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usuallyhats) wrote2013-03-22 02:45 pm
usuallyhats) wrote2013-03-22 02:45 pm
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one day I will talk about things that aren't comics again
What is going on at DC at the moment? It looks like nothing but chaos and bad decisions over there. (I have successfully distanced myself from the reboot to the extent that whenever I see something referencing the events of Batman Incorporated #8 I feel this weird dislocation: "oh, yeah, that actually happened, didn't it"? Sigh.) Also, look at this awesome Young Justice-type team up we could have had! Seven awesome characters, four of whom are women and four of whom aren't white! And it sounds like it would have been pretty great. (Arrowette! :DDD) Stupid DC.
Onto comics I AM reading...
Fearless Defenders #2: Still fun, hurray! Some of the art is still a little cheesecakey, but other than that I like it a whole lot, and the colouring is really nice (though... should Dani's skin be darker? I haven't encountered the character before, but she looked a bit on the white side to my non-expert eyes, especially compared to the cover). I adore the introduction boxes, they are a lot of fun, as was Misty and Annabelle snarking at each other. ♥
Saga #11: OK, Barr's death was a little inevitable, but still sad. Hazel's "these days, I use it [a scrap of the babygro Barr made her] as a bookmark" was very effective: there was a real sense of wistfulness and distance that worked brilliantly.
Marvel #1s are still trickling into my Comixology account! I am not going to review them all, because there are a lot and mostly it would just be me going "this was fine but I'm probably not going to read any more" over and over again, but here are some I had more to say on:
Avengers Academy #1: I was fairly meh on this: I didn't really connect with most of the characters, and it had a bit too much "the world is TERRIBLE, people will betray you" for me. But I liked Finesse an awful lot, so I've ordered the first trade from the library. We shall see.
Ant-Man and the Wasp #1: I got this thinking Janet Van Dyne would be in it. SHE WAS NOT. Hank was calling himself Wasp in her memory, and there was a new Ant-Man, and he was the WORST. Sleazy and skeevy and self-satisfied and ugh. Also there was Tigra who wears only a bikini because EMPOWERMENT, I assume.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1: REALLY needs more women, but otherwise, very cute, especially Wasp! I will get round to watching the TV version eventually... ooo, look, Lovefilm has some of it! That'll make me get round to it faster.
Onto comics I AM reading...
Fearless Defenders #2: Still fun, hurray! Some of the art is still a little cheesecakey, but other than that I like it a whole lot, and the colouring is really nice (though... should Dani's skin be darker? I haven't encountered the character before, but she looked a bit on the white side to my non-expert eyes, especially compared to the cover). I adore the introduction boxes, they are a lot of fun, as was Misty and Annabelle snarking at each other. ♥
Saga #11: OK, Barr's death was a little inevitable, but still sad. Hazel's "these days, I use it [a scrap of the babygro Barr made her] as a bookmark" was very effective: there was a real sense of wistfulness and distance that worked brilliantly.
Marvel #1s are still trickling into my Comixology account! I am not going to review them all, because there are a lot and mostly it would just be me going "this was fine but I'm probably not going to read any more" over and over again, but here are some I had more to say on:
Avengers Academy #1: I was fairly meh on this: I didn't really connect with most of the characters, and it had a bit too much "the world is TERRIBLE, people will betray you" for me. But I liked Finesse an awful lot, so I've ordered the first trade from the library. We shall see.
Ant-Man and the Wasp #1: I got this thinking Janet Van Dyne would be in it. SHE WAS NOT. Hank was calling himself Wasp in her memory, and there was a new Ant-Man, and he was the WORST. Sleazy and skeevy and self-satisfied and ugh. Also there was Tigra who wears only a bikini because EMPOWERMENT, I assume.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1: REALLY needs more women, but otherwise, very cute, especially Wasp! I will get round to watching the TV version eventually... ooo, look, Lovefilm has some of it! That'll make me get round to it faster.