Interesting. I love the art in Powers. That's what first drew me to it. I think Oeming is great.
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Glamcookie - Jul 21, 2004 1:04:16 pm PDT #5008 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
amych - Jul 21, 2004 1:05:49 pm PDT #5009 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Today's haul:
- Outsiders 14
- BoP 70
- Flash 212 (yes, Plei, you made me do it)
- GK 55
Read Robin 128 in the store -- still not into it enough to buy it, although I did enjoy the Batgirl/Tim scene. Just because there was one. And there should be more. Of such scenes, and of both their adorable wee psycho-selves .
Reviews of the others TK, after I've read 'em.
P.M. Marc - Jul 21, 2004 1:13:52 pm PDT #5010 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Flash 212 (yes, Plei, you made me do it)
Whee!
Sorry I didn't have 210 and 211 for you. I just have hard copies of those. (They're worth getting for the Dick/Wally interaction.)
(In the platonic sense, of course.)
amych - Jul 21, 2004 1:46:51 pm PDT #5011 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Quickie review no. 1: GK 55: Holy crap. Holy everlovin' FREAKing crap. Off to reread, well, all sorts of things. People, if you aren't reading this title, you should be. That is all.
DavidS - Jul 21, 2004 1:48:18 pm PDT #5012 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Editorial Note Hayden
His Watchmen mini-series for DC and, later, his Miracleman series for the independent Eclipse Comics company, seemed, at first, to represent the kind of quantum leap that Stan Lee had made.
Miracleman (as Marvelman) precedes Watchmen. A significant distinction since Marvelman was really Moore's very first run at superhero comics. Miracleman was reprinted by Eclipse in America after the Watchmen came out. But it came out originally in England before Watchmen.
P.M. Marc - Jul 21, 2004 1:48:45 pm PDT #5013 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Amych, would you suggest a re-read first of 50-54?
amych - Jul 21, 2004 1:58:23 pm PDT #5014 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
would you suggest a re-read first of 50-54?
Yep. The HSQ is new this issue, but as it's the last of a mighty plotty and complex arc, it's definitely worth a look back. (There's other rereading to be done too, but it'll be clear what that is after you've read.)
Steph L. - Jul 21, 2004 2:01:37 pm PDT #5015 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
BoP assessment: I am slightly confused (on backstory, not the Huntress plot) yet intrigued.
Robin #128: meh.
P.M. Marc - Jul 21, 2004 2:04:00 pm PDT #5016 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yep. The HSQ is new this issue, but as it's the last of a mighty plotty and complex arc, it's definitely worth a look back. (There's other rereading to be done too, but it'll be clear what that is after you've read.)
Huh. I will do so, then.
I can think of at least two things that might be the other re-reads.
You know, I like it when a storyline does that.
Polter-Cow - Jul 21, 2004 2:29:49 pm PDT #5017 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh! I picked up Powers last week (?) and looked at it but I was kinda put off by the art work.
Like Gloomcookie, I like the art style too. I mean, come on: Christian looks exactly like Bruce from the Batman animated series.
From hayden's link:
One of the most outstanding and noteworthy characteristics of Powers during its finest moments is its rapid-fire and modern-noir dialogue, an aspect Bendis happily admits he cribbed wholesale from the TV drama “Homicide: Life on the Streets.”
Heh. Someone needs to tell Erika to read Powers.