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Yes, it is the comic with Crazy Steve.
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Last comic read — Page 12
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Yes, it is the comic with Crazy Steve.
Hm. Must be Miller Time.
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The Rocketeer
I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get around to reading this. Adventure serials are some of my favorite things and this captures their spirit beautifully!
Wonderful art, fun story and dialog.
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Deadman (2017) #1 by Neal Adams
My brother’s a big Deadman fan, so he told me to read it. I don’t know all that much about the character, but this was fun. I’ve not been a fan of Adams’ recent art as he’s tried to keep up with modern styles, but he does good on this issue.
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A lot of fun so far. It also amuses me how the writer apparently couldn’t decide whether the Wookiee home is “Kazhyyyk” or “Hazhyyyk”.
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I read – or more accurately, read most of – all ten issues of the Supergirl comic that ran during the '70s. My thoughts?
Good God in Heaven, where to begin? I guess I’ll start with Supergirl’s costume.
Automatic failure right there. Hot pants with beaded trim and red slippers? This just cries: “I’M NOT A SERIOUS CHARACTER TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY!” It’s a cry Cary Bates apparently heard and acquiested to, 'cause his writing … his writing … how to coach this in delicate terms … Ah, hell, I’ll let a movie quote suffice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBz0BTb83H8&t=0m22s
And the art sucked, too.
4/10
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All-Star Superman- In typical Grant Morrison fashion, his imagination explodes across the pages of this 12-issue take on the Man of Steel. I’m not entirely sure I understood all of it, and would love to read some analysis. It’s connected in interesting ways to Morrison’s JLA fun and especially the DC One Million event he did in its pages. It’s lots of fun, and really, really stunning to look at thanks to Quietly’s clean but intricately detailed artwork. I feel like there a lot more to it than I could get in a single reading.
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Loved it. Now I only need to get my hands on volume 2. . . .
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I really need to read that. I’ve seen the animated movie, and loved it, so I can only imagine how much better the comic is.
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I’m several issues into this. I prefer the more modern takes on her and this is no exception. It starts off working to reconcile the various origin stories that have been published throughout the years. She struggles to make sense of the different origins as she remembers them, much the same way a reader might struggle with them.
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A lot of fun so far. It also amuses me how the writer apparently couldn’t decide whether the Wookiee home is “Kazhyyyk” or “Hazhyyyk”.
Farther into this, I began to realize that these weren’t in a newspaper comic strip format. Evidently this book reprints Dark Horse reprints of newspaper comics with panels and art modified to fit comic book pages rather than strips of newspaper, as well as being colorized. I guess I should’ve sought the IDW collection rather than this Marvel collection, as the IDW Trek newspaper comic volumes are superb. O well.
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Just recently finished the Rachel Rising series. It was not what I expected, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Recommended.
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Just finished my (almost) annual read through of Spider-Man: Blue. I love it.
Keith Dooley from ComicsAuthority said:
Why is Spider-Man melancholy and blue in this heartfelt, very personal, miniseries? The story is familiar, but the execution of it is not what the reader will expect from this amazing marriage of story and art by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. This is the saga of a young Peter Parker dealing with loss and his journey into adulthood. It’s a coming of age tale told in an ingenious way… Peter reminisces on his past, with the reader not knowing the time period that this tale resides within. It’s a timeless tale of a timeless character, with relationships taking center stage over plot. Peter interacts with his paramours Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, has a deep relationship with his Aunt May, and fights villains such as Green Goblin, the Lizard, Rhino, and the Vulture. Through interpersonal relationships and superhero battles, every moment is personal in this tale about “your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
…When the last page of this exceptional yarn is reached, tears of understanding will drop and, through the course of this modern day Spidey classic, Peter Parker’s journey has become our journey.
Grade: A
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Why didn’t anyone tell me Curt Swan drew Superman again for a while post-Crisis‽
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Why didn’t anyone tell me Curt Swan drew Superman again for a while post-Crisis‽
You never asked.
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Alfie.
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Currently reading The Walking Dead. So far I enjoy it and it has been interesting to see where the AMC series deviated from the source material.
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Currently reading The Walking Dead. So far I enjoy it and it has been interesting to see where the AMC series deviated from the source material.
The TV show does a slalom ride around the comics.
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Currently reading The Walking Dead. So far I enjoy it and it has been interesting to see where the AMC series deviated from the source material.
The TV show does a slalom ride around the comics.
Yeah, for sure. I was particularly struck by the differences in some of the major characters. I did like the introduction of Tyrese earlier tho.
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Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years vol. 2
What a wonderful era of Star Wars this was. Back when there was only the original film and writers and artists were free to run around the galaxy however they pleased.
DC: The New Frontier
"This is the story of the Losers." That line gives me chills for some reason. It’s just cool. So is the rest of this love letter to the late-golden/early-silver age. RIP Darwyn Cooke.
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby
1500 pages of delightful cosmic craziness.
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Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years vol. 2
What a wonderful era of Star Wars this was. Back when there was only the original film and writers and artists were free to run around the galaxy however they pleased.
Eh, I dunno. I tried reading those comics a while back and they were just really lame. I reckon the Dark Horse comics absolutely blew these old Marvel comics out of the water, and the new line of Marvel comics are also way better. Those old comics don’t feel like Star Wars and just aren’t my thing.
Not enough people read the EU.
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Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years vol. 2
What a wonderful era of Star Wars this was. Back when there was only the original film and writers and artists were free to run around the galaxy however they pleased.Eh, I dunno. I tried reading those comics a while back and they were just really lame. I reckon the Dark Horse comics absolutely blew these old Marvel comics out of the water, and the new line of Marvel comics are also way better. Those old comics don’t feel like Star Wars and just aren’t my thing.
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Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years vol. 2
What a wonderful era of Star Wars this was. Back when there was only the original film and writers and artists were free to run around the galaxy however they pleased.Eh, I dunno. I tried reading those comics a while back and they were just really lame. I reckon the Dark Horse comics absolutely blew these old Marvel comics out of the water, and the new line of Marvel comics are also way better. Those old comics don’t feel like Star Wars and just aren’t my thing.
This.
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Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years vol. 2
What a wonderful era of Star Wars this was. Back when there was only the original film and writers and artists were free to run around the galaxy however they pleased.Eh, I dunno. I tried reading those comics a while back and they were just really lame. I reckon the Dark Horse comics absolutely blew these old Marvel comics out of the water, and the new line of Marvel comics are also way better. Those old comics don’t feel like Star Wars and just aren’t my thing.
This.
That.