Jeffrey B

thin narrative, but damn if it isn't a near-perfect example of comics making from its era. everything i wanted it to be.

Follows all of the contours of a shonen manga, but pulls no punches in its depictions of violence. It was incredibly fast-paced and action-packed. Felt a little thin in places, but overall, I had a lot of fun with this one.

A superposition of 1-star and 5-stars. There's honestly no other way to describe a book this boneheaded and ambitious.

Reader beware, though: if you want to pick this up because you're interested in the pitch, know that it is not a critique or engagement with Watchmen as a text. It is Geoff Johns yelling at Alan Moore for several hundred pages.

Each read brings new insights. Always a source of comfort when things get tough in my creative life.

This one was much better on the reread. True Dumb Guy/Dudes Rock shit, and I mean that in the most affectionate way possible.

As always, each reading offers a new round of thoughtful questions, and the reassurance that I don't toil alone. A comforting, beautiful book.

A very fun, rousing adventure.

But–and this isn't a revolutionary insight–there's no actual female characters in the book, and in the previous entries as well. It's just something I've noticed while reading back through a lot of old fantasy novels I loved when I was younger.

DNF.

I think the book does a good job relaying the universality of stories. A closer reading tethers its contents to a psychoanalytical framework that can feel a bit too individualistic.

Fast paced, fun magic, good character work in a short span of time. Felt a little slight, villains felt underwritten.

A wonderful, and wonderfully practical, guide to the mechanics of writing a screenplay.

A fun read that introduces Death. Lovely read when he's around, drags when he's not.

A warm, funny, very human piece of science fiction.

A bit more of a slow burner with a greater focus on the political wrangling, but given a new favorite character in Crisjen Avasarala, a ridiculously sailor mouthed politician.

Plenty of violence, epic and sweeping scope, nice little narrative framing. Not sure if it's as edgy as it thinks.

perhaps a touch too reverent and respectful of Grant Morrison, but otherwise an inventive and fun book

An incredibly imaginative series hampered by bad art.

What a goddamn book.