Whoops, forgot to update this thing.
Well, lets see... Not too much going on at the moment. I'm actually bored in my English Composition class, so I decided to do something sorta pertaining to it, and write. Hah.
Dozens of books read over the past few weeks. In fact, I'm already starting to run out of the stuff I got for this semester. Yeesh.
Let's see here...
Defenders: Indefensible
Probably one of the most talkiest, and funniest comic books I have ever read. JM Demateis(If i spelled that right) and Kevin Maguire are a writing duo that can't do no wrong. The art is pretty decent as well! The story revolves around Dr. Strange's nemesis, Dormammu, finally gaining omnipotent power, and then pretty much just squandering it. There is witty banter between then heroes, especially Dr. Strange and Namor, and then theres Hulk sex....
Off screen, of course, but its still hilarious nonetheless.
Fantastic Four: The Mark Waid Run
I have the entire Mark Waid/Mike Wieringo run of F4 now, and to this day is still one of the best depictions of F4 I have ever seen. So, continuing where I left off last time, in the volume Hereafter, Reed must deal with the repercussions of his actions from previous issues. Actions that led to the death of the Thing. While it has its sad moments, the last issue is amazing as the F4 essentially get to meet God. In Disassembled, the F4 deal with the fallout of the Avengers breaking up, and must now deal with all threats that come into New York...oh and there is a hilarious Human Torch/Spider-man team up as well. In the final one, Rising Storm, the Human Torch ends up becoming Galactus' herald, and chaos ensues. While it doesn't end as strongly as it started, the series still was amazing. And looking over Wieringo's work just makes one realize how much he is missed in the comic book world.
Continuing on with Fantastic Four, I have the complete JMS run as well. Which spans three volumes. The first one I believe I've already reviewed so on to the other two. In The Life Fantastic, its the ultimate Thing vs Hulk battle, and is an interesting story about 'monsters' that goes deep into Grimm(the Thing)'s psyche. In Road to Civil War/Civil War: It is the return of Thor's hammer, and the prelude to JMS' awesome Thor series...oh....and the F4 family bitches and moans about the superhero civil war. Leads to a hilarious part where the Thing goes to France and deals with their superheroes...who look a little like DC's Justice League...Hah.
Anywho, its an ok run, but JMS could do much better. He has done better, in both Spiderman and Thor, so its a shame that this is just average. Then again, JMS' average is still pretty entertaining. The artwork, mainly done by Mike Mckone, is pretty decent as well. Fairly realistic but sometimes the faces look strange and cat-like. Yes, you heard me right. Take a look at the mouths of some of the characters and you'll understand why I say that.
Well, my laptop's battery is almost gone so I guess thats it for now. I'll hopefully return shortly and do a few more, there is a huge list of stuff I have read.
Oh, finally finished book one of the Wheel of Time, called Eye of the World. Pretty interesting stuff, but very wordy(I know I know..its a novel). Regardless it sets up the mythos very well for the other books in the series, and now I'm ready to delve in! I was worried that this would be too much like a Tolkien book, one that goes on and on in detail of surroundings, but thankfully the author keeps it to a minimum, instead focusing on the actions of the characters. More on that another time.
Ciao!
