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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for January 20, 2016
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Archie Comics,
Art Book,
Book News,
comics news,
Diamond Distributors,
Dynamite Entertainment,
Fantagraphics Books,
manga news,
Star Wars,
Titan Publishing,
Valiant Comics,
VIZ Media,
Walking Dead
Monday, January 18, 2016
Seraph of the End: A Test of Shinoa Hiragi's Squad
I read Seraph of the End, Vol. 7: Vampire Reign
I posted a review at the ComicBookBin. Follow me on Twitter and Tumblr or at Grumble. Support me on Patreon.
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Adrienne Beck,
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Hope Donovan,
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Shonen Jump Advanced,
Takaya Kagami,
VIZ Media,
Yamato Yamamoto
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Book Review: ALL THE STARS IN THE HEAVENS
ALL THE STARS IN THE HEAVENS
HARPERCOLLINS – @HarperCollins
AUTHOR: Adriana Trigiani
ISBN: 978-0-06-241857-9; hardcover (October 13, 2015)
464pp, B&W, $26.99 U.S.
All the Stars in the Heavens is a 2015 romance and historical novel from Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife. Based on a true story, this new novel is set in the “Golden Age” of Hollywood (a two-decade period from the late 1920s to the late 1940s) and is a story of adventure, artistry, family ties, artistry, and romance.
All the Stars in the Heavens has both a prologue and an epilogue that is set in October 2000, and its story goes back to 1917. However, the main body of the narrative is set in 1930s Los Angeles. In Hollywood, the movie business is booming, as the film industry turns out glittery fantasies to take Americans minds off the Great Depression.
Loretta Young is an ambitious young actress who carefully plans the arc of her career. In 1935, she is 21-years-old when she is cast in The Call of the Wild. She considers this new film to be a pivotal moment in her career. With the help of her personal secretary, Alda Ducci (a former novice who wanted to be a nun), Loretta carefully plans a trip to Mount Baker, Washington where The Call of the Wild will be filmed.
When he first gets a look at Loretta, Clark Gable instantly falls for his stunning and vivacious young costar. Loretta cannot deny that she is also attracted to Gable, but her recent “romance” with former costar, Spencer Tracy, on an earlier film, has made Loretta wary of married men, which Gable is. However, she can't resist him, and their love will be a star-crossed one. Filled with such Hollywood legends as Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, David Niven, Hattie McDaniel, and more, this story imagines a great love affair in Hollywood's most glittery era.
When HarperCollins offered a galley copy of All the Stars in the Heavens for review, I practically jumped at it. Reading a summary that described it as being set in Hollywood's “Golden Age” was enough for me. I think people generally consider the 1930s and 1940s as the golden age of American movie-making. Some historians believe that age lasted until the end of the studio system.
Anyway, many of the movies that I consider the best films of all time: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Maltese Falcon, Pinocchio, and Bambi, to name just a few, are from the 1930s and 40s. Some of my favorite films: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Crossfire, Lost Horizon, Ninotchka, and To Be or Not to Be, to once again name just few, are also from those two decades.
However, I have only seen two Clark Gable films in their entirety, Gone with the Wind and It Happened One Night (for which Gable won an Oscar). I am familiar with Loretta Young's name, but that is all she is to me, now. After reading this book, I do plan to sample some of the work of Loretta Young, who was also an Oscar winner.
All the Stars in the Heavens captures the drama, luster, power, and secrets that could only thrive in the studio system of Hollywood's yesteryear, simply because the novel is full of the drama and the secrets of the stars and also the power of the studios. Every bit of it is dressed in the luster of lavish costumes and elaborate sets used to make movies and also in the stylish clothes and in the splendor that defined the lives of Hollywood's biggest stars. Using colorful descriptions and detailed explanations of where the stars lives, how they dressed, what they ate, etc., Adriana Trigiani transports her readers back in time to an idealized version of a bygone era that specialized in creating the fanciful and the ideal.
Much of the novel is set in the mid-1930s, and the rest of the novel focuses on what occurred in the 1930s. For all intents and purposes, All the Stars in the Heavens is like a prose version of a film from the 1930s. In a way, it reads like a novelization of a film biopic of the real-life romance of Loretta Young and Clark Gable. The joy and sorrow and the love and the pain reflect the high drama and melodrama of a movie one might see on Turner Classic Movies.
I will say that the last two chapters of All the Stars in the Heavens are more like a television movie about the “good old days.” These forty pages lose the luster of “Old Hollywood,” and are surprisingly melancholy, being mostly sad and regretful. This part of the novel yearns for the films of a dream factory that made black and white movies that sparkled as if they were colorful jewels. It is there that everything feels right... even if none of it would last for long. Even with almost 450 pages of story, All the Stars in the Heavens sometimes feels as if it isn't long enough.
B+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2016 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
HARPERCOLLINS – @HarperCollins
AUTHOR: Adriana Trigiani
ISBN: 978-0-06-241857-9; hardcover (October 13, 2015)
464pp, B&W, $26.99 U.S.
All the Stars in the Heavens is a 2015 romance and historical novel from Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife. Based on a true story, this new novel is set in the “Golden Age” of Hollywood (a two-decade period from the late 1920s to the late 1940s) and is a story of adventure, artistry, family ties, artistry, and romance.
All the Stars in the Heavens has both a prologue and an epilogue that is set in October 2000, and its story goes back to 1917. However, the main body of the narrative is set in 1930s Los Angeles. In Hollywood, the movie business is booming, as the film industry turns out glittery fantasies to take Americans minds off the Great Depression.
Loretta Young is an ambitious young actress who carefully plans the arc of her career. In 1935, she is 21-years-old when she is cast in The Call of the Wild. She considers this new film to be a pivotal moment in her career. With the help of her personal secretary, Alda Ducci (a former novice who wanted to be a nun), Loretta carefully plans a trip to Mount Baker, Washington where The Call of the Wild will be filmed.
When he first gets a look at Loretta, Clark Gable instantly falls for his stunning and vivacious young costar. Loretta cannot deny that she is also attracted to Gable, but her recent “romance” with former costar, Spencer Tracy, on an earlier film, has made Loretta wary of married men, which Gable is. However, she can't resist him, and their love will be a star-crossed one. Filled with such Hollywood legends as Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, David Niven, Hattie McDaniel, and more, this story imagines a great love affair in Hollywood's most glittery era.
When HarperCollins offered a galley copy of All the Stars in the Heavens for review, I practically jumped at it. Reading a summary that described it as being set in Hollywood's “Golden Age” was enough for me. I think people generally consider the 1930s and 1940s as the golden age of American movie-making. Some historians believe that age lasted until the end of the studio system.
Anyway, many of the movies that I consider the best films of all time: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Maltese Falcon, Pinocchio, and Bambi, to name just a few, are from the 1930s and 40s. Some of my favorite films: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Crossfire, Lost Horizon, Ninotchka, and To Be or Not to Be, to once again name just few, are also from those two decades.
However, I have only seen two Clark Gable films in their entirety, Gone with the Wind and It Happened One Night (for which Gable won an Oscar). I am familiar with Loretta Young's name, but that is all she is to me, now. After reading this book, I do plan to sample some of the work of Loretta Young, who was also an Oscar winner.
All the Stars in the Heavens captures the drama, luster, power, and secrets that could only thrive in the studio system of Hollywood's yesteryear, simply because the novel is full of the drama and the secrets of the stars and also the power of the studios. Every bit of it is dressed in the luster of lavish costumes and elaborate sets used to make movies and also in the stylish clothes and in the splendor that defined the lives of Hollywood's biggest stars. Using colorful descriptions and detailed explanations of where the stars lives, how they dressed, what they ate, etc., Adriana Trigiani transports her readers back in time to an idealized version of a bygone era that specialized in creating the fanciful and the ideal.
Much of the novel is set in the mid-1930s, and the rest of the novel focuses on what occurred in the 1930s. For all intents and purposes, All the Stars in the Heavens is like a prose version of a film from the 1930s. In a way, it reads like a novelization of a film biopic of the real-life romance of Loretta Young and Clark Gable. The joy and sorrow and the love and the pain reflect the high drama and melodrama of a movie one might see on Turner Classic Movies.
I will say that the last two chapters of All the Stars in the Heavens are more like a television movie about the “good old days.” These forty pages lose the luster of “Old Hollywood,” and are surprisingly melancholy, being mostly sad and regretful. This part of the novel yearns for the films of a dream factory that made black and white movies that sparkled as if they were colorful jewels. It is there that everything feels right... even if none of it would last for long. Even with almost 450 pages of story, All the Stars in the Heavens sometimes feels as if it isn't long enough.
B+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2016 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Tokyo Ghoul: You're for Dinner
I read Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 4
I posted a review at the ComicBookBin. Follow me on Twitter and Tumblr or at Grumble. Follow me on Patreon.
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Review: NEW X-MEN #114
NEW X-MEN No. 114
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review originally appeared on Patreon.]
