When Karma returned to the New Mutants, having disappeared early on in the run, she came back grossly obese. With Bill Sienkiewicz on art duties though, Xi'an wasn't just obese, she ballooned out of all realistic proportion into some kind of vile creation absolutely in keeping with Bill's expressionist mindset. Here she fills the cover of this issue with her extraordinary bulk. The odd thing is, though, that, in the last few years, I have seen TV programmes with people who are extremely obese and suddenly Xi'an's weight doesn't seem so exaggerated. Karma isn't the only thing going on here though. I love the puppet figures of the other mutants in front of her, regular team members seemingly providing backing vocals (or crazy dancing) to a glowing Dazzler. It's all tremendous. Incidentally, fat fighter fans, Karma did eventually lose all that excess fat thanks to a very long walk in the desert in a New Mutants annual a little while later.
Not surprisingly many comic book artists have their influences and heroes in the 'proper' art world, though perhaps few are as obvious in referencing them as Jim Steranko is here with his homage to the great Salvador Dali. Of course, if you don't like Dali, you probably aren't going to think much of this particular cover. I think it's brilliant, though. The clocks are a reminiscent motif of Dali's work, one of his most famous pieces 'The Persistence of Memory' featured melting clocks and Steranko also has a bit of melting here. The landscape is also typical Dali, somewhat surreal, seemingly unfinished with curves and jags. And into all this Steranko has planted Nick Fury. It's an astonishing and very delicate homage, confirming Steranko's place right at the top of comic book artistry. My favourite Dali, incidentally, is the God's eye view of the crucified Christ.
Okay, Marc, I said in my review for issue 1 that I would give this a few issues to get going but throw me a bone, man. This is still, I regret to say, quite disappointing. The story breezes along a little too jauntily for my tastes - although Guggenheim is building up tension there just isn't an awful lot of story here. This issue involves the Young X-Men trying to take down Magma, Ink having already delivered Dani Moonstar (and Blindfold) to a shadowy Hellfire Club type figure at the beginning of the issue. Yanick Paquette's artwork is very fine, though some readers may find his attention to detail on female characters' butts a little leery. My biggest issue, and granted I don't know how the story is going to resolve itself yet, is the way in which the New Mutants are portrayed, in particular Dani Moonstar. It's not really giving too much away, but I can't believe that Dani would lay into Blindfold the way she does at the end of this issue, not only attacking her physically but calling her a 'bitch'. This seems extraordinary behaviour from the previously very zen, empathetic teacher and mentor. Hmmm. This is still on my pull list. But only just.
I have never been a big FF fan. However, the pairing of Millar and Hitch convinced me to have a go at the current run of stories and this first storyline, "World's Greatest" was pretty good, if not spectacular. The cusp of the story was about a billionaire who has been busy creating an identical world elsewhere, due to our own world falling apart and about the fact that that world's protector had gone awol and trigger happy in our own world. Whew. Now that the plot's out of the way I can tell you that this is by far the least interesting thing about this story. Far more interesting, and I think this is absolutely Miller's intent, is the interactions between the characters. In this storyline, both Ben and Johnny have new loves - Ben has a sweet teacher to cuddle up to whilst, more excitingly, Johnny has the hots for a blue haired super villian lady. I like where this is going. Meanwhile Reed's first love, Alyssa Moy, has turned up and evidently still has feelings for her, which (SLIGHT SPOILER) is actually a key twist in how Reed eventually defeats the big baddie in this issue. For those of you who love the FF for Reed's outlandish inventions, you won't be disappointed in this issue either.
Wow. I haven't read X-Force issues 1-115, so I can't imagine what a shock it was for that current readership to have gone from a book that featured 'regular' (if there is such a thing) mutants such as Cannonball, Warpath, Domino etc. to one with a whole new collection of very peculiar characters in a totally alien set up. This comic, though, coincided with Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely on New X-Men, as well as X-treme X-Men. The Marvel bosses had the minds firmly set on change and I must applaud the willingness to take risks and allow its creators to do some off the wall stuff.
Irish writer, Pete Milligan, who first came to my attention when he scripted the brilliant and trippy 2000AD story, Sooner or Later, lays down his postmodern gauntlet with a tale of completely unknown mutants who are not only a team, but, unusually for mutants at this point, right in the public eye. They aren't averse to press conferences or, in the case of two of the members, threesomes. Milligan is only half the tag team here - the brilliant Mike Allred brings artwork that is incredibly vivid, with a somewhat retro feel to it. The colouring of his cartoony characters adds a dazzling sugar rush and, whilst it seems peculiar to begin with, it doesn't take long to be taken by the art stylings.
