Brief new comic reviews
Feb. 10th, 2010 09:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chuckroThe Unwritten - clever so far, a "what if" story centering around the popularity of a Harry Potter-like series of books. Recommended.
Daytripper - the last page of the first issue honestly caught me off guard; I'm intrigued and willing to give it a go for a while.
Sweet Tooth - the post-apocalyptic premise is interesting, but the pacing is incredibly slow and the book's minimalist style means that it's not filling the gaps with characterization. Also, I really don't like the art style.
Greek Street - Similar premise to Testament, only with Greek myth instead of the bible. A bit less fantastical (you don't see the gods, for instance) and more gritty. The abundance of sex and violence feels particularly gratuitous, even more so than most Vertigo books. My feelings are mixed, but I'll keep reading it because I expected it to get cancelled in six months, anyway.
Lobo: Highway to Hell - Hey DC, the mid-90s called to say that they're gone and never coming back. Because you apparently hadn't heard. This appears to be a sequel to the prestige-format Lobo books they did 15 years ago. It has no plot beyond "Lobo goes to Hell and kills stuff" and makes no particular sense. Why was this published?
Victorian Undead - Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies. Very obviously inspired by the abundance of zombie literature of late, possibly also pushed along by the recent Holmes movie. My question is, did the writer pitch this ten years ago and current circumstances finally get it noticed, or is it standard "jumping on the bandwagon"? If they have more than six issues of plot, that'll answer my question.
Wildstorm books in general - I'm glad that they haven't fixed the world yet, it keeps things different and interesting. I'm a little anxious about this new shakeup / team rearrangement thing. I DO NOT like the way the new artists draw the members of Gen13.
Daytripper - the last page of the first issue honestly caught me off guard; I'm intrigued and willing to give it a go for a while.
Sweet Tooth - the post-apocalyptic premise is interesting, but the pacing is incredibly slow and the book's minimalist style means that it's not filling the gaps with characterization. Also, I really don't like the art style.
Greek Street - Similar premise to Testament, only with Greek myth instead of the bible. A bit less fantastical (you don't see the gods, for instance) and more gritty. The abundance of sex and violence feels particularly gratuitous, even more so than most Vertigo books. My feelings are mixed, but I'll keep reading it because I expected it to get cancelled in six months, anyway.
Lobo: Highway to Hell - Hey DC, the mid-90s called to say that they're gone and never coming back. Because you apparently hadn't heard. This appears to be a sequel to the prestige-format Lobo books they did 15 years ago. It has no plot beyond "Lobo goes to Hell and kills stuff" and makes no particular sense. Why was this published?
Victorian Undead - Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies. Very obviously inspired by the abundance of zombie literature of late, possibly also pushed along by the recent Holmes movie. My question is, did the writer pitch this ten years ago and current circumstances finally get it noticed, or is it standard "jumping on the bandwagon"? If they have more than six issues of plot, that'll answer my question.
Wildstorm books in general - I'm glad that they haven't fixed the world yet, it keeps things different and interesting. I'm a little anxious about this new shakeup / team rearrangement thing. I DO NOT like the way the new artists draw the members of Gen13.
