Comics This Week (13 - 19 December)
Oh man, so many comics. Good stuff, though.
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Common Grounds Written by Troy Hickman Art by various (Dan Jurgens, George Pérez, Ethan van Sciver, Chris Bachalo, Carlos Pacheco, Sam Kieth, Michael Avon Oeming, Angel Medina) Published by Top Cow Picked this up because I was stupidly at the bookstore earlier in the week and felt I hadn’t bought much in a while (dumb, dumb, dumb). Very entertaining, if a bit cheesy at times. |
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Astonishing X-Men: Gifted (Vol 1) Written by Joss Whedon Art by John Cassaday Published by Marvel Comics This was surprisingly (astonishingly! Sorry) good. This was despite the return to cheesy superhero costumes and my full knowledge of the plot twist. Whedon writes astonishingly (sorry) good dialogue — clever wit and laugh-out-loud funny — and Cassaday’s art is astonishingly (sorry) beautiful as always. Best X-Men book I’ve read ever since early Grant Morrison New X-Men (back when it was, well, new. Sorrysorry). |
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Fantastic Four: Disassembled (Vol 5) Written by Mark Waid and Karl Kesel Art by Paco Medina and Mike Wieringo Published by Marvel Comics Two stories — the first was kinda off (i.e. only vaguely entertaining and spotty art), while the second, by Waid and Wieringo, was excellent (Galactus, devourer of worlds!). |
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Powers: Forever (Vol 7) Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Michael Avon Oeming Published by Marvel/ Icon This is the story where Bendis got away with an issue of monkey-people speaking monkey-language. For twenty pages. And claimed it meant something. Brilliant! |