{"id":15360,"date":"2009-07-25T17:54:17","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T23:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15360"},"modified":"2009-07-25T17:56:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T23:56:48","slug":"bt09-l-is-for-lonely-blogathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/bt09-l-is-for-lonely-blogathon.html","title":{"rendered":"BT09 – L is for Lonely (#Blogathon)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liberty Meadows, Book 4, “Cold, Cold Heart”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(Image)
w\/a. Frank Cho<\/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

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Gotta remember to look up more info.<\/p>\n

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The Lone Ranger, Vol. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(Dynamite) [collects #1-6]
w. Brett Matthews; a. Sergio Cariello, John Cassaday<\/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

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.<\/p>\n

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Loveless, Vol. 3, “Blackwater Falls”<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/i>(DC) [collects #13-24]
w. Brian Azzarello; a. Werther Dell’edera, Danijel Zezelj<\/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

 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.<\/p>\n

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Listening to: Howard, James Newton, “Sykes’ Apt.” (The Fugitive))<\/i><\/small> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Liberty Meadows, Book 4, “Cold, Cold Heart” (Image) w\/a. Frank Cho  Writing New reader? Art Non-comics reader? 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. 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