined by the awful dialog.

thanks for the review Rod. I thought Brand was in space.

They have the first five episodes for free on Hulu

http://www.hulu.com/spider-woman-agent-of-sword
-and-
http://marvel.com/motion_comics

Originally Posted by evil_twin They have the first five episodes for free on Hulu http://www.hulu.com/spider-woman-agent-of-sword -and- http://marvel.com/motion_comics

Neat! Thanks for the heads up.

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nice. thanks.