The Savage Critic: December 11th 2002
By Brian Hibbs and Jeff
Lester
Welcome
back, my friends, to the show that never ends.
Blechy
and horrible weather in San Francisco today – everyone is hiding at
home scared of the rain.
I’m
sitting at the store writing out my reviews on the AlphaSmart (god I
love this thing), and there hasn’t been a single customer in the doors
in the last two hours. Nothing to do for it but be cynical and snarky,
I guess... Let’s go! As usual, my comments are in this color, and Jeff's
are in red.
ADVENTURES
OF SUPERMAN #611: “Hi! We’re the Superman creative
team and we haven’t got the foggiest notion of how to tell a Superman
story any longer!” I mean, is it even POSSIBLE that the stories can
get worse than this? Just like Peter Parker doesn’t belong in space,
Superman doesn’t belong in the ‘hood. VP-wife Lana Lang doing porn?
Bullshit cop-out people-do-drugs-because-invisible-worms-are-attached-to-them?
How COULD this be any worse? If it wasn’t for the dangerously-good Mark
Chiarello covers, this would easily be the worst comic of the week...
but it was a squeaker. Crap. I
can’t believe they went to such great lengths to create a simultaneous
interview approach and they blow it on the bottom of page five. Good
grief. And it only got worse from there: that photo session thing
with Lana was wrong on every level. I hated this. Crap.
AQUAMAN
#1: Boy, this issue made me appreciate Jack
Kirby. When Aquaman is trying to get to the water and is set upon by
a bunch of treacherous crabs, and he’s almost killed, you know, by
crabs, it seems, surprisingly, pretty lame. Whereas you know Jack
would have come up with some giant crab, or whale-monster with opposable
thumbs, or something worthy of a full-page spread. As for the rest
of this, I think my only real problem was the Internet. The Arthurian
spin Veitch sets up here I already knew about because of an interview
with him: I done been spoilerized. Eh.
My real problem with the Arthurian spin is that... well, it’s a bit
obvious, innit? I think ACTUALLY bringing the Lady of the Lake into
it is liking asking for more sugar on your chocolate cake. I’m told
this first issue is already sold-out nationwide, so I guess it’ll work,
but, frankly, I pretty much think Aquaman is an idea that’s great on
paper but supremely uninteresting in execution. Maybe, possibly, you
can sustain a year’s worth of interest in poor Mr. Curry, but eventually
you’re going to end up throwing up your hands and saying, “Shit, wait
a minute, it’s AQUAMAN! What was I thinking?!?” Having said all of that,
I liked it a bit – a very solid OK.
AVENGERS
#61: There were actually some surprisingly
deep character bits here – Gyrich actually felt like a real character
for once, rather than just “generic government goon”; the Namor and
Cap scene was tons of fun; nice tension between Stark and T’Challa;
a reasonably believable spin on the Vison and Scarlet Witch romance
– all of this adds up to a “Good” rating, but I want to see if
the interpersonal stuff can be balanced with action. So far I’m afraid
it’s been either/or. Good point about
the either/or, Bri. I missed the previous issue, so I’m bummed. This
was all set-up, and kinda interesting but mainly just kinda.
Eh.
BATGIRL
#35: What’s this, DC’s “watch a movie, write
a comic book” week? First, we’ve got the bad Traffic riffs in
Adventures of Superman, now The Bourne Identity in Batgirl?
The artist tries some interesting panel in a panel narrative flow tricks,
and has an arresting page or two, but all of his characters seems to
have the same spindly weightlessness to them. And the story was incredibly
weak: I expect more from this book. Awful. Yah,
Bourne Identity, that’s it... nothing else here but set-up, and
for $2.50 Daddy wants a bit more. Eh.
BATMAN
FAMILY #7 MR FUN: Good lord, I think I’m going
to be sick. “The Mulligan of Death”? Are you serious? Having some guy
with a golf-club take down the entire “family” without breaking a sweat
pretty much demeans any “heroism” they might have, y’know? This is just
a sad sad joke, and I’m terrified anyone greenlit this idea which will
clearly be all wrapped up and forgotten next issue. Awful.
To quote the comic book guy: Worst. Cover.
Ever. And yet, showing where you and I part ways is, dumb-ass golf-club
aide, I liked Mr. Fun, mainly because I like what he was ripped off
from: Frank Miller’s silent bespectacled perfect killer from his first
Sin City arc. So, for me, it was Eh.
