🎶Back in the saddle
again...🎶
It’s been a few years. Having been gone so long, it’s
only fair that I start with letting you know what I’m reading so you know what
perspective I’m bringing to reviews and commentary. These are the singles I’ve
bought over the last couple months. No trades or other larger collections bought during that time, though I am reading the Golden Age Wonder Woman trade that I bought some months back. We can talk about the ridiculous extent of the racism therein at a later time.
Archie Comics
Archie 27-28 - Waid, Mok, Fitzpatrick,Morelli
Boom! Studios
Abbott 1 - Ahmed, Kivela, Wordie
Dark Horse
Jenny Finn 2-4 - Mignola, Nixey, Stewart
Incognegro: Renaissance 1 - Johnson, Pleece
DC
Doom Patrol 9, 10 - Way, Derington, Fowler, Bonvillian
IDW
Atomic Robo: The Spectre of Tomorrow 3, 4 - Clevinger,
Wegener, Clark, Powell
Image
Black Magik 10 - Rucka, Scott
Copperhead 17, 18 - Faerber, Moss, Riley, Mauer
Invincible 143, 144 - Kirkman, Ottley, Morales, Fairbairn, Wooten
Kill or Be
Killed 15, 16 - Brubaker, Phillips, Breitweiser
Lazarus: X+66 6 - Rucka, Trautman, Jones, Arcas, Wynne
Outcast 32, 33 - Kirkman, Azaceta, Breitweiser
Paper Girls 19, 20 - Vaughan,
Chiang, Wilson, Fletcher
Royal City 8, 9 - Lemire
Sex Criminals 21 - Fraction,
Zdarsky
Twisted Romance 1, 2 - various
The Walking Dead 175, 176 - Kirkman,
Adlard, Gaudiano, Rathburn
The Wicked + The Divine Christmas Annual; 1923 -
Gillen and various; Gillen, Koch, Cowles
Marvel
The Mighty Thor 702, 703 - Aaron, Dauterman, Wilson
Moon
Knight 190, 191 - Bemis, Burrows, Ortego, Lopes
Not on here due to hiatus are Saga by Vaughan and Staples
and Bitch Planet by DeConnick and De Landro, which are easily two of my
favorite books. Also on a hiatus (though returned after I started writing this) is Descender by Lemire and Nguyen, which is both a great story and some of the best water color art you'll find in comics. Part of that Image dominance in my reading, but the creator
owned books tend to be better, and Image has a track record of putting out high
quality books.
I wasn’t reading much of the Big Two when we last put out
this fantastic production and that hasn’t changed. I will pick up a book by a
particular writer, but even writers I like when they own the work can be far
less enjoyable when working under corporate restrictions. Moon Knight is the
only one I’ve continued because I like where the character is going in spite of
creator changes.
Next time, discussion of a specific book. Maybe
Invincible, as I’m re-reading the whole thing, now that it’s come to the end.
I loved Mok's work on Josie and the Pussycats. I was sorry to see that series end.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean you don't like the GA wonder woman?
ReplyDeleteMy daughters grew up on the archives.
The best part you can decide what's worse, the racism or the not-so-subtle bondage themes.
The bondage is amusing, knowing what I know about Marston. In the context of the times, the stories were enjoyable, though the racism was not. It's all uber patriotic, but go figure during a war like that. I wouldn't recommend not reading the stories, but discussion should be had about the bondage and the racism.
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