2008.01.29 – Pak and Van Lente talk Herc in NYC

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“Incredible Hercules” writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente will be guests at the Comic Book Club, a live talk show hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben in New York City. The deets:
8 pm on January 29
Tickets: $5
Online: ThePIT-NYC.com
Phone: 1-800-838-3006
Questions? 212-563-7488
The Peoples Improv Theater
154 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor
Between 6th and 7th Aves.

Seven pages of “Incredible Hercules” #113 now online

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ComicBookResources has posted a seven page preview of “Incredible Hercules” #113 — fully colored and lettered. Written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente and pencilled by Khoi Pham, the book hits comic book stores on Wednesday, January 16.
Click here to read the preview and tell your local comic store to reserve a copy for you today.
And here’s what Comixtreme had to say about the last issue:

In the last couple years, Hercules has had a renaissance, as he was extremely well portrayed in Civil War, and then in World War Hulk was once again extremely well written and characterized. Now, he’s taking over this title for a little while, with Amadeus Cho at his side, and although its one of the oddest team-ups, on paper, in reality it ends up working extremely well under Pak/Van Lente’s pens.

ComicsFairplay plugs “Planet Hulk” again

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Heidi Meeley at ComicsFairplay.com read “Planet Hulk” again — and loved “Planet Hulk” again. Here’s an excerpt from her post:

The last few days I decided to go back and re-read the Planet Hulk saga. It is one of those rare stories that is even better the second time around. Writer Greg Pak truly created a fantastic adventure in this story. The characters are compelling, the storyline fascinating, and there was opportunity for the Hulk to expand his horizons, so to speak.

Click here to read the whole review. And click here to buy the hardcover from Amazon.com.

Sean T. Collins says nice things about Greg Pak in his year-end wrap up

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Sean T. Collins’ year end review of mainstream comics at ComicsReporter.com has this to say about writer Greg Pak’s work on “Planet Hulk” and “World War Hulk”:

Greg Pak is a good, conscientious writer. The run-up to WWH had Hulk becoming a Spartacus figure on a faraway planet, and he really put in the effort of developing the different societies and races there while many writers would have just said “draw some crazy aliens.” That carried over into his pacing of WWH, who fought who and how, the way the characters entered and exited the series and interacted with each other when they were there, and so on.

Click here for the full article.

Comixtreme reviews “Warbound” #1 again — and likes it again!

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Comixtreme has posted another review of “Warbound” #1 — this time by Adam Chapman. An excerpt:

This is a very entertaining issue, as we see the irony of the Warbound being in the Hulk’s situation. Pak makes both the Warbound AND Waynesboro relatable and interesting, and sympathetic…. I’m a real fan of Pak’s use of the varied characters here, and Korg and Hiroim remain as awesome as ever. Those two are without a doubt the fan favourites of the Warbound, and for good reason. Both characters are really interesting to read, and the dialogue that Pak supplies works perfectly.

Click here to read the full review.
“Warbound” #1, written by Greg Pak with pencils by Leonard Kirk and Rafa Sandoval, is in comic book stores now. “Warbound” #2 hits stores on January 16.