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Turn the page, wash your hands
Turn the page, wash your hands
Turn the page, wash your hands |
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| What I'm reading right now. |
[Feb. 9th, 2009|09:26 am]
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Fables (Vertigo, 79 issues as of 2/9/09): Really good stuff. Fairy tales actually existing in alternate dimensions, suddenly brought to heel under the rule of an evil Emperor and driven in exile to our world, specifically New York City. Basically any character that falls under public domain gets an appearance here: the Big Bad Wolf (as Bigby Wolf and a personal favorite) for Sheriff of Fabletown, Snow White as Deputy Mayor, with prominent citizens like Bluebeard and Prince Charming or devilish rogues like Jack (of Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack Frost, and basically every other Jack fable) or downright villains like Goldilocks, Hansel, and the Emperor himself. I absolutely refuse to spoil the identity of the Emperor because it's one of the few instances I regret looking ahead to see who it was, as the revelation was very well done and would have genuinely surprised me. If you dig fairy tales, good writing and really good story-telling, this is where you need to be.
The Goon (Dark Horse, 31 issues as of 2/9/09): Basically a mish-mash of a million different styles, stories, and themes. It's like Eric Powell took every single thing he enjoyed growing up and fused them together seamlessly into one of the most innovative comics around. It's got zombies, mobsters, all kinds of monsters and demons, wild west-style characters, mad scientists, and way more, but still manages to deliver a very compelling story that holds together very well (for the first 20 issues or so the Chinatown incident is referred to in great deal, but the actual story wasn't released until it came out as a TPB around v3 #17, and its continuity is rock solid.) In fact, that plus a lot of other little devices make me think of Calvin and Hobbes and the Noodle Incident; providing off-scene characters and story to make you feel like you're not just reading some two-dimensional characters that are bare to you the reader.
A really good example of this is a scene in one of the later books where a character has a vision of the Goon's future. He can either stay in town and protect the people against a lot of bad shit that's coming up and die alone and broken, or he can leave now and be happy since some good is still in him, but doom the townspeople. So the Goon and Franky dip. They let a bunch of people down, including the orphan street gang that follows him, but right when they get to the edge of town Goon stops the car. Franky turns and looks at him and goes "You know what? Happiness is for pussies." It summarizes the whole theme of the comic: this old-Hollywood theme where a man can be an unscrupulous rogue and do bad things but still gives to others when it is in his ability to do so, just because he's human and the most basic good we have is to give when circumstances tell us not to give.
The Boys (Vertigo, 27 issues as of 2/9/09): It's Garth Ennis. Garth Ennis is not everyone's cup of tea. I know several comic fans who don't like his over-the-top style, especially with Preacher. But The Boys does a fantastic job of dressing down the morals and common sense of superhero comics. Basically, superheroes are a product of a chemical (think super-soldier serum)
known as Compound V (notice the community name). They're a bunch of crazy amoral whack-jobs who "save people" but lack the training to do so yet feel they deserve compensation (their analogue of the Flash kills a bystander because he can't control his speed and pushed a villain into her who promptly went into a brick wall). The Boys are a government black op team jacked up on pure Compound V who make sure that the superheroes don't get out of line. FANTASTIC.
More later, been up since like 5 AM, might go back to sleep. |
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| Battle for the Cowl |
[Feb. 8th, 2009|09:25 am]
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So, because Batman got the Omega Sanction, Batman and Detective Comics are on hiatus until May and all the other related titles are canceled in anticipation of a restart. Instead the Batman/DC issues will be replaced by a Battle for the Cowl mini-series to (supposedly) determine who the identity of the Batman is at the end of RIP. There's a bunch of tie-ins that have to do with what else is going on in Gotham, but the focus of this post is who will be the new Batman.
Dick Grayson, formerly known as Robin, aka Nightwing: Nightwing knows pretty much everyone in the DC universe, like the original Bats. He was a founding Titan, he used to knock boots with the center of the Birds of Prey, he was an Outsider, and the JLA gives him props. I don't think so. All that schismatic stuff about separating Batman from Robin was what led to Nightwing in the first place. He might help out or something, but I doubt he'll be the new Batman.
Jason Todd, formerly known as Robin, alias The Red Hood, alias The Red Robin: Certainly embodies the crazier aspects of Bats' personality, but that's also a no. The continuity stuff is too much to think about with his recent resurrection, and he's made it plain in the books he doesn't really give that much of a fuck about the Batman legacy. He'll probably stay around but do his own thing; maybe vet potential contenders for the cowl by kicking their asses or something.
