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Good:
Printed Media: Eve Source was truly amazing. More artwork is always good
Artists: I did like the different ways the artist illustrated the eve universe

Bad:
The Story: While an important story in the player driven universe, it just didn't grip me the same way the chronicles did.
ANGER: Why is everyone in the comic always yelling? It seemed a bit over-dramatic.
Confusing: Way too many characters and it was a pain to keep track of everyone.

Suggestion:
Focus on Eve lore stories instead of player driven.
If player based stories help sell more comics, then at least make them shorter stories. Big battles told with info from both sides.
B-R5RB would be perfect for a short Eve comic, especially with the press from it recently.

If you say so, but popularity never has anything to do with quality. I'd figure everyone is familiar enough with that logical fallacy to see through it.

It just so happens the most voted on story goes to the alliance with the most members, entirely shocking and unprecedented. The BOB story is so old and tired because goons trot it out anytime any third person asks questions about EVE. I can't see how any current player would find it compelling when we're lectured with it in the media over, and over, and over again.

Eliminating personal taste, you get what the selection process was, a basic highschool popularity contest. And you get what you expect, basic highschool stories.

I'm a big comics fan, so I read it all, and will get the published version.

I also liked the 4th artist, who was better than the previous ones at not making his characters completely change heads from one page to another. He was probably one of the best at composition, though clearly drawing spaceship wasn't what he liked doing, or should be doing.

I generally didn't like the story, however, for the reasons already mentioned above:

- Can someone please tell me what's going on? We have a guy with a goatee who is being mad at everybody, for different reasons, throughout the volumes. We have Goonswarm mentioned every other page, though never quite in the same context. We have a super-smug Mittani pulling the strings, which I guess makes me glad someone at least seems to be following the plot And no, that is not grrgoons-ing because what I'm complaining about is that we don't really understand who the Goons are in that story, apart from "the winning side".

- I almost stopped reading with the first fight, for the reasons already mentioned, for which my pennance was that I saw a Maelstrom taking out half a squad of Arazus on its own. I mean... SERIOUSLY?

- I didn't get all the fuss about the Iterons, and the plot is so messy that I wasn't particularly interested in finding out.

So as others wrote, please get competent people to write a script. It is possible to do slow-paced in comic form. It is possible to write a saga, providing the characters don't feel the need to burst an artery every page. But it needs to be somewhat believable. If these are "True Stories", then all there is to the EVE universe isn't the vastness of space or the spaceships, but a bunch of unwashed guys with serious attitude problems fighting behind hologram screens.

I disagree completely.

A B-R short story would just be a long list of primaries with the occasional Russian managing to jump out before dying, I don't see any story material (you know the usual tropes - overcoming adversity, betrayal, finding yourself/coming of age, winning love, ...) there.

The only part of the battle that wasn't straight forward was the question whether PL/N3 would jump in their US TZ or not, in a good story this would have turned the battle around but in reality it just didn't happen.

1. I love the fact that it was free to download. And if you want a paid version you can get the book with all the issues in it via omnibus! Don't change that concept.

2. IMO I loved the cover art for issue 2.

3. Seeing this in comic book format made me want WiS all the more. (sorry folks)

4. The way that the stories were chosen is long past, that boat has sailed. I did like the voting concept tho. The next few issues could be about certain themes ie a few issues about bank heists or revenge. One offs.

5. This one was a hard thought, but keep chronicles; chronicles! And use the comics to tell player stories. Something about reading the chronicles and letting my own imagination visualize the story works for me!

6. Don't stop.




PS: Bring back EON!!!!!! (or at least bring back the old issues via DL)

\o/

The Chronicles and EVE Source are just way better IMO. I would stick to those types of endeavors but maybe those won't draw in new players, which is the whole point of trying a comic book.

However if you specifically want constructive criticism on the comic book format, well:

The art was just not appealing. Moving the hyper-realistic art style of EVE itself to a comic book style just didn't work for me, as an EVE player who is biased that way. Changing artists from book to book was just a bad decision.

As others have said, following the story was just hard/impossible. I was around back then and have heard the story dozens of times, and I just didn't know what to make of this effort. One main problem was likely the story chosen was WAY to big to fit into 4 comics, so next time, choose an appropriately sized story to tell depending on the medium is being told on. Don't be stupid and try to cram The Song of Ice and Fire series into a movie trilogy, and expect it to hold up.

For story submission, if you MUST stick with these true story things, don't do it by popular vote entirely. Anyone who follows the CSM knows how easy it is for one small but organized segment of the player base can just blob the process, and not to its benefit either. Try the STV system next time perhaps, and let everyone rank stories they like, how they like.

Also, as I said above, weed out / disqualify any stories that are too broad in scope and/or require too much insider knowledge to appreciate. The selected story should be knowledge neutral enough that someone who doesn't play EVE could follow it, and someone who does play EVE but has no attachment or background on the story to be able to really understand it. Hopefully then, the person who doesn't play EVE at least enjoys the story, and might think to check out more about EVE so they will truly understand it as well.

That all said, I am not a huge fan of comic books, although I felt I should read these. I much prefer the Chronicles to these comics, and EVE source as well. Short stories based on true stories might be doable, with art akin to EVE source thrown in to give some context/awesomeness between pages of text.

I'm not really sold on the True Stories idea either for a story format. I would honestly leave the story format to NPC stories like the Chronicles.

I think EVE's true stories SHOULD be recorded if possible, but in a historical way with as much accuracy and depth as possible from as many angles/perspectives as possible. An EVE history book of sorts. That would be awesome, although I don't know how possible it would be. Something like EVE source, but for the true stories of EVE year 1, year 2, etc.

If done well, I would totally buy every single volume as a way to celebrate and appreciate the rich history that does exist in the game. So many people who play the game only have a limited knowledge of these stories, that I think they would love to be able to explore the real history of EVE more fully.

Thank you CCP for doing this and adding another dimension to the EVE universe. Great job partnering with Dark Horse, too, who has a ton of credibility in the area of adapting other universes into the comic book realm.

The price was certainly right, and I think it will serve as a cool introduction to EVE for comic book geeks like me who read every free book in the Dark Horse store. I for one appreciate that you did it.

I enjoyed these books - I'm a comic book fan. Draw me a picture and tell me a story and I'm happy. I'm not an art critic or a cranky bittervet. It's an adaptation - I don't really care if they get details wrong here or there, because literal adaptations don't add anything. The worst graphic novel adaptations are literal and precise, and leave you wondering why they did a book in the first place.

But there are some who can't handle an adaptation. They should just stick to arguing about hull fits, and leave the comic book reading to folks who have an imagination.

My recommendation for the future: Don't let fans vote on these stories, because the meta game is in play. Big alliances can pump the vote, even if their story isn't compelling. Have story people choose the story - people who love comics and have a nose for a story that can be adapted well.

I think this is an excellent way to grow the EVE brand and to reach out to the comic book crowd. Thanks again for this effort to add another dimension. I hope the idea takes on a life of it's own, and that some day we see an EVE booth at San Diego Comic-Con.

Well....Meh. I am not sure if it was the disconnected way the story was told, the strange comments and battles with the ships or what, but I simply was not impressed. Sorry.

Smartphone or tablet. You can download locally and read offline.

the little guy is boring and unimportant and so are his stories

it sounds harsh but it's the truth, there's a reason that B-R made mainstream media and "guy mines rock in spaceship game" or "unimportant faction warfare battle changes nothing" did not

a story about boring unimportant people will be boring and unimportant and that's just reality, sorry it hurts your ego