STORY: Grant Morrison
PENCILS: Frank Quitely
INKS: Tim Townsend
COLORS: Brian Haberlin
LETTERS: Richard Starkings and Comicraft
COVER: Frank Quitely
32pp, Color, $2.25 U.S., $3.50 CAN (July 2001)
X-Men created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
“E is for Extinction” Part One of Three
When Joe Quesada became Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, one of his first goals (apparently) was to make the company's flagship titles regain some of “their former glory.” One of the franchises in need of some polishing was the X-Men, and Quesada recruited writer Grant Morrison, known for his work at DC Comics, to take the X-Men in a new direction.
Morrison took X-Men, the X-title that began in 1991. Its title was changed to New X-Men, but retained the series numbering. Thus, the new direction began with New X-Men #114, written by Morrison; drawn by Frank Quitely (pencils) and Tim Townsend (inks), colored by Brian Haberlin; and colored by Richard Starkings.
As New X-Men #114 (“E is for Extinction” One of Three) opens, Scott Summers/Cyclops and Logan/Wolverine are in the process of destroying a Sentinel, after saving a persecuted mutant, Ugly John, from the death machine. Meanwhile, Professor Charles Xavier, a.k.a. “Professor X,” attacks his renewed mission to help a new generation of mutants with a sense of urgency that can also be described as an episode of mania.
Jean Grey is trying to assist him, and so is Henry “Hank” McCoy a.k.a. “Beast.” However, each has his or her own issues. Jean and Scott's relationship is in a difficult state. Hank has undergone a shocking “secondary” mutation that sometimes physically complicates his ability to be a super-scientist. What the X-Men do not realize is that a new enemy has arisen from seemingly nowhere, and she wants to launch a campaign of genocide against all of mutantkind.
As a kid, I read most of my comic books so many times that they practically fell apart. As an adult, the only comic books that I read repeatedly were Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, The Sandman, and anything by Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and Will Eisner. I also often re-read works of alternative comix creators like Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Daniel Clowes, Peter Bagge, and R. Crumb, to new a few. Everything else was one-and-done.
I must admit, however, that I have lost track of how many times I have read the New X-Men story arc, “E is for Extinction,” especially “Part One” in New X-Men #114. I think that the reason is because no matter when I read it, this story arc feels fresh and ground-breaking. New X-Men # 114 especially seems new and an exhilarating; it is as if by reading it I find myself on the cusp of a revolution.
Well, New X-Men ended up being only “kind of a revolution.” The rest of Grant Morrison's run on this series was never as explosive and “begin-with-a-bang” as “E is for Extinction,” mostly because this first story arc was so different from anything an X-Men comic book had ever been. It was as if there were a decades' worth of advancement between New X-Men #114 and the two decades of X-Men comic books that had come before it.
Also, I find that Morrison's best work on an established comic book series is usually his first 12 issues, as was the case here. After the first year, Morrison's work on established series or characters turns weird or contrived, although that weirdness is usually still better than most other comic books coming out at the same time.
It also did not help that Frank Quitely was incapable of keeping up a monthly schedule, so that the first two years of Morrison's run on New X-Men is a patchwork of inconsistent art styles, some of them ugly and some of them being an ill fit with Morrison's storytelling. It seemed as if Quitely was the only artist who could make Morrison's New X-Men stories seem truly revolution.
Another thing that I have to admit is that I had and still have mixed feelings about the villain, Cassandra Nova, who turns out to be some kind of sibling to Professor X. I think a better choice for “E is for Extinction” villain would have been either an obscure X-Men villain from the distant past or an obscure Marvel character reconstructed or “retconned” into being a mutant. The entire subplot slash narrative angle involving Cassandra and Professor X is almost a bridge too far for me.
Still, even with my complaints, I think that New X-Men #114 is one of the all-time great single issues ever published in American comic books, so I am going to read it again. In fact, I am going to find other individual New X-Men back issues (especially the Quitely-drawn ones) so that I can enjoy Grant Morrison's “revolution” of the X-Men.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaus
The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review originally appeared on Patreon.]
STORY: Grant Morrison
PENCILS: Frank Quitely
INKS: Tim Townsend
COLORS: Brian Haberlin
LETTERS: Richard Starkings and Comicraft
COVER: Frank Quitely
32pp, Color, $2.25 U.S., $3.50 CAN (July 2001)
X-Men created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
“E is for Extinction” Part One of Three
When Joe Quesada became Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, one of his first goals (apparently) was to make the company's flagship titles regain some of “their former glory.” One of the franchises in need of some polishing was the X-Men, and Quesada recruited writer Grant Morrison, known for his work at DC Comics, to take the X-Men in a new direction.
Morrison took X-Men, the X-title that began in 1991. Its title was changed to New X-Men, but retained the series numbering. Thus, the new direction began with New X-Men #114, written by Morrison; drawn by Frank Quitely (pencils) and Tim Townsend (inks), colored by Brian Haberlin; and colored by Richard Starkings.
As New X-Men #114 (“E is for Extinction” One of Three) opens, Scott Summers/Cyclops and Logan/Wolverine are in the process of destroying a Sentinel, after saving a persecuted mutant, Ugly John, from the death machine. Meanwhile, Professor Charles Xavier, a.k.a. “Professor X,” attacks his renewed mission to help a new generation of mutants with a sense of urgency that can also be described as an episode of mania.
Jean Grey is trying to assist him, and so is Henry “Hank” McCoy a.k.a. “Beast.” However, each has his or her own issues. Jean and Scott's relationship is in a difficult state. Hank has undergone a shocking “secondary” mutation that sometimes physically complicates his ability to be a super-scientist. What the X-Men do not realize is that a new enemy has arisen from seemingly nowhere, and she wants to launch a campaign of genocide against all of mutantkind.
As a kid, I read most of my comic books so many times that they practically fell apart. As an adult, the only comic books that I read repeatedly were Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, The Sandman, and anything by Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and Will Eisner. I also often re-read works of alternative comix creators like Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Daniel Clowes, Peter Bagge, and R. Crumb, to new a few. Everything else was one-and-done.
I must admit, however, that I have lost track of how many times I have read the New X-Men story arc, “E is for Extinction,” especially “Part One” in New X-Men #114. I think that the reason is because no matter when I read it, this story arc feels fresh and ground-breaking. New X-Men # 114 especially seems new and an exhilarating; it is as if by reading it I find myself on the cusp of a revolution.
Well, New X-Men ended up being only “kind of a revolution.” The rest of Grant Morrison's run on this series was never as explosive and “begin-with-a-bang” as “E is for Extinction,” mostly because this first story arc was so different from anything an X-Men comic book had ever been. It was as if there were a decades' worth of advancement between New X-Men #114 and the two decades of X-Men comic books that had come before it.
Also, I find that Morrison's best work on an established comic book series is usually his first 12 issues, as was the case here. After the first year, Morrison's work on established series or characters turns weird or contrived, although that weirdness is usually still better than most other comic books coming out at the same time.
It also did not help that Frank Quitely was incapable of keeping up a monthly schedule, so that the first two years of Morrison's run on New X-Men is a patchwork of inconsistent art styles, some of them ugly and some of them being an ill fit with Morrison's storytelling. It seemed as if Quitely was the only artist who could make Morrison's New X-Men stories seem truly revolution.
Another thing that I have to admit is that I had and still have mixed feelings about the villain, Cassandra Nova, who turns out to be some kind of sibling to Professor X. I think a better choice for “E is for Extinction” villain would have been either an obscure X-Men villain from the distant past or an obscure Marvel character reconstructed or “retconned” into being a mutant. The entire subplot slash narrative angle involving Cassandra and Professor X is almost a bridge too far for me.
Still, even with my complaints, I think that New X-Men #114 is one of the all-time great single issues ever published in American comic books, so I am going to read it again. In fact, I am going to find other individual New X-Men back issues (especially the Quitely-drawn ones) so that I can enjoy Grant Morrison's “revolution” of the X-Men.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaus
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Review: ROCKETEER Adventures #4
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES No. 4
IDW PUBLISHING – @IDWPublishing
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITERS: Dave Gibbons; Joe Pruett; John Arcudi
ARTISTS: Scott Hampton; Tony Harris; Brendan McCarthy
COLORS: Scott Hampton; JD Mettler; Jamie Grant
LETTERS: Shawn Lee
PIN-UPS: Ashley Wood
COVER: Alex Ross
ALTERNATE COVERS: Dave Stevens (Cover B), Alex Ross (Cover RI – sketch); and Dave Stevens (B/W Incentive Edition)
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2011)
Rocketeer created by Dave Stevens
Long live The Rocketeer!
Born in 1955, Dave Stevens was an illustrator, artist, and storyteller who worked on newspaper comic strips and as a storyboard artist on both live-action and animated films and also for television. Many, like me, know Stevens for his comic book work. While there was not much of it, what Stevens did produce was spectacular and beautiful.
His most famous comic book creation is The Rocketeer, a superhero Stevens first introduced in 1982. The Rocketeer’s style and the mode of his adventures recall the Saturday matinee heroes of the 1930s and 1940s. The Rocketeer’s exploits are mainly set in and around Los Angeles, beginning in 1938 and into the 1940s. The Rocketeer even made it onto the big screen in a 1991 film from Walt Disney Pictures.