This issue begins by introducing team leader, Zeitgeist, a very tongue in cheek name in itself, who appears to have discovered his powers when he puked up over his girlfriend (there are origins and then there are origins, huh?). He's a strange character. Later on, he muses, when one team member is killed on a mission, that that particular hero didn't really fit in with the group dynamic anyway. His leadership is challenged by teleporter, U-Go Girl, who appears to use some sort of stimulant to keep herself awake on missions. And the team, in this issue, are rocked somewhat by the addition of new member, The Anarchist, who Zeitgeist takes an instant dislike to. The Anarchist complains to Zeitgeist that it's not the work that they do that's important (ie the superhero missions) but the soap opera friction of team members bouncing off each other. Did I mention this book was postmodern?
I won't spoil the ending, which is brilliant incidentally, particularly in the circumstances of this being a team's debut. Best scene, though, comes early on, with the Anarchist, naked in a pool with two lovely ladies, one of whom is strategically placed so that we don't see his... you know what. This is a stunning debut from Milligan and Allred. Highly, highly recommended.
Ok this is my first review so bear with me. Superman 675 is an oversized issue with some good stuff going for it. Superman has to team up with the villain Paragon in order to stop the priest of Daxam from attacking metropolis. Paragon isn’t exactly interested in helping Superman or saving metropolis but he is insulted by the priest so he lends supes a hand. After being injured by Paragon the priest retreat to their ship and unleash a cosmic golem upon the Earth, leaving Supes and Paragon to figure out how to defeat it.
I did not read the first part of this story arc but I still found it easy to follow. There were some humorous situations in the story witch I really liked. My favorite part of the book was Superman explaining to the priest of Daxam that they need to leave Earth because they could die from lead poisoning. Paragon leaves the battle and returns with a machine gun to shoot the priest.
My biggest complaint with the issue was Superman doing some things out of character. In one panel he flings one of the priest into the daily planet building. Why Superman would do something that could harm people possibly even his wife is beyond me.
Overall I thought it was an entertaining issue with a few flaws.
Okay, maybe I'm taking a liberty here, including an 'Epic' line cover, but they were a Marvel company, as far as I know, so I'm counting this. Bill Sienkiewicz once said that whilst he was doing regular work over on Marvel titles such as New Mutants and Moon Knight, he used Elektra Assassin to be a little more experimental in style. He wasn't kidding, there's a whole mish mash of stuff in this eight issue mini-series, a lot of it absolutely stunning, certainly pushing the boundary of what was acceptable in comic books back in the mid 80s. Whilst his Elektra on this cover is certainly sexy, its a very surreal take on Ms Natchios, her legs, in particular, look like cut outs and her face seems slightly blurry. The huge phallic gun is simply extraordinary. I mean there's no way this could be a reasonably sized weapon and I guess may be Bill's comment on what's to come within the book - reality heightened to ridiculous proportions, which is never a problem in a genre that deals in superheroes, I think.
This is it. the issue you have been waiting for! A new Villian has arrived or could he be a new hero? The way is the ThunderBolts may have come to kill Spider-Man, but it will have to be interupted by a new villian or a new hero. the guess is the guest named Anti-Venom! Any comments?
green goblin vs spider man norman osborn has come to the realization that peter parker is his legacy the liveing reminder of his unparalleled genius all he wants peter to do is is to reveal to the world that it was he norman osborn who created spider man if young peter will do this all will be forgiven
There's nothing specifically tied into the Batman RIP storyline despite the fact that this is considered one of the crossover issues. I vented about it on my show this morning. Nightwing is a fine book; I'm not really excited about the artwork in this issue. If you like to see Nightwing bleed a lot, then by all means, spend your money on it because there's much blood spilled. He spends the issue trying to recover from bullet injuries while trying to keep Carol (Harvey Two-Face's ex) safe. The end leads him to a big surprise which I don't mind spoiling for you. All the villains show up. Seriously. It's Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Penguin, etc etc etc. I have a theory about what their plans are but for the meantime, DC leaves readers hanging on this cliff.
