I've been reading some comics so here are some brief ~thoughts~
- Beautiful Darkness
This was one of the most talked about books last year that I didn't get a chance to read. The back blurb sells it a bit short I think, calling it something like an anti-fairy tale -- which is technically true, but it's all in the execution. It sells you
in the first 6 pages but it also lands the ending which was everything I wanted. Pretty phenomenal book.
- Copra: Round One
One of the most talked about comics of two years ago? A lot of the appeal and hype of this comic comes from the fact that it's basically Suicide Squad with the names filed off, so there's a lot of oh shit, that's Fury and Count Vertigo and Ditko's Shade and Captain Boomerang and Deadshot and oh fuck, they're teaming up with Doctor Strange?? here. There's also the fact that it's in a traditional format: monthly, 24~ pages, and as a pamphlet, but part of the experience is knowing that it's all done by one dude on Etsy. What makes Copra special for me though is that it's a superhero comic that cares about action and fights, which sounds like nothing but it's much rarer than it should be.
- Justice League: Elite
Goood
- Some random Nocenti/John Romita Jr Daredevil issues
Weird, not all together there, but also really great in places. Daredevil post-Miller has often been either following his footsteps or running in the opposite direction but these comics show that it didn't have to be that way.
- Zenith Phase III
Talked about this a little but yes: good. The first two volumes feel like pastiches of better comics and while this is a pastiche too, there's a vitality to it that feels closer to what prime Morrison is like. Steve Yeowell is really good here. I've seen some of his recent stuff and it doesn't really excite me and I'm not too fond of his work on the previous Zeniths either, but it hits a sweet spot here.
Talk to me about these or whatever else cool things you've been reading!!
