Batteries and comics

[rachelmanija]

The other day my remote car lock/unlock device died. I discovered this when, after a dental appointment, I could not remote-unlock the car. And as the remote-lock automatically sets the alarm, if you manually open the car, the alarm goes off and the car won't start

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[amberley]

Sympathies on the car remote.

If you like Queen and Country you might also look at the BBC series The Sandbaggers, which is similar and also excellent, and out on DVD. I liked Whiteout, about a US Marshal in Antarctica. There's a sequel, Whiteout: Melt. I found Cathedral Child confusing but intriguing. Lea Hernandez had another series called Rumble Girls: Silky Warrior Tansie set at a girl's school for powered armor gladiators.

DNAgents Industrial Strength is coming out October 29th, "the entire Meugniot-drawn DNAgents are collected in one volume with extensive notations, never-before-published artwork, and bonus features." It's author, Mark Evanier, has an interesting blog News From Me, RSS syndicated to LJ as newsfromme_com.

[liviapenn]

Eroica starts getting decent-to-good around the middle of vol 2 and then just keeps getting better after that. Basically the mangaka was like "Man, never mind with my original concept, I want to do something *completely* different--!" and didn't bother to start over, just shifted the focus and never looked back. Even the art changes. It's pretty hilarious.

[cicer]

And as the remote-lock automatically sets the alarm, if you manually open the car, the alarm goes off and the car won't start.

...That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I mean, my car sometimes sets off the alarm when I open the door manually, but turns off when I start the car. Why would they make it so the car won't start just because you open the door manually? Somebody wasn't thinking very well when they designed that. Urg. Sorry you were inconvenienced that way! Bummer.

[rushthatspeaks]

Cathedral Child: sweet story, pretty art with occasional layout issues, suffers from too many ideas per square inch (most of them are good ideas, but not enough time per idea plus a tad bit of muddling between them). I found Clockwork Angels an improvement and liked Rumble Girls okay. I want her to do more things because her work bleeds potential.

From Eroica With Love: man, if only they made movies of this instead of James Bond, I would... be completely broke and never do anything again, so okay then. Be aware that the first volume pretty much bears no relation to anything ever.

[meganbmoore]

Have read Rucka's Elektra, tried but couldn't get into his Queen and Country (what I read was good, just didn't grab me), have heard decent things about Casanova but not read it myself, and want your opinions on From Eroica With Love and Cathedral Child.

It's been a good while since I've read Rucka's Elektra, but I remember largely enjoying it. IIRC, it was largely a character exploration and deconstruction. I remember very much liking the journey, but not being incredibly thrilled with the final destination. I think he did better work with Wonder Woman, particularly the Hiketeia OGN. Hiketeia was actually my introduction to both Rucka and Wonder Woman, and remains a favorite of mine.