BATMAN
LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #162: I love Roger
Landridge’s art: the man’s a cartoonist’s cartoonist. Which may be
why, interestingly, he has such trouble with the Batman parts of the
story and no problems at all with The Joker’s side. Considering the
two parts of the story are brought together at the end of this issue,
I imagine next issue will be downhill from here, but this was good
stuff, just to see Landridge in color drawing clowns and classic film
comedians. Ditto your Landridge comments.
His Joker is wonderfully maniacal and askew. Hopefully this might lead
people to his OTHER clown book: Fred the Clown. Good.
BLACK
HOLE #10: I sometimes wonder if the various
characters and threads of the narrative will ever come together, but
then I start to realize that it simply doesn’t fuckin’ matter. Charles
Burns’ art is so damn loverly to look at, and his control of genuinely
creepy atmosphere is unmatched by nearly anyone. Sex and angst and alienation,
and I wish it came more frequently the the every-two-years-or-so schedule
it appears on. Excellent. Yeah,
the first five issues of this, pound for pound, were some of the best
comics of the last ten years, but then there was an issue or two that
felt repetitive and padded, and now that we’re back on track, I feel
both exhilarated and bummed out. This was an excellent comic,
but suffers from comparison with early issues of this title.
BLACK
PANTHER #52: Okay, this issue lost me. Don’t
know quite where, or how, but all of a sudden, after two easy to follow
issues, I was out in the dark. Didn’t matter about the recap page,
or how most of the characters keep rehashing Kasper’s dilemma: either
I forgot something relatively crucial or there was more than one new
piece of info Priest didn’t tell the readership about. So for me, this
felt more contrived than previously, and more confusing and forced.
But maybe it’s just me. Eh. Huh,
I think it’s just you. Blah blah blah good cop doing “bad”, blah blah
blah Internal Affairs. Except for the smidge of spandex I didn’t have
any real problem following it. Now CARING about it, on the other hand....
Eh. No, but didn’t that chick
from his high school yearbook being his one true love kinda come from
outta left field? Or is my grey matter shot?
CAPTAIN
AMERICA #6: One thing you sure can say about
John Cassaday’s art is it is painfully loverly to look at. But it all
comes down to the fight scene, doesn’t it? All of the pretty art in
the world can’t cover up a simplistic story. Or, for that matter, my
Eh rating. That so did nothing
for me. Gorgeous art, but the damn thing’s duller than dirt. Additionally,
as a near-pinko, I found this book almost too painful to read as Cap
proclaims that Americans didn’t know what was done in their name before,
but know now and “We’ve learned from our mistakes.” As we gear up for
what seems to me to be another war for oil, I wish that was even remotely
true. Beautiful art can’t do it all: I’m giving this an awful
because it was such a time-waster and money-suck.
ELEKTRA
#18: Hmmm, two Elektras in two weeks. How
insane is Marvel’s scheduling? Like I said last week: I’m not liking
this very much, and somehow this was even more annoying than last issue.
I hope that Rucka can just kick it in gear and get to that Bruce Lee
in Chinese Connection moment that I want. Awful.
I found this less annoying than last week’s issue, but maybe because
of the awareness they’re way into Karate Kid territory. I think that
maybe Rucka wants to write “Killer with heart of gold”, and so he’s
forcing Elektra into that place. At least you got a LITTLE ninja death
this issue, even if it wasn’t “sexy”. Eh.
GEN13
#4: While there are (like virtually every other
Claremont comic) interesting ideas buried here and there (I think the
idea of a comatose superhero who stops time when he comes out of his
coma is a potentially intriguing one), but they ARE buried. I don’t
like any of the characters, I don’t find the set-up at all compelling.
Awful. The crumminess of this
made my head hurt. Awful.
GREEN
LANTERN #157: That seemed pretty slight, even
by fill-in issue standards. There’s a few nice touches here and there
but seemed very simplistic (the first half read like something out of
Spidey Super-Stories, to be honest). Not truly awful, but I
can’t imagine who’d buy it except collectors who want a full run of
GL. You know you’re in for suckage
when the first panel says “This happens before GL #148” – at
least fit a fill-in to current continuity, folks! I’ll go all the way
for the full Awful.
