I read the first Snake Oil volume a long time ago and have been admittedly lax tracking down its follow-ups, which now go up to issue #4. As Chuck Forsman, the series’ creator states inside, this was the final part of his thesis at The Center for Cartoon Studies. Understanding his work from that perspective, … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #40: ‘Snake Oil’ #2
Why I didn’t see this premise turning into a full-on post-apocalyptic Furry drama up until this issue totally escapes me, but as of the last page of Sweet Tooth #3, I’m seeing this book with new eyes. The Lost Boy kids were completely absent from this issue, which is almost entirely focused on Sweet Tooth … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #39: ‘Sweet Tooth’ #3
“Well, they can’t all be like the burning army of Chien-Chi.” –Professor Bruttenholm This Abe Sapien one-shot, which came out from Dark Horse last week was remarkably fulfilling on several levels (not surprising, since it’s written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi), even if the suspension of disbelief hoisting the ending comes off as hastily … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #38: ‘Abe Sapien: The Haunted Boy’
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds must have spoiled me on giant crossover spin-offs, because the full stories from these now-wrapping “Blackest Night” books just aren’t cutting it for me. Granted, this one had much more of a structured finish than Blackest Night: Titans, but the whole New Krypton thread ending was framed as a … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #37: ‘Blackest Night: Superman’ #3
“Go ahead and play the universe’s largest violin for me.” –Hal Jordan I want less Indigo Tribe talking and more Hal Jordan talking. Also, more bickering between Sinestro and Hal. This issue felt like a lot of broken up scenes more than it really worked as single read, but the core Hal/Sinestro vignette was worth … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #36: ‘Green Lantern’ #47
Oh boy. Before I start sounding like I didn’t enjoy Blackest Night: Titans #3, I liked it a lot — but the ending was a one-two punch of confusion. [Also: *SPOILER WARNING*] In stark contrast to Blackest Night #4, the cover here was on the mark. I have absolutely no idea what happened with Dove’s … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #35: ‘Blackest Night: Titans’ #3
You’re about to see me go on a “Blackest Night” binge for a few posts — which looking back isn’t all that out of character for this review series thus far. Four out of six books I picked up this week had “Blackest Night” in their titles (the other two were Dark Horse books). I … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #34: ‘Blackest Night’ #4
For such a behemoth piece of work, Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli was a completely engrossing read from beginning to end — and despite the end, which I’ll get to later. As a unified piece of work, it’s an astounding accomplishment, and it takes graphic representation in narrative forms to an entirely new level beyond … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #33: ‘Asterios Polyp’
Normally I’m impervious to these superhero events, but I guess all you have to do is look at the percentage of comics thus far that have turned out to be Blackest Night tie-ins on here. Page by page, namely in the Arisia Rrab sequence, the art did stutter a bit, but as a whole, this … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #32: ‘Green Lantern Corps’ #41
This book still has me after two issues. It became distinctly more The Road in this outing and looks like it may verge way more into post-apocalyptic Peter Pan & The Lost Boys territory based on what’s transpired thus far. I think the biggest danger right now is that it could drift into becoming just … Read more100 Days, 100 Comics #31: ‘Sweet Tooth’ #2