As for 1602, I was very,
very
surprised by a lot of things.
They killed off Dr. Strange! It was very Minearish, IMO. I was not quite as surprised by what happened to Jean.
The ending, on the other hand,
was one of the best examples of HSQ that didn't involve blood and/or pain. That was probably the last character I expected to be other than what he seemed.
The only thing that felt a little off to me was
the bit with Reed Richards talking about stories. Although it was neat in and of itself, it was too obviously Gaiman being Gaiman.
Anne is me in all things. Do you think
Jean is really dead or did she become Phoenix?
I can't decide.
I'm thinking
really dead, simply because it would actually be a bit of a twist.
I am sooooo behind on 1602.
I don't know -- they did say
"ashes."
I didn't see
her death
coming, and I realise that I really should have, because
protecting shipmates and dying doing so is how it went down
the first time.
Reading these posts without highlighting the spoilers is very interesting.
That is all.
I should be able to pick up my new "tales" and "1602" after work -- cannot wait.
I am looking forward to more people having read 1602 #7. I want to discuss!
I was at the comicbook store the other day unfortunately it was the day before Tales of the Vampires #3 came out. I looked at 1602 because so many people here have been talking about it. They had all the copies except the first one, so I didn't get them.
Just got done reading this week's selection of new comics. This is my favorite ToV so far. But I liked Jane's story better than Ultimate!Drew's. God I love that woman and want to feast on her brains daily. I (spoilery - in a big way for the Goddard/Dracula story)
laughed a lot at the Goddard story - funny - very funny, but I couldn't enjoy it as much as I should have because of the Xander-as-the-ultimate-buttmonkey yet again stuff. I know, I know. Get a sense of humor already, Tina - it's a comic. I have Xander issues. I'm not too proud to admit it.
I am excited to see an Edlund-written story in the next installment.
Comicbook store dude told me that there is a very strong rumor that Brian Vaughan's name is in the hat as an upcoming X-Men writer along with everybody elses. This would make me infinitely happy. Though he already seems to have a lot on his plate (Y, Runaways, Spiderman & Doc Oc).
Speaking of vampires: last week I bought and thoroughly enjoyed the 30 Days and Nights tpb. Iffin' you like the vamp tales - I thought it was a pretty good one.
