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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 13, 2021 15:09:50 GMT -5
Sounds pretty good. I may have to check that one out, too. Mark Millar took over as writer with #13. His style was a bit more crude than Ellis style so I did not enjoy it as much. The only thing I can think of offhand that I read by Mark Millar was one of those Silver Age DC comics that came out, I think 2000. I was an event with about a dozen different Silver Age titles (one for JLA, one for the Flash, etc.) all part of a connected storyline. For the most part, each one was done by a different writer and artist. The one issue I didn't like was the JLA one done by Mark Millar. It was, as you say, crude, so maybe I'll jump off after #13. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 13, 2021 15:10:19 GMT -5
Mark Millar took over as writer with #13. His style was a bit more crude than Ellis style so I did not enjoy it as much. If I were to read it, I would start with Warren Ellis' run on Stormwatch, which sets up the status quo of the Authority, and end when Ellis leaves the Authority (I find Millar mostly unreadable at best). The Stormwatch run was collected into two volumes I believe. -M Thanks. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 14, 2021 10:52:54 GMT -5
At this point, I'm more interested in characterization than wham-bam action. Some humor is definitely a plus. I don't like the dark stuff as much as I used to. So something not too gritty and bloody is good. As far as politics, I'm unusual in that I've gotten a lot more liberal as I've gotten older. What's the deal with Transmetropolitan? Also, I used to be strictly a superhero guy, but I'll read just about any genre now. Science Fiction and fantasy are probably my favorite non-superhero genres. Transmetropolitan is Ellis doing a Hunter S. Thompson riff in an SF setting. It can be just as crude and irreverent as Thompson and just as thought provoking. If you liked Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail you should definitely give it a try. It has, of anything, become more relevant in the last five years. Planetary is a great meditation on and love-letter to various genres of popular culture with enough basis in superhero books that it seems familiar. I need to get back to my review thread. Fables might be a good fit. Essentially it’s premise is that the various fairy tale lands were taken over by there unknown Adversary and those remaining emigrated to Earth and are in hiding here. The first 75 issues are gold and make one large story. I think it falls off significantly after that. The initial trade is pretty sell-contained and will give you a feel for whether you’ll like it. I too have gotten much more liberal as I’ve gotten older. I have to say, I've read the first 13 issues of Fables so far, and it's fantastic. I like it even more than Planetary. |
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