The Rocketeer is Cliff Secord, a stunt pilot who discovers an experimental jet pack (or rocket pack). When he straps it on, Cliff can fly and becomes The Rocketeer. Cliff’s friend, Peevy, an airplane mechanic, helps him maintain and modify the rocket pack. Cliff’s girlfriend is the actress, Bettie, whom Stevens based on real life, 1950s pin-up and fetish model, Bettie Page.
Debuting in 2011, Rocketeer Adventures was an anthology series from IDW Publishing. Edited by Scott Dunbier, Rocketeer Adventures featured Rocketeer short stories (about 7 to 8 pages in length) produced by some of the most popular, imaginative, and unique creators in comic books. The series, which had a sequel, basically paid respect to Stevens (who died in 2008) and his most beloved creation.
Rocketeer Adventures #4 features three stories. The first is “A Day at the Beach,” written by Dave Gibbons and drawn by Scott Hampton, which finds the Rocketeer taking on surfboard thieves. In “Waterlogged,” written by Joe Pruett and drawn by Tony Harris, the Rocketeer battles a Japanese submarine. “The Flight of the Aeronaut,” written by John Arcudi with art by Brendan McCarthy and Jamie Grant, finds Cliff battling Nazis who want Peevy’s plans to improve the Rocketeer’s rocket pack.
“A Day at the Beach” shows off Scott Hampton’s technique in illustrated narrative, which I still find eye-catching decades after I first saw his work. The delicate watercolors (or watercolor-like colors) perfectly convey a sunny day at the beach. “The Flight of the Aeronaut” is scary, and I wish it were longer.
In fact, since Rocketeer Adventures was first published, IDW Publishing has published three original miniseries starring the Rocketeer (one of them featuring Will Eisner’s The Spirit). So here’s an idea for another miniseries, Mr. Dunbier, editor of all things Rocketeer, a follow-up to “The Flight of the Aeronaut.”
As a bonus, Rocketeer Adventures #4 features two pin-ups by artist Ashley Wood. The second of the two, entitled “Heaven Bound,” captures the sense of wonder and hope that the Rocketeer embodies. Long live the Rocketeer.
A-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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IDW PUBLISHING – @IDWPublishing
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITERS: Dave Gibbons; Joe Pruett; John Arcudi
ARTISTS: Scott Hampton; Tony Harris; Brendan McCarthy
COLORS: Scott Hampton; JD Mettler; Jamie Grant
LETTERS: Shawn Lee
PIN-UPS: Ashley Wood
COVER: Alex Ross
ALTERNATE COVERS: Dave Stevens (Cover B), Alex Ross (Cover RI – sketch); and Dave Stevens (B/W Incentive Edition)
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (August 2011)
Rocketeer created by Dave Stevens
Long live The Rocketeer!
Born in 1955, Dave Stevens was an illustrator, artist, and storyteller who worked on newspaper comic strips and as a storyboard artist on both live-action and animated films and also for television. Many, like me, know Stevens for his comic book work. While there was not much of it, what Stevens did produce was spectacular and beautiful.
His most famous comic book creation is The Rocketeer, a superhero Stevens first introduced in 1982. The Rocketeer’s style and the mode of his adventures recall the Saturday matinee heroes of the 1930s and 1940s. The Rocketeer’s exploits are mainly set in and around Los Angeles, beginning in 1938 and into the 1940s. The Rocketeer even made it onto the big screen in a 1991 film from Walt Disney Pictures.
The Rocketeer is Cliff Secord, a stunt pilot who discovers an experimental jet pack (or rocket pack). When he straps it on, Cliff can fly and becomes The Rocketeer. Cliff’s friend, Peevy, an airplane mechanic, helps him maintain and modify the rocket pack. Cliff’s girlfriend is the actress, Bettie, whom Stevens based on real life, 1950s pin-up and fetish model, Bettie Page.
Debuting in 2011, Rocketeer Adventures was an anthology series from IDW Publishing. Edited by Scott Dunbier, Rocketeer Adventures featured Rocketeer short stories (about 7 to 8 pages in length) produced by some of the most popular, imaginative, and unique creators in comic books. The series, which had a sequel, basically paid respect to Stevens (who died in 2008) and his most beloved creation.
Rocketeer Adventures #4 features three stories. The first is “A Day at the Beach,” written by Dave Gibbons and drawn by Scott Hampton, which finds the Rocketeer taking on surfboard thieves. In “Waterlogged,” written by Joe Pruett and drawn by Tony Harris, the Rocketeer battles a Japanese submarine. “The Flight of the Aeronaut,” written by John Arcudi with art by Brendan McCarthy and Jamie Grant, finds Cliff battling Nazis who want Peevy’s plans to improve the Rocketeer’s rocket pack.
“A Day at the Beach” shows off Scott Hampton’s technique in illustrated narrative, which I still find eye-catching decades after I first saw his work. The delicate watercolors (or watercolor-like colors) perfectly convey a sunny day at the beach. “The Flight of the Aeronaut” is scary, and I wish it were longer.
In fact, since Rocketeer Adventures was first published, IDW Publishing has published three original miniseries starring the Rocketeer (one of them featuring Will Eisner’s The Spirit). So here’s an idea for another miniseries, Mr. Dunbier, editor of all things Rocketeer, a follow-up to “The Flight of the Aeronaut.”
As a bonus, Rocketeer Adventures #4 features two pin-ups by artist Ashley Wood. The second of the two, entitled “Heaven Bound,” captures the sense of wonder and hope that the Rocketeer embodies. Long live the Rocketeer.
A-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
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OCT151614 ABC WARRIORS MEK FILE HC VOL 03 (MR) $36.99
MAY151500 ACG COLL WORKS FORBIDDEN WORLDS SLIPCASE ED VOL 09 $69.99
NOV151195 ADVENTURE TIME #40 SDCC EXCLUSIVE $9.99
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NOV151285 ALICE COOPER VS CHAOS #5 CVR A CHIN $3.99
NOV151588 AQUILA TP $24.99
AUG151796 ARCHER & ARMSTRONG COMP CLASSIC OMNIBUS HC $99.99
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NOV151417 BAD MOON RISING #4 $3.99
NOV150980 BIGFOOT SWORD OF THE EARTHMAN #2 MAIN CVR $3.99
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OCT151090 BLACK HOOD #8 REG CVR A FRANCAVILLA (MR) $3.99
NOV151311 BOBS BURGERS ONGOING #7 RARE AGUINALDO VIRGIN ED $50.00
NOV151022 BROKEN MOON #4 REG CVR JONES $3.99
OCT151309 BURNT COMIX #1 (MR) $3.99
NOV151291 CAGE HERO #3 $3.99
AUG151284 CAPTAIN CANUCK 2015 ONGOING #6 $3.99
NOV151765 CASE CLOSED GN VOL 57 $9.99
AUG151050 CAT NAMED HAIKU GN VOL 02 $5.95
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SEP150950 CAVEWOMAN SISTERS OF THE ARENA #1 CVR D ROOT PI
SEP150952 CAVEWOMAN SISTERS OF THE ARENA #1 CVR F VALENTINA PI
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MAR151333 DF INJECTION #1 CGC GRADED $89.99
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NOV151481 SWORDS OF GLASS GN (MR) $19.95
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OCT151637 TESTAMENT OF SISTER NEW DEVIL GN VOL 01 $12.99
NOV151659 THE TROOP #2 REG CASSARA $3.99
NOV151660 THE TROOP #2 SUBSCRIPTION YISHAN LI $3.99
NOV151424 TRANSFORMERS TIMELINES #11 CYBERTRONS MOST WANTED $4.95
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NOV151726 X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 10 EXODUS $14.99
NOV151508 YAMADA KUN & SEVEN WITCHES GN VOL 06 $10.99
JUN150880 ZOMBIE TRAMP VS VAMPBLADE TP (MR) $11.99
MAGAZINES
SEP151913 007 MAGAZINE ARCHIVE THUNDERBALL 50TH ANNIV SPECIAL $29.99
OCT151612 2000 AD PROG #1961 X-MAS SPEC 2015 PX BISLEY $10.99
OCT151944 BACK ISSUE #86 $9.95
NOV151907 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1491 PI
AUG152023 DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #73 LEGENDS DARK KNIGHT #198 $21.00
NOV152790 DELIRIUM MAGAZINE #9 $10.00
OCT151955 DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #494 $11.99
JUL151891 HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE FIG MAG #1 GANDALF THE GREY $16.50
AUG152016 HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE FIG MAG #4 AZOG THE DEFILER $16.50
JUL151907 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #50 $15.00
OCT151613 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #367 $12.60
NOV151902 JUXTAPOZ #181 FEB 2016 $6.99
AUG152025 MARVEL CHESS FIG COLL MAG #48 GAMBIT WHITE PAWN $17.00
SEP151882 MARVEL CHESS FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL #5 PROFESSOR X & APOCALYPS $38.95
AUG152017 MARVEL FACT FILES COSMIC SPECIAL #1 ROCKET RACOON $32.95
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SEP151890 STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #5 USS KELVIN 2009 MOVIE $39.95
