books.

[dsrtao]

Finished:
_Supreme Power: Contact_ by JMS. A retake on the Superman story in the modern, realpolitik vein. I've seen a lot of this lately: Superman can easily be seen as a tool of totalitarian governments, or as a messiah, or as a lesson that all the power in the world cannot force people to act for themselves. There are other retakes on Superman I like better -- Moore's Supreme, Busiek's _Secret Identity_...

_The Walking Dead_, by Robert Kirkman. Zombie horror. What else is there to say?

_DC: The New Frontier, vol 1 and 2_, by Darwyn Cooke. The superheroes of the DC 1950s, re-examined in the light of how we (the 90s/2000s) perceive the times. Good but not great. Requires familiarity with lots of backstories and origins.

Comments

[hungrytiger]

Yeah, I probably should have warned you more about DC: TNF being better the more you knew the characters; but honestly, there were some who I knew only by name (like The Losers) and felt that it didn't hinder my enjoyment of the story. What did you think of Cooke's artwork? I'm in complete awe of what the man can do with a pencil.

_The Walking Dead_, by Robert Kirkman. Zombie horror. What else is there to say?

So does that mean you liked it or that it's not worth commenting on? I want to know my hit rate before I forward any future suggestions.

As for JMSs Supreme Power stuff... yeah. I'm well versed in the whole Squadron Supreme storyline (this JMS story is actually inspired by an older comic) so it held some minor interest for me at first. As we get further and further from the initial blush of JMSs early Spider-Man comics (which were great), I have less and less interest in him as a comics author.

[dsrtao]

I'm amazed that anyone could both write and draw that well. He's got a good take on all of the characters, too -- I especially liked his Wonder Woman.

I'm still interested in Kirkman, but _Walking Dead_ struck me as nothing more nor less than a zombie movie well-translated to comics.

Please keep on making suggestions.