{"id":50212,"date":"2015-04-29T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/dave-does-the-comics-2015-04-29.html"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:57:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T21:57:10","slug":"dave-does-the-comics-2015-04-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/dave-does-the-comics-2015-04-29.html","title":{"rendered":"Dave Does the Comics – 2015-04-29"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trade paperbacks and graphic novels I've read in the past few months, complete with links to the longer Goodreads reviews:<\/p>\n

New X-Men Omnibus<\/b>
(Marvel) G Morrison w. \/ Quitely, Silvestri, Bachalo, et al. a.
A massive collection of Morrison's seminal run on the title, full of lots of big concepts and character shifts, some of which fly, others of which crash and burn.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1202377802<\/a><\/p>\n

The Movement – Vol. 1 "Class Warfare"<\/b>
(DC) Gail Simone w. \/ Freddie E. Williams II a.
A #Occupy<\/a> Super Hero team, fighting back against the Man and Big Money and the Cops? Neat idea, overwhelmed by cloying polemic.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1225183869<\/a><\/p>\n

Wolverine & the X-Men – Vol. 4 "AvX"<\/b>
(Marvel) Jason Aaron w. \/ Jorge Molina a.
Another event tie-in book that's better than the core material. Good writing, as usual, by Aaron.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1247619301<\/a><\/p>\n

EGOs – Vol. 1 "Quintessence"<\/b>
(Image) Stuart Moore w. \/ Gus Storms a.
The Legion of Super-Heroes with the quirk factor and egos turned up to 11. A fun read with some good twists.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1247622475<\/a><\/p>\n

Ten Grand – Vol. 1<\/b>
(Image) J. Michael Straczynski w. \/ Ben Templesmith a.
Crime noir meets religious horror. John Constantine, but more bitter and bloody. Beautifully crafted in writing and art.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1247494331<\/a><\/p>\n

Avengers: Rage of Ultron<\/b>
(Marvel) Rick Remender w. \/ Jerome Opeña a.
Fair art but bad characterizations drag down a decent story concept, making this thin volume an overall waste of money.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1255448741<\/a><\/p>\n

Lazarus – Vol. 3 "Conclave"<\/b>
(Image) Greg Rucka w. \/ Michael Lark a.
The story gets a little muddled by an increased cast of characters and worldbuilding, but it's all still wonderful dystopian \/ one-percent \/ military \/ diplomatic adventure.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1258039218<\/a><\/p>\n

Ultimate Comics Thor<\/b>
(Marvel) Jonathan Hickman w. \/ Carlos Pacheco a.
A reminder of what made the early Ultimate Marvel universe exciting: intelligent, interesting revisioning of the Marvel myths.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1259664254<\/a><\/p>\n

Girl Genius – Vol. 13 "Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City"<\/b>
(Studio Foglio) Phil & Kaja Foglio
Wraps up by comedic and imaginative fits and starts a lot of plot lines — and throws in some great new ones. Triffic fun, as always.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/21814336-girl-genius-volume-13<\/a><\/p>\n

Wayward – Vol. 1 "String Theory"<\/b>
(Image) Jim Zub w. \/ Steven Cummings a.
Fresh, modern remix of Japanese mythology in a current urban fish-out-of-water setting. Brilliant stuff.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1267106823<\/a><\/p>\n

Stumptown – Vol. 3 "The Case of the King of Clubs"<\/b>
(Oni) Greg Rucka w. \/ Justin Greenwood a.
Portland, soccer, and a troubled private detective. A quick read, but a good one.
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https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1267103567<\/a><\/p>\n

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Trade paperbacks and graphic novels I've read in the past few months, complete with links to the longer Goodreads reviews: New X-Men Omnibus(Marvel) G Morrison w. \/ Quitely, Silvestri, Bachalo, et al. a.A massive collection of Morrison's seminal run on the title, full of lots of big concepts and character shifts, some of which fly, … Continue reading “Dave Does the Comics – 2015-04-29”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50213,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104,106],"tags":[517,326,844],"class_list":["post-50212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dave-does-the-comics","category-plusposts","tag-comicbooks","tag-comics","tag-occupy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/236229185B15D.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":50212,"position":0},"title":"Dave Does the Comics – 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 "~PlusPosts"","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":52027,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/02\/dave-does-the-comics-2015-08-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":50212,"position":1},"title":"Dave Does the Comics – 2015-08 Edition","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 2-Aug-15 11:38am","format":false,"excerpt":"Three graphic novels I recently wrapped up:The Autumnlands Vol. 1 \"Tooth and Claw\" (Image) w Kurt Busiek \/ a Benjamin DeweyWell-worn tropes neatly remixed for an exciting story and engaging world-building. 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