As I was reading this book today, yes a day late... SORRY, I thought to myself, "If this were my first green lantern book, I'd have no clue what in the hell was going on." This story arc is so deeply rooted in not only green lantern folk lore, dating back to the inception of Jordan as GL, but it also has so much to do with the upcoming Light Wars & Blackest Night. This arc is pretty much for hardcore fans only. For the rest of us Lanternites, this issue helps wrap up some open ends, I think. We get a little more or how Black Hand became who he was and the beginning of the Red Lantern Corps, even though we never truly see the RLC.
If there's one thing I can say about this book that makes it great, it's this. This book is consistent. Pretty good artwork, since the beginning of the book, great writing, amazing stories. I'm very excited to see the next issue, considering the "cliff hanger" they left us on, if you can consider that a cliff hanger.
If you want to read GL & haven't yet, pick up at 36. Better yet, start with Rebirth and work your way up.
THIS IS about morbius killing people and he made a group of vampires call the midnight sons ghost rider in this part ghost rider finds morbius but morbius gets away into ghost rider use his hellfire chain and grab morbius they tryed to cure morbius but it only made him worst
X-Men: Manifest Destiny contains different stories on different mutants. As much as I may not want another X-title, this seems necessary. There are simply too many good characters that don't get the spotlight due to other ongoing stories. If certain characters aren't presently on one of the team, they get shuffled off to comic book limbo. In some cases that's fine but there are other characters that most of us would like to see again.
There are three 8-page stories. First off is the return of Iceman. Finally. We haven't seen him since Messiah Complex. Iceman's story will continue throughout the series. What's great is we also see the return of Opal Tanaka, Iceman's on-again, off-again girlfriend. I thought it was a nice touch to bring her back in. Question is, how long will she be around this time? It's cool (no pun intended) to see some focus on Iceman. He deserves it.
The second story is a self-contained one featuring Meltdown or Boom-Boom (she's not sure which name she wants to use). With her, I'm surprised she hasn't been seen much lately. She was around a bit in X-Force and such but hasn't really been seen too often. She's never been one of my favorite characters but writer James Asmus does a good job capturing who she is.
The third self-contained story features Karma. She is a complex character and I think readers and writers often forget that.
I do think this mini-series is showing promise. Like I said, I'm not crazy about another title to pick up but it is important since there are so many good characters that deserve to have their stories told. Trying to shove them into a regular book wouldn't work and they may not need an actually mini-series of their own. Another great thing in this issue is (finally) someone shows some mourning over the loss of Kitty Pryde.
THIS is the coolest book in spider man in spiderma ultimate morbius becomes a real vampire and i think morbius becomes good in this part however morbius kills lots of people but i don't get is how morbius became a real vampire ant he half human half vampire its really weird well things change
I'm torn between the beauty of colored comics versus the "raw" nature of the black and white comics. I've usually preferred colored comics but from an artist's point of view, there's really something about seeing a penciled version. I have already reviewed these issues. Phil Hester and Michael Broussard have won me over and converted me into becoming a Darkness fan. The issues reprinted here offer a new direction for Jackie that takes him out of his element. He's not in the typical mob setting that we've seen him in over and over. It was a bold decision and move.
What makes this edition worth buying, even if you already own the individual issues, is the chance to see Michael Broussard's work untouched by others. It's like being invited into his studio to see a work in progress. Sometimes it just becomes too easy to take the art for granted. Presented like this, there's nothing to hide behind. Michael Broussard is an artist whose work should not be ignored.
If you haven't already purchased these issues, this is a good (and cheap) way to get caught up. I'm not one for usually buying comics twice but I like the idea of being able to see RAW artwork.
Namor is a tricky character to write. Often he's written either extremely arrogant (which in a way, he should be) or simply boring. What's good about these Marvel Knights book is they are set almost in the 'real world.'
Searching for Atlantis would be a mysterious expedition. In the Marvel Universe, where superheroes are all over the place, the idea of Atlantis wouldn't be too absurd. It's almost like it would just be accepted and there wouldn't be too much thought given to it. In the world here, Namor is a rumor or a legend. The guy set in search of Atlantis is an explorer that feels it is his mission to 'debunk' the outlandish. I think we can all guess how Namor would take it if a submarine starting floating by his kingdom.