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AUG152029 STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #58 BORG TACTICAL CUBE $21.95
BOOKS
NOV151862 DC SUPER FRIENDS SUPER PETS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99
OCT151900 DOCTOR WHO COMP HIST HC VOL 03 12TH DOCTOR STORIES 242 & 243 $18.99
SEP151192 TELL THE STORY CAPTAIN CANUCK SASQUATCH $2.45
NOV152819 WARHAMMER 40K COURAGE AND HONOUR SC $16.00
NOV152820 WARHAMMER 40K I AM SLAUGHTER HC $17.50
OCT151614 ABC WARRIORS MEK FILE HC VOL 03 (MR) $36.99
MAY151500 ACG COLL WORKS FORBIDDEN WORLDS SLIPCASE ED VOL 09 $69.99
NOV151195 ADVENTURE TIME #40 SDCC EXCLUSIVE $9.99
NOV151191 ADVENTURE TIME #48 $3.99
NOV151285 ALICE COOPER VS CHAOS #5 CVR A CHIN $3.99
NOV151588 AQUILA TP $24.99
AUG151796 ARCHER & ARMSTRONG COMP CLASSIC OMNIBUS HC $99.99
NOV151638 ASSASSINS CREED #4 REG LAFUENTE (MR) $3.99
NOV151639 ASSASSINS CREED #4 SUBSCRIPTION TURINI (MR) $3.99
NOV151417 BAD MOON RISING #4 $3.99
NOV150980 BIGFOOT SWORD OF THE EARTHMAN #2 MAIN CVR $3.99
NOV150981 BIGFOOT SWORD OF THE EARTHMAN #2 OLIVEIRA CVR $4.99
OCT151090 BLACK HOOD #8 REG CVR A FRANCAVILLA (MR) $3.99
NOV151311 BOBS BURGERS ONGOING #7 RARE AGUINALDO VIRGIN ED $50.00
NOV151022 BROKEN MOON #4 REG CVR JONES $3.99
OCT151309 BURNT COMIX #1 (MR) $3.99
NOV151291 CAGE HERO #3 $3.99
AUG151284 CAPTAIN CANUCK 2015 ONGOING #6 $3.99
NOV151765 CASE CLOSED GN VOL 57 $9.99
AUG151050 CAT NAMED HAIKU GN VOL 02 $5.95
SEP150947 CAVEWOMAN SISTERS OF THE ARENA #1 CVR A DURHAM $3.99
SEP150948 CAVEWOMAN SISTERS OF THE ARENA #1 CVR B DURHAM PI
SEP150949 CAVEWOMAN SISTERS OF THE ARENA #1 CVR C DURHAM PI
SEP150950 CAVEWOMAN SISTERS OF THE ARENA #1 CVR D ROOT PI
SEP150952 CAVEWOMAN SISTERS OF THE ARENA #1 CVR F VALENTINA PI
NOV151834 CHARMED SEASON 10 #15 (MR) $3.99
AUG151411 DF ARCHIE #1 DF EXC RARE B&W ED LEE $14.99
MAR151333 DF INJECTION #1 CGC GRADED $89.99
SEP151309 DF SECRET WARS #7 COMICXPOSURE EXC $19.84
APR151439 DF SPIDER-GWEN #2 DF EXC OPENA CVR CGC GRADED $89.99
NOV151293 DOC SAVAGE SPIDERS WEB #2 CVR A TORRES $3.99
AUG151715 DOCTOR WHO 2015 FOUR DOCTORS HC $19.99
OCT151647 DOCTOR WHO 8TH #3 REG STOTT $3.99
OCT151648 DOCTOR WHO 8TH #3 SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO $3.99
NOV151717 DR MIRAGE SECOND LIVES #2 CVR A DJURDJEVIC $3.99
NOV151718 DR MIRAGE SECOND LIVES #2 CVR B WADA $3.99
NOV151719 DR MIRAGE SECOND LIVES #2 CVR C DE LA TORRE $3.99
NOV151437 EMPIRE OF BLOOD #4 (MR) $2.99
SEP151635 ENORMOUS V2 #4 CVR A CHEGGOUR $3.99
SEP151636 ENORMOUS V2 #4 CVR B COPLAND $3.99
NOV151605 EVIL DEAD 2 CRADLE OF THE DAMNED #1 $3.99
SEP150938 FM PRES GUNSUITS TP VOL 01 EVOLUTIONARY TACTICS $14.99
NOV151818 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #118 A CVR ANDERSON (MR) $3.99
NOV151819 GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #118 B CVR MENDONCA (MR) $3.99
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OCT151846 GFT INFERNO RESURRECTION #1 A CVR ORTIZ (MR) $3.99
OCT151847 GFT INFERNO RESURRECTION #1 B CVR KROME (MR) $3.99
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NOV151423 GI JOE VS COBRA SPECIAL #8 WELCOME SPRINGFIELD ISLAND $4.95
NOV151734 GIRL ON THE SHORE GN (MR) $18.95
NOV151078 GOD IS DEAD TP VOL 07 (MR) $19.99
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NOV151419 HUMBUG #2 $3.99
NOV150973 I MAGE #0 MAIN CVR $3.99
NOV151019 INSEXTS #2 (MR) $3.99
OCT151695 JAMES BOND SPECTRE COMIC STRIPS COLLECTION HC $39.95
MAR151527 JOHN CARPENTERS ASYLUM #12 (MR) $3.99
NOV151179 JOHN FLOOD #6 $3.99
NOV151497 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #227 $5.99
AUG151739 KUNG FU PANDA TP VOL 01 $6.99
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NOV151074 LEGEND OF OZ WICKED WEST #4 CVR A BORGES $3.99
NOV151075 LEGEND OF OZ WICKED WEST #4 CVR B WICHMANN $3.99
NOV151296 LEGENDERRY GREEN HORNET TP $17.99
JUL151209 LOOKOUTS RIDDLE HC VOL 01 $34.99
SEP150970 MEMO GN VOL 01 $4.95
NOV151136 MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #0 MAIN CVRS $3.99
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NOV151735 MY NEIGHBOR SEKI GN VOL 06 $10.95
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NOV151197 OVER THE GARDEN WALL #1 BCC EXCLUSIVE $9.99
OCT151635 PANDORA IN THE CRIMSON SHELL GHOST URN GN VOL 03 (MR) $12.99
SEP151191 PITIFUL HUMAN LIZARD #3 $2.99
OCT151293 PITIFUL HUMAN LIZARD #4 $2.99
SEP151551 PRE CODE CLASSIC GHOST HC VOL 01 $59.99
OCT151608 PRE CODE CLASSIC GHOST SLIPCASE ED VOL 01 $69.99
NOV151302 PRECINCT #2 CVR A DAVILA $3.99
SEP150916 PRINCELESS RAVEN PIRATE PRINCESS TP VOL 01 ALL GIRL PIRATE C $14.99
NOV151767 RANMA 1/2 2IN1 TP VOL 12 $14.99
NOV151271 RED SONJA VOL 3 #1 CVR A SAUVAGE $3.99
NOV151272 RED SONJA VOL 3 #1 CVR B ANACLETO CONNECT $3.99
NOV151273 RED SONJA VOL 3 #1 CVR C LOTAY $3.99
NOV151274 RED SONJA VOL 3 #1 CVR D FLEECS CONNECT EXC SUBSCRIPTION $3.99
NOV151275 RED SONJA VOL 3 #1 CVR E BLANK AUTHENTIX $10.00
NOV151769 REQUIEM OF THE ROSE KING GN VOL 03 $9.99
NOV151609 ROSALIE LIGHTNING GRAPHIC MEMOIR HC $19.99
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JUL151558 ROY THOMAS PRESENTS PLANET COMICS HC VOL 11 $59.99
AUG151671 ROY THOMAS PRESENTS PLANET COMICS SLIPCASE ED VOL 11 $69.99
OCT151636 SENRAN KAGURA SKIRTING SHADOWS GN VOL 03 (MR) $12.99
NOV151507 SILENT VOICE GN VOL 05 $10.99
NOV151171 SNOW BLIND #2 $3.99
OCT151108 SONIC SUPER DIGEST #15 $4.99
SEP151002 SONIC UNIVERSE #82 REG CVR A YARDLEY $3.99
OCT151295 SPIRIT LEAVES #1 $3.99
NOV151131 SPONGEBOB COMICS #52 $3.99
NOV151481 SWORDS OF GLASS GN (MR) $19.95
OCT151285 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #64 STUDIO DLX ED (MR) $19.99
OCT151637 TESTAMENT OF SISTER NEW DEVIL GN VOL 01 $12.99
NOV151659 THE TROOP #2 REG CASSARA $3.99
NOV151660 THE TROOP #2 SUBSCRIPTION YISHAN LI $3.99
NOV151424 TRANSFORMERS TIMELINES #11 CYBERTRONS MOST WANTED $4.95
OCT151139 WAR STORIES TP VOL 03 (MR) $24.99
NOV151726 X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 10 EXODUS $14.99
NOV151508 YAMADA KUN & SEVEN WITCHES GN VOL 06 $10.99
JUN150880 ZOMBIE TRAMP VS VAMPBLADE TP (MR) $11.99
MAGAZINES
SEP151913 007 MAGAZINE ARCHIVE THUNDERBALL 50TH ANNIV SPECIAL $29.99
OCT151612 2000 AD PROG #1961 X-MAS SPEC 2015 PX BISLEY $10.99
OCT151944 BACK ISSUE #86 $9.95
NOV151907 COMIC SHOP NEWS #1491 PI
AUG152023 DC BATMAN AUTO FIG MAG #73 LEGENDS DARK KNIGHT #198 $21.00
NOV152790 DELIRIUM MAGAZINE #9 $10.00
OCT151955 DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #494 $11.99
JUL151891 HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE FIG MAG #1 GANDALF THE GREY $16.50
AUG152016 HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE FIG MAG #4 AZOG THE DEFILER $16.50
JUL151907 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #50 $15.00
OCT151613 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #367 $12.60
NOV151902 JUXTAPOZ #181 FEB 2016 $6.99
AUG152025 MARVEL CHESS FIG COLL MAG #48 GAMBIT WHITE PAWN $17.00
SEP151882 MARVEL CHESS FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL #5 PROFESSOR X & APOCALYPS $38.95
AUG152017 MARVEL FACT FILES COSMIC SPECIAL #1 ROCKET RACOON $32.95
AUG152050 MEGAMI NOV 2015 $18.00
AUG152051 NEWTYPE NOV 2015 $18.00
SEP151890 STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #5 USS KELVIN 2009 MOVIE $39.95
AUG152028 STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #57 ROMULAN 23RD C BIRD OF PREY $20.00
AUG152029 STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #58 BORG TACTICAL CUBE $21.95
BOOKS
NOV151862 DC SUPER FRIENDS SUPER PETS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99
OCT151900 DOCTOR WHO COMP HIST HC VOL 03 12TH DOCTOR STORIES 242 & 243 $18.99
SEP151192 TELL THE STORY CAPTAIN CANUCK SASQUATCH $2.45
NOV152819 WARHAMMER 40K COURAGE AND HONOUR SC $16.00
NOV152820 WARHAMMER 40K I AM SLAUGHTER HC $17.50
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Requiem of the Rose King: Death of Richard: 3rd Duke of York
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Sunday, January 10, 2016
Review: THE SPIRIT: The New Adventures #1
THE SPIRIT: THE NEW ADVENTURES No. 1
KITCHEN SINK PRESS
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Alan Moore
ART/LETTERS: Dave Gibbons
COLOR: Angus McKie
COVER: Dave Gibbons
MISC. ART: Will Eisner with Charles Shadoian
32pp, Color, $3.50 U.S., $4.90 CAN (March 1998)
The Spirit is a comic book character created by cartoonist Will Eisner (who died in January 2005). The Spirit first appeared on June 2, 1940 in what readers called “The Spirit Section.” This was a 16-page, Sunday newspaper supplement or insert that was carried in various newspapers from the 1940s and into the early 1950s. Once known as Detective Denny Colt (believed by some to be dead), The Spirit is a masked vigilante who fights crime in Central City.
