I posted a review of that a while back, and while I absolutely LOVE Russell's non superhero stuff, I found Superman: Space Age (as well as his other recent DCU stuff) pretty meh... so much so that I'm going to pass on the Batman one. Everyone should read Not All Robots and Travelling to Mars though.. both are fantastic.
Snagglepuss was quite good too. (I need to read the Flintstones one of these days)
Flintstones is insanely good. I loved Not All Robots. To be fair, I’ve loved pretty much everything he’s done that I’ve read.
I posted a review of that a while back, and while I absolutely LOVE Russell's non superhero stuff, I found Superman: Space Age (as well as his other recent DCU stuff) pretty meh... so much so that I'm going to pass on the Batman one. Everyone should read Not All Robots and Travelling to Mars though.. both are fantastic.
Snagglepuss was quite good too. (I need to read the Flintstones one of these days)
He can do Superhero stuff well, his Joker story from one of those Walmart issues for instance was fantastic. The Clown Prince of Crime using social media to get people to do crazy stuff? That not only works so well for the character but also offers fantastic commentary on social media's negative impact on society.
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP
Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 12, 2024 11:59:41 GMT -5
Giants, Trolls, Witches Beats by Craig Phillips
I found this wonderful volumes retelling classic fairy tales at my local library. A nice variety of tales from Scandanavia to Japan to Germany to the Americas, all splendidly adapted. Everything from Baba Yaga to Finn MacCool to Momotaro to Snow White and Red Rose. Well worth checking out if you like classic fairy tales and once upon a time stories.
Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 14, 2024 18:58:27 GMT -5
I had intended to read Empyre on Hoopla, but Lone Star had of the 6 issues in their virtual dollar bin, so I ended up grabbing it when I was price checking the Avengers West Coast prices.
There was not nearly enough Hulking and Wiccan content for my liking... it was decent, but somewhat over written and just.. too much overall.
Impossible Team-up: Impossible Jones and American A.N.G.E.L. (2024) This is the fourth and, apparently, final volume of these Impossible Jones team-ups by Karl Kesel, David Hahn et al., again the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign. (My review of the preceding issue can be found here – which in turn has links to the earlier reviews). This one involves Imp having to deal with a villain named Krampus, a creepy thief who’s supposed to be dead and who was previously an ordinary guy who used gadgets, but now has apparently magical superpowers. After an initial confrontation, she barely makes it out alive… …and then enlists the aid of other supers in the city, including yet another new heroine in this universe, American A.N.G.E.L. However, pretty much all of the heroes, and anti-heroes, from preceding stories make at least an appearance here, and this one in particular has more callbacks to the preceding issue. The ending indicates that there will be more Imp stories in the future. It was, as usual, lots of fun. Also, as usual, it also has two Even Steven back-ups, the first written by Lee Allred with art by Steve Lieber… …while the second one is by Kesel and Hahn. Again, but are ‘origin’ stories which may or may not be true, and the second ends in a bit cliff-hanger, indicating that Kesel is planning to do more of these.
Nightwing #78-#83 Was poking around facebook last night and I came across yet another post praising Taylor's Nightwing run. I like going down rabbit holes, so I figured, why not? I've never read anything by Taylor, but first impressions? The guy's a natural. I don't think I've become hooked this quickly on a story and writer since Jed MacKay's Moon Knight. It embodies everything that I've come to enjoy about DC as a fan of comic books from a young age, it's action filled, funny without being overtly comedic, and emotional.
The Green Lantern Season 1 #1-#10 Found a couple of issues of this at work the other day and it encouraged me to pick this back up. While I appreciate how weird and cosmic Morrison has made this book (my favorites being Earth getting sold at auction and Hal getting lost in his ring), some of the story threads toward the end feel largely disjointed, unless that's the point?
"I trust that a certain knowledge of popular culture will provide a reassuring familiarity in an otherwise strange and hostile environment."~ Charlie, The Last American #1
Post by Batflunkie on Apr 29, 2024 17:29:54 GMT -5
TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures v1 #1-#4 Was poking around again, looking for some light reading that was TMNT related after watching a collector's video about a Turtles fan who was slowly collecting the comics. I thought about reading the Archie TMNT books (probably might at some point), but then I remembered IDW's "Saturday Morning Adventures" line for the Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe, and TMNT cartoons
It's good for what it is, a fun all-ages book (which I always approve of, anything to get kids or the kid-at-heart into reading) with a no-frills approach to storytelling and certainly feels in line with the '87 cartoon, so kudos to Erik Burnham and Tim Lattie for doing an excellent job on the up-take. There's also plenty of fourth wall-breaking which is always fun
"I trust that a certain knowledge of popular culture will provide a reassuring familiarity in an otherwise strange and hostile environment."~ Charlie, The Last American #1
Post by wildfire2099 on May 1, 2024 19:48:07 GMT -5
I read Greg Pak's Darth Vader series (the 1st trade) today... pretty interesting stuff, though I'm glad I didn't buy it... it only took me like 40 minutes to read the 5 issue trade, not alot of stort in there. Some fun action and what stroy there was is good.. not an angle I've seen before, with Vader looking to the past. I'll probably at least check out the 2nd one.
