Random Notes From This Week's Comics.
Here's how to read Batman/The Spirit in two easy steps.
I really came to enjoy Guy Gardener: Collateral Damage after realizing that its original title was Reuben Flagg Gets A Magical Goddamn Wishing Ring, You Commie Bastards. Some hardcore Green Lantern fan needs to update me: is this portrayal of G'Nort remotely accurate? All I've known is the Justice League International version of the character, which is, you know, a decade-and-a-half out of date.
Catching up with Batman in 52? Yeah, didn't enjoy that. In fact, I really kind of hated it. The math works as follows: Unnecessary Nightwing Exposure + Stupid Ten-Eyed Men Demon Killers Helping Batman Work Through His Issues = Rage-Induced Priapism.
The latest issue of The ACME Novelty Library could have cost twice as much and I'd not have blinked at all when handing over my shekels. Goddamn, what a beautiful thing this is. Part of me (a very, very nerdy, design fetishist part) really wants Ware to re-release the similarly-laid-out, non-Jimmy Corrigan material from earlier issues in the same hardcover format.
- Ignore the clumsy dialogue (yes, I get it's a homage, but it's a poorly-executed one) and captions like this (which is unfortunately the very first thing in the story):
"Some stories are meant to be told over and over...
...others, for obvious reasons, are kept secret and known only to those who were there...
This, then would be one of those that up until now have remained...untold." - Treat it like the most gorgeous storyboard ever.
I really came to enjoy Guy Gardener: Collateral Damage after realizing that its original title was Reuben Flagg Gets A Magical Goddamn Wishing Ring, You Commie Bastards. Some hardcore Green Lantern fan needs to update me: is this portrayal of G'Nort remotely accurate? All I've known is the Justice League International version of the character, which is, you know, a decade-and-a-half out of date.
Catching up with Batman in 52? Yeah, didn't enjoy that. In fact, I really kind of hated it. The math works as follows: Unnecessary Nightwing Exposure + Stupid Ten-Eyed Men Demon Killers Helping Batman Work Through His Issues = Rage-Induced Priapism.
The latest issue of The ACME Novelty Library could have cost twice as much and I'd not have blinked at all when handing over my shekels. Goddamn, what a beautiful thing this is. Part of me (a very, very nerdy, design fetishist part) really wants Ware to re-release the similarly-laid-out, non-Jimmy Corrigan material from earlier issues in the same hardcover format.