Beginning in the early 1980s, Kitchen Sink Press did a complete reprinting of the post-World War II Spirit, which many readers and fans consider to be Will Eisner’s best and most influential work. After the end of The Spirit’s newspaper run, there was very little new Spirit material…
That was until Kitchen Sink Press started publishing The Spirit: New Adventures in 1998. This was an anthology title wherein a number of noted comic book creators and cartoonists chronicled new, post-Eisner Spirit adventures. Over the course of the series run of eight issues, readers got new Spirit tales from Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Paul Pope, and James Vance & Dan Burr, to name a few.
The Spirit: New Adventures #1 features three interconnected tales written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons. In “The Most Important Meal,” Doctor Cobra has his last meal, a solid breakfast, before his execution for double-murder. Cobra shares his breakfast with a young cellmate, whom he regales with a tale of how Denny Colt, a promising young criminologist became The Spirit.
In “Force of Arms,” Homer Creap has complaints about The Spirit and shares them with a young lad. Homer knows the truth about Doctor Cobra, and that tale returns to a time when Homer was the fiancé of one Ellen Dollan, daughter of Police Commissioner Dolan. That was before The Spirit interfered. The final story, “Gossip and Gertrude Granch,” finds widow, Gertrude Granch, entertaining a series of young men who seem to get younger with each new date… or so it seems to her gossipy neighbors.
Among the back matter in The Spirit: New Adventures #1 is a short feature article, “The Many Origins of the Spirit,” written by Catherine Garnier. Until I read it, I did not know that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ trio of tales were a retelling of The Spirit’s origin. In fact, it turns out that The Spirit’s creator, Will Eisner, told his character’s origin in his very first Spirit section (June 2, 1940) and then, retold it twice more. With the debut of The Spirit: New Adventures, Moore and Gibbons were merely telling the origin story again, retelling, re-imagining, and adding to the canon.
Moore and Gibbons, using just a few of the elements they employed so fantastically in Watchmen, offer a few nods to the graphic and stylistic hallmarks that were Will Eisner’s Spirit. As usual, Moore is clever and imaginative, here, more of the former than the latter. Gibbons’ stoic and mercurial surrealism manages to capture the spirit of… The Spirit. This issue’s closing tale, “Gossip and Gertrude Granch,” is pure Eisner and typical Moore. In fact, the story reveals how much Eisner obviously influenced Moore.
I read The Spirit: New Adventures when the series was originally published. Something made me think of it again, so I’m going to go back and re-read it. I strongly recommend to you, dear reader, that you discover this comic book.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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KITCHEN SINK PRESS
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Alan Moore
ART/LETTERS: Dave Gibbons
COLOR: Angus McKie
COVER: Dave Gibbons
MISC. ART: Will Eisner with Charles Shadoian
32pp, Color, $3.50 U.S., $4.90 CAN (March 1998)
The Spirit is a comic book character created by cartoonist Will Eisner (who died in January 2005). The Spirit first appeared on June 2, 1940 in what readers called “The Spirit Section.” This was a 16-page, Sunday newspaper supplement or insert that was carried in various newspapers from the 1940s and into the early 1950s. Once known as Detective Denny Colt (believed by some to be dead), The Spirit is a masked vigilante who fights crime in Central City.
Beginning in the early 1980s, Kitchen Sink Press did a complete reprinting of the post-World War II Spirit, which many readers and fans consider to be Will Eisner’s best and most influential work. After the end of The Spirit’s newspaper run, there was very little new Spirit material…
That was until Kitchen Sink Press started publishing The Spirit: New Adventures in 1998. This was an anthology title wherein a number of noted comic book creators and cartoonists chronicled new, post-Eisner Spirit adventures. Over the course of the series run of eight issues, readers got new Spirit tales from Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Paul Pope, and James Vance & Dan Burr, to name a few.
The Spirit: New Adventures #1 features three interconnected tales written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons. In “The Most Important Meal,” Doctor Cobra has his last meal, a solid breakfast, before his execution for double-murder. Cobra shares his breakfast with a young cellmate, whom he regales with a tale of how Denny Colt, a promising young criminologist became The Spirit.
In “Force of Arms,” Homer Creap has complaints about The Spirit and shares them with a young lad. Homer knows the truth about Doctor Cobra, and that tale returns to a time when Homer was the fiancé of one Ellen Dollan, daughter of Police Commissioner Dolan. That was before The Spirit interfered. The final story, “Gossip and Gertrude Granch,” finds widow, Gertrude Granch, entertaining a series of young men who seem to get younger with each new date… or so it seems to her gossipy neighbors.
Among the back matter in The Spirit: New Adventures #1 is a short feature article, “The Many Origins of the Spirit,” written by Catherine Garnier. Until I read it, I did not know that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ trio of tales were a retelling of The Spirit’s origin. In fact, it turns out that The Spirit’s creator, Will Eisner, told his character’s origin in his very first Spirit section (June 2, 1940) and then, retold it twice more. With the debut of The Spirit: New Adventures, Moore and Gibbons were merely telling the origin story again, retelling, re-imagining, and adding to the canon.
Moore and Gibbons, using just a few of the elements they employed so fantastically in Watchmen, offer a few nods to the graphic and stylistic hallmarks that were Will Eisner’s Spirit. As usual, Moore is clever and imaginative, here, more of the former than the latter. Gibbons’ stoic and mercurial surrealism manages to capture the spirit of… The Spirit. This issue’s closing tale, “Gossip and Gertrude Granch,” is pure Eisner and typical Moore. In fact, the story reveals how much Eisner obviously influenced Moore.
I read The Spirit: New Adventures when the series was originally published. Something made me think of it again, so I’m going to go back and re-read it. I strongly recommend to you, dear reader, that you discover this comic book.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Saturday, January 9, 2016
Review: NARUTO: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
NARUTO: THE SEVENTH HOKAGE AND THE SCARLET SPRING
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
CARTOONIST: Masashi Kishimoto
TRANSLATION: Mari Morimoto
LETTERS: John Hunt
ISBN: 978-1-4215-8493-5; paperback (January 2016); Rated “T” for “Teen”
216pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 U.K.
A young shinobi (ninja), Uzumaki Naruto had an incorrigible knack for mischief, and he was the biggest troublemaker at the Ninja Academy in the shinobi Village of Konohagakure. Naruto was an outcast. There was, however, something special about Naruto. When he was a baby, Naruto's parents (father Minato and mother Kushina) imprisoned a nine-tailed fox spirit (Kurama) inside his infant body. In time, he became a ninja with his classmates Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke.
