Graphic Novel Implosion
Because of the occasional Kinokuniya 20% sale and their relatively ridiculous prices on graphic novels from the major publishers (Marvel, DC at 1.5x the US$ price - 20% = 1.2x! OMFG), there are occasional weekends when I end up splurging over $200 on graphic novels. Anyway, a selection of those from the National Day weekend sale:
Cover images from Amazon.com, which kindly gave me a link to “POLO RALPH LAUREN The Ultimate Cotton Sweater” when I tried to find the cover image for Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants. Hmm. Kinda bleh comic anyway.
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Empire, Mark Waid and Barry Kitson Chilling stuff, but not as chilling as how I left the book lying around and now the back cover’s been folded in half thereby damaging my nice paperback. The horror!!! |
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Part 2, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill Better than the first, I thought, which is pretty impressive. The usual clever references which I don’t get, too, so I can look them up on the internet and feel smart about knowing what random literary trivia Alan Moore is teasing us with this time. |
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Less Than Heroes, David Yurkovich I’d been eyeing this one for a while based on the glowing reviews on the blurb (by Warrren Ellis, no less!), but… I don’t know. After the great start with the over-snacking non-heroes (or, umm, less-than-heroes), I thought it just lost its way somewhat. Also I was annoyed that the artist drew military officers with humongous chevrons on their uniforms — bleh, poor research. Not that I’d have noticed if I’d read this, say, 6 years ago before enlisting. |
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Powers: The Sellouts, Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming Read it before, still worth the re-buy. Story’s a bit decompressed but… it’s Bendis, man. |