Thursday, March 13, 2008

Comics

I'm excited about the Senerity comic which came out yesterday. I will pick it up tonight when I get comic book club comics.

Wasteland I like more then I should since it's not that good. Things are confusing and people are introduced in weird ways and time and sometimes characters look the same.
I enjoyed Lost at Sea, Grey Horses, and Paul Goes Fishing. My fiancee really liked Paul Goes Fishing which was good and also very sad. Time was a little off since things started slow and then at the end of the book everything goes very fast.
Jobnik was amateur self indulgent work. I'd like to know where the story goes since it is autobiographical.
Capote in Kansas was more light hearted then the movie a couple years back and didn't seem to delve into anything.
Age of Bronze was interesting. The story was very comprehensive. The art worked most of the time, but there were a couple times where closeups were done and the art was like learn to draw books. It just doesn't work.

I've picked up the most recent Ultimate SpiderMan TPB. The new artist is fine, it was a little weird to read since I was so used to this entire story being one artist and now there was a new one. Also the jump in stories from the last trade to this one was jarring. I still enjoyed it. Off camera Nick Fury stopped running SHIELD. Not sure if this story will remain off camera or be covered in some other comic or I just missed it, but I thought I was reading all the Ultimate titles.

The most recent Buffy is getting rave reviews from everyone and I just don't see it. I really don't see if for the entire storyline. Maybe I need to go back and read things as if they are tpb and things will fit better, but so far I've been unimpressed. The issues with this comic begin with Buffy being in bed with a women, but she doesn't want to label it, and of course everyone walks in on her, plus there were some wolf vampires that raid the place. I think my reoccurring complaint is the pacing of Buffy stories in comic form just doesn't work.

Another Mouse Guard came out. Again, not much is happening in these.

The comic book club comics are Safe Area Gorazde and Last Day in Vietnam.

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