Continuing my reintroduction to comics, in 2014. I'd heard good things about this, and it lived up to the hype--given the limitations of the TBP format.Back in the day, I remember reading--or hearing about?--a Batman story in which Batman is frustrated because every crime he tries to stop is stop...
I have a theory about the writing of these comics. The amount of thought and time that goes into them to make the story, the drawings, and the colors 100% spot on is amazing. But for someone who's not used to reading comics or how they work, it was a little bit of a struggle to grasp onto the jum...
Great stuff. Fraction realizes that the idea of Hawkeye as an Avenger-type superhero is kind of ridiculous, and he runs with that idea, telling a story that works on a dramatic level, but also refuses to take itself seriously. Because if you take yourself to seriously, you'll never make it out al...
Ridiculous, sexy, funny, quirky. I really enjoyed this, and I loved the distinct characters, and I also really love when writers get meta with their work (see the "Fat Bottomed Girls" scene-- LOVE!) I feel like it needed a little bit more to really push it into the 5-star range. It felt ALMOST TH...
Mèn ơi, hay hơn mình tưởng nhiều, có rất nhiều thứ hay ho ở đây, nhân vật chính là một thủ thư có tình yêu kinh khủng với sách, có năng lực đặc biệt là ngưng thời gian mỗi khi lên đỉnh, và cô ấy có một thời niên thiếu như bao cô cậu thiếu niên khác, cũng vật lộn với những thay đổi của bản thân, n...
Erik Larsen ruined this for me. Well, not directly but just something he said recently on Twitter. He was talking about his comic 'The Savage Dragon' and how as it was set in real time, he had no time to waste. Everything had to move plot and/or character forward.So that was very much in my head ...
It's about everything expected from a Marvel comic plus a bunch of morose and unpleasant 9/11 and Iraq parallels. Suicide bombers, buildings collapsing, super-WMDs that kill and wound hundreds (which seem a lot less super when compared to normal WMDs which kill thousands, if not millions). It ev...
I really liked this book. It had great characters, a tense high-stakes scenario for our hero Iron Man, an excellent plot filled with tension and suspense, masterful writing, and nice art. This would be a good graphic novel for those who liked the popular movies featuring the adventures of Tony ...
I've read the other Hawkeye volumes and loved them. The art, the plot, the characters, just everything. So I was super excited for volume three to come wandering into my life--and by that, I mean I saw it on the processing cart at work and had them rush it through.At first, I wasn't too sure abou...
I think this one definitely requires more background. It might be volume #1 of the FF Marvel Now books, but it clearly follows an ongoing story involving the Fantastic Four and... possibly a lot of other people? I had no idea who a lot of these people were, other than Johnny Storm and Scott Lang....
Surprisingly interesting and enjoyable. A clever mix of old familiar characters and new. I've never been an FF fan - but I've been a Franklin Richards fan ever since Power Pack (Lentil Soup my Favorite). Compared to the other dreck I've been reading in the Marvel Now, this has a real plot and a r...
Always love a fun Iron Man story. It was an entertaining and quick read. Bastante floja, empieza de una forma decente, pero se diluye en sencillez y simplicidad...
The bad : Larroca sometimes draws the women as hot porn bimbos and the men as surf dudes.The good : everything else! Very good storytelling by Fraction. Nobody draws Iron Man armor battles like Larroca. Addictive stuff.In 2009, the Eisner for best new series should have gone to "Unknown Soldier...
OK like, for me, this might be around the part in this run of Iron Man where I feel like I'm penalized for not having read any of the Marvel Civil War stuff, because like seriously what. Which I mean... sure, that's on me for not being a totally dedicated Marvel fan, but up until this point I fel...
Argh, I don't know, I still hate the art and Fraction is... fine? ish? sometimes? There were some pretty good moments for Maria and Natasha, and everyone knows how much I love watching Tony destroy himself -- here he erases his brain entirely, like to the point he can't breathe on his own. Mostly...
Coming off the strong storyline in X-Men: Second Coming I had really high hopes for this. The idea of new mutants reappearing was good considering the recent past but this was pretty run of the mill. Matt Fraction usually has this sly sense of humor that, when mixed with the action, is a great ...
alright, so this trade DOES NOT include chapters from FF, like Volume 1 did. I really liked juxtaposing from the Richards Family trip through time and space to what was happening with the Back up team on Earth. I also liked the back up team stuff better, and it is completely missing from this boo...