{"id":9282,"date":"2006-07-29T23:50:25","date_gmt":"2006-07-30T06:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/07\/29\/bt06-fantasy-and-science.html"},"modified":"2006-07-29T23:50:25","modified_gmt":"2006-07-30T06:50:25","slug":"bt06_fantasy_an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/29\/bt06_fantasy_an.html","title":{"rendered":"BT06 – Fantasy and Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review code format (ranked 1-5, blah to faboo): [writing \/ art \/ new reader? \/ non-comics reader?]<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n



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Stardust<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (Vertigo) [5\/5\/5\/5<\/b>]
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\nw. Neil Gaiman; a. Charles Vess<\/em> <\/p>\n

Strictly speaking, this is not a comic book.  Vess’ illustrations are just that, illustrations of the printed text.  That said, this edition of the novel (reviewed here<\/a>) is marvelously all the more charming for the contributions by Vess.  Triffic stuff. <\/p>\n



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Top Ten<\/strong>: The Forty-Niners<\/a><\/em> (America’s Best Comics) [4\/4\/4\/3<\/b>]
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\nw. Alan Moore; a. Gene Ha<\/em> <\/p>\n

Features the founding of Neopolis, the true “city of heroes” from the early Top Ten books by Moore and Ha.  After WWII, the various super-heroes (and villains) of that war are demobbed to a new city.  Jetlad must find a way to transition from being a young super-pilot to being just another mechanic in a city were “everybody is special.”  Throw in ex-Nazi scientist and vampires, and you’ve got a story that swerves between high adventure and psycho-drama.  Not unexpectedly, solid work
\nby both creators. <\/p>\n



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Ultimate Galactus<\/strong>: Book 2: Ultimate Secret<\/a><\/em> (Marvel) [4\/5\/3\/2<\/b>] (collects #1-4)
\nw. Warren Ellis; a. Steve McNiven, Tom Raney<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite the clunky title, this is a fine insertion of the Galactus story into the Marvel Ultimate universe.  Along the way we get the Ultimate Captain Marvel, too, a charmingly geeky warrior who really has gone native.  Along the Ultimates and the Ultimate FF, they manage to avert a Kree attempt to cripple Earth’s space capability — so that they’ll be unable to escape the coming of Gah-lak-tus.  Witty and intelligent, this was one of the brighter spots in the Ultimate universe.<\/p>\n



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(listening to: Bear in the Big Blue House, “Good Morning” from <\/i>Songs from Bear in the Big Blue House)
\n(listening to: Kaplan, Sol, “Doomsday Machine: Commander; Beams” from <\/i>Star Trek Orig TV Sdtrk – II)
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\n(listening to: Doors, “I Looked at You” from <\/i>Doors, The)
\n(listening to: Yankovic, Weird Al, “The Brady Bunch” from <\/i>In 3-D)
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\n(listening to: Poltz, Steve, “Everything About You” from <\/i>Notting Hill)
\n(listening to: White, Nancy, “I’m Babbling” from <\/i>Momnipotent) <\/p>\n

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