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Monday, February 15, 2016
Kimi Ni Todoke: Ayane's Dilmemma
I read Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 23
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Sunday, February 14, 2016
Review: THE GODDAMNED #1
IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Jason Aaron
ART: r.m. Guéra
COLORS: Giulia Brusco
COVER: r.m. Guéra
VARIANT COVER: Jock
36pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (November 2015)
Rated M / Mature
Before the Flood: Part One “The Mark of Cain”
The Goddamned is a new comic book series from writer Jason Aaron and artist r.m. Guéra. It is set 1600 years after God expelled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
The Goddamned #1 (Before the Flood: Part One “The Mark of Cain”) opens somewhere on the edge of an unnamed desert. A man who is supposed to be dead awakens in pond in which excrement, urine, and dead animals have replaced water. Naked and driven by vengeance, the man intends on paying a visit to the “Bone Boys,” the men that cut his throat and took his belongs. The Bones Boys are about to discover that this mystery man cannot be killed.
Jason Aaron and r.m. Guéra were the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed, crime and Western comic book series, Scalped (published by DC Comics/Vertigo), which I have never read. After reading this first issue of The Goddamned, I'd like to give Scalped a try.
Honestly, I am not sure where this comic book, The Goddamned, is going. With many comic books, I have a pretty good idea about the direction of the series, in terms of tone, if not also in terms of the narrative. Since I am curious (for the time being), I will seek out at least the next two issues (if they don't sell out) of The Goddamned, although it mystifies me.
Now, although I am clueless (for the most part), I will still recommend that readers try The Goddamned, especially if they have read other work by Jason Aaron. This is such a unique reading experience, with a bold and brazen interpretation of pre-Flood, Biblical times, that it is hard to look away from it. I actually reread portions a few time after my first read.
Another reason to try this comic books is r.m. Guéra because he does some interesting things, illustratively and graphically, that make this comic book worth examining. So god-damn-it, someone better save me a copy of issue #2
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Saturday, February 13, 2016
Terra Formars: Joseph C. Newton - Superstar
I read Terra Formars, Vol. 10
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Friday, February 12, 2016
Review: E IS FOR EXTINCTION #4
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITERS: Chris Burnham and Dennis Culver
ARTIST: Ramon Villalobos
COLORS: Ian Herring
LETTERS: VC's Clayton Cowles
COVER: Ian Bertram with Dave Stewart
VARIANT COVER: James Harren
28pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2015)
“Supernova”
Rated T+
The four-issue comic book miniseries, E is for Extinction, is one of the “Secret Wars Battleworld” comic books that are connected to Marvel Comics' eight-issue event miniseries, Secret Wars, from writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Esad Ribic. It is written by Chris Burnham and Dennis Culver; drawn by Ramon Villalobos; colored by Ian Herring; and lettered by Clayton Cowles. E is for Extinction is a re-purposing of the 2001 New X-Men story arc, “E is for Extinction,” from Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.
In the world of E is for Extinction, Charles Xavier has killed himself. Magneto carries on his legacy at “The Atom Institute,” a school for exceptional students – both mutant and human alike. However, Magneto has been hiding an object of incredible power, a Phoenix Egg. He has also been using the object's power to weaken the original X-Men: Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Wolverine. After a massive fight at The Atom Institute between various mutant factions, the Phoenix Egg hatches and reveals... Cassandra Nova... returned to fight her arch-nemesis – Charles Xavier.
I was so in love with E is for Extinction #1 that I was sure that the rest of the series could not live up to the hype of my review of the first issue or my own expectations. Actually, it did both. It is one of the most imaginative X-Men stories of the last two decades, and it also does its source material, the original “E is for Extinction,” proud. I like Ramon Villalobos' crusty take on Frank Quitely's drawing style of the original story. In fact, Chris Burnham and Dennis Culver take Morrison's X-Men in more far-out places than one would expect from writers who are not Morrison.
Another surprising thing, E is for Extinction is funny (as was the 2001 story). Its sparkling sense of humor permeates even the most gruesome battles in this story. It is as if E is for Extinction #4 revels in the idea that the antagonists in this series cannot see that their actions, well-intentioned or not, are making their goals unreachable. It's a shame that there will not be more of this (I assume), but a trade collection will make this exceptional comic book series available for even more readers to discover it. And E is for Extinction deserves to be discovered, my X-Men readers.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Review: DEADMAN WONDERLAND Volume 13
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
STORY: Jinsei Kataoka
ART: Kazuma Kondou
TRANSLATION: Joe Yamazaki
ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Stan!
