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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.

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In the last month I read:

  • The first twelve issues of Xenozoic Tales
  • Amazing Fantasy #15 & the first 42 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1
  • Various issues from assorted early Valiant titles
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Green Arrow: Year One- Surprisingly engaging retelling of the Emerald Archer’s island origin. Andy Diggle’s writing is pretty solid, but the real treat is Jock’s impressionistic, minimalist artwork. A genuinely interesting tale of survival, unlikely heroism, and redemption.

“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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My brother begged me to read this mini-series, as it seems to be his favorite comic ever, so I’ve read the first half of it and… yeah, I’m not feeling it. I haven’t read much of the character before, but I always thought he was cool, and I liked him in the JLU cartoon, but in this, he just seems like a watered down parody of Rorschach, who was already a parody of the Question. I know Ditko was an objectivist, but I generally tend to root for more altruistic heroes.

I’m also not a fan of how Superman supporting characters are used here, this being set in Metropolis and all. For example, Lois Lane is typically strong-willed, but this book writes her as almost mean-spirited. Then again, Jimmy Olsen keeps prying into her past sex life, so I kinda don’t blame her, but why the hell is Jimmy Olsen prying into her past sex life? There are also random Metropolites speaking almost entirely in Freudian slips when she’s around, and it’s just depressing, really. I’m almost grateful Supes himself hasn’t been seen at all.

I do like the art, though. The flat colors and hazy lines work really well.

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Significant improvement in this latter half, but I’m still not the biggest fan of this mini-series overall. I think I’ll look into the 80s O’Neil run, though, and I’ll probably like those comics more anyway.

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Green Arrow: Year One- Diggle’s writing is solid, and the influence it had on the television show is pretty clear, but the real treat for me was Jock’s art: jagged edges, hard faces. This is my first taste of him outside of his film design work and I have to say, I really dig him. Sparse, raw, impressionistic, some his drawings look almost incomplete. It’s an odd, minimalist sort of beauty. Diggle’s writing is solid too, and gives a nice psychological edge to the character’s backstory, though full disclosure, this is the first Green Arrow comic I’m familiar with.

Edit: I didn’t realize I’d posted this already. Mods, feel free to delete.

“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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Taking a break from my usual Wonder Woman and Batman. Going in a totally different direction and catching up with someone from long ago.

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Does manga count?

“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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A delightful celebration of Superman’s rich history. The talent on this book is amazing; Dan Jurgens, Pete Tomasi, Pat Gleason, Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, Marv Wolfman, CURT SWAN, José Luis Garcia-Lopez, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, Jim Lee.


The end of an era, as the creative duo that restored my faith in Superman says goodbye.

Kurt Busiek’s dark Secret Identity tale of a guardian devil Batman continues to impress me, and JP Leon’s art is stunning.

A surreal tale of love, depression, PTSD, and, in this issue, parenthood. This book continues to be incredible.

This is a seven-issue volume of self-published works by the owner of the local comic shops in my area. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I’ll have to ask him about his older stuff next time I’m in the store.

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I wasn’t all that impressed by the art, but I did like the story. It’s enough to make me read Action Comics #1000, but I still don’t see myself becoming a regular reader of the Supes titles again. (My Superman all but disappeared after the “triangle era” ended, and has been official gone since Birthright. I don’t care for nu-Krypto, nu-Kara, Donnerverse crap, and all the other junk they’ve shoved into the comics since.)

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^I picked up the first few issues of that series, but never got around to the latter half of it for various reasons. I like the direction things went afterward up to #1000. Now comes Bendis and we’ll see how that goes.

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Does manga count?

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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Not bad, but the story ends with loose ends. Guess I’ll just have to check out the IDW spinoffs some time. . . .

Normally, I loathe — and I emphasize LOATHE — digital recolouring. But based on what I’ve seen of the original colouring, this simply blows that completely out of the water and right out of the sky.

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THE GOOD

  • Dan Jurgens’ art
  • Jerry Ordway’s art
  • The nostalgic feeling said art left me

THE BAD

  • Too much navelgazing
  • Too little “oomph”

THE UGLY

  • Bendis’ little story didn’t pique my interest in his Man of Steel miniseries.
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DuracellEnergizer said:

THE GOOD

  • Dan Jurgens’ art
  • Jerry Ordway’s art
  • The nostalgic feeling said art left me

THE BAD

  • Too much navelgazing
  • Too little “oomph”

THE UGLY

  • Bendis’ little story didn’t pique my interest in his Man of Steel miniseries.

His Man of Steel miniseries is much better than that story would have you believe. However, some choices were made in that mini that I’m afraid you would hate, even if I don’t mind them myself, so perhaps it’s best you don’t pick it up, or at least wait for the trade.

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suspiciouscoffee said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

THE GOOD

  • Dan Jurgens’ art
  • Jerry Ordway’s art
  • The nostalgic feeling said art left me

THE BAD

  • Too much navelgazing
  • Too little “oomph”

THE UGLY

  • Bendis’ little story didn’t pique my interest in his Man of Steel miniseries.

His Man of Steel miniseries is much better than that story would have you believe. However, some choices were made in that mini that I’m afraid you would hate, even if I don’t mind them myself, so perhaps it’s best you don’t pick it up, or at least wait for the trade.

Sounds like a little investigation’s in order. . . .

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quick question: do you guys read your comics in digital form or do you guys pick up the actual physical comic book to read?

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I prefer physical comics, but extenuating circumstances force me to rely on digital copies much of the time.

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Collipso said:

quick question: do you guys read your comics in digital form or do you guys pick up the actual physical comic book to read?

Mostly physical issues. It just feels right to hold the book in my hand.

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