Peter Milligan does a great job creating this world and the thoughts of Randolph Stein, the explorer in search of Atlantis. Esad Ribic's art is simply amazing. The realism, lighting and detail blew me away. The coloring throughout is very blue. This also helps to capture the mood of the depths of the waters. I enjoyed last year's Sub-Mariner comic and I'm liking this so far. I never would've thought I'd be enjoying Namor's books again.
How is it? It wasn't bad. I have to admit, I actually laughed a few times. Doc Ook? The Ape-Vengers? Monk-hattan? I won't 'ruin' what Giant-Man's name is. It was entertaining.
How does such a thing happen? Looking at the preview you can see there's a scientific reason we get to see all our heroes in simian form.
It's not quite on the level of Marvel Zombies. It does make more sense than Spider-Ham and his universe. Who would've thought that the Gibbon could actually be a likable lead character?
I will tune in to see what happens in the second issue. Things look like they're going smoothly but then there's a slight twist. There's also "The Official History of the Marvel Apes Universe, part 1."
Oh and as they mention in the solicit, Speedball is in this...
Joshua Hagler’s opus continues with a look at some of the townspeople who will invariably be affected by the ominous silence.
After first detailing the accident which caused Nester to lose his hearing in the last issue, this issue takes the time to flesh out some of the other characters who live in his town. Starting with a family pulling up to a drive thru window, we follow around and meet a wide range of individuals. First the husband who can’t stand when his wife breast feeds the baby in public, onto the teenage boy tellers at the fast food place who give them their food, through to the old lady in the restaurant who mixes up her dead husband for the one still living; it becomes fairly obvious that this town is filled with interesting people. And let’s not forget Nester himself, who makes an interesting discovery of his own at the end of the book.
Let’s get this one thing out of the way quickly—Joshua Hagler is one of the most talented artists to come along in a very long time. Imagine taking David Mack, Ben Templesmith, Ashley Wood, and Sam Kieth and putting them in a blender. The result would be Joshua Hagler. He can start off with simple panel design and then go to a straight collage. His work breathes mood into every single page. He blends deftly from straight pencils, to inks, and onto colors to the full and necessary effect. Realistically, I could have 10 pages to talk about his artwork and still not fully express how impressive it is. Yes, it is unorthodox at times, and with no superheroes to speak of (at least not yet, who knows what Hagler has planned) will not appeal to everyone (and assuredly confuse some as well), but for those interested in the art form and how certain people are advancing it, Hagler’s work is not to be missed.
In terms of writing and structure Hagler does some wonderful things here as well. He transitions through characters and scenes carefully and effectively, so that none of those introduced overshadow any others. His dialogue is authentic and gets right to the heart of who these characters are without being too talky. And thankfully, the odd lettering font used in issue 1 has been corrected. If anyone has any doubts as to how a proper font can truly accentuate a comic, just compare issues 1 and 2 of this book. The only problem that may arise in the storytelling is that there is a jump between issue 1 and 2 in terms of who is highlighted. #1 dealt strictly with main character Nester, while #2 opens up with completely new characters. And especially with the way it transitions through the new characters, it can be a little confusing as to whom the book is actually about. Admittedly, this confusion can also be because of the slight delay in release time between the first two issues and assuredly reads much better if the books are read back to back.
For anyone who loves the art form and wants to see the new and exciting creators who are coming through and advancing it, The Boy Who Made Silence is going to be required reading.
With Warren Eliis writing and Adi Granov adding his amazing art, it's hard not to think that this book should be knocking it out of the park (as you Americans like to say). However, I must admit to being slightly disappointed with the conclusion to this story which is pretty much one big, huge fight between Iron Man and the Extremis adled Mallen. Now, that's not to say that it isn't a good fight. In fact, fans of good fights will probably like this issue a lot, especially the bit where Iron Man blows off... oops, that would be spoiling things! Anyway, after about 20 pages of fighting (like I said, if you like fights...), there is a good pay off, where Tony confronts his scientist colleague, Maya Hansen and berates her for helping to create Mallen, due to the deaths he's caused. Maya asks him what's the difference between them. This is quite brilliant as Ellis has used the last issue to remind readers of Iron Man's origin, particularly emphasising Stark's slaughtering of his captors. Tony tells her at least he can sleep at night, a quite wishy washy response, in my opinion, perhaps because Ellis wants to demonstrate how deluded Stark actually is. This is an okay finish to an otherwise excellent story, Extremis really helping revitalising qutie a dull character.
