Kevin Reviews His Weekly Singles #08
100 Bullets #91
The Good: Azzarello's lining up his final shots and it looks to be a doozy climax for this title.
The Bad: I know the title's basically built for the trade, but I still wish there was a "Previously..." page in the singles. The volume of characters and the intense cross-plotting means I always spend a minute or two refreshing my memory.
Batman #676
The Good: The new Batmobile, Tim and Alfred's discussion about Damian, the luchadore in The Black Glove.
The Bad: Tony Daniel, Tony Daniel, Tony Daniel, and Jezebel Jet. I just can't care about her.
The Ugly: The storytelling on the Joker bit near the end. When I have people much more thoroughly mired in superhero comics than I asking me what happened, somebody fucked up, and I doubt it was Mr. G. Morrison of Scotland.
David Lampham's Young Liars #3
The Good: High-octane, visceral storytelling that sells you on the unlikely.
The Bad: Lapham's not quite as in touch with the youth of today as he thinks he is, but the very 70s feel I've mentioned previously helps sell everything anyway.
The Ugly: Donnie without his wig on. Yeesh.
DMZ #23
The Good: This is my favorite storyline so far. The street-level Obama-style politicking by Delgado is relavant and entertaining and Matty's complicated relationship with the campaign makes for good drama.
The Bad: Matty is still fairly unlikeable for long stretches, which is sort of the point, but it's hard to have sympathy for someone you want to backhand.
The Ugly: I saw the last page coming from the end of the first part of this storyline, but we'll see what Wood and Burchielli do with it.
Final Crisis Sketchbook
The Good: Lots of neat drawings and hints of what might be happening. Glorious Chip Kid design on the cover, making it look like nothing on the shelf, even with a JG Jones illustration featuring six superheroes in iconic poses.
The Bad: The weird Bagley-esque eyes on Kamandi on Page 7.
The Ugly: $2.99 for what would be a four-page feature in Wizard is a bit something. As Sterling mentioned, it should have been a freebie.
Those are some solid comics that I enjoyed very much, but do you want to know the best thing I got this week?
The Good: Azzarello's lining up his final shots and it looks to be a doozy climax for this title.
The Bad: I know the title's basically built for the trade, but I still wish there was a "Previously..." page in the singles. The volume of characters and the intense cross-plotting means I always spend a minute or two refreshing my memory.
Batman #676
The Good: The new Batmobile, Tim and Alfred's discussion about Damian, the luchadore in The Black Glove.
The Bad: Tony Daniel, Tony Daniel, Tony Daniel, and Jezebel Jet. I just can't care about her.
The Ugly: The storytelling on the Joker bit near the end. When I have people much more thoroughly mired in superhero comics than I asking me what happened, somebody fucked up, and I doubt it was Mr. G. Morrison of Scotland.
David Lampham's Young Liars #3
The Good: High-octane, visceral storytelling that sells you on the unlikely.
The Bad: Lapham's not quite as in touch with the youth of today as he thinks he is, but the very 70s feel I've mentioned previously helps sell everything anyway.
The Ugly: Donnie without his wig on. Yeesh.
DMZ #23
The Good: This is my favorite storyline so far. The street-level Obama-style politicking by Delgado is relavant and entertaining and Matty's complicated relationship with the campaign makes for good drama.
The Bad: Matty is still fairly unlikeable for long stretches, which is sort of the point, but it's hard to have sympathy for someone you want to backhand.
The Ugly: I saw the last page coming from the end of the first part of this storyline, but we'll see what Wood and Burchielli do with it.
Final Crisis Sketchbook
The Good: Lots of neat drawings and hints of what might be happening. Glorious Chip Kid design on the cover, making it look like nothing on the shelf, even with a JG Jones illustration featuring six superheroes in iconic poses.
The Bad: The weird Bagley-esque eyes on Kamandi on Page 7.
The Ugly: $2.99 for what would be a four-page feature in Wizard is a bit something. As Sterling mentioned, it should have been a freebie.
Those are some solid comics that I enjoyed very much, but do you want to know the best thing I got this week?
