Thursday, October 31, 2013

I Reads You Review: ALL-NEW X-MEN #15

ALL-NEW X-MEN #15
MARVEL COMICS

WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
ARTIST: David Lafuente
COLORS: Jim Campbell
LETTERS: VC’s Cory Petit
COVER: Stuart Immonen and Wade von Grawbadger with Rain Beredo
28pp, Colors, $3.99 U.S.

Rated T+

By now, some of you, dark readers, know the premise of All-New X-Men, one of the titles born out of Marvel Comics’ Marvel NOW initiative.  At the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, Storm, Wolverine, Beast, Iceman, and Kitty Pryde try to keep Professor Charles Xavier’s dream alive.  Meanwhile, Cyclops/Scott Summers, one of the original X-Men, has become a highly controversial figure, and he is now the public face of a new mutant revolution.

In a desperate bid to stop Cyclops from triggering a mutant apocalypse, Beast/Hank McCoy (who was dying at one point) goes back in time.  He brings the original X-Men:  Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Beast, and Angel, back with him.  Beast hopes that what they learn in his present/their future, they can take back to their time and keep a dark future from happening.  The teens decide to stay and fix what is wrong… now.

All-New X-Men #15 is a stand-alone issue that focuses on the original X-Men.  The story opens with the return of Rachel Grey to the mansion.  Is she ready for the original Jean Grey?  More complications arise for young Jean during a vehicle repair session with the adult Beast.  What she inadvertently learns from him could change the group dynamics of the original X-Men.

Meanwhile, young Scott and Bobby (Iceman) decide to “blow this popsicle stand.”  They basically run away from home/the school to be with real people and to do things that real teenagers do.  They end up at a street market, where they make new friends.  But will their mutant powers get in the way?

I am reviewing All-New X-Men #15 in order to praise guest artist, David Lafuente.  His work here reminds me of Mike Allred’s art for the late X-Statix, one of my favorite X-Men comic book series.  I think Lafuente’s alt-comix and semi-retro style is perfect for telling character drama-based (with some comedy) stories starring the original X-Men.  This is one of my favorite issues of what is my favorite X-Men comic book.

I am not quite at the point where I want to call Brian Michael Bendis one of the all-time great X-Men writers.  That would put him (in my estimation) with Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and Grant Morrison.  But he’s getting close.

A-

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

#IReadsYou Review: UZUMAKI: Deluxe Edition

UZUMAKI: DELUXE EDITION
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia

CARTOONIST: Junji Ito
TRANSLATION & ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Yuji Oniki
LETTERS:  Susan Daigle-Leach
ISBN: 978-1-4215-6132-5; hardcover (October 2013); Rated “T+” for “Older Teen”
656pp, B&W, $27.99 U.S., $32.00 CAN, £17.99 U.K.

I would put Uzumaki, the masterpiece of horror manga from creator Junji Ito as one of the greatest horror comic books every published.  It is one of the few horror comic books that I would place on parity with the horror comics produced by the legendary American comic book publisher, EC Comics.

Uzumaki was originally published in 1998 and 1999 in the manga magazine, Big Comic Spirits.  In 2001, VIZ Media first published the series in North America in three volumes, and re-released the three volumes in 2007 in new editions.  Now, VIZ Media has collected this tour de force of fear in a deluxe hardcover edition, simply entitled Uzumaki: Deluxe Edition – a 3-in-1 edition that collects all three Uzumaki graphic novels.

Uzumaki is set in Kurôzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan and focuses on one of its citizens, Kirie Goshima, a quiet, reserved teen girl.  Being quiet and reserved makes Kirie an astute observer of the peculiar events that strike her hometown.  The pattern uzumakithe spiral – haunts the town, and the inhabitants of Kurôzu-cho are pulled into something from which there is no return.

In Uzumak, Volume 1, Kirie Goshima gets strange news from her withdrawn boyfriend, Shuichi Saito.  He tells her that their town is haunted not by a person or creature, but by a pattern, the spiral (uzumaki), but Kirie quietly has her doubts.  Eventually, even she cannot deny how the spiral pattern manifests itself all over town – in seashells, in the clouds above, and even in the whirlwinds (or dust devils) that plague the streets.

In Uzumaki, Volume 2, the horror of the spiral is actually becoming increasingly more bizarre.  First, Kirie finds herself plagued by a practical joker who is obsessed with her.  Then, Kirie’s hospital stay becomes a lesson in pre and post-natal care when hungry mothers and their infants become very picky eaters.