HARLEY
QUINN #27: While I didn’t care much for the
first part of this new direction, I thought this one really nailed the
right “mood” for a villain-based comic. I’m still not convinced there’s
any real point to this book – Harley should have stayed a purely-Animated
character, but this is a solid step closer. OK.
I agree, I guess, about the villain book but it’s all wrong for Harley
it seems to me. And how many times can someone be shot and fall off
a roof in one issue? There’s some wit in the dialogue (although not
as much as the writer seems to think) and I like Nixey’s inks, but this
needed a lot of work and overall, this new direction seems like the
wrong direction. Awful.
HATE
ANNUAL #3: I enjoy Bagge’s work when he’s on,
but I’m not sure this qualifies: a strip about Lisa’s Martha Stewart
worship feels pretty three years ago to me (the country’s in its vilification
stage now, what with “Martha Stewart, Stock Swindler”) and double ditto
for the Leeway strips about websites and stock options. The only thing
I really dug were the three hilarious “Rock and Roll Dad” strips. Bagge’s
still incredibly talented but adrift. I hope he can get ahead of the
curve again, where he’s at his most trenchant. Eh. Thing
is, at least this one is ALL comics, without any of those fucking text-pages.
Yes, it’s not “cutting edge” any more, but I have a great deal of affection
for some of these characters and toothless-Bagge is better than no Bagge
at all. Good.
HAWKMAN
#10: There’s a kernel of an interesting idea
right there at the end (“Hijacking” the eternal reincarnation), but
it took 21 pages of incredibly dull “action” to get there. This gets
a big “Yeah, yeah, get on with it!” from me. Eh.
Decent art, an okay premise; why isn’t this working? I guess because
we keep getting told about the “star-crossed lovers” angle but we never
really see it. I don’t get the feeling that Carter and Kendra even
like each other, which makes the whole romance angle kinda moot.
This book feels like it’s flailing to me. Eh.
HUNTER
THE AGE OF MAGIC #18: Well, “The Garden” and
a woman called “Eden” aren’t particularly subtle, are they? And either
they’re trying to make this some strange “all-ages” Vertigo book, or
Eden has no nipples, neither option of which I like. Although it’s
still competently done, there’s a “who cares?” aspect to it for me:
Tim’s too passive, Eden’s too much a blank slate, and Lily’s the only
interesting character and even he’s pretty thin. This book’s slipped
from a good to an OK for me.
Ditto on almost every point. Never, not once, between this series or
the two proceeding it, do I feel like they’ve every actually gotten
what was interesting about Gaiman’s original mini: growing up magical,
with horrific choices in front of you. A very low Eh from me.
IRON
MAN #62: Boring is as boring does. I read this
less than 24 hours ago, and I STILL had to walk over to the rack to
remember what happened this issue. Not, as they say, a good sign. Awful.
I agree. Must not be my week for reading comics because I just didn’t
see the charm in this other than it actually came out during the Christmas
season. Awful.
KILLRAVEN
#3: Despite my initial disappointment, I’m
enjoying this: Davis is spinning a solid enough
yarn, even if the story was out of Post-Apocalypse 101 (with a nice
hint of relevant social commentary). It’s not setting me on fire, but
compared to the other pickings, it gets a high good from me.
Dunno why, but I really liked this issue –
maybe it was the Washington DC background, or the comments from the
antagonist after he was defeated, or the spider-octopus-lizard thing
at the end, or the African masks, but more than likely it’s just yummy
Alan Davis art, and providing some sort of context for the sadly flat
character of Killraven. Very Good.
LOUIS
RIEL #8: It’s definitely not for everyone,
but I suspect when the series is all done, and collected this will be
seen a major work, and may well be one of those books that makes into
schools and universities. It’s a little hard to get past a few of Chester
Brown’s cartooning quirks (the bulbous noses, the big feet) in a biographical
context like this, but 3 pages in and you hardly notice any longer.
Very good. I take a pass,
because I’ve been waiting for the trade.
LOVE
& ROCKETS VOL 2 #6: I’m pretty done with
Me, For the Unknown but ohmygod there was so much brilliant shit in
this issue. Jaime’s story is gorgeous, as always, but I particularly
liked this issue’s, which moves hypnotically from external event to
internal imaginings with a steady sinuous tone. And Beto’s mad Roy
Cowboy story, four pages with a 55-panel grid, was awesome and absurd
and staggering: it read as if Dostoyevsky had tried to write a story
for Harvey Comics. Excellent. It’s
not my cuppa (we’ve been through this before), but those occasional
flashes of sheer loony genius (like “30,000 Hours to Kill”) real show
that the Hernandez brothers are really masters of their craft. Very
Good.