Then, the story of young Naruto ended...
Naruto, the long-running ninja manga from creator, Masashi Kishimoto, ended with Chapter 700, published in Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump on November 10, 2014. However, a few months later came a miniseries that focused on the children of the main characters in Naruto. It was published in Weekly Shonen Jump from April 2015 to July 2015, and it was entitled Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring.
The setup is basically this: Naruto the teen learned special ninja techniques, and he helped save the world. He achieved his dream of becoming the greatest ninja in his village, and now, he is the Seventh Hokage. Time has passed, and Naruto is a father, but he also faces new troubles bubbling up in the shinobi world.
As Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring (Chapters 700+1 to 700+10) opens, some time has passed since the Fourth Great Ninja War. Naruto does the mundane work of leading Konohagakure, but his son, Boruto, and his pranks demand attention – like father, like son.
Meanwhile, Sarada, the daughter of Sasuke and Sakura, is troubled by her parents' relationship. Sasuke is always away on missions, so she wonders if he really cares about his wife and daughter. When new trouble arises, Naruto leaves the village to find Sasuke, so Sarada and her friend, Akimichi Cho-Cho, follow the Seventh Hokage. What Sarada discovers will fill her with doubt.
The last volume of the Naruto graphic novel series, Vol. 72., was published in North America this past October. That was a little less than a year after the final chapter of the Naruto manga (Chapter 700) was published in Japan (November 2014).
Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring is a stand-alone volume that finds our favorite ninja teenagers now adults and parents. In this 10-chapter tale, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto focuses not on Naruto or his son, Boruto, but on Sarada. Sure, this would not be a Naruto manga without Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura battling some ninja enemy.
Instead, Kishimoto shows off his skill at creating engaging characters. Sarada is a wonderful and complex and wonderfully complex character with her own desires and questions and with the magical inscrutable teenage nature that makes for attractive teen characters. I had a blast reading this. It gives me hope that when Kishimoto revisits Naruto, he will be able to make it worth the wait for his readers. And he'll have a superb character in Sarada if he chooses to use her again.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
CARTOONIST: Masashi Kishimoto
TRANSLATION: Mari Morimoto
LETTERS: John Hunt
ISBN: 978-1-4215-8493-5; paperback (January 2016); Rated “T” for “Teen”
216pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 U.K.
A young shinobi (ninja), Uzumaki Naruto had an incorrigible knack for mischief, and he was the biggest troublemaker at the Ninja Academy in the shinobi Village of Konohagakure. Naruto was an outcast. There was, however, something special about Naruto. When he was a baby, Naruto's parents (father Minato and mother Kushina) imprisoned a nine-tailed fox spirit (Kurama) inside his infant body. In time, he became a ninja with his classmates Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke.
Then, the story of young Naruto ended...
Naruto, the long-running ninja manga from creator, Masashi Kishimoto, ended with Chapter 700, published in Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump on November 10, 2014. However, a few months later came a miniseries that focused on the children of the main characters in Naruto. It was published in Weekly Shonen Jump from April 2015 to July 2015, and it was entitled Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring.
The setup is basically this: Naruto the teen learned special ninja techniques, and he helped save the world. He achieved his dream of becoming the greatest ninja in his village, and now, he is the Seventh Hokage. Time has passed, and Naruto is a father, but he also faces new troubles bubbling up in the shinobi world.
As Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring (Chapters 700+1 to 700+10) opens, some time has passed since the Fourth Great Ninja War. Naruto does the mundane work of leading Konohagakure, but his son, Boruto, and his pranks demand attention – like father, like son.
Meanwhile, Sarada, the daughter of Sasuke and Sakura, is troubled by her parents' relationship. Sasuke is always away on missions, so she wonders if he really cares about his wife and daughter. When new trouble arises, Naruto leaves the village to find Sasuke, so Sarada and her friend, Akimichi Cho-Cho, follow the Seventh Hokage. What Sarada discovers will fill her with doubt.
The last volume of the Naruto graphic novel series, Vol. 72., was published in North America this past October. That was a little less than a year after the final chapter of the Naruto manga (Chapter 700) was published in Japan (November 2014).
Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring is a stand-alone volume that finds our favorite ninja teenagers now adults and parents. In this 10-chapter tale, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto focuses not on Naruto or his son, Boruto, but on Sarada. Sure, this would not be a Naruto manga without Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura battling some ninja enemy.
Instead, Kishimoto shows off his skill at creating engaging characters. Sarada is a wonderful and complex and wonderfully complex character with her own desires and questions and with the magical inscrutable teenage nature that makes for attractive teen characters. I had a blast reading this. It gives me hope that when Kishimoto revisits Naruto, he will be able to make it worth the wait for his readers. And he'll have a superb character in Sarada if he chooses to use her again.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Friday, January 8, 2016
Review: JON SABLE, FREELANCE #1
JON SABLE, FREELANCE No. 1
FIRST COMICS
[This review originally appeared on Patreon.]
STORY/ART: Mike Grell
LETTERS: Peter Iro
COLORS: Janice Cohen
EDITOR: Mike Gold
32pp, Color, $1.00 U.S., $1.25 CAN (June 1983)
“The Iron Monster!”
Jon Sable, Freelance was a comic book series created, written, and drawn by Mike Grell. In 1983, it was one of the first comic book series released by the then fledgling publisher, First Comics. The series lasted 56 issues from 1983 to 1988. There was a follow-up series (Sable) and a reprint series (Mike Grell's Sable). After the demise of First Comics, Grell produced new comics either featuring or starring Jon Sable, including two miniseries over the last decade.
Jon Sable, Freelance focused on Jonathan Sable, a bounty hunter and mercenary who previously had been an athlete in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. After living, working, and experiencing tragedy in Africa, Sable returned to the United States. He became a freelance mercenary, but led a secret, double life as “B.B. Flemm,” children's book author.
Jon Sable, Freelance #1 (“The Iron Monster!”) opens with Sable as “B.B. Flemm” being interviewed by a New York City television station. Returning home that night, he finds three intruders whom he quickly dispatches. However, the men were a test from someone who wants to be Sable's latest client.
Although he is not addressed directly by name, President Ronald Reagan is that client. The President is scheduled to speak before the United Nations the following evening, but he has information that there will be an assassination attempt on him. Sable accepts the assignment to stop the assassin, who turns out to be someone with whom Sable once worked.
Jon Sable, Freelance, as I remember it, had some similarities to a television crime drama. It was like a combination of CBS' “The Equalizer,” NBC's “Banacek,” and a little of ABC's “Hart to Hart.” The series read like a weekly drama, even when the story ran over more than one issue. There was a soap opera quality to Jon Sable, Freelance, but instead of melodrama, there is a sense of mystery.
I think what made the series such an attractive read was Mike Grell's lush artwork. His solid draftsmanship was defined by tight compositions, smooth brushwork, and delicate feathering. The art often had a painterly quality, so the graphical storytelling sometimes seemed like narrative painting. Every panel informed the reader than Jon Sable, Freelance was a labor of love by Grell.
I found Jon Sable, Freelance #1 at the Louisiana Comic Con in Lafayette, LA (October 17th and 18th, 2015), and it only cost me one dollar. I hope I encounter the retailer, Big M Comics (?), at another convention. He had lots of issues of Jon Sable, Freelance.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
FIRST COMICS
[This review originally appeared on Patreon.]
STORY/ART: Mike Grell
LETTERS: Peter Iro
COLORS: Janice Cohen
EDITOR: Mike Gold
32pp, Color, $1.00 U.S., $1.25 CAN (June 1983)
“The Iron Monster!”
Jon Sable, Freelance was a comic book series created, written, and drawn by Mike Grell. In 1983, it was one of the first comic book series released by the then fledgling publisher, First Comics. The series lasted 56 issues from 1983 to 1988. There was a follow-up series (Sable) and a reprint series (Mike Grell's Sable). After the demise of First Comics, Grell produced new comics either featuring or starring Jon Sable, including two miniseries over the last decade.
Jon Sable, Freelance focused on Jonathan Sable, a bounty hunter and mercenary who previously had been an athlete in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. After living, working, and experiencing tragedy in Africa, Sable returned to the United States. He became a freelance mercenary, but led a secret, double life as “B.B. Flemm,” children's book author.
Jon Sable, Freelance #1 (“The Iron Monster!”) opens with Sable as “B.B. Flemm” being interviewed by a New York City television station. Returning home that night, he finds three intruders whom he quickly dispatches. However, the men were a test from someone who wants to be Sable's latest client.
Although he is not addressed directly by name, President Ronald Reagan is that client. The President is scheduled to speak before the United Nations the following evening, but he has information that there will be an assassination attempt on him. Sable accepts the assignment to stop the assassin, who turns out to be someone with whom Sable once worked.
Jon Sable, Freelance, as I remember it, had some similarities to a television crime drama. It was like a combination of CBS' “The Equalizer,” NBC's “Banacek,” and a little of ABC's “Hart to Hart.” The series read like a weekly drama, even when the story ran over more than one issue. There was a soap opera quality to Jon Sable, Freelance, but instead of melodrama, there is a sense of mystery.
