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

[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.