tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post8955484264447139527..comments2024-03-23T12:02:36.626-07:00Comments on Mark P. Witton's Blog: Ricardo Delgado's Age of Reptiles at 25: a palaeontological retrospectiveMark Wittonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-13523791908452240192018-07-23T10:51:31.290-07:002018-07-23T10:51:31.290-07:00This comic had a huge impact on me as well (both s...This comic had a huge impact on me as well (both storytelling- and artwise). Of course the books go head-first in the action and have numerous anachronisms and scientific bloopers (some of which I recognized even as kid), but the overall idea of having such comics in my reach (this being pre-Internet Finland) was just incomprehensible. Not to mention the JP-frenzy at the same time.<br /><br />The two short stories you mentioned, can be found in readcomiconline.to <br />The issues you'll be looking for are; "Dark Horse Presents 2011" issue 4 (The Body) and "Dark Horse Presents 2014" issue 3 (Baby Turtles).Tuomas Koivurinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13338541514733235134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-52097123524125357412018-07-17T13:01:43.465-07:002018-07-17T13:01:43.465-07:00Unusual amount of spam comments on this one.Unusual amount of spam comments on this one.Zachary Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035947146927565746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-25613201723787922032018-07-08T00:12:36.382-07:002018-07-08T00:12:36.382-07:00Following your recommendation, I checked out my lo...Following your recommendation, I checked out my local comic book store and they actually had a copy of "Ancient Egyptians". Indeed, great stuff. You really have to read it several times to appreciate all that's there in the story and art.<br /><br />But I stumbled over one thing. The main character, a male Spinosaurus meets a female of the species. And while the male is a rather plain dark green color, the female has bright multi-color patterns. Delgado may have done this to make her look attractive to human eyes, think Geisha or Saloon girl, to stay with the Samurai or Western analogy. But, even if Spinosaur colors are just guesswork, this looks wrong to me. In just about any type of bird or other animal species, where the sexes differ in color and other decorations, it's the males that look flashier and more colourful, while the females have a more subdued scheme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-7686008278765202692018-07-03T11:47:04.864-07:002018-07-03T11:47:04.864-07:00A neat detail I remember seeing when I looked at t...A neat detail I remember seeing when I looked at this comic in my high school library--the mosasaurs have forked tongues. It's such a small detail, yet it's one that shows the artist has done his homework on these critters (mosasaurs are related to varanid lizards and snakes, so they should reasonably have forked tongues, and yet they're so rarely depicted with 'em).CJCroen1393https://www.blogger.com/profile/09953786490603402779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-75764456493052103592018-07-02T07:58:19.040-07:002018-07-02T07:58:19.040-07:00I have always been quite interested in the science...I have always been quite interested in the science of Paleontology even when I was little. These look like great books to check out some time. Thanks for the review and share. Have a nice rest of your week. <br /><a href="http://www.bethayresveterinary.com/" rel="nofollow">World of Animals</a>World of Animals, Inchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546739618854168046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-67392103201893218482018-06-25T10:25:52.409-07:002018-06-25T10:25:52.409-07:00Such a wonderful series--I'm always excited to...Such a wonderful series--I'm always excited to hear about a new chapter on the horizon. Apart from Greg Paul and Bob Baker, Delgado's art was a primary influence on my own...well, back when I regularly produced paleoart. I'm happy that Age of Reptiles has evolved toward a more naturalistic view of the Mesozoic, but I do miss the character-driven stories of Tribal Warfare and, to a lesser extent, The Hunt (the latter of which I didn't particularly care for).Zachary Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035947146927565746noreply@blogger.com