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what are you reading wednesday?
Jan. 15th, 2020 08:34 amMore comics. Probably all month.
What have you finished reading?
Nowhere Men Volume 1: Fates Worse Than Death by Eric Stephenson (Author), Nate Bellegarde (Artist), Jordie Bellair (Artist) - This was fine. I like the idea, but basically one of the rockstar scientists is a libertarian and that basically makes him a villain. which, like, its pretty relevant these days. Cool concept, boring execution. Oh and bad art.
Waves by Ingrid Chabbert (Author), Carole Maurel (Illustrator) - This is a comic about a lesbian couple who had gotten pregnant and then lost their child late in the pregnancy. Its incredibly sad and heart wrenching. There's a lot of beautiful imagery and art. It's pretty short. I'm still in A Mood so this was good for it. Its a beautiful and sad story on loss and coping.
Murder Ballads by Gabe Soria (Author), Dan Auerbach (Author), Robert Finley (Author), Paul Reinwand (Artist), Chris Hunt (Artist) - This is a comic about a guy who's a down on his luck musician/producer and into the blues. he sees a blues band play and is willing to do anything to get a record made of these guys. So stupid white guy wants him and these two black musicians to do shit like rob banks. its an okay story, but it wasn't, like, just great. it came with an album but i havent listened to it yet.
4 Kids Walk Into A Bank by Matthew Rosenberg (Author), Tyler Boss (Artist) - 4 kids find out about one of the kids' parents who is going to rob a bank with some folks. the kids want to do it first so then the adults dont have to. okay, this sounds incredibly stupid, and honestly, everyone's decision making is incredibly poor, but at least they are kids is a good excuse. this was pretty good.
Lumberjanes: The Shape of Friendship by Lilah Sturges (Author), Shannon Watters (Creator), Brooklyn Allen (Creator), Noelle Stevenson (Creator), Grace Ellis (Creator), polterink (Illustrator) - The lumberjanes come across some shapeshifters and now they have to figure out who are the real 'Janes. The touch on friendship and even talk about how Jo and Barney used to be in the boys' camp and stuff like that. I liked this one a lot more than the most recent trade. It was sweet.
Black Hammer Volume 4: Age of Doom Part Two by Jeff Lemire (Author), Dean Ormston (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Illustrator) - This was the last issue in the main black hammer story, and i can't figure out if i love or hate the ending. It has a ton of superhero tropes, but its a hero comic. Thats fine. But, okay spoilers, but theyre basically put to blissful ignorance or death and man i hate it? but it was satisfying? Lemire is so good that basically only he could have pulled this off. I wonder if they'll do more hammer spin offs or not [looks like they are]
Faithless by Brian Azzarello (Author), Maria Llovet (Illustrator) - Okay this is a p weird one. Its like, sort of about an instagram "witch" but she gets wrapped up in hell, and hell is very hell a la dante's inferno. also this book is incredibly erotic, but does sexual tension, like, pretty well. And the art is just gorgeous. I didn't exactly love it story-wise? but it was hot and pretty.
The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part One and Two by Michael Dante DiMartino (Author), Bryan Konietzko (Author), Michelle Wong (Illustrator), Vivian Ng (Illustrator) - They changed artists on this different Korra arc and it shows. I like the new art, i wonder if I should have waited and got the collected edition? Maybe it would have been better? whatever lol. ANyway this arc is about Kuvira trying to make up for all her wrongs, but also has a plot point mostly around mind-control which is such a stupid kid plot. There's a third and final part left, but most of the Korra comics have been pretty meh in comparison to the AvatarTLA ones.
By Chance or Providence by Becky Cloonan (Author, Artist) - So I love Becky Cloonan. She did art for Local which remains one of my favorite comics of all time. This was 3 short stories, both about love, longing and loss. She did such a great job just, idk, with all of it. The art is fucking gorgeous and the story about the sailor and his wife just sort of stuck with me still.
The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa (Author, Illustrator) - Okay so this is a comic of age comic set in korea in the late 1800s. Its sweet, but, first off it has a men-writing-women problem. but it also has an issue with talking about things that were likely important then that dont matter now, like virginity, chastity, etc. But its written in a really flowery, poetic way which was sort of off putting at first but i eventually was all right with it. In this first comic, a young girl gets a crush on a monk, but the monk is unable to reciprocate. her mother, who is widowed, falls in love in a traveling salesman.
The Color of Water by Kim Dong Hwa (Author) - Second book in this trilogy, the young girl becomes a little more adult like, is interested in sex/sexuality. a creepy old man tries to buy her from her mother. and she meets a young man. the mother still longs for the traveling salesman who comes by every now and again.
The Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa (Author, Illustrator) - Lastly, the girl gets married at 17 which is an honor i guess. There's a highly, highly symbolic sex scene which was kind of interesting? the traveling salesman decides to stay home with the girls mom. apparently this book was kind of revolutionary for depicting women in generally a positive light, but its 2020 and you know. it wasnt a bad read though.
What are you currently reading?
The Spire by Simon Spurrier (Author), Andre May Jeff Stokely (Illustrator) - I literally just put this on my table. No clue what its about but I hear its weird.
