Wednesday, January 03, 2007
best of 2006: comics
Continuing my unasked for look at all the stuff I enjoyed from various arms of the vast, liberal-controlled, cut-and-run, hates babies, Jesus, and America media. This installment looks at the best that comics had to offer in the year what was. If you don't read comics, don't start. They'll make you fat and nerdy.
Batman Year 100 #1 - Paul Pope
This one gets a nod simply because it was Paul Pope and nearly anything he deems to do will make it onto any list of things I love. As far as Batman stories go, it was servicable. Kind of predictable in places. Didn't feel nearly as inspired as Pope's more mainstream works. The art was gorgeous, though, and all of Pope's little ocd touches like showing Batman setting up his climbing rig were fun. Later this year Adhouse books is releasing a collection of his art and essays. Can't wait for that one.
All Star Superman #3 - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
Man, Didn't that Superman Returns movie suck? Thank goodness there are people out there who unerstand Superman who have been entrusted with telling stories about him. People like Grant Morrison. All Star Superman is a 12 issue mini-series that sets out to capture all that is iconic and resonant about Superman. Issue 3 feels like the old Curt Swan Superman stories I used to read when I was little. Superman gives Lois Lane super powers and a costume for her birthday. He competes with Atlas and Samson for her affection. He saves the leader of a race of underground dinosaurs from certain death. He kisses Lois on the moon That's what a Superman story should be like. No angst. No illigitimate children. Just fun, child-like wonder
Casanova #2 - Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba
Honestly, I could have put every issue of Casanova on this list. Narrowing it down to my favorite of the six issues released this year was tough. Casanova is a story about a theif who becomes a double agent in his dad's spy agency. To paraphrase Fraction, it's a book about crawling out from under your parent's expectations for your life. I enjoy the book immensley despite never feeling any pressure from my parents to be anything other than what I wanted to be. Oddly enough, Fraction cops to the same kind of relationship with his parents in the back of the book. Aaaaaanway... Why did I pick #2 as my favorite? Let's run down what this issue contains:
-Wu Tang Clan
-jet packs
-The Beatles
-Sexbots
-Three headed robots in drag
-Male exploitation
-Orgone (which I had to look up)
-Psychic powers
-Double-double crossing
Every issue of Casanova has a weird grocery list of contents like that. It's fun and hip and better drawn than nearly everything else on the shelf. I love this book.
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Batman Year 100 #1 - Paul Pope
This one gets a nod simply because it was Paul Pope and nearly anything he deems to do will make it onto any list of things I love. As far as Batman stories go, it was servicable. Kind of predictable in places. Didn't feel nearly as inspired as Pope's more mainstream works. The art was gorgeous, though, and all of Pope's little ocd touches like showing Batman setting up his climbing rig were fun. Later this year Adhouse books is releasing a collection of his art and essays. Can't wait for that one.
All Star Superman #3 - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
Man, Didn't that Superman Returns movie suck? Thank goodness there are people out there who unerstand Superman who have been entrusted with telling stories about him. People like Grant Morrison. All Star Superman is a 12 issue mini-series that sets out to capture all that is iconic and resonant about Superman. Issue 3 feels like the old Curt Swan Superman stories I used to read when I was little. Superman gives Lois Lane super powers and a costume for her birthday. He competes with Atlas and Samson for her affection. He saves the leader of a race of underground dinosaurs from certain death. He kisses Lois on the moon That's what a Superman story should be like. No angst. No illigitimate children. Just fun, child-like wonder
Casanova #2 - Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba
Honestly, I could have put every issue of Casanova on this list. Narrowing it down to my favorite of the six issues released this year was tough. Casanova is a story about a theif who becomes a double agent in his dad's spy agency. To paraphrase Fraction, it's a book about crawling out from under your parent's expectations for your life. I enjoy the book immensley despite never feeling any pressure from my parents to be anything other than what I wanted to be. Oddly enough, Fraction cops to the same kind of relationship with his parents in the back of the book. Aaaaaanway... Why did I pick #2 as my favorite? Let's run down what this issue contains:
-Wu Tang Clan
-jet packs
-The Beatles
-Sexbots
-Three headed robots in drag
-Male exploitation
-Orgone (which I had to look up)
-Psychic powers
-Double-double crossing
Every issue of Casanova has a weird grocery list of contents like that. It's fun and hip and better drawn than nearly everything else on the shelf. I love this book.
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