tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post4341401540585001652..comments2024-01-02T07:48:42.623-05:00Comments on Comics And...Other Imaginary Tales: The Week of January 5 in ReviewJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352163584546054887noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-56669589368197755182011-01-11T09:36:09.833-05:002011-01-11T09:36:09.833-05:00Shawn - Maybe I was a little harsh in my critique ...Shawn - Maybe I was a little harsh in my critique of Starman and on a true re-read maybe it will hold up but it still looks like it is over written as is Starman/Congorilla. Golden Age was great, but he needs a current book that hits it out of the park for me to consider Robinson as a writer I want to follow again.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352163584546054887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-26661777944793085502011-01-11T09:18:15.932-05:002011-01-11T09:18:15.932-05:00Disagree with your dislike of Starman/Congorilla. ...Disagree with your dislike of Starman/Congorilla. Yes it was bad. <br /><br />The difference is that in Robinson's original Starman series he narration served to show that Jack Knight's thought process as a hero was all over the place. He'd be fighting a villain and thinking about something or another he'd rather be doing. It was quaint. Even when it was not Jack narrating and just quirky narration for the city of Opal it worked because it was fun and almost whimsical.<br /><br />Starman/Congorilla fails because 1) It's a horrible jump on point for people that didn't read their previous exploits. And 2) nothing in the issue connects you to either character. I could handle being a bit lost in the narrative if I CARED AT ALL.<br /><br />The single Starman issue featuring The Shade last Feb. was awesome. Supposedly Robinson is doing a Shade mini. <br /><br />If you read his Golden Age mini-series (awesome JSA stuff. Seriously.), his original Starman, and countless other books they succeed because he makes the characters real, flawed, and easy to relate to on a human level. <br /><br />His current JLA work and this one shot fails because he is trying to right lighthearted, fun superhero stories. Not everything has to be dark, I agree, but you still have to connect the characters to the readers. The Shade in that Starman one-shot did it. This one does not. He came close in his Mon-El Action Comics run but did not quite make it.<br /><br />He's going to be doing a Hawkman series soon. I'm hoping he makes it back with that one.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026335818721649588noreply@blogger.com