Comics. Eating my brain. Actually, it's really just the characters. Yes. Maybe.

So I've been hanging out mostly in the DC Comics universe: Birds of Brey, Batgirl, Manhunter, a spin off here and there, a scans_daily post (... everyday). Of course, with my luck, the series I get into that are currently on-going appear to either be drastically changing or ( Read more... )

The past few weeks have been spent glutting myself on comics. ;_; Spoilers ahead!

( Batgirl )

Comic: Runaways (Brian K. Vaughan + Adrian Alphona) made me sad. But I'll keep reading because I'm curious and I find certain characters interesting enough to keep my attention. The art tends to be all over the place, but what can you do when the artist may change from issue to issue? Sometimes it's really very pretty and, despite the changing ( Read more... )

ZOMG, young!Alter was... cute. I have to say, despite seeming and coming off as such a bitch, her craziness/determination/zealousness has a twisted sort of sense and even... justice... to it. And, Sadie! ;_; Poor Sadie. =( You know that Alter has her priorities straight. I have some serious love/hate for Alter right now. Maybe I have a weakness for ( Read more... )

I spent today reading Y: the Last Man after sampling it over at daily_yuri. Goddammit. I really don't need another story that I'm hanging onto. Why couldn't I get addicted to this when the story was completely finished? But, no, I get into it when I can read 40/60. ;_; Consensus?

( Fangirling goes here )

I have been sitting here for the past hour wanting to say something about Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta, but everything I've tried to phrase sounds inadequate. I'll simply say, read it if you have the chance. It's a graphic novel, not manga, yet V, and Sandman too, has touched me with an unforgiving maturity that sometimes I don't ( Read more... )