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Jun. 6th, 2008 08:27 pmGraphic novels/comics:
Leiber, Fritz, author, Howard Chaykin, adaptation, Mike Mignola, artist: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
(it starts pretty well, and then all the women get eaten by rats, and I'm not sure what the point is of continuing when this is the kind of story where men are dashing and women get eaten by rats. I imagine this criticism applies just as well to the original text, but that doesn't mean I'm cutting the comic a break for it.
By the way, Mignola's depiction of Vlana is so hot I'd consider going bi for her.
And I did finish the book. But I'm still upset about the rats).
Whedon, Joss, author, and an artist whose name I didn't remember to write down at the library, sorry, but it's really good art and he's got the resemblances down cold: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home
(wow, I really enjoyed that. I'd already read like half of it in snippets on scans_daily, but that did not detract from my enjoyment of the book as a whole. I wish to read more.
I disapprove strongly of a lot of the places BTVS went in its later seasons, but time has a way of dimming the dislike, and the comic has lots of Xander and Dawn and only the eentsiest bit of Spike. I wonder if the Firefly comics will ever be this good?).
Various: Graphic Classics: H.G. Wells
(I'm sure it goes without saying by this point, but I sure love me some Graphic Classics! They are sometimes a bit uneven, but always an enjoyable read, and frequently contain Rick Geary art, and as you know, Rick Geary is cooler than pancakes.
This book unfortunately has no Rick Geary, but H.G. Wells is at least as cool as pancakes on his own).
Leiber, Fritz, author, Howard Chaykin, adaptation, Mike Mignola, artist: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
(it starts pretty well, and then all the women get eaten by rats, and I'm not sure what the point is of continuing when this is the kind of story where men are dashing and women get eaten by rats. I imagine this criticism applies just as well to the original text, but that doesn't mean I'm cutting the comic a break for it.
By the way, Mignola's depiction of Vlana is so hot I'd consider going bi for her.
And I did finish the book. But I'm still upset about the rats).
Whedon, Joss, author, and an artist whose name I didn't remember to write down at the library, sorry, but it's really good art and he's got the resemblances down cold: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home
(wow, I really enjoyed that. I'd already read like half of it in snippets on scans_daily, but that did not detract from my enjoyment of the book as a whole. I wish to read more.
I disapprove strongly of a lot of the places BTVS went in its later seasons, but time has a way of dimming the dislike, and the comic has lots of Xander and Dawn and only the eentsiest bit of Spike. I wonder if the Firefly comics will ever be this good?).
Various: Graphic Classics: H.G. Wells
(I'm sure it goes without saying by this point, but I sure love me some Graphic Classics! They are sometimes a bit uneven, but always an enjoyable read, and frequently contain Rick Geary art, and as you know, Rick Geary is cooler than pancakes.
This book unfortunately has no Rick Geary, but H.G. Wells is at least as cool as pancakes on his own).
