Comic Reviews

Ms. Marvel Volume 3: Crushed - There are definitely things I’m missing by not being plugged into the greater Marvel comics universe. Why is Loki trying to be a good guy? What’s going on with the Inhumans? But I don’t really have to know or care the details, because the stories are about how they intersect with Kamala’s world, and the book is actually helped by sharing her perspective. It remains so much fun.

Sex Criminals Volume 1: One Weird Trick - I had heard good things about this, and they were accurate. The calmly humorous sensibility of Fraction’s Hawkeye is evident here too, and there are both some clever ideas and a very realistic “confessional” tone to the whole thing. Recommended as long as you’re not shy about, y’know, people masturbating and having sex.

Media LIFO Problem

I’ve been having a problem over the past few months of starting media (a book, a video game, a TV series) that’s particularly long, then acquiring something new that’s shorter, so going off and doing the newer thing first. I’ve read through five Kindle Unlimited books and two trade paperbacks in between making progress on Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey. I got distracted from Disgaea D2 by Final Fantasy X HD, then from that by Professor Layton, then from that by Super Mario 3D Land. Then I started playing Ys Origins when I got a free Steam copy, but got distracted by the Steam games that came in the Game Maker Humble bundle. (Several of which are really very good.) Oh, and I was going to try Super Shell Monsters Story on the emulator box, but then a hack of Final Fantasy 4 presented itself.

I’m digging myself back out of this, but I suspect one of my goals when we do a brief staycation in August will be to actually clear some of my backlog of media.

At least I’m spending somewhat more time on media I enjoy rather than mindlessly reading the internet?