Posts Tagged ‘the guild’

Comic Run 05-28-10

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Another week and no number 1s!

Choker #3
You know, he was almost a sympathetic character until that back story. Now I’m sort of without sympathy and left feeling like the book is trying to paint as bleak a picture as possible. Which is fine, well and good, but generally I like some hope and uplifiting mixed in with everything else. Without it, it’s kind of… well, a depressing read.

The Guild #3
It’s a fun back story, and a nifty ending to the series, but I’m thinking this whole thing really just works better if you’ve watched the series as opposed to just reading the book. There’s a lot of little things in there that you catch from the series.

Comic Run 04-29-10

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Big haul today. Which was probably dumb since Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday. Ah well.

American Vampire #2
Okay, I’m pretty sure that the Stephen King story does fit pretty seamlessly into the main story, or it will. Still, I think I’m enjoying the main story more, what with her now left alone to figure out what being a vampire entails while her only potential teacher goes off to somewhere else. This is going to be fun.

Garrison #1
Near as I can tell, it’s the future and surveillance has rendered crime inert because the American populace has given up their right to privacy. And then there’s a guy named Garrison who has a mental hit list and is going around killing a large number of people. This is all I got so far.

The Great Unknown #3
At bloody last! I don’t know that it’s worth the wait because the top half of the book is essentially a tirade on piracy in the modern age and it takes it’s sweet time getting on with the story, but it’s still nice seeing another installment of it again. So, I’ll be seeing the next issue in another six months, right?

The Guild #2
Aw, she’s so cute with her finally figuring out the game and having it turn her into one of those “WoW is awesome but I still have a life” pre-zombie kids. It’s only a matter of time, though, young Codex. Also, I really am kind of starting to detest that psychologist she goes to. Just a little.

The Last Unicorn #1
Accurate to the book rather that the movie, I presume, but nothing actually happens in this issue. She is the last unicorn, she leaves her forest and meets a schizophrenic butterfly who tells her about the red bull in no certain terms. It’s, like, four pages of story. Maybe six. The art is very pretty, though.

Song of Saya #3
That was actually a pretty fun mini overall. I’m a little confused by a couple of the elements, but honestly, it’s probably because I haven’t let the story digest yet. It was delightfully eerie the whole way through and the question of reality was always there. And brain surgery is still terrifying.

Comic Run 03-26-10

Friday, March 26th, 2010

The Guild #1
Well, that was fun. I’ve seen the web series, but that’s not in the least necessary to understand the comic. It’s essentially about Cyd, the girl with some interesting problems who finds her escape in an MMO and learns to play while dealing with life. And it’s fun! Thuogh I greatly prefer the in game art as opposed to the out of game stuff.

Supergod #1
And the history lesson continues, folks. Have to admit, I don’t much like this storytelling style. It’s telling and trying to show as much as they can while telling everything, but dammit if the incessant telling and wandering off topic to things that aren’t important to the story keep happening. Also, these covers are having less and less to do with the actual story, aren’t they?

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