{"id":15341,"date":"2009-07-25T13:27:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T19:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15341"},"modified":"2009-07-25T13:27:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T19:27:27","slug":"bt09-f-is-for-fantasy-blogathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/bt09-f-is-for-fantasy-blogathon.html","title":{"rendered":"BT09 – F is for Fantasy (#Blogathon)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Freakangels, Vol. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(Avatar)
Freakangels, Vol. 2<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Avatar)
w. Warren Ellis; a. Paul Duffield<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n New reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n Non-comics reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The twelve were born in England at the same time. At 17 they did … something. Now civilization has collapsed from the waters rising a good fifty feet worldwide, and, six years on, eleven of them live in Whitechapel, protecting the people there as an enclave against the darkness.<\/p>\n

Freakangels is an ongoing web comic<\/a>, and these two volumes are the first chapters in the tale. They suffer a bit from being rambling, with lots of big frame shots of a flooded London. Like an ice berg, we’ve only seen a few small bits of the characters themselvers, but by the close of the second volume — and having fought off yet another attack by starving outside tribes — the Freakangels are realizing that they need to use their genius and psychic powers to create a sustainable settlement, not just scavenge through the ruins. <\/p>\n

For all that, it’s fun and worth a read. More approachable than some Ellis, there are still a lot of great concepts here to play with and enjoy. Recommended.<\/p>\n

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Ghost Omnibus Vol. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(Dark Horse) [Ghost Special, Ghost <\/em>#1-12, A Decade of Dark Horse <\/em>#2]
w. Eric Luke; a. Terry Dodson, Adam Hughes. et al.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n New reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n Non-comics reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In the early 90s, Dark Horse had a go at creating a shared super-hero universe. Much of it eventually vanished without a trace, but one character, Ghost, continues to haunt.<\/p>\n

I’d forgotten much of the Ghost story before getting this volume. What I remembered most was the swexy white leather bustier, clothes, and veil. And the guns.<\/p>\n

I ought to have left it at that, because in the end Ghost is a rather uncomfortably misogynistic tale, with women (including our protagonist, the amnesiac gun-toter) being either “ball busters,” metaphysical rape victims, or both.<\/p>\n

The stories here are not helped by the intermittent and usually gratuitous inclusion of second-rate super-characters from the DH Universe thrown in for a publicity-pumping cross-over. The less said about them, the better: this was the Image era, after all.<\/p>\n

All in all, Ghost is great fan service eye candy. There are a ton of posters I’d love to make, esp. from Adam Hughes works. But stick with the visuals — the words will only ruin the effect.<\/p>\n

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Listening to: John Barry, “Overture” (The Black Hole (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)))<\/i><\/small> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Freakangels, Vol. 1 (Avatar) Freakangels, Vol. 2 (Avatar) w. Warren Ellis; a. Paul Duffield  Writing New reader? Art Non-comics reader? The twelve were born in England at the same time. At 17 they did … something. 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