Short bursts of thought about comics I purchased and read the week of June 6, 2007.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #4: What can I say? The comic reads like the best episodes of the TV series. This issue nicely wraps up the first story arc – introducing our villains, reminding us of our heroes, and setting the stage for the rest of the “season.” Next issue (in August) is a one-off by Joss, and then it is time for writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, TV’s Lost) to wow us with a Faith arc, baby.
Justice League Unlimited #34: This was a lame comic. Two months in a row – disappointment. There were word balloons misplaced, lettering problems, and even inconsistent drawings of the characters. Sloppy work all around. Still, this issue had the comic styling of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold. This used to be so much like the TV series; it’s a shame, really.
Countdown #47: Aside from the awesome looking dark Mary Marvel cover, this was another in a string of boring issues. I hope this weekly series is counting down to better issues. And soon. Five issues in and I’m not at all as excited as I was with 52.
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #5: This series is essentially an abridged version of the main story from King’s fourth book in The Dark Tower series, Wizards and Glass. What makes the comic work so well is the breathtaking art (best I’ve seen in years) penciled by Jae Lee and digitally painted by Richard Isanove. The backup text features help to expand on the world of the gunslinger, giving insight and background that adds to the overall Dark Tower experience.
Detective Comics #833: A great twist ending with the reappearance of Batman’s deadliest foe. This book gets “two thumbs up.”
Justice Society of America #6: I’m enjoying this crossover with the Justice League, featuring the Legion of Superheroes. Three of DC Comics greatest teams all in one book together – fantastic! The two-page spread featuring all three teams fighting crazybad stuff is amazing.
Birds of Prey #107: Ice is back from the dead! - hopefully for good. This almost makes up for killing Blue Beetle, Max Lord, and Ralph and Sue Dibny. Is this the start of the JLI returning to glory?
Outsiders #48: The Outsiders and Checkmate together – this must be the week of team-ups. The issue was every bit as good as I would expect from Winick and Rucka. The art still leaves a lot to be desired, though; I just don’t care for Matthew Clark’s pencils (not that it was all his fault, what with having to share penciling duties this issue). The next-issue cover with a teaser for a Batman appearance has got me excited, especially since it appears he’ll soon be taking over the Outsiders.
Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness #4: There were a couple of good lines from Ash, but the whole “Marvel Zombies” everywhere thing is beginning to bore me.
Nightwing #133: The story was decent enough. I could see that it was just setting the stage for something larger to come, so I’ll reserve my judgment until a later date. It is good to see that Jamal Igle hasn’t been forgotten as an artist after Firestorm was cancelled.
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4 comments:
I think you need to come up with your own rating system... "two thumbs up" has sooo been done. Maybe it'll launch you into a comic book critic career, where all you do is read comics for living.
Yeah, but it's so hard to find a ratings system that covers everything: writing, art, story, etc. I was thinking about just saying what I thought about things and not giving them a grade or rating. We'll see, it's evolving. I doubt I'll write thoughts about every issue I buy from now on...takes too much time. I'll just write about the things I feel strongly about.
You could just come up with four or five categories and rate all of them, like video game critics that rate gameplay, long-term value, graphics, audio, and difficulty.
Art: 4 pleg legs
Story: 4.5 pleg legs
etc.
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You know, I may do that. If I'm not going to review everything I could do that for a couple a week. And the rest I could work on 1 sentence thoughts. I dont' know what I'll do. I'll think about it all on my next ride. It'll give me something to take my mind off the riding.
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