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Books 20-22
Feb. 27th, 2010 06:43 am Had a rough week focusing on long form reading - working through A&E instead. In any event, this lead to rereading graphic novels
20) Y - The Last Man Vol 1-2: The early issues of this were a little harder going the second time around, as Yorick is still awfully immature at this point, but they hold up well enough. If you didn't read this when it came out, the series is finished and complied in graphic novels and I do recommend it, if only to see a well put together comic with nary an inch of spandex in it.
21) Fire: Brian Michael Bendis first work from Caliber Press in the 1990's, its good, if a little preachy. The story is that of a young man recruited by the CIA to be an agent, only to learn that he was designed to be eminently disposable. Bendis' noir sensibilities and ear for dialogue are obvious even in this early work.
22) Goldfish: Another Bendis piece, this is a crime comic (the one that Bendis is pitching to Hollywood in the aforementioned Fortune and Glory) that works very nicely, using a non-linear storytelling style not common in the comics. It;s awfully dark and depressing and no one really likable, but it's a good solid read.
20) Y - The Last Man Vol 1-2: The early issues of this were a little harder going the second time around, as Yorick is still awfully immature at this point, but they hold up well enough. If you didn't read this when it came out, the series is finished and complied in graphic novels and I do recommend it, if only to see a well put together comic with nary an inch of spandex in it.
21) Fire: Brian Michael Bendis first work from Caliber Press in the 1990's, its good, if a little preachy. The story is that of a young man recruited by the CIA to be an agent, only to learn that he was designed to be eminently disposable. Bendis' noir sensibilities and ear for dialogue are obvious even in this early work.
22) Goldfish: Another Bendis piece, this is a crime comic (the one that Bendis is pitching to Hollywood in the aforementioned Fortune and Glory) that works very nicely, using a non-linear storytelling style not common in the comics. It;s awfully dark and depressing and no one really likable, but it's a good solid read.
