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Wicked + The Divine: Every 90 years or so (I forget) 12 randos are selected to be gods such as Lucifer, Persephone, etc.. In the modern day, these 12 enjoy their status by being followed on social media and putting on performances that are instantly sold out. They get everything they want but only live another 2 years. Through the run, I've seen the comic as an interesting meditation on where our priorities currently lie as a culture. At the same time, there is the question of why the cycle keeps repeating itself and why only 2 years. The comic is 6 or 7 issues from it's end at the moment and I cannot recommend it enough.
Paradiso: So this one is only 7 issues in... The premise seems to be that God created man, and then humanity worked and worked and worked to make a new God in the form of technology and AI. Humanity succeeded and the world went to shit. Now, I might be pretty dense on my interpretation, but I think that this new God ended up having some sort of internal conflict where it divided into two and those two are at odds with ear other. Where all the different characters (included some really weird golems of a sort) fall into this is not clear to me and, for now, I am enjoying that mystery. My fear is that not enough are following the monthly and the team won't get to see this all the way through.
There was a site that I followed called Comic Bastards that I found to be a fairly reliable site for pointing out the noteworthy indie (aka not Marvel or DC) comics. They've shut down. If by chance anyone knows of a similar forum with a similar focus I'd love to hear about it.
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I'm not a sophisticated comic reader or critic, but man I loved this series. The story arc was sweeping, entertaining, and had a satisfying conclusion that I will not speak of except to say that I cried at least three times. I hope they don't ruin the tv show.
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Like you, I cried while reading the final issue. There were some powerful moments, perfect cinematic transitions, and a fitting end. I haven't re-read Y ever, and I re-read all my comics. I still have the whole run, and will get back to it at some point.
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I still appreciate the balls of the work and sweep, but the lead characters are thinly drawn and superfluous, there is little movement in the plot and nothing matters.
But let’s talk about the Antichrist and what Moore is trying to say.
And if Moore is trying to say something in the comparison of his Victorian heroes to those of the contemporary world, he is the one who wrote the Invisible Man a traitorous rapist, Nemo a bigoted maniac, Quatermain a useless opium addict and Hyde a murderous rapist.
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Alan Moore has done some brilliant work that elevated the entire comic book industry. Watchmen was the first comic that I ever saw in a public library, back in 1992. But in hindsight, most of his work seems to include at least one rape or attempted rape. Maybe that's a fair reflection of the world we live in, or maybe it is a particular obsession of his, or possibly both. It's a shame that DC can't stop trolling Moore, because Moore was writing some interesting comics until DC took over ABC comics. I don't think I've read anything good by Moore since that happened in 2008, and his subsequent work on Neonomicon was an abomination.
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Coates, despite this being his first comic writing gig, seemed like a good fit for the character as he’s very concerned with political power. The setup is strong. Revolution is brewing in Wakanda as the people are sick of their absentee king and regular invasions by Namor and Thanos, two members of the Dora Milaje have gone rogue in protest of unjust laws and an invading army is forming on the border of Wakanda’s poor neighbor.
But it’s just flat. The characters lack strong voices. The only one that stands out is a university professor, and everyone else feels likes a watered down version of him, just constant, weightless conversations of justice and right and power, except Shuri who learns a lot of ancient stories while in a coma. And then comes back to have the same bloodless talks.
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The comics I get monthly/bi-weekly are: Batman, Detective Comics, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. I occassionally pick up Star Wars or Darth Vader or a random first issue here or there or an infrequently published series like the Pitiful Human Lizard or Headlopper, but that's mostly it.
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Also read Clue by Paul Allor and Nelson Daniel. It was fine but suffered from some real tonal problems. I was expecting more a madcap comedy in the vein of the film, which is mostly provided by a fourth-wall breaking butler, but the rest is played fairly straight. The (many) murders are more gruesome than fun. The macguffin is kind of lacking too. Cover gallery is good!
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I chose 1977 as my starting point, the first book that I bought was Batman Family 100 page at the local super while visiting grandma. Having access to all kinds of stuff, I wanted to like go all omnivore, but after trying to sample the entire marvel month of January and the annuals, I was sadly reminded that stardust and nostalgia aside.....some of this is pretty bad. And there are a lot of reprints.
I'm 4 months into visiting the newstand. I'm surprised that I am consistantly looking forward to Weird Tales. Xmen is just getting good. I love everything John Byrne draws. Marvels best written books right now are the team ups and spidey. Thor in the Spell Jammer! Ms. Marvel and Nova are fun. First appearance Spider Woman. I read Defenders and Champions first every month. My least favorite stuff is Kirby Cap and Panther. I just can't dig it. D.C. mehhhhhh at the moment I rarely finish a book I open. EXPOSITION! I mean letterers earned their freaking paychecks.
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Kirby's return to Marvel was a big disappointment, with crappy Kirby covers showing up everywhere. His Black Panther run was downright goofy, and deservedly mocked many years later during the Priest run on BP. His Cap run was even more obnoxious. Cap mostly fought ordinary goons during the Kirby run, but the goons were all super muscular like they were eating steroids and washing them down with human growth hormone shakes. And Kirby Cap always looked wide-eyed and stunned, no matter what was going on.
I recommend that you go back to 1970, but give yourself permission to bail on anything that isn't grabbing you. some recommendations:
1. the long Steve Englehart run on Captain America & the Falcon.
2. Read every issue of Avengers from the '70s.
3. the Perez issues of Fantastic Four.
4. the annual JLA/JSA team-up issues in Justice League of America.
5. the original Swamp Thing series, for at least the first nine issues
6. the eight issues of Detective Comics that included the Manhunter backup feature, starting with #437.
7. the Brunner run on Dr. Strange
8. the Claremont/Byrne issues of Marvel Team-Up
9. Super-Villain Team-Up is short but fun.
10. Green Lantern #76 - #89, for the historically great Green Lantern/Green Arrow teamup issues.
11. Kamandi, for at least the first year or two, to see why Kirby is a legend.
12. Astonishing Tales #25-36, featuring Deathlok, for some very early cyberpunk
13. Amazing Adventures #18-39, featuring Killraven (it starts rough, but gets much better by #25 and soon becomes great.)
14. Amazing Spider-man #83 - #150
15. Tomb of Dracula
16. Master of Kung-Fu, starting shortly before issue #30.
17. the scattered adventures of Adam Warlock, in Strange Tales #178-181, Warlock #9-15, Marvel Team-Up #55, Avengers Annual #7, and finally Marvel Team-Up Annual #2.
18. Marvel Two-in-One #53-58 (Project Pegasus)
19. Jungle Action #6-18, featuring Black Panther (The excellent Panther's Rage story that inspired much of the Black Panther movie)
20. Daredevil, for the Frank Miller run starting with #157
21. Iron Man finally gets good around #115 or so, for the whole Michelinie/Layton run.
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THE JEW OF NEW YORK is a weird wild work that weaves the stories of numerous characters in 1830s NY together, making it oddly compelling. It also seems like it has to have been based on true stories, but there's no way it actually is; it just possesses this crazy verisimilitude. It's not an easy read, very verbose, with just watercolor like drawings under the word balloons, but I thought it was great.
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