{"id":49098,"date":"2014-12-31T23:11:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T06:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/31\/dave-does-the-comics-2014-recommendations-dc.html"},"modified":"2015-05-08T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T21:43:48","slug":"dave-does-the-comics-2014-recommendations-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/31\/dave-does-the-comics-2014-recommendations-dc.html","title":{"rendered":"Dave Does the Comics &#8211; 2014 Recommendations (DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#39;s not a lot I read or can recommend from the DC side of the aisle. My interest in the creative direction of their characters and series is &#8230; pretty darned minimal. There are a few other titles at DC I&#39;m toying with, but these are the ones worth comment.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23comics\">#comics<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23comicbooks\">#comicbooks<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6099140963631977585\/6099141330121861938'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-QuzWBE-bHPo\/VKSAuaDRKzI\/AAAAAAAC8mg\/KEji0rymCSs\/gotham-by-midnight-cover%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6099140963631977585\/6099140974845079250' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-RuSJ20VDU-0\/VKSAZuirrtI\/AAAAAAAC8mY\/7DSBhzLMiJE\/4211077-batgirl%252B01%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6099140963631977585\/6099142046464212210' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-4GzzxbavZuo\/VKSBYGol_PI\/AAAAAAAC8mw\/elvT8CqRUbo\/p7_0%252Bcopy%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6099140963631977585\/6099142481208490162' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-KkXP_Ani_YI\/VKSBxaLtOLI\/AAAAAAAC8m8\/OAbCIZBoYMk\/2403080%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6099140963631977585\/6099142840373560050' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-bJnM77eC9gY\/VKSCGULVQvI\/AAAAAAAC8nI\/bsCb1UzTzdg\/Wonder_Woman_Vol_4_37%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6099140963631977585'>In Album Dave Does the Comics &#8211; 2014 Recommendations (DC)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/1STCauKwejh'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#39;s not a lot I read or can recommend from the DC side of the aisle. My interest in the creative direction of their characters and series is &#8230; pretty darned minimal. There are a few other titles at DC I&#39;m toying with, but these are the ones worth comment. #comics #comicbooks \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Album &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/31\/dave-does-the-comics-2014-recommendations-dc.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dave Does the Comics &#8211; 2014 Recommendations (DC)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104,106],"tags":[517,326],"class_list":["post-49098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dave-does-the-comics","category-plusposts","tag-comicbooks","tag-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gotham-by-midnight-cover5B15D.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49219,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/10\/dave-does-the-comics-2015-01-09.html","url_meta":{"origin":49098,"position":0},"title":"Dave Does the Comics &#8211; 2015-01-09","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 10-Jan-15 1:20am","format":false,"excerpt":"Three TPB collections I've read since the top of the year that I think are worth considering, in brief and then with my full GoodReads review:Rat Queens - Vol. 1 \"Sass and Sorcery\"(Image) Kurtis Weibe w. \/ Roc Upchurch a.Heavy-partying and heavy-killing fantasy adventure women who are just plain old\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rat-queens-vol-01-releases5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":49100,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/31\/dave-does-the-comics-2014-recommendations-marvel.html","url_meta":{"origin":49098,"position":1},"title":"Dave Does the Comics &#8211; 2014 Recommendations (Marvel)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 31-Dec-14 10:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm listing out comic series I'm currently reading that I'd recommend people give a try. 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Bendis has been one of the preeminent comics writers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/brian-bendis.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":49096,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/31\/dave-does-the-comics-2014-recommendations-image.html","url_meta":{"origin":49098,"position":3},"title":"Dave Does the Comics &#8211; 2014 Recommendations (Image)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 31-Dec-14 4:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Holy crap, I read a lot of Image comics. 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