brainstorms

Friday April 22, 2005

notable comics [cont]

[i seem to have dropped a part of my comics notes on the floor. sigh]

batman: hush is undoubtedly one of the comic masterpieces of the last decade. part of the acclaim for these volumes comes from jim lee's powerful, moving, dark art. other part is jeph loeb's writing of course. sadly i did not come across this until last year's trade pbk releases. [this will be reissued in an oversize/boxed format this september, and will be on my bookshelf the instant it appears]

last year, brian azzarello, jim lee and scott williams started on a superman sequence, for tomorrow which is very well written, thoughtful and superbly(!) illustrated. [it is now complete, and first volume is available in hc.]

i really like alan davis and mark farmer's work. [they are fan favorites so that makes me a fan] last year i was able to get their earlier work, and also found jla: nail an alternate story/history arc. they also started and completed another arc, appropriately called another nail. both are highly recommended. [davis and farmer also did an uncanny x-men sequence last year, written by claremont, and is very very good.] there was also a modern masters volume for alan davis which is worth getting, even though i find it much less than what a good illustrator like alan deserves.

when jeph loeb, ed mcguiness and dexter vines were doing superman/batman: public enemies i was not paying attention. happily it came out in hardcover last year. this is very good story telling (with inner dialogues!) and superb art by mcguiness and vines.