comics, mostly free

[usuallyhats]

Elektra #1 (not free!): I was dithering about whether or not to get this, but it turns out that one of the comics guys in Forbidden Planet had hung onto a copy because he thought I'd like it, so that was that dilemma solved. And WOW is it gorgeous. The art is seriously amazing, I want to look at it forever. Writingwise, it really feels like this could be the beginning of a thoroughly excellent comic. I am worried that it'll skew too far towards darkness/horror for me (we already have a cannibalistic villain, which is a giant NOPE), but #1 was good enough that I am willing to take a chance and see where it goes.

Forbidden Planet was giving out grab bags of free comics so I got all of the following:

Rise of the Magi #0: fun art, interesting premise, no women in it all. SIGH.

DC's Future's End #0: ... ... ...I'm sure there is an audience for "dystopic future where most of our heroes are evil cyborgs" (in fact I know there is, because I know someone who picked this one up on a recommendation from the guy in the comic shop), but it is emphatically Not Me. Though I suppose the actual miniseries may not spend any time in that future. I was going to write about DC deciding to have their free enticement comic be one in which cyborg!Wonder Woman dies on page three and Black Canary is just a face sewn onto Frankenstein's chest, but I don't think I can be bothered. I was v. amused to see that even 35 years into the future there's still a Robin memorial case in the Batcave ready to be Dramatically Smashed, though.

The Titan preview: I was sad that there wasn't actually a full preview for their upcoming Eleventh Doctor comic in here. I want to be enticed into reading it! Or put off, I suppose, but given my love for Eleventy and my like for the writer (Al Ewing, who is currently writing Loki: Agent of Asgard, which I love), I am hoping for the former.

Avatar: the Last Airbender: SUKI! :D Great art, and I love how completely unsubtle it was in presenting "sexist jerks who accuse women of being fake geek girls are the actual worst and deserve to have their stock accidentally catch on fire" as its message. :DDD

Archaia hardcover: I really liked the Mouse Guard story, and the Labyrinth Ludo origin story was charming, but most of the other stories I thought were too short to really do anything. People who like Farscape* will probably like the Farscape one though - it was pretty good, I thought.

*I will give Farscape another try one of these days, honest guv! ;)

Bank holiday means I won't be able to get today's comics until tomorrow, woe. (I don't finish work today until after Forbidden Planet has closed and they probably won't have had them by lunchtime. ALAS.)

Comments

[such_heights]

Oooh, I might have to borrow the Avatar comic from you at some point if I may?

[usuallyhats]

Of course! I will bring it along next time I see you. :D

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

we already have a cannibalistic villain, which is a giant NOPE
That is what I am concerned about too. The art really is amazing, though.

Haha I too tried to watch Farscape and never got very far. I have been wondering if I should give it another try because I suspect I'd like Aeryn and John.

I cannot figure out why body horror evil androids could possibly be a good crossover event, unless DC has genuinely run out of simpler ways to generate grimdark (which they clearly have not).

[usuallyhats]

Yeah, it's something I generally can't handle at all, but I'm hoping the gorgeousness of the art and the fact that he's not the main focus will carry me through...

Hee! I watched most of the first season and didn't get on with it that well (though I loved Aeryn), but that was years ago now and everything I've seen or read about it suggests I'll like it, so I do want to give it another try eventually.

Right? I mean, I don't have anything against grimdark in principle, even if it doesn't appeal to me, but it would be nice to have a more hopeful crossover event for a bit of variety.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

I think Gothtopia was supposed to be (at least superficially) less dark? Although I expect the point of it was probably that even a happy Gotham has something very not-right about it. I didn't read any of it, though, so I'm not sure.

Are you reading Batman Eternal, btw?

[usuallyhats]

I didn't either! And I don't really know anything about it other than the name... Less dark sounds good, but yeah, there is the Gotham factor.

I'm not, but beccatoria's been keeping me posted on any Steph-related developments! I might read it in trades. Are you following it?

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't been either. Most of the panels with Steph get posted on Tumblr anyway, and I don't want to get sucked into reading a weekly unless it suddenly becomes really really awesome. And yeah, I am hoping someday it will be in trades at my library if I wait long enough. :P

[usuallyhats]

Yeah, me too! Also I can't really read post reboot comics with Barbara as Batgirl in them, so if I bought it weekly I'd run the risk of spending money on a comic I can't actually read...