Liberty Meadows, Book 4, “Cold, Cold Heart” (Image)
w/a. Frank Cho
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I need to look up Liberty Meadows some time next week, because I’m not sure whatever happened to this title — originally a comic strip, then a web comic, and collected and reprinted, it seems, multiple times. I know Cho has done some mainstream comic book work — I’ve just lost track of him.
Anyway, here’s the 4th (and last, per Amazon) collection of LM strips. Cho’s a great artist, and makes the transition between cartoon characters and faboo pin-up class girls effortlessly. The battle between Jen and Brandy for Frank plays off with sitcom perfection against the return of the Cow. Great stuff.
Gotta remember to look up more info.
The Lone Ranger, Vol. 1 (Dynamite) [collects #1-6]
w. Brett Matthews; a. Sergio Cariello, John Cassaday
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A good, solid retelling of the origin of the Lone Ranger. Not much more I can say than that. For whatever reason, my interest was not piqued enough to continue on with the series, but not through any particular identifiable fault of the book itself.
Loveless, Vol. 3, “Blackwater Falls” (DC) [collects #13-24]
w. Brian Azzarello; a. Werther Dell’edera, Danijel Zezelj
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Azarello’s dark post-Civil War tale of the town of Blackwater — its many sins and secrets — comes to a close here, in flame and gunfire and betrayal, everyone a villain differentiated only by the sympathy one has for their need for revenge. A dark tale is unfortunately further muddied by artwork that makes it close to impossible to recognize many of the myriad characters, discernible only in context or by speech pattern. It’s a good tale for what it is, but what it is isn’t very good, and doesn’t live up to the promise of the first volume.
Listening to: Howard, James Newton, “Sykes’ Apt.” (The Fugitive))