Okay, the award for the book with the most unfeasible title goes to..., seriously, it would take most of your lunch hour to get through that. Anyway, the review. I'm a long time fan of Mr Braddock, going back to the Alan Moore scripted tales in the Marvel UK titles in the 80s, so after a so-so first issue of this series, I wasn't sure I would hang around. But this is coming along alright. Now, Cap ain't around for this issue, having been blown up at the end of the first issue (though since he's been blown away and reconstructed before, I'm not sure that's a problem), so instead we get some delicious Brit speak from Pete Wisdom ('mate') and all his pals. Paul Cornell, who has scripted the terrific Dr Who story 'Human Nature'/'Family of Blood' is obviously a fine writer and there are hints here that something quite awesome is brewing. Like Alan Moore, he seems very interested in the whole mythology of the British isles and the plotline here involves our favourite invaders, the Skrulls, trying to quash England's magic properties. It's early days in the run and there's a lot of time given to introducing characters, including a muslim nurse and a Skrull who's a Beatle (complete with scouse accent). I'm not totally sold yet but given Cornell's pedigree, this may very well be a title to watch.
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Irish writer, Pete Milligan, who first came to my attention when he scripted the brilliant and trippy 2000AD story, Sooner or Later, lays down his postmodern gauntlet with a tale of completely unknown mutants who are not only a team, but, unusually for mutants at this point, right in the public eye. They aren't averse to press conferences or, in the case of two of the members, threesomes. Milligan is only half the tag team here - the brilliant Mike Allred brings artwork that is incredibly vivid, with a somewhat retro feel to it. The colouring of his cartoony characters adds a dazzling sugar rush and, whilst it seems peculiar to begin with, it doesn't take long to be taken by the art stylings.
This issue begins by introducing team leader, Zeitgeist, a very tongue in cheek name in itself, who appears to have discovered his powers when he puked up over his girlfriend (there are origins and then there are origins, huh?). He's a strange character. Later on, he muses, when one team member is killed on a mission, that that particular hero didn't really fit in with the group dynamic anyway. His leadership is challenged by teleporter, U-Go Girl, who appears to use some sort of stimulant to keep herself awake on missions. And the team, in this issue, are rocked somewhat by the addition of new member, The Anarchist, who Zeitgeist takes an instant dislike to. The Anarchist complains to Zeitgeist that it's not the work that they do that's important (ie the superhero missions) but the soap opera friction of team members bouncing off each other. Did I mention this book was postmodern?
I won't spoil the ending, which is brilliant incidentally, particularly in the circumstances of this being a team's debut. Best scene, though, comes early on, with the Anarchist, naked in a pool with two lovely ladies, one of whom is strategically placed so that we don't see his... you know what. This is a stunning debut from Milligan and Allred. Highly, highly recommended.
Sept. 6, 2008
Superman 675 is an oversized issue with some good stuff going for it. Superman has to team up with the villain Paragon in order to stop the priest of Daxam from attacking metropolis. Paragon isn’t exactly interested in helping Superman or saving metropolis but he is insulted by the priest so he lends supes a hand. After being injured by Paragon the priest retreat to their ship and unleash a cosmic golem upon the Earth, leaving Supes and Paragon to figure out how to defeat it.
I did not read the first part of this story arc but I still found it easy to follow. There were some humorous situations in the story witch I really liked. My favorite part of the book was Superman explaining to the priest of Daxam that they need to leave Earth because they could die from lead poisoning. Paragon leaves the battle and returns with a machine gun to shoot the priest.
My biggest complaint with the issue was Superman doing some things out of character. In one panel he flings one of the priest into the daily planet building. Why Superman would do something that could harm people possibly even his wife is beyond me.
Overall I thought it was an entertaining issue with a few flaws.
Thanks for reading the review!
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If there's one thing I can say about this book that makes it great, it's this. This book is consistent. Pretty good artwork, since the beginning of the book, great writing, amazing stories. I'm very excited to see the next issue, considering the "cliff hanger" they left us on, if you can consider that a cliff hanger.
If you want to read GL & haven't yet, pick up at 36. Better yet, start with Rebirth and work your way up.
