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BloodnoseThePirate
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What are you reading?
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Date created
14-Jul-2012, 5:18 PM

Finished Infinity Gaunlet. Wasn't as bad as I feared. I just really dislike the old comic book writing in which they explain in detail what is happening that we can easily infer from the art. The story was set up with a lot of happenstance. At various points the characters even announce that them being in a certain place or doing a certain thing is due to mere luck. The overall story is about Exploringpeople's minds on absolute power. I enjoyed that aspect but it was just way too long and filled with what felt like... filler. None of the characters were developed or had an arc except for Thanos, which is understandable because it wasn't created as a standalone story necessarily.

I really liked the style of the art and bright colors but it had no place in a story about the inevitable end of the universe. I wouldn't recommend it as a story but as a character study of Thanos it was interesting. He literally wants to court death. Huh.

I guess the writing style is a matter of taste. I've started Neil Gaiman's sandman. This is the stuff I like.