This Week’s Comics
I just picked up a couple this week, but thought I’d do quick reviews, in case any of these titles are ones you’ve wondered about picking up.
Seven Soldiers: The Manhattan Guardian #4 by Grant Morrison. I’ve liked but not loved the Seven Soldiers series, but the last few issues have begun to tie all the threads together, and I’m hoping that it will work well as a whole. The art in TMG has gotten a lot of attention, including the New York Times, but I think this was the most entertaining story thus far.
Gotham Central #35 by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker. This is a really solid crime comic with great characterization among the staff of the Gotham City detective unit. The current storyline has young boys dressed as Robin turning up dead. Are they Robin? Is there more than one Robin? And who’s killing them? The art is perfectly suited to the story, and this is one of my favorite monthly titles.
Fell #1 by Warren Ellis. I liked this comic even before I read the “Backmatter” by Ellis, after which I liked it even more. Ellis said he wanted to put together a comic that told an individual story, yet cost less than the usual $2.25 and up comics. This one, at under $1.99, does exactly that. A single, self-contained story, yet one that lays the groundwork for future related ones, and at the old fashioned price of under $2. Ellis can get a bit gonzo for my tastes sometimes, but when he’s on, he’s good, and this is a good comic at a good price. Check it out.
From a few weeks ago:
Rocketo by Frank Espinosa. NICE! A fantasy story about an Atlantis-like world about a young boy named Rocketo who grows into a famous adveturer/cartographer. Lovely art, compelling story, a top rather than a side binding, good colors and nice paper stock for the covers and interior. This looks like a very promising new series.
September 11th, 2005 at 3:53 pm
You didn’t mention The great issue of Serenity that was out this week. Or the recent Punisher which as become one of the best comics currently being published.
September 14th, 2005 at 2:23 pm
I didn’t pick up Serenity because G. Grod was unimpressed by issue #1, though we will check it out this week. I think Garth Ennis is writing Punisher now, right? That’s a good fit of author to subject. G. Grod might like it, being a long-time fanboy, but I don’t read a lot of the “straight” superhero books. Daredevil, I think, is the one exception. But that’s why it’s nice to have comments, because I can only buy and read a small slice of what comes out every week, so feedback on more of them is great!