I just finished astounding wolfman, reading invincible, since I’m over waiting, caught up to the show last night.
Read the most recent issue of Department of Truth. The series has an excellent premise and a lot of incredibly interesting ideas it explores, but I think it’s plot gets lost in the conceptual framework it’s created. I completely devoured the first 20+ issues with zest. However, the last few issues have got more bogged down with exposition and digressions that I am losing track of what the hell is even going on amymore. I’ll keep reading, not with as much anticipation as before though.
Been watching the Legion tv show which has rekindled my interest in X-Men. It got me to revisit the beginning of the modern X-Men with Claremont’s legendary run. I haven’t read these in decades, so I am looking forward to see how well they hold up. My library was able to get the Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Volume 1 on Interlibrary Loan which has something like the first 20-30 issues of the run. Looking forward to it. It’s amazing how much Claremont created and how it’s basically the X-Men bible going forward. One of these days I’d like to jump into the original run up until the Claremont era since I have read very little from the original run. I’m especially interested in the 70s stuff with Neal Adams that led into Uncanny, which always seemed like a prototype for the Claremont stuff, at least from what I’ve seen of them.
Lol black hammer felt like your first sentence to me
Funnily enough I just read the original Black Hammer series recently. Pretty good while it lasted. There were some moments that were confusing, but I was able to keep track of what was going on for the most part. I think it was easier to focus on the interpersonal stuff in Black Hammer and gloss over the underlying explanation. With DoT even the character relationships are hard to follow, if and when there is any. There are a lot of side stories that tend to take front and center. Honestly, the main character is not very interesting and forgettable. I couldn’t even tell you his name right now. Ironically the conceptual stuff is both what makes the series good, and also it’s Achilles heel.
Yeah the overall explanation for why was kinda rough, but I did like all the characters and seeing their motivations come to light, all the reveals were great, I just felt like I couldnt reccomend it after the main reveal, like uh if they exist
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Galactus equivalent always shows up and ends the world? I was confused.
ElfQuest: The Complete Quest Volume 2… again. I have cancelled all of my subscriptions because every time I go to read a comic these days I open ElfQuest.
I am currently at the pinnacle of Chris Claremonts Xmen run where they fight Mr Sinister. I was only reading the uncanny Xmen, but then they were suddenly face to face with Xfactor, so I jumped on that as well. Xfactor has been a pleasant read, really liked the mutants introduced there, especially Artie and Leech.
On the side I have been reading Grommits and the 3rd trade paperback of Monstress. Monstress is so pretty and interesting, but also contains a lot of woven storylines and callbacks, so I only read it when I have full focus.
Caught up with the shared universe stuff from Mad Cave.
Exit City - 4 issues, noir detective story in a sci-fi city state off the coast of California.
Hour of the Wolf - 4 issues, Witcher meets X-Files.
Revolution 9 - 3 issues released, 2 to go. Group of assassins has one gain a consciece. 6 to go!
Pop Kill - 1st issue is out. Probably the best of the bunch, two warring soda companies, each run by a brother with one arm. Waiting on THAT explanation…
The most recent Palahniuk, Shock Induction.
Slow going because I can’t seem to have a half hour to really enjoy a good read lately, but it’s not bad so far.
Edit: Damn, missed what community this was.
I’m rereading Watchmen even slower because it’s re-read, and I’ll reach for the book first.