MARVILLE
#3: Just when you think it can’t possibly get
worse... it does. The latest “Market Beat” in Comics Retailer magazine
has 8 different retailers singling out Marville as a “negative sales
surprise”. That’s the highest I can remember for a title in some time.
The big joke is that there’s going to be a TP in June. Can you believe
that? Worse than Crap. See, I
don’t utterly hate this, although I would never spend any money on something
so amateurish: I just see it as some sort of karmic balance to the
Howard the Duck mini, something I have to put up with for the
good stuff Marvel puts out. As for this issue: Is this a spoof of
Promethea, or is the point of Marville for Bill J. to really share his
wisdom? If so, let me pass along some of mine to him: use a proofreader,
Bill. You’ve got “quite” instead of “quiet” and “principals” instead
of “principles.” As for the rest of it, it was dull and the arrangement
of text on art was hard to read, but at least it’s not Origin II.
MASTERS
OF THE UNIVERSE NOREMCVR #1: Man, that is one
ugly cover, and I used to dig Earl Norem way back when. I’m not sure
why I’m reviewing this: it seems pretty review-proof these days since
people who are still in to He-Man aren’t going to be bothered by stuff
like dopey names, nonsensical actions, and stifling exposition, and
will appreciate the lush coloring and almost fetishistic art. But for
those who don’t know squat about the Masters of the Universe and are
wondering if you should give this a try, I say: Nope. Mighty stinky.
Awful. I am embarrassed to admit
I was actually amused by Orko, and the slight hint they might go all
Dark Phoenix with him. But other than that, yeppers, Awful.
MEK
#2: This fairly neatly erases most of my cringing
embarrassment from the last page of issue #1. In fact, this really kinda
should have been #1 – I think it sets up the world and the situation
more compellingly than the “actual” #1 did. Good. I
don’t know, Bri: two issues in, and I’m still not getting what bad
Mek is being used for by people on the street, if not bad ends. Also,
I’m sorry, but I just don’t think Steve Rolston is the right artist
for this: the book seems about as gritty as an issue of Archie. I like
the main character, though, and I like the ideas in the book, no matter
how sketchily developed so: OK.
MEKANIX
#3: I can’t tell, between this and Gen 13,
if Claremont was really affected by 9/11 and post-9/11 events, or if
he just sees a way to make his work more immediate. Either way, it
creeps me out: it just gives his characters new platitudes to mouth
and makes his work even more shrill, if such a thing was possible.
Dull and awful. Jesus, yeah.
Nailed that one better than I could. Awful. Plus who was asleep
at the wheel and let that “asshole” slip through?
NIGHTWING
#76: If Dick wasn’t a cop (and Amy’s partner
to boot) this woulda worked so so much better. But the end just makes
the whole thing fall to little pieces. Eh.
I like the idea of the all-action approach, but that’s all we’re getting
here: the idea of it. This seemed like one of those four page action
scenes that open superhero stories stretched out to seventeen pages.
The characterization stuff made this OK, I guess, but it didn’t
really work, for the reasons you stated.
POINT
BLANK #5: Well, no. As much as I wanted otherwise,
I just don’t buy that at all. I’m always happy about ultra-grim endings
but Brube had more than enough time to build a case to build Grifter’s
psychology into what we see here and he just didn’t, so I just rejected
it out of hand. This ended up being five wasted issues, unfortunately,
and makes me doubt that Sleeper will turn out well. Awful.
Again, a simple ditto – this didn’t work at
all... even more so because it depends on an intimate knowledge of Alan
Moore’s WildC.A.T.S. to even have the barest chance of making
any sense whatsoever. Awful.
POWERS
#26: “Yadda yadda, Bendis kicks ass” You’ve
heard it before, so I’ll spare you this time. Very Good.
I worry sometimes about the Bendis influence, that people in the industry
will try to replicate his success, that we’ll end up with an entire
market of books that are all middle. Because not many writers can do
what Bendis does, which is make an issue, like here, where it’s all
middle, and write enough clever, naturalistic dialogue that you’re actually
reading something. I could see at least three different kinds of padding
in this issue alone, and yet it almost didn’t matter because of Bendis’
skill. But, as I said, I feel it’s teaching a lot of people a lot of
bad habits. Good.
