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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 26, 2021 16:59:31 GMT -5
Got a bunch of books this week... just about all stuff I'm excited to read too (Which is good): Last Ronin #4 : I have to agree the black and white flashbacks are the best, but even the color flashback part was quite good, it was fun seeing Splinter kick butt. I'm going to miss this series when it ends... I'd be down with it continuing with Casey Marie as the lead character (whether or not the rest survive) Reptil #4 : They went with the moral/heart warming ending rather than a bang up fight scene... not bad, but nothing too exciting. Moon Knight #3 : I'm really digging the new direction.... I hope this isn't the last we see of Hunter's Moon, or other 'Fists'. Handling Khonshu as a legit religion (or perhaps cult would be the better term) is very interesting indeed. X-Men #3 : If I didn't know better, I would call this a fill in. The High Evolutionary comes by to 'congratulate' them on Arrako, and offers a 'present'. Some fun one liners and creatures, but seemed a bit pointless. The Onslaught Revelation : This is the conclusion of 'Way of X' (why it couldn't be the last issue and had to be a special? no idea) This definitely DID seem important... Now we have the Spark. Nice to see this just as a single issue.. I could see it being turned into one of those big silly events. I'm hoping the Last Ronin leads to more stories from Laird and Eastman together, I've loved the IDW Turtle book but it would be great to get the original band back together long term. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 26, 2021 22:14:01 GMT -5
I think I'm might start reading the current book.... I've popped in here and there, but I realize how much I miss the Turtles reading Last Ronin,.. we'll see.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 27, 2021 7:18:46 GMT -5
I think I'm might start reading the current book.... I've popped in here and there, but I realize how much I miss the Turtles reading Last Ronin,.. we'll see. The IDW run has been awesome so far...it might be blasphemy but in my mind it's better than the original. The latest Mutant City story has had some real slow pacing, becoming almost like a slice of life book but everything before that was amazing. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 27, 2021 9:34:06 GMT -5
Black Hammer: Visions #8Written by Scott Snyder Art by David Rubin Summary: The shadow of the Horseless Rider is long, and it continues to seek out justice long after the wild west was tamed.
Plot: I'm slightly conflicted on this chapter of Visions, on one hand Snyder tells a really amazing story about the legacy of an old west hero...but on the other it doesn't really feel like a Black Hammer story to me. It's probably not an issue for those who haven't been reading Snyder's American Vampire, but for those like me who have loved the series since the start in 2010 this supernatural story bridging the wild west and the "modern" world just feels so much like Snyder's writing there. And it's not just the subject matter that makes that connection strong as its compounded further with its heavy use of an epistolary narrative structure and the connection between gold and greed which are both huge parts of American Vampire's style that while reading it I just couldn't escape the feeling that this was a lost part of that universe rather than a part of Lemire's story which was kind of a downer for me. But on its own as a comic? Yeah, this was a great read! I loved the way Snyder used the bullets as a way to bridge the past to the present; I've always enjoyed western hero comics but have yet to see a successful attempt to bring them to the present world but this mash up of the Spectre and a cow boy hero was really fantastic and I really wish there was more of it coming!
Art: Rubin was great all around here with both his depictions of the supernatural and the waking world but I think what I loved so much was the way he depicted the geriatric characters. The heavy lines on their faces, the slightly blank, empty eyes and general sag of the older characters was beautiful in its grotesqueness which is a fine line as it could have easily gone too ugly and made it look unrealistic.
Grade:8/10 (once I ignore that it feels more like American Vampire: Visions) I liked this quite a bit. I honestly didn't mind Snyder being Snyder. And I really didn't get that much of an American Vampire vibe, though it's been quite a while since I've read that book. If this one had been about vampires I would have, but I just don't remember other supernatural critters in AV. I'm usually a sucker for weird west tales. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 27, 2021 10:12:57 GMT -5
Black Hammer: Visions #8Written by Scott Snyder Art by David Rubin Summary: The shadow of the Horseless Rider is long, and it continues to seek out justice long after the wild west was tamed.
