10-22-2005, 02:15 AM
My biggest complaint about Ultimate Iron Man is that it's being released quarterly. I love the story that is being developed with young Tony Stark.
100 Bullets has been a great series but I find the writing to be hit or miss at times. Some of the story arcs have really wowed me but I feel let down at times.
The one comic that I've started reading in the past year that has really blown me away is Powers. Written by Michael Bendis (the same guy who writes Ultimate Spiderman) this series blows everything else I've read out of the water. It takes the whole world full of superheroes and turns it on its ear. I've bought all the TPBs and individual issues over the course of the past three months and it just seems to get better with each passing issue.
A great one shot TPB that's out there that works well with Powers is Ultra created by the Luna Brothers. These guys are brand new on the scene and producing some solid material as well. It seems that the world they've created for Ultra goes hand in hand with the world Powers is set in. Yeah, there are people running around in tights punching each other in the face but that is the background for a much deeper story dealing with emotions of people with super powers trying to live their lives.
Yeah... I read comic books...
I've been reading them for as long as I can remember (back to the mid-70s) and I'm down at the shop every Wednesday to pick up a new fix. There are some amazing things happening in the comic industry these days and I'm happy to say that we're experiencing some of the best writing I can remember since Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Art Speigelman and Neil Gaiman started writing intelligent comics for adults.
Speaking of which, if you haven't picked it up yet, get yourself a copy of Maus. It's the only comic ever to win a Pulitzer for writing. Very powerful stuff and there's nothing else like it in the world.
If you end up liking 100 Bullets you'll probably want to check out Fell. There have only been two issues of this series so far and it's an interesting take on crime fiction with a complete story in each issue for only $1.99. It's easily one of the best values on the shelves right now.
100 Bullets has been a great series but I find the writing to be hit or miss at times. Some of the story arcs have really wowed me but I feel let down at times.
The one comic that I've started reading in the past year that has really blown me away is Powers. Written by Michael Bendis (the same guy who writes Ultimate Spiderman) this series blows everything else I've read out of the water. It takes the whole world full of superheroes and turns it on its ear. I've bought all the TPBs and individual issues over the course of the past three months and it just seems to get better with each passing issue.
A great one shot TPB that's out there that works well with Powers is Ultra created by the Luna Brothers. These guys are brand new on the scene and producing some solid material as well. It seems that the world they've created for Ultra goes hand in hand with the world Powers is set in. Yeah, there are people running around in tights punching each other in the face but that is the background for a much deeper story dealing with emotions of people with super powers trying to live their lives.
Yeah... I read comic books...
I've been reading them for as long as I can remember (back to the mid-70s) and I'm down at the shop every Wednesday to pick up a new fix. There are some amazing things happening in the comic industry these days and I'm happy to say that we're experiencing some of the best writing I can remember since Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Art Speigelman and Neil Gaiman started writing intelligent comics for adults.
Speaking of which, if you haven't picked it up yet, get yourself a copy of Maus. It's the only comic ever to win a Pulitzer for writing. Very powerful stuff and there's nothing else like it in the world.
If you end up liking 100 Bullets you'll probably want to check out Fell. There have only been two issues of this series so far and it's an interesting take on crime fiction with a complete story in each issue for only $1.99. It's easily one of the best values on the shelves right now.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.