Crossposted from The V

Not this weeks, not this months, in some cases not this years or even this centurys centurys comics but it’s late on a Sunday and I’m bored. It’s been a cold and wet weekend and I’ve done a lot of reading.

Daredevil.
Reread most of volume 2 today. The Kevin Smith stuff I always look back on and think was weak…and then I read it again and it’s actually not. It’s nicely built up and Joey Q is a fine artist. Highly enjoyable but no where near as enjoyable as Bendis!

I like David Mack, I enjoy his art and I have some Kabuki which I enjoyed. Now get him the fuck off Daredevil. Echo is fine, go write about Echo but make it a mini somewhere else, I may even buy it. But give me back Bendis & Maleev goodness!

Powers.
Read the first 30 issues of this last night and it really does read much better in trades or a run. Much more fun and much tighter all tied together. I had been thinking that it got weaker as it went along but it doesn’t really. It was just reading it spread over months which took some stuff away. Supergroup has such a great ending.

The Red Star.
I picked up the trade of this a few weeks ago and put it on the shelf to read at a later date. Alex mentioned it the other day (and by mentioned I mean raved about it) so I read the collected edition a couple of nights ago. I am now firmly onboard the Red Star bandwagon. I don’t recall reading a series that I’ve been as impressed with straight off as this. The art is oh so lovely and backed up by a not bad story at all. Went onto my pull order straight away.

Hellblazer, the Ennis trades.
Again due to a conversation with Alex, we were talking about Carey and Azz’s take on Constantine and she said to read these. So I did. The first two are great and the ending is great. The middle is less great but still good fun and very different from what I’ve read in the last couple of years. Dangerous Habits could work quite well for the movie but does really need a Constantine who can act.

Rex Mundi.
Slow but pretty. Just gone monthly and the story really needs to pick up the pace to keep me onboard in singles. The first 5 are due out in a trade soon which I’m glad to see as I do think it deserves it but to keep me on board in singles I want some plot progression.