Comics...

[fajrdrako]

Read a pile this morning. Not own, comics I borrowed from Lyn, and therefore not series I am buying.

Haven't there been other Giant-Size Wolverines? No matter. This is a story about a little girl on a farm and a monster in the basement; it read to me more like an old Swamp Thing story, an didn't really need Wolverine as the viewpoint. Written by David Lapham; not terrible (if you like monster-in-the-basement stories) but not very inspired. In its favour was the usual rapport Wolverine has with little girls. I liked that part.

The art was messy and moody.

A story by Marc Guggenheim and Humberto Ramos. Again, I didn't like the art, but it was readable, and Wolverine was nicely in character. My favourite bit was actually political dialogue. I don't usually pay attention to comic book politics, but I really liked this exchange between Wolverine and Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Maria: It's almost funny how quick some people are to label sensible legislation as fascism.
Wolverine: So trading liberty for safety's what passin' for 'sensible' these days? 'Cause I seem to think the motto of America - and I'm Canadian, so that might be why I'm confused - used to be 'Give me liberty or give me death.'
Maria: Are all Canadians this judgmental?
Wolverine: When it comes to America, pretty much.

Hee. I like being reminded that Wolverine is Canadian.

By David Hine and Yanick Paquette. Now, there's a name that must be Canadian. (Though I suppose he could be American-Acadian or Cajun. I ought to know.) The art had good facial expressions, bad layouts. O*N*E and X-Men team up to rescue the 198, with help from Tony Stark, all of which I liked. I didn't like the plot so much, but it had great moments - such as when Leech risks his life to save Cyclops from exploding with the force of his own power.

I hated the art by Steve Dillon so much I found it difficult to read. The only thing I liked was that it's great to see Jubilee with Wolverine again.

This is a comic I am actually reading and loving. Paul Jenkinds is a fine writer and it features some characters I love - like Ben Urich. I don't like the back-up war story, though. I always skip that part.

I used to love Uncanny X-Men and I have certainly enjoyed the writing of Ed Brubaker in the past, so what went wrong here? I find his ongoing Shi-ar story incredibly tedious.

Now this is more like it. Domestic troubles within the Baxter Building! And Sue Richards being assertive. Love it. Reed is being an idiot; I'll be glad to see what happens when he changes his mind, but meanwhile, I like the way he is given reasons for being so wrong. Seeing Ben Grimm leave Reed was almost worst than seeing Sue go.

Comments

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I have got SFX for you!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oh, how wonderful! Picture me doing a happy budgie dance as the little guys sing.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I will!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

...Then collapsing in front of my computer, having tired myself out!

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Yanick Paquette's based out of Montréal, last I recalled...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Montreal sounds likely!

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking back to our conversation at the OSFS meeting today...and I still think Maria Hill's worth keeping around for the long haul. Partly for her "dropped in the deep end and not expecting it" vibe, and partly for her pragmatic streak.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I think Maria will stay around. There are a lot of people on the 'wrong' side for the right reasons who are going to be around.

Now, this doesn't mean Nick Fury won't ever come back as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Could be that he'll be Director and she'll be Vice-Director or Co-Director or something.