I think what made the series such an attractive read was Mike Grell's lush artwork. His solid draftsmanship was defined by tight compositions, smooth brushwork, and delicate feathering. The art often had a painterly quality, so the graphical storytelling sometimes seemed like narrative painting. Every panel informed the reader than Jon Sable, Freelance was a labor of love by Grell.
I found Jon Sable, Freelance #1 at the Louisiana Comic Con in Lafayette, LA (October 17th and 18th, 2015), and it only cost me one dollar. I hope I encounter the retailer, Big M Comics (?), at another convention. He had lots of issues of Jon Sable, Freelance.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Thursday, January 7, 2016
Review: HONEY SO SWEET Volume 1
HONEY SO SWEET, VOL. 1
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
MANGAKA: Amu Meguro
TRANSLATION: Katherine Schilling
LETTERS: Inori Fukuda Trant
EDITOR: Nancy Thislethwaite
ISBN: 978-1-4215-8325-9; paperback (January 2016); Rated “T” for “Teen”
200pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 U.K.
Amu Meguro is a newcomer as a mangaka. She debuted with a one-shot manga, Makka na Ringo ni Kuchizuke O (A Kiss for a Bright Red Apple). Her current long-form manga series is Honey So Sweet, published in the Japanese shojo manga magazine, Bessatsu Margaret.
Honey So Sweet focuses on Nao Kogure. One day in middle school, Nao left her umbrella and a box of bandages in the rain for a fellow student who was injured. Little did she know that she would meet that student again in high school. His name is Taiga Onise, a delinquent, and Nao wants nothing to do with the gruff and frightening teen boy. However, Taiga suddenly presents her with a huge bouquet of flowers and asks her to date him – with marriage in mind! Is Taiga really so scary, or is he a sweetheart in disguise?
Early in Honey So Sweet, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 5), Nao discovers that Taiga actually smiles, is kind to animals, and is a good cook. Is he really the same Taiga who is a notorious delinquent? Before long, Nao discovers that everyone in school thinks that she and Taiga are a couple – a couple of outcasts.
I don't quite understand why the Honey So Sweet manga is entitled Honey So Sweet. It is indeed a sweet romance, but it also has a decidedly tart side.
Honey So Sweet Volume 1 introduces three other characters besides Nao and Taiga. All five of these characters seem to speak their minds, for the most part. They are tart rather than sweet. I think that is what I like about Honey So Sweet. It is a typical high school shojo romance, but creator Amu Meguro is always adding that something extra, whether that is dialogue or action, that makes the narrative skip a beat.
There are just enough minor twists to the shojo status quo to make this series an intriguing read. I recommend that fans of high school shojo try the first volume at least.
A-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2016 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
MANGAKA: Amu Meguro
TRANSLATION: Katherine Schilling
LETTERS: Inori Fukuda Trant
EDITOR: Nancy Thislethwaite
ISBN: 978-1-4215-8325-9; paperback (January 2016); Rated “T” for “Teen”
200pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 U.K.
Amu Meguro is a newcomer as a mangaka. She debuted with a one-shot manga, Makka na Ringo ni Kuchizuke O (A Kiss for a Bright Red Apple). Her current long-form manga series is Honey So Sweet, published in the Japanese shojo manga magazine, Bessatsu Margaret.
Honey So Sweet focuses on Nao Kogure. One day in middle school, Nao left her umbrella and a box of bandages in the rain for a fellow student who was injured. Little did she know that she would meet that student again in high school. His name is Taiga Onise, a delinquent, and Nao wants nothing to do with the gruff and frightening teen boy. However, Taiga suddenly presents her with a huge bouquet of flowers and asks her to date him – with marriage in mind! Is Taiga really so scary, or is he a sweetheart in disguise?
Early in Honey So Sweet, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 5), Nao discovers that Taiga actually smiles, is kind to animals, and is a good cook. Is he really the same Taiga who is a notorious delinquent? Before long, Nao discovers that everyone in school thinks that she and Taiga are a couple – a couple of outcasts.
I don't quite understand why the Honey So Sweet manga is entitled Honey So Sweet. It is indeed a sweet romance, but it also has a decidedly tart side.
Honey So Sweet Volume 1 introduces three other characters besides Nao and Taiga. All five of these characters seem to speak their minds, for the most part. They are tart rather than sweet. I think that is what I like about Honey So Sweet. It is a typical high school shojo romance, but creator Amu Meguro is always adding that something extra, whether that is dialogue or action, that makes the narrative skip a beat.
There are just enough minor twists to the shojo status quo to make this series an intriguing read. I recommend that fans of high school shojo try the first volume at least.
A-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Review: THE DRACONIS PROJECT #1
THE DRACONIS PROJECT No. 1
MIDCITY COMICS
[This review was originally published on Patreon.]
WRITER/CREATOR: Michael Phillips
PENCILS: Verlei Batista
INKS: Somjade Chuntbavorn
LETTERS: Michael Phillips
EDITOR: Ryan Carter
COVER: Fred Benes with Dijjo and Teo
Book 1: “Abducted”
The Draconis Project is a comic book series created and written by New Orleans native, Michael Phillips. A black and white comic book, The Draconis Project is published through MidCity Comics LLC. The series is set in a near-future scenario of environmental degradation. It focuses on a retired anti-terrorism agent searching for a missing scientist who may have discovered the means to save mankind from a solar catastrophe.
The Draconis Project #1 opens in the year 2044. Earth suffers from global warming caused by the deterioration of the outer layers of the atmosphere due to four decades of powerful solar flares and outbursts. Mankind is endangered from an upcoming catastrophic solar event called the “Solaris Effect,” but the scientists of an organization known as N.A.S.R. are working to protect humanity.
Dr. Johann Svensen is one scientist who has created an important serum to protect mankind from the Solaris Effect. After he is kidnapped, the G.T.U. (Global Antiterrorism Unit) tasks one of its retired agents, Aiden McCoy, to find Svensen. McCoy's first stop in his search is his the city where he lives, New Orleans, Louisiana.
At the recent Louisiana Comic Con (October 17-18, 2015), I came upon Michael Phillips at his vendor's table, where I bought a copy of The Draconis Project #1. I think my friend and fellow comic book reviewer, Albert Avilla, may have bought all the issues of the series published to date. I wish I had bought more than the first issue, as I found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Yeah, I think the adversaries and villians' dialogue to be a bit stiff and on the cliched side, but I like the bad guys because they are so thoroughly ruthless, vicious, and self-interested. The hero, Aiden McCoy, seems like a guy who takes his mission seriously, but will make it fun when he can. During the 1990s, Bruce Willis would have played McCoy in a movie based on The Draconis Project.
The art: well, it looks like a combination of Jim Lee and the early art of Jim Lee/Art Adams clones such as Joe Madureira and J. Scott Campbell, with a dash of Michael Turner. The pencil art by Verlei Batista (of the Ed Benes Studios) features crowded compositions and awkward technique, but has a strangely attractive quality. The inking by Somjade Chuntbavorn makes the pencils look heavily crowded, which results in storytelling filled with static.
That said, The Draconis Project #1 shows that this series has potential. I am certainly recommending it to comic book readers that support micro-press and self-published comic books. I plan to be on the lookout for Michael Phillips at future local comic book conventions.
https://www.facebook.com/DraconisProject1972
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
MIDCITY COMICS
[This review was originally published on Patreon.]
WRITER/CREATOR: Michael Phillips
PENCILS: Verlei Batista
INKS: Somjade Chuntbavorn
LETTERS: Michael Phillips
EDITOR: Ryan Carter
COVER: Fred Benes with Dijjo and Teo
Book 1: “Abducted”
The Draconis Project is a comic book series created and written by New Orleans native, Michael Phillips. A black and white comic book, The Draconis Project is published through MidCity Comics LLC. The series is set in a near-future scenario of environmental degradation. It focuses on a retired anti-terrorism agent searching for a missing scientist who may have discovered the means to save mankind from a solar catastrophe.
The Draconis Project #1 opens in the year 2044. Earth suffers from global warming caused by the deterioration of the outer layers of the atmosphere due to four decades of powerful solar flares and outbursts. Mankind is endangered from an upcoming catastrophic solar event called the “Solaris Effect,” but the scientists of an organization known as N.A.S.R. are working to protect humanity.
Dr. Johann Svensen is one scientist who has created an important serum to protect mankind from the Solaris Effect. After he is kidnapped, the G.T.U. (Global Antiterrorism Unit) tasks one of its retired agents, Aiden McCoy, to find Svensen. McCoy's first stop in his search is his the city where he lives, New Orleans, Louisiana.
At the recent Louisiana Comic Con (October 17-18, 2015), I came upon Michael Phillips at his vendor's table, where I bought a copy of The Draconis Project #1. I think my friend and fellow comic book reviewer, Albert Avilla, may have bought all the issues of the series published to date. I wish I had bought more than the first issue, as I found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Yeah, I think the adversaries and villians' dialogue to be a bit stiff and on the cliched side, but I like the bad guys because they are so thoroughly ruthless, vicious, and self-interested. The hero, Aiden McCoy, seems like a guy who takes his mission seriously, but will make it fun when he can. During the 1990s, Bruce Willis would have played McCoy in a movie based on The Draconis Project.
