Guardians of the Galaxy #8
So, this is going to look nuts when its collected. Francesco Francavilla does the art and its a SEVERE difference from the usual Sara Pichelli... or even Steve McNiven. If their goal was to find a diametrically opposite style from Pichelli, they found it.
The book is also tied directly into Infinity, so though it tangentially follows whats been going on in Guardians, it was more an Infinity book. Nothing like pulling you out of a good story for a crossover, huh?
No offense to the parties involved, but this is clearly the weak sister of this book's run so far.
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #5
Like a tv show after a shaky pilot, Killjoys is starting to find its legs. The story is really starting to pull together and get moving.
What does this book have in common with The Walking Dead? They'll kill anyone. Gerard Way, Shaun Simon and Becky Cloonan make no bones about knocking off characters to further the story. The Girl gets some serious news about just what she's capable of, and the supernatural side of Killjoys rears its head.
There's some big ideas powering this book and when they're done right, as they were in this issue, it makes for a great book.
Green Lantern Annual #2
Throughout Robert Venditti's time as head Green Lantern writer, I've been invested. He, along with Van Jensen and Justin Jordan have naturally progressed what Geoff Johns started. Until now.
Where they've lost me is by making the amount of light in the universe finite. What Johns put in place was the theory that so long as there were living beings feeling love and greed and compassion and so on, there would be emotional energy for the color corps to pull from. Makes total sense. Well the new team has gone in pretty much the opposite direction and that doesn't sit well with me.
What it comes down to is I'm going to try to ignore that bit of new GL mythology and just try to enjoy the books.
Saga #15
The twists and turns continue in Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples masterpiece. I wonder if Vaughan planned on The Will's story being just as compelling (maybe moreso) than the main Marko/Alana storyline?
Fifteen issues in and if this book was only about The Will, I'd still buy it. Kind of how I'd have still watched The Walking Dead if they killed Rick instead of Shane. But I guess The Will isn't supposed to be that bad.
The creative team have certainly done their job making this a must read book every month.
Panel of the Week:
Fiona Staples really draws a nice explosion. This panel highlights how ruthless the Robot people are.
-Gint
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