Books.

[dsrtao]

_Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway_
_Lucifer: Children and Monsters_ written by Mike Carey.

These are volumes one and two of the collected comics about Lucifer, quondam Prince of Hell. Gaiman more-or-less invented this version of the character (I think) and encouraged Carey to take him on as a series.

Volume one is mediocre. If I hadn't had volume two in front of me, I wouldn't have continued. That would have been a mistake, because the writing really picks up. Think of it as Gaiman-lite.

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[jducoeur]

Whereas for me, the payoff was what it was all about. At the beginning, I didn't have as much sensation of reading a single coherent story, which is what I so love. Indeed, it wasn't until about 2/3 of the way through, as the final battle begins to take shape, that it all began to really pull together for me, and I *loved* the denouement, that last six months or so.

Then again, Elaine is my favorite character of the story, and her role builds steadily over the course of things. My fondness of parts of the overall arc is closely related to her place in it...