Tim Drake, aka Robin: The easy choice. Bruce said that Tim would eventually be a better Batman than he is based solely on his detective skills. Also he's got that fresh brutally-orphaned thing going on since Identity Crisis. Plus, he's the current Robin and that's some bonus points. Ultimately, I'm going to have to give this a maybe. He's still in high school and it might be a little too... Spiderman-like, I guess. Plus this is the real easy choice and I have a feeling it'll be more complicated than that.
Damian Wayne, aka WTF: No. They haven't even proved it's his kid. He'll wind up a heel of some kind.
Jean-Paul Valley, aka Azrael: The second volume of Booster Gold's been really good, and in #10 you can see on Rip Hunter's chalkboard "Jean-Paul Valley Lives!" Combine that with an Azrael mini-series that's due out in the spring, and you've got something. He's already been Batman, for one thing, but then he went totally fucking crazy, so that may not work. I imagine he'll have something to do with it though, probably another heel.
Thomas Elliott, aka Hush: While I don't think he'll be Batman, I definitely think Hush will go a long way towards furthering the story. For one thing, he's done surgery to make himself an exact copy of Bruce Wayne. Whether that means he'll have a change of heart and help the successor by being Wayne, or whether it'll drive a stake in the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Batman by Hush using Wayne to do crazy shit; it's hard to say.
Of course, all of this is going to wind up irrelevant when someone rescues the original Bats, but it's still interesting to think about.
By the way, Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a totally awesome show and you need to check it out. For example, Friday's episode? The GLC, led by Hal Jordan, is taken out by Despero who then takes over Mogo and uses it to start attacking planets. Bats breaks the GLCs in the brig out (including Guy Gardner and Sinestro), they give Bats GL-equivalent powers, and they take on Despero. There are so many cool nods in that show it's unbelievable. ESPECIALLY with Sinestro.
Also, Hulk VS lets you see for the first time Wolverine kill people in a brutal, bloody way on the animated screen AND he fights Weapon X. |
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| Make Mine Marvel: Spiderman |
[Feb. 1st, 2009|10:22 pm]
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I started reading comics with Amazing Spiderman. Spiderman was my favorite comic book hero when I was young because I saw myself in the character. Here was Peter Parker who was a total nerd and by complete happenstance becomes a super-powered guy with all this crazy stuff. So what does he do? He goes out and makes those paper stacks with his powers, which is a completely sensible thing to do. It's not DC, there's no "FATE HAS DICTATED THEE TO BE SPIDERMAN", he got into something and since there isn't a real-life manual on how to deal with that kind of shit Peter Parker does what most people do.
And it gets Uncle Ben killed. Unlike DC superheroes, Spiderman found out the hard and nasty way that his actions have consequences. Not like maxi-series consequences like Superman not being around and a planet of aliens getting blown up or something, but by taking the easy path and not standing up when he was needed, powers or not, he fucked up someone else's life. Too bad it was someone he cared about, but that's life. I respect that theme. "With great power comes great responsibility" is one of the greatest maxims comics has ever produced.
What was really neat was how Spiderman had the ultimate misdirection. You knew Spiderman wasn't Peter Parker because Parker was a nerd and Spiderman was funny and cool and made jokes while he kicked the shit out of the Rhino. Not that Parker wasn't funny and cool himself; I like to think that was always a part of the character. He just understands misdirection better than most and I think that was a big loss in the movie. Tobey Maguire never cracked a joke. He never made some stupid pop culture reference or web a crook's feet together and watch him fall just to laugh.
I got into Marvel and comics in general after I read Spiderman, but that's always a lot of fond memories.
Then of course Spiderman was completely destroyed by Joe Quesada. I will NEVER let that go. I kinda came to grips with the death of Captain America. I don't think he should've been replaced by any means because that's not a franchise hero. You can't separate Steve Rogers from Cap because he's the guy that punched out Hitler and he's the man out of time. But whatever, this post is about Spiderman. When I found out what happened with One More Day I lost my motherfucking MIND. The Spiderman I grew up reading NEVER made a fucking deal with a bad guy. Of all heroes, he's the one who knows best that the price of such a bargain is far too dear and that the quick way is most often the fool's way. That's the kind of shit Peter Parker would've done before Uncle Ben got killed. The character, if written correctly, is supposed to know better.