Sept. 5, 2008
THIS IS about morbius killing people and he made a group of vampires call the midnight sons ghost rider in this part ghost rider finds morbius but morbius gets away into ghost rider use his hellfire chain and grab morbius they tryed to cure morbius but it only made him worst
Sept. 4, 2008
There are three 8-page stories. First off is the return of Iceman. Finally. We haven't seen him since Messiah Complex. Iceman's story will continue throughout the series. What's great is we also see the return of Opal Tanaka, Iceman's on-again, off-again girlfriend. I thought it was a nice touch to bring her back in. Question is, how long will she be around this time? It's cool (no pun intended) to see some focus on Iceman. He deserves it.
The second story is a self-contained one featuring Meltdown or Boom-Boom (she's not sure which name she wants to use). With her, I'm surprised she hasn't been seen much lately. She was around a bit in X-Force and such but hasn't really been seen too often. She's never been one of my favorite characters but writer James Asmus does a good job capturing who she is.
The third self-contained story features Karma. She is a complex character and I think readers and writers often forget that.
I do think this mini-series is showing promise. Like I said, I'm not crazy about another title to pick up but it is important since there are so many good characters that deserve to have their stories told. Trying to shove them into a regular book wouldn't work and they may not need an actually mini-series of their own. Another great thing in this issue is (finally) someone shows some mourning over the loss of Kitty Pryde.
Sept. 4, 2008
THIS is the coolest book in spider man in spiderma ultimate morbius becomes a real vampire and i think morbius becomes good in this part however morbius kills lots of people but i don't get is how morbius became a real vampire ant he half human half vampire its really weird well things change
Sept. 4, 2008
What makes this edition worth buying, even if you already own the individual issues, is the chance to see Michael Broussard's work untouched by others. It's like being invited into his studio to see a work in progress. Sometimes it just becomes too easy to take the art for granted. Presented like this, there's nothing to hide behind. Michael Broussard is an artist whose work should not be ignored.
If you haven't already purchased these issues, this is a good (and cheap) way to get caught up. I'm not one for usually buying comics twice but I like the idea of being able to see RAW artwork.
Sept. 4, 2008
Searching for Atlantis would be a mysterious expedition. In the Marvel Universe, where superheroes are all over the place, the idea of Atlantis wouldn't be too absurd. It's almost like it would just be accepted and there wouldn't be too much thought given to it. In the world here, Namor is a rumor or a legend. The guy set in search of Atlantis is an explorer that feels it is his mission to 'debunk' the outlandish. I think we can all guess how Namor would take it if a submarine starting floating by his kingdom.
Peter Milligan does a great job creating this world and the thoughts of Randolph Stein, the explorer in search of Atlantis. Esad Ribic's art is simply amazing. The realism, lighting and detail blew me away. The coloring throughout is very blue. This also helps to capture the mood of the depths of the waters. I enjoyed last year's Sub-Mariner comic and I'm liking this so far. I never would've thought I'd be enjoying Namor's books again.
Sept. 4, 2008
How does such a thing happen? Looking at the preview you can see there's a scientific reason we get to see all our heroes in simian form.
It's not quite on the level of Marvel Zombies. It does make more sense than Spider-Ham and his universe. Who would've thought that the Gibbon could actually be a likable lead character?
I will tune in to see what happens in the second issue. Things look like they're going smoothly but then there's a slight twist. There's also "The Official History of the Marvel Apes Universe, part 1."
Oh and as they mention in the solicit, Speedball is in this...
Sept. 4, 2008
Joshua Hagler’s opus continues with a look at some of the townspeople who will invariably be affected by the ominous silence.
Let’s get this one thing out of the way quickly—Joshua Hagler is one of the most talented artists to come along in a very long time. Imagine taking David Mack, Ben Templesmith, Ashley Wood, and Sam Kieth and putting them in a blender. The result would be Joshua Hagler. He can start off with simple panel design and then go to a straight collage. His work breathes mood into every single page. He blends deftly from straight pencils, to inks, and onto colors to the full and necessary effect. Realistically, I could have 10 pages to talk about his artwork and still not fully express how impressive it is. Yes, it is unorthodox at times, and with no superheroes to speak of (at least not yet, who knows what Hagler has planned) will not appeal to everyone (and assuredly confuse some as well), but for those interested in the art form and how certain people are advancing it, Hagler’s work is not to be missed.
For anyone who loves the art form and wants to see the new and exciting creators who are coming through and advancing it, The Boy Who Made Silence is going to be required reading.
Sept. 4, 2008
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