The art: well, it looks like a combination of Jim Lee and the early art of Jim Lee/Art Adams clones such as Joe Madureira and J. Scott Campbell, with a dash of Michael Turner. The pencil art by Verlei Batista (of the Ed Benes Studios) features crowded compositions and awkward technique, but has a strangely attractive quality. The inking by Somjade Chuntbavorn makes the pencils look heavily crowded, which results in storytelling filled with static.
That said, The Draconis Project #1 shows that this series has potential. I am certainly recommending it to comic book readers that support micro-press and self-published comic books. I plan to be on the lookout for Michael Phillips at future local comic book conventions.
https://www.facebook.com/DraconisProject1972
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016
DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 6, 2016
DC COMICS
OCT150272 100 BULLETS TP BOOK 04 (MR) $24.99
NOV150209 ACTION COMICS #48 $3.99
NOV150223 BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #14 $2.99
OCT150245 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT TP VOL 01 $14.99
NOV150230 BATMAN BEYOND #8 $2.99
SEP150289 BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS HC VOL 07 ANARKY $24.99
OCT150247 BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 06 ICARUS $16.99
NOV150253 DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #8 $3.99
NOV150260 DC ESSENTIALS DC THE NEW FRONTIER #1 $1.00
NOV150231 DETECTIVE COMICS #48 $3.99
OCT150273 FBP FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS TP VOL 04 END TIMES (MR) $14.99
NOV150187 GREEN ARROW #48 $2.99
NOV150244 GREEN LANTERN #48 $3.99
NOV150254 INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FIVE #1 $2.99
NOV150190 MIDNIGHTER #8 $2.99
OCT150260 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS TP VOL 07 LAST CALL $14.99
NOV150309 SHERIFF OF BABYLON #2 (MR) $3.99
NOV150311 SURVIVORS CLUB #4 (MR) $3.99
NOV150169 SWAMP THING #1 $2.99
NOV150204 TELOS #4 $2.99
NOV150313 UNFOLLOW #3 (MR) $3.99
OCT150272 100 BULLETS TP BOOK 04 (MR) $24.99
NOV150209 ACTION COMICS #48 $3.99
NOV150223 BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #14 $2.99
OCT150245 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT TP VOL 01 $14.99
NOV150230 BATMAN BEYOND #8 $2.99
SEP150289 BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS HC VOL 07 ANARKY $24.99
OCT150247 BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 06 ICARUS $16.99
NOV150253 DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #8 $3.99
NOV150260 DC ESSENTIALS DC THE NEW FRONTIER #1 $1.00
NOV150231 DETECTIVE COMICS #48 $3.99
OCT150273 FBP FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS TP VOL 04 END TIMES (MR) $14.99
NOV150187 GREEN ARROW #48 $2.99
NOV150244 GREEN LANTERN #48 $3.99
NOV150254 INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FIVE #1 $2.99
NOV150190 MIDNIGHTER #8 $2.99
OCT150260 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS TP VOL 07 LAST CALL $14.99
NOV150309 SHERIFF OF BABYLON #2 (MR) $3.99
NOV150311 SURVIVORS CLUB #4 (MR) $3.99
NOV150169 SWAMP THING #1 $2.99
NOV150204 TELOS #4 $2.99
NOV150313 UNFOLLOW #3 (MR) $3.99
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Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 6, 2015
MARVEL COMICS
OCT150736 A-FORCE #1 $3.99
OCT158850 ALL NEW INHUMANS #1 CASELLI 2ND PTG VAR $4.99
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Monday, January 4, 2016
Afterschool Charisma: Revenge of the Farner Twins
I read Afterschool Charisma, Vol. 10
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Sunday, January 3, 2016
Book Review: A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS
A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS
HARPCOLLINS/William Morrow – @HarperCollins; @WmMorrowBks
AUTHOR: Paul Tremblay
ISBN: 978-0-06-236323-7; hardcover (June 2, 2015)
304pp, B&W, $25.99 U.S., $31.99 CAN
A Head Full of Ghosts is a 2015 psychological thriller and horror novel from author Paul Tremblay. The novel focuses on a family that must face the possible demonic possession of one of the children.
The Barretts live in the typical New England suburb of Beverly, Massachusetts. However, they are not the normal suburban New England family. This family is slowly being torn apart because 14-year-old Marjorie Barrett is showing signs of acute schizophrenia. The mother, Sarah Barrett, believes in psychiatry, but that seems to have little affect on Marjorie, whose bizarre behavior is only getting worse and even dangerous.
The father, John Barrett, unemployed for a year, has come to believe that Marjorie is possessed, and a local Catholic priest suggests that Marjorie may be in need of an exorcism. Watching it all is eight-year-old Meredith “Merry” Barrett. Fifteen years later, 23-year-old Meredith is collaborating with best-selling author, Rachel Neville, on a non-fiction book about that time. Now, this recollection of that time will pit the the fog of memory against the horror of reality.
An easy way to judge if I not only really like a book, but also if I have warmed to it is if I am jealous that I did not write that book. I am not jealous of Paul Tremblay for writing A Head Full of Ghosts. I love that title, and the book is imaginative in its conception. Ultimately, it is too clever and too cool in its storytelling.
I think eight-year-old Meredith “Merry” Barrett is an excellent narrator. Her voice captures the inventiveness of the stories the two sisters tell each other, but that voice is drowned out by the cacophony and “shocking reveals” of the last six chapters. That is the point in which A Head Full of Ghosts transforms from a scary story into an overwrought domestic drama where true crime meets family soap opera. It is not a pretty union.
For most of A Head Full of Ghosts, the narrative balances the mystery of Marjorie’s condition – demonic possession or mental illness. Merry's tale paints a picture of a haunted house and of a haunted family, and this tale is both imaginative and chilling. That does not last to the last page. The final section of this book is like taking a Guillermo del Toro film and tacking on an ending from an episode of “Criminal Minds” or “Law & Order.”
But this is what I'd expect from a novel that is described as being about “the very nature of evil.” A Head Full of Ghosts is skillfully written and, at times, it is an engrossing read. It is not at all a bad piece writing; it simply betrays its wonderful ghost story. In the end, the ghosts are not supernatural, they're just dreary dregs of reality.
B
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
HARPCOLLINS/William Morrow – @HarperCollins; @WmMorrowBks
AUTHOR: Paul Tremblay
ISBN: 978-0-06-236323-7; hardcover (June 2, 2015)
304pp, B&W, $25.99 U.S., $31.99 CAN
A Head Full of Ghosts is a 2015 psychological thriller and horror novel from author Paul Tremblay. The novel focuses on a family that must face the possible demonic possession of one of the children.
The Barretts live in the typical New England suburb of Beverly, Massachusetts. However, they are not the normal suburban New England family. This family is slowly being torn apart because 14-year-old Marjorie Barrett is showing signs of acute schizophrenia. The mother, Sarah Barrett, believes in psychiatry, but that seems to have little affect on Marjorie, whose bizarre behavior is only getting worse and even dangerous.
The father, John Barrett, unemployed for a year, has come to believe that Marjorie is possessed, and a local Catholic priest suggests that Marjorie may be in need of an exorcism. Watching it all is eight-year-old Meredith “Merry” Barrett. Fifteen years later, 23-year-old Meredith is collaborating with best-selling author, Rachel Neville, on a non-fiction book about that time. Now, this recollection of that time will pit the the fog of memory against the horror of reality.
An easy way to judge if I not only really like a book, but also if I have warmed to it is if I am jealous that I did not write that book. I am not jealous of Paul Tremblay for writing A Head Full of Ghosts. I love that title, and the book is imaginative in its conception. Ultimately, it is too clever and too cool in its storytelling.
I think eight-year-old Meredith “Merry” Barrett is an excellent narrator. Her voice captures the inventiveness of the stories the two sisters tell each other, but that voice is drowned out by the cacophony and “shocking reveals” of the last six chapters. That is the point in which A Head Full of Ghosts transforms from a scary story into an overwrought domestic drama where true crime meets family soap opera. It is not a pretty union.
For most of A Head Full of Ghosts, the narrative balances the mystery of Marjorie’s condition – demonic possession or mental illness. Merry's tale paints a picture of a haunted house and of a haunted family, and this tale is both imaginative and chilling. That does not last to the last page. The final section of this book is like taking a Guillermo del Toro film and tacking on an ending from an episode of “Criminal Minds” or “Law & Order.”
But this is what I'd expect from a novel that is described as being about “the very nature of evil.” A Head Full of Ghosts is skillfully written and, at times, it is an engrossing read. It is not at all a bad piece writing; it simply betrays its wonderful ghost story. In the end, the ghosts are not supernatural, they're just dreary dregs of reality.
B
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
The text is copyright © 2015 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Saturday, January 2, 2016
Komomo Confiserie: Friend-Girl Rise Kaname
I read Komomo Confiserie, Vol. 2
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Friday, January 1, 2016
I Reads You 2016
Happy New Year! 2016! Welcome to I Reads You, a ComicBookBin web and sister publication (www.comicbookbin.com). We write about the things we read: mostly comic books, comics, and related books. Sometimes, we’ll write about or link to other topics: typically books, politics, and entertainment.
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