Plot: I'm slightly conflicted on this chapter of Visions, on one hand Snyder tells a really amazing story about the legacy of an old west hero...but on the other it doesn't really feel like a Black Hammer story to me. It's probably not an issue for those who haven't been reading Snyder's American Vampire, but for those like me who have loved the series since the start in 2010 this supernatural story bridging the wild west and the "modern" world just feels so much like Snyder's writing there. And it's not just the subject matter that makes that connection strong as its compounded further with its heavy use of an epistolary narrative structure and the connection between gold and greed which are both huge parts of American Vampire's style that while reading it I just couldn't escape the feeling that this was a lost part of that universe rather than a part of Lemire's story which was kind of a downer for me. But on its own as a comic? Yeah, this was a great read! I loved the way Snyder used the bullets as a way to bridge the past to the present; I've always enjoyed western hero comics but have yet to see a successful attempt to bring them to the present world but this mash up of the Spectre and a cow boy hero was really fantastic and I really wish there was more of it coming!
Art: Rubin was great all around here with both his depictions of the supernatural and the waking world but I think what I loved so much was the way he depicted the geriatric characters. The heavy lines on their faces, the slightly blank, empty eyes and general sag of the older characters was beautiful in its grotesqueness which is a fine line as it could have easily gone too ugly and made it look unrealistic.
Grade:8/10 (once I ignore that it feels more like American Vampire: Visions) I liked this quite a bit. I honestly didn't mind Snyder being Snyder. And I really didn't get that much of an American Vampire vibe, though it's been quite a while since I've read that book. If this one had been about vampires I would have, but I just don't remember other supernatural critters in AV. I'm usually a sucker for weird west tales. He went all in towards the end with werewolves and ghosts basically just being different variants of Homo-Abominis. But like you said, it was a fun read. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2021 8:41:34 GMT -5
Death of Doctor Strange #1. Written by Jed MacKay. Art by Lee Garbett. What would happen if Dr Strange unexpectedly died? Who would protect Earth from mystical evils? And who killed him? I usually try out any new Dr Strange series and even though I was a bit hesitant given the title and concept... it ended up being decent. I loved the last page and can't wait to see where MacKay takes this series. It was great seeing Garbett's art again. I like his art style and wish he had a regular series. I picked this up and read it last night. I am a big Doc Strange fan, and was getting the Doc solo books because I had a print subscription through Marvel starting with the Aaron revival that I had on auto-renewal and I kept forgetting to change that, so I got all the way up to the Surgeon Supreme series by Waid, but a large chunk of it had piled up in my too be read pile after the Damanation mini which was very disappointing. I eventually caught up and enjoyed the Waid take, but not sure if the series ended quickly or I missed the tail end of the series, and I never bothered to find out, so I had lost touch with what was going on with Strange the last year or so. And when this was announced, I was like "please, yet another Marvel gimmick" and was going to pass. But reviews form a couple of hardcore Strange fans I am acquainted with were so good, it piqued my interest and I picked up a copy of #1 on my trip to the lcs earlier this week. Got to read it last night, and overall, I quite liked it. There were thins I liked a lot-I love me some ghost dog! And I liked the ruminations about the Koschei myth cycle (I thought I stumbled on a Mignola crossover book by mistake), especially when coupled with the recurring snapshot of Clea Stephen had as a reminder. I enjoyed the interactions with Bats and Wong, and the kind of retrospective on what it means to be sorcerer supreme. It really felt like a treatise on the core of what makes Doc a great character by a writer who gets Doc, even if it was a very obvious foreshadowing of what was to come-the death of Stephen. Looks like it may have been Silver Dagger as the killer? It's set up to look like that to old time Doc fans (not sure when the last time Silver Dagger appeared in the MU or if contemporary readers would know who he was) and absolutely loved the Mordo appearance at the end. And then that last page reveal...so ready for the next issue, and enjoying this enough I might consider the some of the one-shots if they actually contribute tot he overall story and don't just use it as a marketing pitch for tangential stories. Overall, a solid 8.5 out of 10. -M |
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