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Jan. 4th, 2007 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironymaidenmy midwinter holiday comics from amazon have been trickling in. non-spoilery responses:
i've been wanting to read Smax ever since i finished Top 10 v2. it's my first real Alan Moore disappointment. (even though i didn't care for the Melinda Gebbie sections of Tomorrow Stories, the rest of the book was fun.) it's a fantasy spoof, but it doesn't feel as lovingly and completely realized as Top 10. i think part of it is that the art is by Top 10's inker, Zander Cannon. it is flatter and brighter, which suits the fairytale setting, but it feels...clumsy. there are still some delightful visual jokes, but the character development isn't what i hoped, and the story seems to fit awkwardly into the five issue length.
Y has yet to disappoint me. (i'm in the middle of v3 now.) i can't agree with every part of the vision of a world without men, but i'm certainly fascinated by my tendency to mentally mark people in military uniforms as male even when i know that is impossible. i'm also struggling with Yorick, who has a big heart but is not hero material. he's not an idiot or an asshole either. heh. i think he's not smart or geeky enough for me to embrace him. sometimes i get really pissed at idea of the person with a good heart who loves his friends as a paragon. (*cough*Harry Potter*cough*)
but what i meant to say is that i'm loving the development of the longer story arc and the exploration of the altered landscape of the United States. i will need to buy more.
in progress: more Y and stealing peeks at C's birthday present, Lost Girls.
i've been wanting to read Smax ever since i finished Top 10 v2. it's my first real Alan Moore disappointment. (even though i didn't care for the Melinda Gebbie sections of Tomorrow Stories, the rest of the book was fun.) it's a fantasy spoof, but it doesn't feel as lovingly and completely realized as Top 10. i think part of it is that the art is by Top 10's inker, Zander Cannon. it is flatter and brighter, which suits the fairytale setting, but it feels...clumsy. there are still some delightful visual jokes, but the character development isn't what i hoped, and the story seems to fit awkwardly into the five issue length.
Y has yet to disappoint me. (i'm in the middle of v3 now.) i can't agree with every part of the vision of a world without men, but i'm certainly fascinated by my tendency to mentally mark people in military uniforms as male even when i know that is impossible. i'm also struggling with Yorick, who has a big heart but is not hero material. he's not an idiot or an asshole either. heh. i think he's not smart or geeky enough for me to embrace him. sometimes i get really pissed at idea of the person with a good heart who loves his friends as a paragon. (*cough*Harry Potter*cough*)
but what i meant to say is that i'm loving the development of the longer story arc and the exploration of the altered landscape of the United States. i will need to buy more.
in progress: more Y and stealing peeks at C's birthday present, Lost Girls.
