Ron Toland
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  • Brief Comics Reviews: Sep 2017

    Wicked and Divine, Vol 4: Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. It’s back. Swallowed this one whole in about an hour. Need more.

    The Vision, Vol 1: Art is…fuzzy? Seems like the lines are never sharp. Which is maybe deliberate, since it’s a fuzzy-line world they’re creating. But it’s hard on the eyes.

    Constantly narrated via voice-over, instead of using dialog or pictures to show what’s happening. It’s a fine technique, and a known one, but it’s a bit tedious when it’s all the comic is written in.

    Deadly Class, Vol 3: When did everyone become pretentious and annoying?

    Saga, Vol 5: Artwork still fantastic, writing keeps me reading, but…did anything really happen? Threads wound up rather easily, it seems, and Fiona was ripped away again kind of arbitrarily. Also: too much time spent with the bounty hunters I don’t care about.

    → 7:59 AM, Sep 6
  • More Brief Comics Reviews

    Rat Queens Vol 1: Characters are basically college kids with medieval weapons and magic. Wants to both undermine and keep the D&D cliches it’s reacting to. Doesn’t always work.

    Wicked + Divine Vol 2: Holy shit, that ending. Much much better than Vol 1.

    Deadly Class Vol 1: I don’t want to like this one. It’s violent, and its characters are prone to the world-weary adolescent philosophizing that felt important when I was their age but is boring now. But the art is amazing, and I can’t stop reading.

    The Ghost Fleet Vol 1: Starts out with inventive art and an intriguing premise, then becomes just another massive conspiracy plus revenge story.

    Saga Vol 2 & 3: Still perfect. Ye gods, how are they doing this?

    → 9:00 AM, Oct 14
  • 8 Brief Comic Reviews

    Ms Marvel (Wilson, Alphona): Well written. Not written for me.

    Captain Marvel (DeConnick, Soy): Not as well written. Also not for me.

    Superior Spider-Man (Slott, Stegman): Amazing concept and writing. Art confusing and slightly cliche.

    She-Hulk (Soule, Pulido): Its cancellation was a tragic loss. Easily my favorite superhero comic.

    Five Ghosts (Barbiere, Mooneyham): So well-done, it’s use of women as just damsels in distress sticks out like a splotch of mud on an otherwise perfect painting.

    Saga (Vaughn, Staples): Perfect.

    Wicked + Divine (Gillen, McKelvie): Awesome concept. Disappointing that they take it to such a mundane place. Emotional heart of the story is strong, though.

    Superman: Red Son (Millar, Johnson): A very 50s take on an alternate Superman. Fascinating, especially the Epilogue.

    → 8:03 AM, Aug 19
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