Post by tolworthy on Sept 25, 2014 11:01:19 GMT -5
Does anybody follow the blog "Adventures in the Marvelous Zone"? I don't recall it being discussed here, so I think it deserves a thread. It's my favourite comics blog by a long way. (Well OK, Dial B for Blog comes close, but this one still wins for me). This is why:
I like her approach and values. Like me, she's less interested in the battles, more interested in the relationships and discoveries. Reading the blog is like discovering these wonderful stories as a child for the first time in the 1960s, yet with the experience and wit of a good modern writer. I suppose different people look for different things, but in my opinion it's the world's greatest comics blog.
- It's unique. The author, "Crissy", is reading every Marvel comic from the start, mostly for the first time.
- It's insightful. I read a lot of comic reviews, and she always finds stuff other people miss.
- It's well written: fun to read, and in depth.
- It's complete. There are other blogs that offer new insights, but none as methodically complete as this.
- It's inspiring. Uniquely among blogs that I've seen, she captures the excitement and awe, the thrill and innocence of the tales. Like when she reviews the microverse story and adds magnified photos of sand grains, to show how beautiful and exciting microscopy can be.
- It's perfectly balanced between fun and serious, inspired yet critical. I think she captures the original mood perfectly.
I like her approach and values. Like me, she's less interested in the battles, more interested in the relationships and discoveries. Reading the blog is like discovering these wonderful stories as a child for the first time in the 1960s, yet with the experience and wit of a good modern writer. I suppose different people look for different things, but in my opinion it's the world's greatest comics blog.