Post by Slam_Bradley on May 2, 2024 10:39:05 GMT -5
Finally got a chance to read The Enfield Gang Massacre. I ran hot and cold on That Texas Blood, loving the genre and art, generally thinking the writing was good, but being bothered by some of the story choices (I HATE the damn Satanic cult crap from the 80s). This, however, I really liked. Solid western with the requisite mix of mythic storytelling and mythbusting. Excellent art and coloring that really accentuates it. Highly recommended.
Finally got a chance to read The Enfield Gang Massacre. I ran hot and cold on That Texas Blood, loving the genre and art, generally thinking the writing was good, but being bothered by some of the story choices (I HATE the damn Satanic cult crap from the 80s). This, however, I really liked. Solid western with the requisite mix of mythic storytelling and mythbusting. Excellent art and coloring that really accentuates it. Highly recommended.
I agree... excellent book! I picked this up as I it was being released... the text pieces in the back about the author's research were also really interesting. Kinda made me want to check out That Texas Blood, but cults are not my thing...maybe if I come across it cheap
Finally got a chance to read The Enfield Gang Massacre. I ran hot and cold on That Texas Blood, loving the genre and art, generally thinking the writing was good, but being bothered by some of the story choices (I HATE the damn Satanic cult crap from the 80s). This, however, I really liked. Solid western with the requisite mix of mythic storytelling and mythbusting. Excellent art and coloring that really accentuates it. Highly recommended.
I agree... excellent book! I picked this up as I it was being released... the text pieces in the back about the author's research were also really interesting. Kinda made me want to check out That Texas Blood, but cults are not my thing...maybe if I come across it cheap
To be fair, that was only one of the three storylines for That Texas Blood. It's just that having lived through the 80s, I hate that trope.
Kickstarter goodnesss. I've supported every Paperfilms project because I love the works of Jimmy Palmiotti. He writes fun and interesting stories and always has amazing talent on the books. This project, Fantasima, is a mix of jungle action and supernatural. I always get the tier that has Amanda Conner's covers because she's amazing. Again she doesn't disappoint. Look how gorgeous her work work is. Can't wait to read them
Bad Karma Alex de Campi (script & letters), Ryan Howe (art), Dee Cunniffe (colors), 2020 In Boston just before Christmas, a disabled Afghan war vet named Ethan reconnects with his good friend and former comrade-at-arms, Sully. After a tense holiday meal with Ethan’s ex-wife, Cheryl, their two kids and her parents, Ethan and Sully see a news report that a young man is about to be executed in Virginia for killing a Russian émigré businessman at a golf course. The only problem is that said killing was in fact done by Ethan and Sully as part of a black op, because said businessman was a CIA informant and also arms dealer – and we learn that after their tours in Afghanistan, they both worked as ‘independent contractors’, doing a lot of dirty work for the US government. They have pangs of conscience over the pending execution, and decide to go down to Virginia and set things right. As one may expect, these two guys with severe cases of PTSD, among other things, get into a world of trouble, as it ends up that there are still some people in high places in the US intelligence community who do not want the real story about what happened at that golf course to come out. Cheryl also gets involved when she goes down to bail them out of jail after an initial scuffle with some off-duty and then on-duty cops at a donut shop, and then their car is attacked by a military drone. I have to say, I liked this one a fair bit more than two other series written by de Campi which I reviewed in this thread in recent months, i.e., Mayday and the Brandenburg School for Boys. The story here is much more engaging and, frankly, the characters here are far more likeable. It’s kind of like a buddy/action/caper movie told with a lot of humor, but also with serious stakes and emotional depth. And by the way, like the two previously-mentioned series by de Campi, I also purchased these in digital format from the Panel Syndicate, where you can name your own price. However, if you prefer a hard-copy, Image published a hard-cover edition last year, with a nice painted cover: It has over 300 pages, but it’s a really light and easy read; e.g., I had some free time yesterday and basically read it in a single sitting.