LETTERS: James Gaubatz
ISBN: 978-1-4215-6419-7; paperback (February 2016); Rated “T+” for “Older Teen”
212pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK
Deadman Wonderland is a science fiction manga written by Jinsei Kataoka and drawn by Kazuma Kondou. It began publication in the Japanese manga magazine, Shonen Ace, in 2008. TOKYOPOP began publishing an English-language edition of the series, releasing five volumes before shutting its North American publishing division in 2011. Then, VIZ Media picked up the Deadman Wonderland license and publishing the series in English.
Deadman Wonderland focuses on 14-year-old Ganta Igarashi. He is framed for the brutal murders of his classmates; then, he is sentenced to death. Ganta is imprisoned in Deadman Wonderland (DW), a privately run, carnival-like penitentiary built on the ruins of Tokyo. This bizarre and fatal theme park is a place where the prison bosses force the inmates to perform in notorious gladiatorial fights to the death. This is the near-future, ten years after the Great Tokyo Earthquake put 70% of Japan underwater.
As Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 13 (Chapters 53 to 57) opens, the notorious prison begins to collapse and sink beneath the waves. Meanwhile, Ganta faces off against Shiro, as she begins to reveal her past. It is intimately connected to Ganta's and is the reason that Shiro wants Ganta to kill her.
Now, learn the origin of the Great Tokyo Earthquake. Why did Ganta's mother conceive him? Who bought Shiro? What is the source of Ganta's powers and why does he have them? Can either Ganta or Shiro have a happy ending? Can both their wishes come true in the end?
The English-language publication of the Deadman Wonderland manga has finally been completed. VIZ Media published the entire series in a graphic novel format over the course of 13 volumes on a bimonthly basis.
Deadman Wonderland Volume 13 offers a satisfactory ending, in a battle manga fashion. Still, this dark series does not push aside its cautionary tale side, as to the end, it warns about the dangers of ruthlessly ambitious scientists and savagely opportunistic politicians. Like many sci-fi shonen manga, Deadman Wonderland offers a finale that is merely the end of one part of the story. The theme park and prison Deadman Wonderland has legacy, and the part that creators, Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, revealed to us was a darn good read.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Review: JAMES BOND Volume 1 #1
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – @dynamitecomics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Warren Ellis
ART: Jason Masters
COLORS: Guy Major
LETTERS: Simon Bowland
COVER: Dom Reardon
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Francesco Francavilla; Steven Mooney; Dan Panosian; Gabriel Hardman with Jordan Boyd; Glenn Fabry; Jock; Gabriel Hardman; Joe Jusko; Aaron Campbell; Timothy Lim; Dennis Calero; Robert Hack; Ben Oliver; Jason Masters
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S.
Rated T+
“Vargr”
“James Bond” is a fictional British Secret Service agent created by Ian Fleming, a British writer and novelist. Fleming introduced James Bond in the 1953 novel, Casino Royale, and featured the character in 12 novels and two short-story collections. Of course, most people know Bond because of the long-running James Bond-007 film series, which began with the 1962 film, Dr. No.
After Fleming's death, a number of authors continued to produce James Bond novels, including the recently released Trigger Warning from author Anthony Horowitz. Over the past 50+ years, Bond has made sporadic appearances in comic books. The latest James Bond comic book appears courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment.
James Bond, Volume 1 is written by Warren Ellis, drawn by Jason Masters, colored by Guy Major, and lettered by Simon Bowland. The first story arc is entitled is entitled “Vargr.” According to Ellis, this James Bond comic book series will feature a James Bond that skews closer to the character that appeared in Ian Fleming's writing than in the film series.
James Bond, Volume 1, #1 opens in Helsinki, Finland. There, James Bond-007 is settling a matter concerning 008. Back in London at MI6 headquarters, M (Bond's immediate superior) informs Bond that he must take on a larger workload. That will take him to Berlin and into danger.
When actor Daniel Craig was cast as James Bond around a decade ago, it was announced that the James Bond film series would return to the idea that 007 was a blunt instrument used by the British Secret Service. That was evident in most of Craig's first outing as Bond, 2006's Casino Royale, although the film ultimately returned to the action movie theatrics that have defined the series for most of its existence.
In 22 pages, writer Warren Ellis makes it clear that the James Bond of “Vargr” is not only a blunt instrument, but also is a man who can be both suave and ordinary-like, as necessary. This Bond is also classic and cool, like Sean Connery operating with a jazzy soundtrack in the background. There is, however, also a touch of the edginess found in Richard Stark's Parker.
Jason Masters' art and graphical storytelling deglazes any cinematic sheen from both the subject and the story. With Guy Major's colors, Masters' art does not seek to make this a matter-of-fact Bond, but rather it emphasizes the story and genre as much as it does the famous character.
I highly recommend this to fans of James Bond and to those who have been waiting for a James Bond comic book. I must also note that not only is Moneypenny a Black character (as she is in the current films), but so is M. I'll be waiting in Berlin...
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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