tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post4565862645236421053..comments2024-03-28T03:13:15.831-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Comics Out April 2, 2008Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-85312930471657877812008-04-09T16:23:00.000-04:002008-04-09T16:23:00.000-04:00"Casanova was fucking excellence. Suck on that emo..."Casanova was fucking excellence. Suck on that emotional core, disbelievers. ;)"<BR/><BR/>Heehee. :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-26621564867568957462008-04-09T12:27:00.000-04:002008-04-09T12:27:00.000-04:00Casanova was fucking excellence. Suck on that emot...Casanova was fucking excellence. Suck on that emotional core, disbelievers. ;)<BR/><BR/>We're a week late here, so I'm allowed to necro posts.Christian O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00444025571307204096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-19906474343506404032008-04-08T13:49:00.000-04:002008-04-08T13:49:00.000-04:00By the way, The Boys was quite good last week, as ...By the way, The Boys was quite good last week, as was American Splendor. And Casanova, of course. Awesome; I love love love that book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-3672781629417748772008-04-08T13:47:00.000-04:002008-04-08T13:47:00.000-04:00Aw yeah, Ashley Wood! I totally dig his art; it's...Aw yeah, Ashley Wood! I totally dig his art; it's so unique and weird, sometimes devolving into scratchy, messy jumbles and other times (usually when "cute girls" are being depicted) becoming perfectly clear and defined. I enjoyed ZvRvA, even if I don't necessarily think it was that good of a comic, probably because I like his art so much. That zombie minotaur was freaky, and don't get me started on the "secret Amazon meeting" scene.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-85970949447277496432008-04-06T08:21:00.000-04:002008-04-06T08:21:00.000-04:00I love Ashley Wood and the art for 'Zombies vs Rob...I love Ashley Wood and the art for 'Zombies vs Robots vs Amazons' is no exception, but I've found the issues to be incredibly slight and the genre mash-up hasn't really gotten me that excited either. Something about it just feels a little forced. As I said though, Wood gives great art.Coligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751155874400166274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-7093553410283496472008-04-05T21:11:00.000-04:002008-04-05T21:11:00.000-04:00Now there's a dream team: Fraction & Bachalo on X-...Now there's a dream team: Fraction & Bachalo on X-Men.<BR/><BR/>Bachalo's art on Spidey is apt for a kid-friendly book, while his more "gritty" style on Assault on Weapon Plus is apt there too.<BR/><BR/>As for your "cute girls", Geoff, vs the more grotesque depictions of femininity in modern comics I refer to Christopher Booker's 'The Seven Basic Plots'. A book that discusses storytelling in context of the light and dark values of masculinity & femininity in storytelling through the ages. The book does not discuss comics or TV, but I've realised what it is about comics that keeps me reading them. Booker's thesis is far from original (Joseph Campbell wrote a similar tome: "The Masks of God" etc) but I've started thinking about it and applying it to the comics I enjoy and to LOST and Buffy & Angel. <BR/><BR/>See, the cute girls in comics are the ones who are "in touch" with the "light feminine" and "light Masculine" values - Animus in balance for females (and vice versa Anima in male heroes) when these values are unbalanced in stories then they are less enjoyable, less complete according to Booker's thesis, one which I am in agreement with.<BR/><BR/>As for Buffy and Angel - the characters are in touch with their light anima/animus values. And while they could be better written, I feel compelled to keep reading to see how their stories are realised, because I feel that a genuine ending for both characters is in sight. That they will prevail over the dark forces against them and have a "happy" ending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-4653941516924275272008-04-05T21:05:00.000-04:002008-04-05T21:05:00.000-04:00Freakin' Guitar Hero III. I could not stop lookin...Freakin' Guitar Hero III. I could not stop looking at that horribly inserted product placement. I kept thinking, "Is there something wrong with me that I'm offended by the produce placement and not by the torture occurring in the panels beneath it?"<BR/><BR/>Now I know I was not alone.Timothy Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-45356169799923010922008-04-05T20:15:00.000-04:002008-04-05T20:15:00.000-04:00Scott -- it did not think it out that well. It sor...Scott -- it did not think it out that well. It sort of is, but it does not feel like it because so much about New X-Men was just "get the thing done I don't care how you do it."Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-45508476145321841992008-04-05T19:25:00.000-04:002008-04-05T19:25:00.000-04:00Geoff,In that case, would Assault on Weapon Plus b...Geoff,<BR/><BR/>In that case, would Assault on Weapon Plus be considered 'presige'? Wasn't that part of Grant Morrison's monthly tenure on New X-men?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-51745484767714568802008-04-05T13:03:00.000-04:002008-04-05T13:03:00.000-04:00Scott -- I am thinking of books where the monthly ...Scott -- I am thinking of books where the monthly format is not allowed to mess with the story or art, even if you have to wait six months between issues.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-42281587307802963982008-04-05T12:29:00.000-04:002008-04-05T12:29:00.000-04:00Geoff,Just curious, could you clarify what you mea...Geoff,<BR/><BR/>Just curious, could you clarify what you mean by 'prestige books'; the first thing I think of is DC's old 'Prestige Format.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-12831268122389767772008-04-05T10:30:00.000-04:002008-04-05T10:30:00.000-04:00I picked up the latest issue (my first, actually) ...I picked up the latest issue (my first, actually) of <A HREF="http://www.comicfoundry.com" REL="nofollow">Comics Foundry</A> because Matt Fraction is on the cover. Very good interview. His description of the post-<I>Messiah CompleX</I> X-Men makes me a bit wary but I'm still looking forward to see what he does on <I>Uncanny</I>.<BR/><BR/>A lot of other fun stuff inside: Grant Morrison on <I>Final Crisis</I>; Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba talking about themselves and each other; Ryan North on <A HREF="http://www.qwantz.com" REL="nofollow">Dinosaur Comics</A>; Grace Park on BSG Season 4; and a preview of The Venture Bros., Season 3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-21064326318534817652008-04-05T01:26:00.000-04:002008-04-05T01:26:00.000-04:00psBachalo on Casanova---R-A-D!ps<BR/><BR/>Bachalo on Casanova---R-A-D!Morgan Jeskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604007760007189066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-299440553048233312008-04-05T01:24:00.000-04:002008-04-05T01:24:00.000-04:00Fraction really did outdo himself with this issue,...Fraction really did outdo himself with this issue, I must say. I laughed out loud several times and was actually moved by the flashback scenes. <BR/> There were also moments were I got goose-bumps thinking about what 14 holds in store, I think I know, but I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it.<BR/> I LOVE that this Album is as Fraction described in an interview, the space that exists around Cass. The negative space, as opposed to the space he fills.Morgan Jeskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604007760007189066noreply@blogger.com