In Uzumaki, Volume 3, the citizens of Kurôzu-cho find themselves cut off from the outside world.  Titanic typhoons (hurricanes) and whirlpools keep the Japanese Navy from reaching the village.  As the pattern of the spiral completely takes over the town, Kirie and her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito, embark on a final quest.

It opens with a benign landscape of a young woman standing on a mountain road that overlooks her coastal hometown.  The second and third pages, a double-page spread, are decidedly less benign.  Now, the young woman, our heroine, is ever so close, yet not so close, to a vague maelstrom of swirling, imprecise wind.

This is Uzumaki, and we are about to follow heroine/lead character/protagonist, Kirie Goshima, into a bizarre tale of a cursed town.  Through her, we experience one of the weirdest of weird horror stories.

Uzumaki is “manga;” in fact, it is a manga masterpiece.  However, creator Junji Ito offers a work that goes beyond borders.  Some may call it manga simply to keep it in a ghetto, away from other kinds of comics.  Comic book, graphic novel, bandes dessinee, manga:  This is visual storytelling that transcends language and national origins.

Many comics and graphic novels make little sense to readers other than to their intended audience.  [This is the case with some superhero comic books.]  Uzumaki does not suffer from this because Ito’s story is built around the kind of fears with which we can all identify – the specter of death, loss of control of our lives, and our own paranoia.  Like the citizens of Kurôzu-cho, our lives are often delicately constructed.  Hit a weak point and much if not all of it comes tumbling down.  Some people don’t even have the strength or the time to save or rebuild their broken lives.

As it begins, Uzumaki presents a town full of people slowly sinking into madness, unable to stop decay and eventual death.  All the readers have to hold onto is Kirie, who’s sane… for now, because it is going to get worse.  Reading Uzumaki again, I am struck by how the story feels not so much fresh as it does feel like an old horror that is always ready to get inside the reader’s mind.

Readers who are looking for the best of the best comics and manga will find it in Uzumaki: Deluxe Edition.  Readers who are searching for crazy/cool horror will find a big massive serving of scary in Uzumaki: Deluxe Edition.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Friday, October 25, 2013

I Reads You Review: BATMAN #22

BATMAN #22
DC COMICS – @DCComics

WRITER: Scott Snyder
PENCILS: Greg Capullo
INKS: Danny Miki
COLORS: FCO Plascenia
LETTERS: Nick Napolitano
COVER: Greg Capullo with FCO Plascenia
VARIANT COVER: Mikel Janin
40pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (September 2013)

Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger

Zero Year – Secret City: Part Two

Dear Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo,
Apparently, your “Zero Year,” a most pleasing, is what I wanted Grant Morrison’s Batman to be.  Of course, I enjoyed Mr. Morrison’s Batman stories, but I always thought that they should somehow be... better?  His Batman and Robin series started with such hope and promise, but quickly went flat, whereas your own “Zero Year,” seems to be on an upward trajectory, as they say. We’ll see...

The latest Batman event storyline is “Zero Year.”  Written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Greg Capullo, this 10-issue story is currently running through the ongoing, eponymous Batman series.  And thank you, DC Comics, for not making it a crossover with other Bat-titles and keeping the publication schedule pure.

Batman #22 (Zero Year – Secret City: Part Two) opens with Bruce Wayne facing down the Red Hood and his gang.  He discovers a shocking connection to the criminal and to Wayne Enterprises, but Bruce doesn’t know the half of it.  Meanwhile, a flashback to the past shows little Bruce gone cave exploring.  And adult Bruce has a spat with his butler, Alfred Pennyworth.  See ya’ next issue.

As I said in my review of Batman #22:  Wow!  I’m ready to read more.  Snyder is killin’ it, y’all.  I so don’t look forward to a refraction period, so I hope this story arc stays strong.  Style aside, Greg Capullo is doing some tremendous storytelling.  “Tremendous,” did I say?  I guess you can tell that I am enjoying this.  But I look forward to enjoying this, almost as much as I look forward to each new appearance of Love and Rockets – my favorite comic book.

Bruce Wayne: “That One Time”

WRITERS:  Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV
ART: Rafael Albuquerque
COLORS: Dave McCaig
LETTERS: Taylor Esposito

This issue’s Bruce Wayne flashback story is “That One Time.”  It takes place when Bruce is 21.  He’s trapped in a hole of some kind.  The theme is “doing the impossible.”  I like some of what artist Rafael Albuquerque is doing here.  The rest of the art serves the story, so I won’t complain.

Artists, writers, and other creative types will find some words of wisdom in this story.  They may even find it inspirational.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

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