{"id":1570,"date":"2001-12-08T18:50:59","date_gmt":"2001-12-08T23:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2001-12-08T18:50:59","modified_gmt":"2001-12-08T23:50:59","slug":"more_comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/12\/08\/more_comics.html","title":{"rendered":"More comics"},"content":{"rendered":"
  • Daredevil: Yellow<\/i> #5 (MarvPG) – Loeb and Sale continue to write a wonderful repainting of Daredevil’s early career. I am seriously waiting for the collected version of this, so I can loan it to all my comics-reading friends.<\/p>\n
  • Hammer of the Gods<\/i> #5 (of 5) (ISG) – The conclusion to Oeming & Wheatley’s Norse tale. This has been an odd series — powerful, yet paced oddly. Still, good stuff.<\/p>\n
  • Out There<\/i> #6 (Cliffhanger) – Augustyn and Ramos story concludes “Book 1”. This has been an interesting story thus far, sort of “What if the leading citizens of Sunnydale made a deal with the devil to keep things quiet and prosperous?” Augustyn’s story this time feels a bit rushed, and Ramos’ art keeps getting more and more cartoony. A worthy successor to Crimson<\/i> for the Buffy<\/i> crowd.<\/p>\n
  • Codename: Knockout<\/i> #7 (Vertigo) – Smart, sassy, sexy spy shenanigans. This one defies a quick synopsis, but it’s a guilty pleasure every month.<\/p>\n
  • New X-Men<\/i> #119 (MarvPG) – The art chores have shifted to the more Brent Anderson-like Igor Koredey, but Grant Morrison’s “what if mutants found themselves being hunted by something as predatory to them as some mutants have been toward humanity?” tale continues apace. Morrison has a lot of balls in the air, but he’s good at keeping them moving in an entertaining fashion.<\/p>\n
  • JLA<\/i> #60 (DC) – Mark Waid’s swan song is a Christmas tale wherein Plastic Man tries to convince a skeptical little boy that Santa is a member of the JLA. Entertaining fluff.<\/p>\n
  • Alias<\/i> #4 (MAX) – Brian Bendis continues to work his paranoid ways, as we discover Jessica Jones, ex-Avenger and present PI, finds her case having more and more political implications. Things begin to pay off, though, and we get a bit more metahuman mayhem than the first issues promised. Swell stuff.<\/p>\n
  • Young Justice<\/i> #40 (DC) – A mildly humorous Christmas story.<\/p>\n
  • Mystic<\/i> #18-19 (Crossgen) – This fantasy tale continues to heat up, as the evil Animora starts her campaign against Ciress. Includes some nice “What war on a magic world would be like” scenes.<\/p>\n
  • Lucifer<\/i> #21 (Vertigo) – The First of the Fallen has not only created his own universe, but made it completely open to anyone who chooses to leave God’s for his. I suspect that hilarity will not ensue. This is a fascinating anti-hero tale, though the supporting cast serves as more of a distraction than an enhancement.<\/p>\n

    More (!) later, as I finish plowing through a stack a few weeks old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Daredevil: Yellow #5 (MarvPG) – Loeb and Sale continue to write a wonderful repainting of Daredevil’s early career. I am seriously waiting for the collected version of this, so I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11577,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/29\/bt07_microreviews.html","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":0},"title":"BT07 – Microreviews","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 29-Jul-07 6:42am","format":false,"excerpt":"Ultimate Power #6 of 9 (Marvel) Straczynski \/ Land Wolverine #54 (Marvel) Loeb \/ Bianchi Wonder Woman #11 (DC) Torres\/Diaz New Warriors #2 (Marvel) Grevioux\/Medina New Excalibur #21 (Marvel) Claremont\/Haun...","rel":"","context":"In "Big Business"","block_context":{"text":"Big Business","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/big-business"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/stars4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":136415,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/13\/on-sjws-in-comics.html","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":1},"title":"On “SJWs” in comics","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 13-May-18 12:45am","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/18965459\/status\/995194223929344000 RT @JAMALIGLE: \"Why is there so much SJW shit in comics??\" This is why. it's part of the DNA of comics themselves. https:\/\/t.co\/dqgKKOs6vo","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/stan-lee-sjw.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3169,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/29\/four_color_fun.html","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":2},"title":"Four-color fun","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 29-Jul-02 7:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Time for more comic reviews ......","rel":"","context":"In "Comics & Comic Books"","block_context":{"text":"Comics & Comic Books","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-comics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131514,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/13\/digital-vs-paper-comics.html","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":3},"title":"Digital vs Paper Comics","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 13-Sep-16 12:01am","format":false,"excerpt":"For folk who are looking for a social experience at the Local Comic Book Store, I can certainly see going for the paper style of comics. I'm much less sanguine about paper comics as an investment (it sounds great until you try to sell something).For myself, I can say that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15339,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/bt09-f-is-for-fleeting-blogathon.html","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":4},"title":"BT09 – F is for Fleeting (#Blogathon)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 25-Jul-09 12:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"As of this post, I'll be a quarter of the way (!) through the Blogathon -- 6 hours from my 7 a.m. start. And, coincidentally, just over a quarter of the way through that stack of TPBs. Hmmmm ... \u00a0\u00a0 52, Vol. 1\u00a0(DC) [collects #1-13] 52, Vol. 2\u00a0(DC) [collects #14-26]\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogathon"","block_context":{"text":"Blogathon","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/blogathon"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/stars4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":133534,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/24\/marvel-comics-woes.html","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":5},"title":"Marvel Comics woes","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 24-May-17 6:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems ironic, given that Marvel's Cinematic Universe is basically printing money for Marvel\/Disney (and Fox and Sony, in a more hit-or-miss fashion). But Marvel the comics company is struggling with diminishing sales.This article recaps a lot of what's been said elsewhere (and echoed by me), but it's still worth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}