Jim Lawson's The Sordid Land

RatKingLeo · 05-13-2015, 05:28 AM

Has anyone been keeping up with Jim Lawson's new comic? He's been releasing a page at a time on his Facebook, blog, and I believe tmblr. If you have what do you think?

*Powder* · 05-13-2015, 11:01 AM

I have. Not sure what to make of it yet, but Jim will always have my support. I love seeing new work from him, turtles or not.

RatKingLeo · 05-13-2015, 03:09 PM

I agree, I was excited to see him start a new book especially since hes not doing Dragonfly anymore. It will be interesting to see where he takes this story or as it seems (possibly) multiple story lines. Its a little tough to get a read on it since its being released a single page at a time, but I am looking forward to getting more into it especially since I love his art.

inksb · 05-13-2015, 04:03 PM

I haven't been reading it, just grabbing each page as it's released. Once we get to a point where I feel I should start reading I will but I hate reading a page a week. It's just a tease.

Speaking of Jim, I just got my copy of A Walk Through Dinosaurland. I can't wait to read that. I was late to the Dragonfly book, what happened with follow up? Did Jim just lose interest or what? I bought the first book and it just seemed like a set up for more.

RatKingLeo · 05-13-2015, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by inksb

I was late to the Dragonfly book, what happened with follow up? Did Jim just lose interest or what? I bought the first book and it just seemed like a set up for more.

He released the second story page by page on his Facebook, then in an interview he did last July he stated that he will no longer be producing Dragonfly because he thinks Peter Laird and possibly others at Mirage were upset with him using a turtle character in the story.

All the same characters do appear in The Sordid Land with different names, but now John isn't a turtle anymore

inksb · 05-31-2015, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RatKingLeo

He released the second story page by page on his Facebook, then in an interview he did last July he stated that he will no longer be producing Dragonfly because he thinks Peter Laird and possibly others at Mirage were upset with him using a turtle character in the story.

All the same characters do appear in The Sordid Land with different names, but now John isn't a turtle anymore

Any one collect the images from facebook and make a CBR/CBZ of it? I'd like to read it but that's a lot of digging through facebook.

Topsu · 06-01-2015, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by inksb

Any one collect the images from facebook and make a CBR/CBZ of it? I'd like to read it but that's a lot of digging through facebook.

How about reading it here: http://thesordidland.tumblr.com/ or here: http://thesordidland.blogspot.fi/

inksb · 06-01-2015, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Topsu

How about reading it here: http://thesordidland.tumblr.com/ or here: http://thesordidland.blogspot.fi/

Sorry I was talking about Dragonfly issue 2. I didn't really specify, I apologize.

Abnormal Freak · 06-03-2015, 12:13 PM

Haven't read any of this yet 'cos I'm waiting for all the pages to be uploaded. He just put up page 23, wonder how many there are total.

inksb · 06-04-2015, 08:56 PM

I'm the same way. If I had to make a guess based on nothing other than his average Mirage issue I would say around 36-40 but I really have no idea. I wish Jim would print this stuff.

Nortock Diab · 11-10-2020, 03:15 AM

I discussed this topic with Jim:
- 50 pages were uploaded on the blog
- 32 pages were completed and not posted
- The whole story would have been about 120 pages

And to quote him:
"It's funny- that originally was a future Turtle story with an old Leonardo meeting another character of mine- Guzzi LeMans. I switched around the characters so as not to use Leo but instead the Oni guy. Leo was going to be called Oni anyways. The child in the story originally was a clone of Shadow. "

I'm sure if people start asking him about this unfinished story, it could trigger his motivation to wrap it up.

05-13-2015, 05:28 AM	#1
RatKingLeo Foot Soldier Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 195	Jim Lawson's The Sordid Land Has anyone been keeping up with Jim Lawson's new comic? He's been releasing a page at a time on his Facebook, blog, and I believe tmblr. If you have what do you think? __________________ Check out http://theaggregatebook.com SHELLBACK ARTWORKS: http://www.facebook.com/ShellbackArtworks

05-13-2015, 11:01 AM	#2
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,809	I have. Not sure what to make of it yet, but Jim will always have my support. I love seeing new work from him, turtles or not. __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

05-13-2015, 03:09 PM	#3
RatKingLeo Foot Soldier Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 195	I agree, I was excited to see him start a new book especially since hes not doing Dragonfly anymore. It will be interesting to see where he takes this story or as it seems (possibly) multiple story lines. Its a little tough to get a read on it since its being released a single page at a time, but I am looking forward to getting more into it especially since I love his art. __________________ Check out http://theaggregatebook.com SHELLBACK ARTWORKS: http://www.facebook.com/ShellbackArtworks

06-03-2015, 12:13 PM	#9
Abnormal Freak Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: MN Posts: 778	Haven't read any of this yet 'cos I'm waiting for all the pages to be uploaded. He just put up page 23, wonder how many there are total. __________________

11-10-2020, 03:15 AM	#11
Nortock Diab Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Paris, France Posts: 418	I discussed this topic with Jim: - 50 pages were uploaded on the blog - 32 pages were completed and not posted - The whole story would have been about 120 pages And to quote him: "It's funny- that originally was a future Turtle story with an old Leonardo meeting another character of mine- Guzzi LeMans. I switched around the characters so as not to use Leo but instead the Oni guy. Leo was going to be called Oni anyways. The child in the story originally was a clone of Shadow. " I'm sure if people start asking him about this unfinished story, it could trigger his motivation to wrap it up. __________________ Fan Comic: Tales of the TMNT Special full PDF Fan Print: Jim Lawson's Guzzi LeMans The Collected Strips Fan Print: Jim Lawson's Secret Garage For sale: Nortock Diab's Comic Shop

05-13-2015, 04:03 PM	#4
inksb Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 47	I haven't been reading it, just grabbing each page as it's released. Once we get to a point where I feel I should start reading I will but I hate reading a page a week. It's just a tease. Speaking of Jim, I just got my copy of A Walk Through Dinosaurland. I can't wait to read that. I was late to the Dragonfly book, what happened with follow up? Did Jim just lose interest or what? I bought the first book and it just seemed like a set up for more.

06-04-2015, 08:56 PM	#10
inksb Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 47	I'm the same way. If I had to make a guess based on nothing other than his average Mirage issue I would say around 36-40 but I really have no idea. I wish Jim would print this stuff.