PUNISHER
#19: As long as you can buy the one big coincidence
at the beginning, you’ll like this. I sure did: the rustic Rambo action,
the conversations between Frank and Joan, even the interaction between
Frank and the dog. Ennis can still do in one issue what most writers
can’t seem to do in six, anymore. Very good. “I
washed your grenades while you were asleep...” HAHAHA! Funny and action-packed
and even touching... you can’t ask for more from a Punisher comic. Very
Good.
STORMWATCH
TEAM ACHILLES #6: Well, I liked that more than
the previous issues of this crossover, but I’m still not digging it
too much. To mention him twice in one column, I’m a big fan of Jack
Kirby, and Kirby was the biggest cheater in the book when it came to
whipping out a convenient new superpower or techno-gizmo to keep the
story rolling, but there somehow seems to be a big difference between
that and this, where every member of the Achilles force busts out some
new absurdly powerful armament to beat The Authority and, in the end,
uses a U.N. teleportation device for mass destruction in a way that
you know every country of the U.N. would have used by now. It reminds
me of when you’re a kid and you get into the whole “well, I’ve got a
bulletproof vest.” “Oh, yeah? Well, I’ve got bulletproof vest-proof
bullets.” “Oh, yeah? Well, I’ve got a bulletproof vest-proof bullet-proof
vest.” The trick to cheating in comics is to make sure you’re entertaining
enough as a result that people don’t mind you cheating. And this just
isn’t that entertaining. Awful.
Aye, all a big cheat from top to bottom. And not a compelling one. A
simple ditto of an Awful.
SUPERMAN
ALIENS II GODWAR #4: Not that I ACTUALLY thought
they’d keep the alien gestating in Orion, but that seemed a fairly boring
way to resolve it all. It’s like they went “Shit, we only have 4 pages
left!” I woulda preferred it bursting from Orion’s chest, but him biting
the head off it or something more unexpected. Getting a hole punched
in your chest shouldn’t kill a “GOD”, after all. Otherwise, a competent
ending to a bag-of-cash mandated story. Eh.
I don’t know…somehow diminishes both Alien license and the New Gods
license for me. “By planting these seeds of doubt, Desaad…” That was
Darkseid’s whole reason for this whole thing? Why not try sending Orion
a birthday card, instead? Awful.
SUPERMAN
DAY OF DOOM #4: I didn’t read parts one through
three, but I had to stop after four pages because it breaks my heart
seeing Bill Sienkiewicz illustrate crap like this. One of the characters
is a reporter who blames Superman for his bipolar father’s suicide,
made in the despair over Superman’s death? That just strikes me as
the dumbest thing ever. Pass. Again,
it all comes down to the fight scene. There’s not even any good introspection
here. Sadly, Awful.
WAR
STORY J FOR JENNY: Horrible spiteful people
can be moral, too. That’s a pretty reoccurring theme in Garth’s work,
and he plays it to great strength here. Wonderful art by David Lloyd
as well. Very Good. You know
what? This is the first War Story I was frustrated with, mainly because
it was too short: Ennis could have made this into a graphic novel of
twice the length and it would have worked even better as far as fleshing
out the secondary characters. The conflict between Stark and Page was
perfectly detailed, and with each one of these Ennis gets closer to
getting his hands around the true horror of war. This was excellent.
WARREN
ELLIS STRANGE KILLINGS BODY ORCHARD #4: I’m
sorry, but this turns my crank. There’s a bajillion problems with it
(difficult to keep track of the number of bad guys and their whereabouts,
the incredibly arbitrary magic system, some sloppy art) but unlike Team
Achilles, I was entertained; it moved like a bullet train and took all
the Matrix effects back to their Hong Kong people-running-on-the-tips-of-trees
origins. I can’t mistake it for great, but I thought it was good
fun. Everyone’s allowed one slip
each week. There’s yours, Lester. Me, I thought the problems you cited
were more like gaping flaws, and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough
to be done with the damn thing. Awful.