Losing Mary Jane is completely lame even though I know Marvel hates her guts. No one wants to write Spiderman as a regular dude with a wife who jumps out to save lives randomly. They need Charlie Brown in tights. OK. Have them get a divorce. They're adults. She's afraid Venom's gonna cut him/her/both up one day. Can't take it. Painful separation. MAKES SENSE TO ME. Comic readers LIKE Mary Jane and they WANTED them to get married. It made Spiderman more... honored, by the hero community if you want to call it that. It was like they were always more protective of him because he had a lot more to lose, and they respected him more because Parker put it on the line to keep being Spiderman because of what Ben taught him. |
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[Jan. 31st, 2009|04:26 pm]
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can someone please explain to me what happened in final crisis? i figure batman shot someone with a gun, anti-life equation took people brains over, wonder woman did something or another, martian manhunter is dead, a flash came back ,darkseid disappeared after "dying", a bunch of supermen showed up then some guy with a funny haircut brought captain carrot and the zoo crew out of animals that just appeared. uh. |
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[Jan. 31st, 2009|12:07 pm]
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lets see what am i reading right now...
amazing spiderman- i know i know i know. the mismanagement of one more day has hurt this comic with some people, but despite that i enjoy i enjoy it quite a bit. it is a back to basic spiderman that i havent seen in a while. slott and his team are doing a pretty good job at moving spiderman away from that mess and is setting up the relationship angles, a couple over arching stories going on and some new and old bad guys showing up from time to time. also the angst of peter parker is there also john romita jr is doing the art for the the current story arch and it is as always fucking awesome. give it a try.
dark/new/mighty avengers- i like these books because they are telling the basic overarching story of the current marvel universe. i wouldnt put it in the same area as 52/countdown but it does the same thing as those comics in telling you what is going on with the universe. fun stuff. also keeping norman osbourne a evil bastard is fun to read. also with the sentry on the bad guy avengers that might mean he will die which would be awesome.
daredevil- one of my favorite characters ever and while it is overly angst ridden sometimes most of the time it is kickin ass. if you arent reading this you are a commie goon.
jughead- i have him tattooed on my body of course im reading his comic.
tiny titans- i just started reading this comic but i think its pretty funny. tiny titans is basically the teen titans in elementary school with darkseid as the lunch lady and the other titan villains as the teachers, subs and principals. funny kid stuff. why am i reading a kid made for comics? its cheap, funny, and your reading about grown men in tights so whats grownup about that?
captain Britain and the Mi13- british superheroes kicking mythical ass. awesome very awesome. they are going to fight the marvel dracula in the new arc. very awesome.
young liars- i have no idea what is going on in this comic but i love it a lot. fucking crazy.
scalped- the writer is from alabama and it kicks ass. win win. |
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| Ok, so... |
[Jan. 31st, 2009|11:21 am]
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thus far I have read the following Batman graphic novels:
• Hush
• The Killing Joke
• Long Halloween
• The Joker
I am open to suggestions on what adventures of the dark knight to pick up next. |
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[Jan. 30th, 2009|11:11 pm]
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Final Crisis #7 is done. I don't know, I kinda couldn't figure out what was happening. That's my biggest problem with the Multiverse; sometimes I just get lost.
I feel like the Batman really lost out here. It was cool to see Barry Allen come back, since they always had a loop hole in Crisis on Infinite Earths for it, but it's like they kinda gloss over his annihilation into infinite hells with the Omega Sanction.
It kinda makes sense for the public to not know because you can't have it getting out that the Bat got fried, but even the big players are kinda "meh" about the whole thing. He's not technically dead either, since he's evidently in one of his hells at the end of Final Crisis #7, so I don't know if he can be a Black Lantern for the upcoming Blackest Night. So I just don't see the point of the whole thing.
And now they're doing the Faces of Evil thing which is the exact same thing as Marvel's Dark Reign. See, it'd be cool if evil won in one part. I think that the Rogues killing Bart Allen was pretty cool, and I think it would have been neat to see Barry Allen come back if ALL the Flashes were dead. Or maybe he doesn't come back at all, and someone else has to patrol Central City, or it goes lawless like Gotham did in No Man's Land. But evil winning everywhere? I don't know.
I'll be looking forward to In Blackest Night. |
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