What have you finished reading?
Nowhere Men Volume 1: Fates Worse Than Death by Eric Stephenson (Author), Nate Bellegarde (Artist), Jordie Bellair (Artist) - This was fine. I like the idea, but basically one of the rockstar scientists is a libertarian and that basically makes him a villain. which, like, its pretty relevant these days. Cool concept, boring execution. Oh and bad art.
Waves by Ingrid Chabbert (Author), Carole Maurel (Illustrator) - This is a comic about a lesbian couple who had gotten pregnant and then lost their child late in the pregnancy. Its incredibly sad and heart wrenching. There's a lot of beautiful imagery and art. It's pretty short. I'm still in A Mood so this was good for it. Its a beautiful and sad story on loss and coping.
Murder Ballads by Gabe Soria (Author), Dan Auerbach (Author), Robert Finley (Author), Paul Reinwand (Artist), Chris Hunt (Artist) - This is a comic about a guy who's a down on his luck musician/producer and into the blues. he sees a blues band play and is willing to do anything to get a record made of these guys. So stupid white guy wants him and these two black musicians to do shit like rob banks. its an okay story, but it wasn't, like, just great. it came with an album but i havent listened to it yet.
4 Kids Walk Into A Bank by Matthew Rosenberg (Author), Tyler Boss (Artist) - 4 kids find out about one of the kids' parents who is going to rob a bank with some folks. the kids want to do it first so then the adults dont have to. okay, this sounds incredibly stupid, and honestly, everyone's decision making is incredibly poor, but at least they are kids is a good excuse. this was pretty good.
Lumberjanes: The Shape of Friendship by Lilah Sturges (Author), Shannon Watters (Creator), Brooklyn Allen (Creator), Noelle Stevenson (Creator), Grace Ellis (Creator), polterink (Illustrator) - The lumberjanes come across some shapeshifters and now they have to figure out who are the real 'Janes. The touch on friendship and even talk about how Jo and Barney used to be in the boys' camp and stuff like that. I liked this one a lot more than the most recent trade. It was sweet.
Black Hammer Volume 4: Age of Doom Part Two by Jeff Lemire (Author), Dean Ormston (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Illustrator) - This was the last issue in the main black hammer story, and i can't figure out if i love or hate the ending. It has a ton of superhero tropes, but its a hero comic. Thats fine. But, okay spoilers, but theyre basically put to blissful ignorance or death and man i hate it? but it was satisfying? Lemire is so good that basically only he could have pulled this off. I wonder if they'll do more hammer spin offs or not [looks like they are]
Faithless by Brian Azzarello (Author), Maria Llovet (Illustrator) - Okay this is a p weird one. Its like, sort of about an instagram "witch" but she gets wrapped up in hell, and hell is very hell a la dante's inferno. also this book is incredibly erotic, but does sexual tension, like, pretty well. And the art is just gorgeous. I didn't exactly love it story-wise? but it was hot and pretty.
The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part One and Two by Michael Dante DiMartino (Author), Bryan Konietzko (Author), Michelle Wong (Illustrator), Vivian Ng (Illustrator) - They changed artists on this different Korra arc and it shows. I like the new art, i wonder if I should have waited and got the collected edition? Maybe it would have been better? whatever lol. ANyway this arc is about Kuvira trying to make up for all her wrongs, but also has a plot point mostly around mind-control which is such a stupid kid plot. There's a third and final part left, but most of the Korra comics have been pretty meh in comparison to the AvatarTLA ones.
By Chance or Providence by Becky Cloonan (Author, Artist) - So I love Becky Cloonan. She did art for Local which remains one of my favorite comics of all time. This was 3 short stories, both about love, longing and loss. She did such a great job just, idk, with all of it. The art is fucking gorgeous and the story about the sailor and his wife just sort of stuck with me still.
The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa (Author, Illustrator) - Okay so this is a comic of age comic set in korea in the late 1800s. Its sweet, but, first off it has a men-writing-women problem. but it also has an issue with talking about things that were likely important then that dont matter now, like virginity, chastity, etc. But its written in a really flowery, poetic way which was sort of off putting at first but i eventually was all right with it. In this first comic, a young girl gets a crush on a monk, but the monk is unable to reciprocate. her mother, who is widowed, falls in love in a traveling salesman.
The Color of Water by Kim Dong Hwa (Author) - Second book in this trilogy, the young girl becomes a little more adult like, is interested in sex/sexuality. a creepy old man tries to buy her from her mother. and she meets a young man. the mother still longs for the traveling salesman who comes by every now and again.
The Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa (Author, Illustrator) - Lastly, the girl gets married at 17 which is an honor i guess. There's a highly, highly symbolic sex scene which was kind of interesting? the traveling salesman decides to stay home with the girls mom. apparently this book was kind of revolutionary for depicting women in generally a positive light, but its 2020 and you know. it wasnt a bad read though.
What are you currently reading?
The Spire by Simon Spurrier (Author), Andre May Jeff Stokely (Illustrator) - I literally just put this on my table. No clue what its about but I hear its weird.
