tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post2519600707399910082..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: Comics SonnetsLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-81117958652302971712012-08-16T12:52:30.108-04:002012-08-16T12:52:30.108-04:00Dial H - yeah - I hear you, but I kinda got lost a...Dial H - yeah - I hear you, but I kinda got lost at Boy Chimney. I realize that people see it as brilliant. The only series that really struck me as exceptional in the 52 are written by writers who ignore current tastes/editorial edicts and go right back to old school: Lemire's Animal Man reads like early 90s Vertigo. That said, it works but is derivative. Before Watchmen: Minutemen and Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre also are derivative but are excellent because Darwyn Cooke really understands what he is doing. The rest of the Big 2 - dead end street of rehashed ideas, mass deaths, and gutted values. Onward to the indies.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-61628090660317451072012-08-16T11:04:11.006-04:002012-08-16T11:04:11.006-04:00Ha! Fear not, fair friend - the Big 2 publishers g...Ha! Fear not, fair friend - the Big 2 publishers get none of my love except when something truly exceptional sneaks out from their houses. For instance, China Mieville wrote a comic. Yeah, I'll be looking at THAT. But new 52 and whatever the hell Marvel's version of that is? NO.Kate Sherrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706419613939420574noreply@blogger.com