Comic books

[DanFromBrooklyn]

I definitely think that I liked Sinestro Corp. War a lot better than Blackest Night. I find Blackest night to almost be too big and having 7 corps (well, now 9) is a bit hokey. I don't know. I find myself not enjoying Green Lantern nearly as much as I was before the Secret Origin storyline.

Yeah, it's funny, but when I finished Blackest Night #8, I put the issue down and thought, "Wow, that was pretty dumb." Sinestro Corps War managed to be epic and have a real feeling of impending doom. Blackest Night just seemed crammed with tons of characters and real simple ruminations on death, with the stakes never seeming that high or the action that fun. It was also the first time I had the feeling that Johns was making stuff up as he went along. And I know I just said in a previous post that I'd recommend it, but it's probably best to stop with Sinestro Corps War.

[Cotton]

I just don't get almost all of the GL/Flash stuff. There are moments I really enjoy (i.e. the rogues), but for the most part it's just not my thing.

I was ready to give up on Blackest Night by issue 3. That said, I really don't know how I feel about Deadman being alive. He's always been one of my favorite DC guys, and it's weird seeing him...all there. Is he just like a normal guy now?

[ben]

Yes, I think Deadman is just a normal dude (for now).  Blackest Night really went out with a whimper.  At least I have the collectible power rings to show for it.

If Maxwell Lord is back, is Ted Kord?  If it was mentioned in the series or a spin off I missed it. 

[ben]

Did anyone else pick up the Patton Oswalt penned Serenity one-off?  It's not bad!

[Martin]

I read Daniel Clowes' Wilson last week. Enjoyed it a lot.

[Bryan]

I read Daniel Clowes' Wilson last week. Enjoyed it a lot.

Yeah. I liked it too. Clowes has got that understated mastery thing going these days.

[waltkellysghost]

I read Daniel Clowes' Wilson last week. Enjoyed it a lot.

Need to check this out. Is Clowes pretty much scrapping Eightball issues for full graphics now?

[waltkellysghost]

Did anyone else pick up the Patton Oswalt penned Serenity one-off?  It's not bad!

I purchased it ONLY because Patton wrote it. But I have absolutely no knowledge of the show Serenity. From what I understand the book is a memoriam for a character.

I'm gonna get more familiar with the show and then read the book later.

[waltkellysghost]

How have I just now found this thread? I can talk about comics all day.

[Bryan]

I read Daniel Clowes' Wilson last week. Enjoyed it a lot.

Need to check this out. Is Clowes pretty much scrapping Eightball issues for full graphics now?

I read an interview recently where he said that magazine-style comics are a relic of a bygone age. I think Eightball's done.

[Christina]

Does anyone here like Transmetropolitan? I'm reading the first book and it seems to be written by a 15 year old boy who thinks "Fuck tha System" is deep philosophy.

Does the plot pick up? Is it worth pursuing?

[Bryan]

When I read a bunch of Transmetropolitan a few years ago, I thought it was a fun read - though I read it for free, via the library. I wouldn't have paid for it.

Like most of that Vertigo stuff, it's pretty adolescent. But I found the central premise - Hunter S. Thompson in a cyberpunk future - pretty amusing. I have no specific recollections of it improving greatly from the first few issues, though.

[Christina]

When I read a bunch of Transmetropolitan a few years ago, I thought it was a fun read - though I read it for free, via the library. I wouldn't have paid for it.

Like most of that Vertigo stuff, it's pretty adolescent. But I found the central premise - Hunter S. Thompson in a cyberpunk future - pretty amusing. I have no specific recollections of it improving greatly from the first few issues, though.

Cool - I may bail after this first book ... I've got a huge back log of comics to catch up on & I don't want to waste my time on it ...

Thoughts/opinions on Heavy Liquid? Jonah Hex? Hellblazer? Where should I go next?

[Bryan]

I remember the first run of Hellblazer (the Jamie Delano stuff I think?) as being really good. The proviso being that I read it when it was initially published, so I was about 15 at the time. But it has a noir-ish dead end vibe that I liked a lot. I haven't revisited it, but in my mind at least, it's aged better than, say, Gaiman's Sandman.

Are you looking at classic Jonah Hex? Or is there some newer iteration of it?

I've just been re-reading my goofy Keith Giffen era Justice League from the late 80s. It made me realize that the 80s were a lot closer, culturally-speaking to the 50s/60s than they are to today. I mean, they were still publishing all those teeny ads for mail-order X-Ray specs, Sea Monkeys, and the Charles Atlas method.

[Christina]

RE Jonah Hex - I have a book called No Way Back here ... no indication as to what vintage the comics gathered inside are.

RE Hellblazer - I'll go find the earlier stuff and see if I like that ... I think the current comics hitting now are Hellblazer India ... I have a huge pile here of comics on my desk and i think there are at least a couple of that.

RE Sandman - I am not at all sure I would like the story so I have avoided it, but they're reissuing the whole dang thing, so I may at least try vol 1.

RE - '80s culturally closer to '50s-'60s ... shit yes. The last time I read comics regularly (as a kid) those ads were commonplace.