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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 7, 2016 15:14:54 GMT -5
The first couple issues of Brian Wood and Garry Brown's Black Road has been a good read. If you liked Wood's Northlanders, this is of the same ilk except a long going series seemingly based around the subtitled "Magnus the Black Mystery" central character. I'll have to keep an eye out for that in trade. I'm hot and cold on Wood, but Northlanders was one of my favorite books of the last ten years. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 8, 2016 7:32:54 GMT -5
Aquaman Rebirth. Really had a lot going for it, namely political intrigue and humor, the latter of which being directed at Aquaman being a walking punchline solely because his superpower is that he can commune with fish. The Howard The Duck 2008 mini-series did this too by constantly referencing the George Lucas film, but unlike Aquaman Rebirth, that did not work in it's favor when it it by all means should have
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Post by Gene on Jun 8, 2016 20:11:36 GMT -5
I just read the last two issues of Moon Knight. This book's off to a great start. Lemire is mixing Egyptian mythology and Marc Spector's madness to tell a story in which the readers are even more confused about what's real and what isn't than the characters themselves. The icing on the cake is Greg Smallwood's art. He can switch gears from one aesthetic to another at a drop of a hat and they all look great. This one could be a real sleeper hit for Marvel if they're willing to commit to it.
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Post by The Captain on Jun 8, 2016 20:24:00 GMT -5
I just read the last two issues of Moon Knight. This book's off to a great start. Lemire is mixing Egyptian mythology and Marc Spector's madness to tell a story in which the readers are even more confused about what's real and what isn't than the characters themselves. The icing on the cake is Greg Smallwood's art. He can switch gears from one aesthetic to another at a drop of a hat and they all look great. This one could be a real sleeper hit for Marvel if they're willing to commit to it. Completely agree with everything you've written here. This is a book that I review for another site and I cannot say enough good things about it month after month. |
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Post by Gene on Jun 8, 2016 20:28:44 GMT -5
I just read the last two issues of Moon Knight. This book's off to a great start. Lemire is mixing Egyptian mythology and Marc Spector's madness to tell a story in which the readers are even more confused about what's real and what isn't than the characters themselves. The icing on the cake is Greg Smallwood's art. He can switch gears from one aesthetic to another at a drop of a hat and they all look great. This one could be a real sleeper hit for Marvel if they're willing to commit to it. Completely agree with everything you've written here. This is a book that I review for another site and I cannot say enough good things about it month after month. It's really taken me by surprise. None of Lemire's other Marvel books, other than maybe Old Man Logan, have been doing it for me. |
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Post by Spike-X on Jun 9, 2016 5:22:26 GMT -5
I'll have to check it out! Like all right-thinking people, I loved the Ellis run, but went off it when the extremely overrated Brian Wood took over.
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Post by The Captain on Jun 9, 2016 6:28:40 GMT -5
I'll have to check it out! Like all right-thinking people, I loved the Ellis run, but went off it when the extremely overrated Brian Wood took over. Wood's run wasn't that much of a step down from Ellis', in my opinion, and in some ways, it was better. Ellis' issues, while good, seemed to be a totally detached idea that he happened to fit the title character into somehow, while Wood actually used MK as the focal point and built the stories around him. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Jun 9, 2016 8:25:30 GMT -5
I'll have to check it out! Like all right-thinking people, I loved the Ellis run, but went off it when the extremely overrated Brian Wood took over. It's significantly better than Wood. And the artwork alone is worth the price of entry IMHO. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Jun 10, 2016 5:23:34 GMT -5
Got around to reading a bunch of comics this week:
Moon Knight: which continues its good run.
Casanova: I need to reread this as it has been a long time since I read the last issue and I was pretty lost on what's going on.
Injection: End of volume 1, volume 2 will start at the end of this year.
The Fix: More serious than the previous issues and it's a typical middle of the arc story.
On recommendations, I got the first volume of Grayson, which is the first DC proper book I've got in a long time (last one was probably the final trade of Azzarello's Wonder Woman). Just started on it, but it's pretty good so far.
I got the Dark Horse screener which contains Aliens vs. Predator, Sin City, Umbrella Academy and Buffy short stories. It was like 50 cents, so money well spent. Nothing amazing in it though.
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Post by Spike-X on Jun 10, 2016 5:37:12 GMT -5
Injection: End of volume 1, volume 2 will start at the end of this year. Oh good! This means we should get the second tpb pretty soon (I'm tpbs/HCs only these days). |
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Post by berkley on Jun 10, 2016 9:06:09 GMT -5
Injection: End of volume 1, volume 2 will start at the end of this year. Oh good! This means we should get the second tpb pretty soon (I'm tpbs/HCs only these days). I still haven't found the 1st Injection TPB yet. Think I'll wait until the 2nd one comes out and read them both. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Jun 10, 2016 9:07:39 GMT -5
Oh and the European front, Lanfeust Oddysey #7 came out. Return from a character that hasn't been seen since the previous series and as usual it has casual&brutal violence. And the return of the love triangle (thoug technically a love hexadron at this point).
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 14, 2016 11:09:40 GMT -5
New 52 Aquaman, really enjoying it so far. Seems to encapsulate everything that's good about the character and his different itterations. Really love the concept of the Others and the Atlantean Artifacts
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Post by berkley on Jun 18, 2016 19:27:56 GMT -5
The last relatively modern thing I read was Jonathan Hickman's Pax Romana, which I thought was a step forward from Nightly News, though still patchy. It might have worked better for me if he had developed the implications of his premise a little more thoroughly over a slightly longer series. As it stands, I thought he slid over so many details in his alternate history and in the discussions amongst the characters that it felt a little undercooked. Given that it was only a 4-issue miniseries, I imagine he was probably going for a kind of presentation where the reader gets just a few strategic glimpses of what would after all; be a huge story rather than a point by point narrative, but to pull that off successfully requires a degree of skill that I'm not sure »Hickman possessed at this stage of his career. Still, he makes better use of his story concept here than I found he did in Nightly News, which I thought took an interesting idea and made a pretty weak story out of it.
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Post by String on Jun 21, 2016 18:46:17 GMT -5
Lazarus #22 - After a month long break, Rucka and Lark return to form this past week with this latest excellent issue. The war between Families Carlyle and Hock is quickly spreading worldwide while Eve is still recovering from her horrific injuries. The real shocker though is the twist that was last issue's cliffhanger expanded more upon here. It turns out the flashbacks we've been reading throughout this run haven't been flashbacks at all but rather glimpses of current events. Rucka expertly played with readers' common perceptions here, well done sir.
Han Solo #1 - Had to check this out because it's Han. Majorie Liu crafts a good intro and set-up for this mini story with Han reluctantly accepting an undercover spy mission from Leia that will be carried out amid one of the galaxy's toughest starship races. Mark Brooks' art is clean and clear, especially when we see the other alien pilots who've entered the race while Liu captures a good representation of Han and Leia's evolving relationship during this time.
Star Wars #20 - Aaron offers up another flashback installment of Ben Kenobi's journal of his adventures while watching/guarding over a young Luke. These moments offer interesting glimpses of young Luke who is bursting with a sense of wild adventure while Ben and Owen Lars, who don't always see eye-to-eye on matters, work to overcome a dangerous Wookie bounty hunter hired by Jabba. Mike Mayhew's art carries a cinematic feel, you can almost feel the wind as young Luke pilots his Skyhopper craft. A well-crafted issue.
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