comics, mostly free
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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.)
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.)