June comics, part 3

[meganbmoore]

Only 3, because I have access to a computer with internet and am going to be taking advantage of it.

New Warriors #1:  Hmm...I'm honestly not quite sure what to think of this one.  While I like it as a book, I'm not sure I like it as New Warriors.  We have 2 confirmed depowered mutants here, 1 more in issue 2, and given the identity of that one, suspicions about a 4^th one are essentially confirmed.  It reads more like Ex-Mutants than New Warriors(not only that, but the conversation on the computer screen-which I've decided was Wondra and not Night Thrasher) made it sound like ex-mutants was the bulk of the recruitment pool.  I'd be saying it was absolutely perfect if it was calling itself Generation X or something like that, but not as New Warriors.  I also can't help but think that the wrong character was chosen as the "voice" character.  I like Sofia, but she's not really a chief narrative character, and she's acting more like a less-spunky Jubilee than the Sofia I'm used to.

Jack of Fables #11:  Jack has a spawn.  I'd have more pertinent things to say about the events of the book itself, but my brain is frozen in that spot.

Shadowpact #14:  Giant...crotchless...fire demon...guy...thing...clearly, Bill Willingham wanted to fry the brains of his readers in June...I rather like the Blue Demon plot, and I love it when they bring lawyers and real law and apply it to syperheroics.  Quite the misleading cover, though.

Comments

[chomiji]

Not quite apropos of anything you actually say here, but this is your most recent post mentioning Fables ... oyceter has some interesting things to say about a recent issue of that here.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*clicks and reads*

Some very good points, actually, though a fair chunk of what she mentioned didn't bother me it was made clear the arabian fables had been very isolated and cut off from everyone else, and as a result, they still had an ancient mindset instead of being like the rest who adjusted their mindsets with the time. I actually thought most of the westernized foreigners (except the one who actually spoke arabic) were made to look incompetent, but I guess that depends on your personal perception.