Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Jilli, I haven't set aside the time to do Sandman yet. I want to do it when I can read all ten volumes in succession.
Okay. Because it felt to me that Willingham was trying to fill the gap left by Sandman, and not *quite* carrying it off. I still found Fables to be an entertaining read, but an oddly flat-seeming one. And considering that you and my pseudo-big-brother have raved and raved about it, I was even more disappointed by my reaction.
I haven't liked any of the Fables, either. Great idea, but as a writer, Willingham is a good artist. Actually, I thought the same of his Sandman apocrypha. I think the man just can't write imaginative-yet-realistic dialogue to save his life, and his stories can generally be predicted from the first panel. Since most of the comics I've read are by Gaiman, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, or Bendis, it may be that I have impossibly high standards.
Actually, I thought the same of his Sandman apocrypha
Huh? What did he write that was Sandman -related?
It was called something like "Everything that you always wanted to know about The Dreaming but were afraid to ask."
It was called something like "Everything that you always wanted to know about The Dreaming but were afraid to ask."
Hmmm. I don't remember that one. Off to Google I go ...
I found a review on Pop Matters: [link]
I found a review on Pop Matters
Okay. I didn't read that collection, but I did read his Merv Pumpkinhead book. I suspect Willingham's writing just doesn't quite click for me.
Okay. Because it felt to me that Willingham was trying to fill the gap left by Sandman, and not *quite* carrying it off. I still found Fables to be an entertaining read, but an oddly flat-seeming one.I like the Fableverse, but frankly, I don't know of a continuity that could ever make me happier than the Endlessverse. It's almost unfair to compare the two, because Fables would have to seem flat next to Gaiman's work. Most do.
I rillly rilly rilly love the Endless.
Comparing anyone to Gaiman and Moore is a tad unfair, don't you think? I mean they're more than a little exceptional.
Comparing anyone to Gaiman and Moore is a tad unfair, don't you think? I mean they're more than a little exceptional.
Oh, I know. Which is why I'm going to re-read Fables and try and not make those comparisons. But it will be hard, considering the set-up of Fables is similar to things both Gaiman and Moore have done.