Some Comics Reviews, Free Bonus Inside!
You know, I've not seen Superman Returns nor have I read most of this week's comics yet - is my nerditude slipping?
Sadly, no - I've just been rather busy the last couple of days. I'll go over what has been read real fast, ok?
Oni's Love The Way You Love shows Jamie S Rich's slight, if affable script being completely betrayed by the miserable art of Marc Ellerby. I hate to be cruel, as I generally like Rich's work (even if he feels like he's very comfortable digging a particular ditch) and Oni consistently gets good artists on their books, but Ellerby's flat, ugly cartooning and inability to use more than four or five stock shots for any character is just plain depressing. If his line was a bit more sophisticated and I actually got the impression that the lead were as handsome as the script purports, then maybe I'd feel differently, but this is a pass, even if Erasure song titles were used as chapter headings.
PS> I know she's all famous now, but if you're going to get Chynna Clugston-Major to do part of the cover, then the interiors better step it up.
DC: Brave New Word basically continues the trend of one in five books from the publisher being remotely readable, but it only costs the reader $1 to find out which one this time.. My pick is Gail Simone and John Byrne on The Atom; despite the ugly (and I suspect Morrison-designed) costume and the past-its-prime art, the scientist-as-action-hero angle sells me. Einstein meets Indiana Jones meets Jackie Chan (the hero explicitely mentions his training in a Chinese opera company)? I can dig it. Everything else, I give a big ol' pass to.
NextWave: Agents Of HATE #6 is the sort of comic you love now or you will love in the future. It is that simple.
The fourth issue of Blue Beetle manages to entertain and set up a few things, but I'm wondering if we're going to get a glimpse of the answers soon. There's something about the pacing on this title I can't quite put my finger on, but it's not quite clicking for me as much as I want it to.
Normally, I avoid the Bendis-penned New Avengers like each issue was anthrax-soaked, but with Howard Chaykin on board to draw Captain America, I rather had to pick it up. They probably won me over by page 3 where Cap delivers the most succinct expression of the complacency that the current administration wants the citizenry of our country to experience:
And now I go to the office and post this. I'm sure I'll review more later.
Oh, and about that free bonus? I lied.
Sadly, no - I've just been rather busy the last couple of days. I'll go over what has been read real fast, ok?
Oni's Love The Way You Love shows Jamie S Rich's slight, if affable script being completely betrayed by the miserable art of Marc Ellerby. I hate to be cruel, as I generally like Rich's work (even if he feels like he's very comfortable digging a particular ditch) and Oni consistently gets good artists on their books, but Ellerby's flat, ugly cartooning and inability to use more than four or five stock shots for any character is just plain depressing. If his line was a bit more sophisticated and I actually got the impression that the lead were as handsome as the script purports, then maybe I'd feel differently, but this is a pass, even if Erasure song titles were used as chapter headings. PS> I know she's all famous now, but if you're going to get Chynna Clugston-Major to do part of the cover, then the interiors better step it up.
DC: Brave New Word basically continues the trend of one in five books from the publisher being remotely readable, but it only costs the reader $1 to find out which one this time.. My pick is Gail Simone and John Byrne on The Atom; despite the ugly (and I suspect Morrison-designed) costume and the past-its-prime art, the scientist-as-action-hero angle sells me. Einstein meets Indiana Jones meets Jackie Chan (the hero explicitely mentions his training in a Chinese opera company)? I can dig it. Everything else, I give a big ol' pass to.
NextWave: Agents Of HATE #6 is the sort of comic you love now or you will love in the future. It is that simple.
The fourth issue of Blue Beetle manages to entertain and set up a few things, but I'm wondering if we're going to get a glimpse of the answers soon. There's something about the pacing on this title I can't quite put my finger on, but it's not quite clicking for me as much as I want it to.
Normally, I avoid the Bendis-penned New Avengers like each issue was anthrax-soaked, but with Howard Chaykin on board to draw Captain America, I rather had to pick it up. They probably won me over by page 3 where Cap delivers the most succinct expression of the complacency that the current administration wants the citizenry of our country to experience:
They want to be comfortable - not safe.I won't go into how accurately this reflects the current fear climate created by FOX News and the like, but I can honestly believe Captain America could see the flaws in what passes as security in this country. While I ended up enjoying this issue more than I should, the weaknesses were pretty obvious. Content was stick-thin, even if it had more plot than the usual Bendis book: Cap fights SHIELD, runs to the Falcon, goes to talk to Henry Pym, fights SHIELD again. I will say that the dialogue tics were barely there and were much more enjoyable than the "Did you---" "Yeah." "That thing? "Sure." stuff that has plagued his work.
And now I go to the office and post this. I'm sure I'll review more later.
Oh, and about that free bonus? I lied.
