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Graphic Novel countdown pt X+1
Feb. 1st, 2007 01:19 pmSo, in my ever expanding effort to get evey good GN from the MPL (it bodes ill that the DC Archives they have include Kamandi, Blackhawk, and Black Canary; was there a fire sale of some kind? And by "fire sale", I mean Fires of Lameosity sale. Why the hell would Black Canary get an Archive? Did they give one to Lori Leramis too?) I got out the Absolute Hush book.
First off, although I doubted that Hush needed an Absolute edition, I change my mind now. The story is a super-awesome Batman story, containing all the classic/iconic batfoes, and not retreading the Batman/Joker situation in laborious depth for the nth time (no, really. One good fistfight is all it needs these days). It's a mystery, which is a shocker what with Batman being a detective and all, about Batman being stalked by a mysterious figure. Anyway, it works. They get a Superman appearance, there's Catwoman romance, red herrings, herrings which turn out to not be red, etc, etc.
The one thing that's impressive is the size. I'd never really read through an Absolute edition before, but having gone through this puppy I'm quite eager to get the Kingdom Come, Sandman and Final Frontier ones. The book looks absolutely gorgeous. Lee's work benefits from the larger size, as I'm sure Ross & Cooke's will as well.
I also got the first trade of Waid's Legion book. Interesting re-imagining, although the Levitz/Giffen years are what I remember best. Yes that includes the 5 years later stuff, too. It's interesting to see the Legion returned to a teenage state, although the teen rebellion phase thingy is neat. Waid's iteration of Braniac 5 is interesting, but seeing Cosmic Boy portrayed so Machiavellian is a twist.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
viktor_haag, you were right, the Micro Lad thing was really annoying. I burned through the book in about half an hour or so.
Got 300 a few weeks ago, too. Read it, and found it just as A) pretty and B) confusing as everyone else. Freedom loving Spartans, yadda yadda yadda. Although apparently the movie is horrid, at least according to one person.
First off, although I doubted that Hush needed an Absolute edition, I change my mind now. The story is a super-awesome Batman story, containing all the classic/iconic batfoes, and not retreading the Batman/Joker situation in laborious depth for the nth time (no, really. One good fistfight is all it needs these days). It's a mystery, which is a shocker what with Batman being a detective and all, about Batman being stalked by a mysterious figure. Anyway, it works. They get a Superman appearance, there's Catwoman romance, red herrings, herrings which turn out to not be red, etc, etc.
The one thing that's impressive is the size. I'd never really read through an Absolute edition before, but having gone through this puppy I'm quite eager to get the Kingdom Come, Sandman and Final Frontier ones. The book looks absolutely gorgeous. Lee's work benefits from the larger size, as I'm sure Ross & Cooke's will as well.
I also got the first trade of Waid's Legion book. Interesting re-imagining, although the Levitz/Giffen years are what I remember best. Yes that includes the 5 years later stuff, too. It's interesting to see the Legion returned to a teenage state, although the teen rebellion phase thingy is neat. Waid's iteration of Braniac 5 is interesting, but seeing Cosmic Boy portrayed so Machiavellian is a twist.
viktor_haag, you were right, the Micro Lad thing was really annoying. I burned through the book in about half an hour or so. Got 300 a few weeks ago, too. Read it, and found it just as A) pretty and B) confusing as everyone else. Freedom loving Spartans, yadda yadda yadda. Although apparently the movie is horrid, at least according to one person.
