Matt

I know lots of people love this series. This was my first try with it. Not my thing.

I have a rough idea of what happened in this story. I was often lost from panel to panel, but understanding was secondary here. Trad Moore's art is astonishing. I'm on board for whatever he wants to do.

Some brilliant stories in here, but enough bad ones to keep me from getting carried away with the rating. Me-Topia by Adam Roberts had some wonderfully poetic Neanderthals that made the whole story for me. Some of these, I'd read before. Inclination by William Shunn was set in a great universe and told a good tale. Jack Skillingstead impressed me once again with Life on the Preservation. The good stories make the book worth it.

I don't think I loved it, but I think it's going to stay with me for a long time.

McKean's art makes this book. I only read this once, maybe fifteen years ago. The image of Maxi Zeus still sticks with me. Two-Face's tryst with the I Ching was a fun idea.

Like most of Asimov's work that I've read, really cool ideas are the only thing that save this book from one star. The writing is eighth grade, as always.

An important message, beautifully told.

I enjoyed the book a great deal, even though it seemed to contain too much and too little information at once, trying to juggle the lives of a couple of dozen creative, restless, and troublemaking people. Their work was groundbreaking and they were also terribly shitty people to many of those around them. Lots of sex, drugs, travel, and writing. Stereotypical bohemians. Part of me envies part of them.

Great book. Lots of cool ideas and revelations on Gaiman's part and Romita's art evokes and updates Kirby's at the same time.

Best book I've read this year. I feel like it was written specifically for me and I didn't want it to end. Morrison tells the history of comic book superheroes and hits all the stopping points we've been familiar with but his analysis of these points is incredibly entertaining. He makes makes brilliant points as well as hilarious ones and his love for superheroes is undeniable. He also shares his autobiography as it relates to superheroes and writing. Unlike the dark vogue I've seen in far too many comics of the last twenty-five years, Morrison is essentially optimistic about the future and about humanity.