For Sake of Completeness,
here’s a list of all of the OTHER comics that CE got in this week, that
I did NOT read (and, therefore, am unlikely to review!). Note, that
in most cases this is limited to 1) Manga, which I try to read as it
is collected; 2) “Kids” comics like most of the Archies; 3) titles that
were subs-only, either by design or accident; 4) Porno [oh, like you
need me to REVIEW it!], 5) Things that looked SO bad on the racks that
I didn’t bother, and 6) stuff that I’ve assessed before, and I care
so little about that I don’t want to waste my time reading anymore.
You decide which is which.
AMELIA
RULES #8
ARCHIE AND FRIENDS #65
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #139
AZRAEL AGENT OF THE BAT #97
BETTY #120
BUZZBOY VOL 1 TP TROUBLE IN PARADISE
CAVEWOMAN RAPTOR #2
COLONIA #8
DEATH & CANDY #3
DRAGON ARMS #1
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS BLACK AND WHITE #5
EX PARTE #2
FOOTLICKER #1
GOON #3
HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE EROS WAY #1
INU YASHA PART 7 #5
KISS RUBI CVR #4
KISSING CHAOS NONSTOP BEAUTY #2
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE ILLUSTRATED #17
MARC HEMPELS NAKED BRAIN #3
NEGATION #13
OH MY GODDESS #93
RADISKULL & DEVIL DOLL RADISKULL HATE CHRISTMAS ONE SHOT
SCOOBY-DOO #67
SEXY ANGEL #1
SIGIL #31
SOJOURN #18
SPIDER-MAN LEGEND OF THE SPIDER CLAN #3
STAR WARS REPUBLIC #47
STAR WARS TALES #14
TRANSFORMERS WAR WITHIN #3
TUESDAY #2
WARLANDS VOL 3 #1
And, for
even MORE completeness sake, here’s a list of books, TPBs, GNs, magazines,
and other things that CE got this week. I generally haven’t read any
of this by the time I post these reviews. Though I generally attempt
to give at least one recommendation amongst the TPBs each week, since
I HAVE read the material at SOME point.
2000
AD #1316
2000 AD #1317
ABC WARRIORS VOL 2 GN BLACK HOLE
ALIEN LEGION PIECEMAKER TP
AMY RACECAR VOL 1 TP
ANIMERICA EXTRA JANUARY 2003 VOL 6 #1
ART OF JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNERHC
ASTRO BOY VOL 9 TP
BIG MAN BY MAZZUCCHELLI TP
CANNON GOD EXAXXION STAGE 1 TP
CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGONGN #1
DAREDEVIL VOL 2 HC
DISCOVERING AMERICA BY MAZZUCCHELLI TP
DOOFUS OMNIBUS
ELEKTRA VOL 1 INTROSPECT TP
FABLES LEGENDS IN EXILE TP
FARSCAPE NEWSTAND ED #10
FORTEAN TIMES #165
G FORCE ANIMATED TP
GREYSHIRT INDIGO SUNSET TP
HTDM PUTTING THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE
JADE SCREEN VOL 1 #2
JUDGE ANDERSON DEATHS DARK DIMENSION GN
JUSTICE LEAGUE ANIMATED BATMAN MAQUETTE
KABUKI VOL 6 SCARAB TP
LEES TOY REVIEW DEC 2002 #122
MAD XL #19
METABARONS ALPHA OMEGA GN
MINERVA VOL 1
MOONSTONE NOIR HAT SQUAD GN
NEW GENERATION OF MANGA ARTISTS VOL 2
PROMETHEA BOOK TWO TP
PSH SERIES I MON EL & LIGHTNING LAD
SFX #98
STORY OF TAO GN #1
TANK GIRL VOL 3 GN
TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST DEC 2002
TOYFARE WOLVERINE TOY CVR #66
VIDEO GIRL AI VOL 5 TP SPINOFF
WEREWOLF APOCALYPSE FIANNA GN
WIZARD POSTERMANIA 2003
This
Week’s TP recommendation is:
Dammit, why couldn’t those Mazzuchelli trades be in English? They’re
gorgeous. I guess I should just be glad Promethea Book
Two is finally out in softcover, because it’s brilliant.
Agreed, Promethea is great stuff, but,
as a book, it doesn’t really work all that well all on it’s own. I think
I’ll give my nod to the Daredevil Vol 2 HC (featuring
Bendis and Maleev’s #26-37)... my only question? Um, what’s Vol 1?
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