{"id":15346,"date":"2009-07-25T14:24:16","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T20:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15346"},"modified":"2009-07-25T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T20:24:32","slug":"bt09-g-is-for-guardians-blogathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/bt09-g-is-for-guardians-blogathon.html","title":{"rendered":"BT09 – G is for Guardians (#Blogathon)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Btw, a copy of the Girl Genius <\/em>below is one of the prizes<\/a> for sponsors — c’mon, $25 and you help the animals and yourself!<\/p>\n

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Girl Genius, Vol. 7, “Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(Airship)
w\/a. Phil and Kaja Foglio<\/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 comedic “gaslamp fantasy with adventure, romance and mad science” continues, with a false Agatha invading the Heterodyne Castle in Mechanicsburg, Gil defending said city from invasion, and the real Agatha realizing she has to go in after the fake. And it’s all hysterically funny and beautifully drawn and terribly complex and brilliantly imaginative and  did I mention hysterically funny? <\/p>\n

When I’m King of the World and wear a shiny hat, I’ll have the Foglios chained somewhere in my palace, cranking out material for me. Triffic stuff. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

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Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(DC) [collects #7-13]
w. Geoff Johns; a. Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n New reader?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Geoff Johns has basically been handed the whole GL mythos and been allowed to do with it as he will. It’s a sign of how much he’s shoved it around that barely anything in this collection published just last October has any bearing on what’s going on in the current storyline. <\/p>\n

That aside, this isn’t bad. Johns is a solid writer, and the villains and related stories here — Mongul, the Tattooed Man, the Cyborg Superman, Manhunters — it all works well, as Hal Jordan tries to reestablish himself in the DCU — and the GL Corps — after his fall from grace as Parallax and his stint as the Spectre.<\/p>\n

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Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1, “Legacy”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(DC) [collects #1-6]
w. Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning; a. Paul Pelletier<\/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

Continuing on from the Annihilation Conquest <\/em>event<\/a>, the new GotG are formed to keep another galactic war from occurring, lest the very fabric of the universe unravel. The ongoing team of folks usually relegated to guest star status includes Starlord, Rocket Raccoon, Adam Warlock, Drax the Destroyer, Quasar, Gamora, and Cosmo the Telepathic Space Dog.<\/p>\n

Which sounds goofy, and sometimes it is, but it’s pretty fun, too. I hold out no hope for the title lasting long (I’m still reading it), but it’s a pleasant enough ride while it lasts.<\/p>\n

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Listening to: Elfman, Danny, & Shirley Walker, “Showdown\/Reunited” (Dick Tracy – Original Score))<\/i><\/small> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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