Random, Disorganized Comics Thoughts. Imagine that.
Comments Off | Posted: March 26th, 2007 | Filed under: UncategorizedWhoever recommended it (Julian?) was right about Ennis’s 303. What a great, brutal piece of lean, smart storytelling that was. I’d make some kind of Ellroy-meets-Tom Clancy comparison, but it would do this a disservice. Jacen Burrows is a perfect artist for this, with clean lines and great storytelling.
One thing, though – it’s kind of disconcerting to see Avatar do comics I want to read. I thought Ellis’s Apparat experiment was a fluke, but with this, the upcoming Black Summer and the good things I’ve been hearing about Chronicles of Wormwood from people I trust, it’s like they’re a real publisher, instead of the titty-book-and-dead-licensed-properties factory I’d considered them for ages.
Picturebox’s Pig Tales / Cartoon Workshop split book had gotten good notices from people I trust, so I decided to order it when Diamond finally decided to carry the publisher’s work. I hate to be that guy that doesn’t get it, but…I just don’t get it. I want to support this sort of thing, but man…the entire thing’s an incomprehensible,poorly group of squiggles loosely tied together.
After reading it, I had a horrifying thought: is this what the previous generation sees when they catch Aqua Teen Hunger Force on the TV? Have I become old?
While I’m on the subject of Adult Swim: if Cartoon Network ever did a Frisky Dingo licensed comic book featuring Awesome X, I would write it for pennies.
Christopher Bird’s done another remix, this time featuring a recent issue of Teen Titans. Any Titans comic that features the sentence “Your science-juice is stronger than Slade’s!” gets points from me.
I picked up the first issue of the original Secret Six the other day from Comicazi and boy, it’s just fantastic. Obviously riffing off Mission Impossible and the Bond craze of the time, there’s a momentum and energy you’d never be able to pull off today. Heck of a setup, and the story opens on the cover. This is one of those books I’m going to have to pick up in back issue bins because I really doubt DC is ever going to issue a trade for this.
(Watch, they’ll do this and a Swing With Scooter collection just as my collections are complete.)
It also featured the ad below…
I’m naming my first child Johnny Peril Church. You can’t stop me.
Yes, even if it’s a girl.
