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.

An incredibly imaginative series hampered by bad art.

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

What a goddamn book.