Okay, so at first I was reading this and it was enjoyable, but I’m thinking, “I don’t get the fuss.” And then I read like, three more pages, and I was in love. Whoops. Giant Days follows three college freshmen, Susan, Esther and Daisy. As the comic starts, they’ve been in school only about three weeks and have made fast friends with one another. Susan is our narrator. She’s smart and feministy and has a temper. Esther is very pale, pretty and “practically consumptive.” Daisy […]
The Seinfeld of Hipster Heroes
Nothing substantial happens in volume two of the Batgirl reboot, and I didn’t mind at all. Barbara Gordon and her gang of friends are fun to hang out with, regardless of whether this particular collection has a overarching story thread or meaningful character development. As an economical comics fan, I generally prefer to buy books of short runs and defined arcs. But, Batgirl’s characters and art are too fun to ignore. This collection carries along the best aspects of volume one (http://cbr.bgwdesigns.com/2015/10/when-superheroes-use-tinder-for-good/) while toning down […]
Fast and Furious and Undead
A lot of casual comic fans probably think of Nic Cage when they think of Ghost Rider. He made a couple of Rider movies before the MCU was the pop culture giant it is now. This All-New Ghost Rider ain’t that. Instead, this trade centers around high school-aged Robbie Reyes, a kid from East LA who is just trying to make some money to take care of his family. Robbie is a gearhead who makes his money by working as a mechanic at a local […]
“Welcome to the trip, man…”
One of the most contradictory elements of my reading life is my love for comics and my inability to calmly and peacefully wait for the next issue of said comics. Their episodic nature is frustrating to my inherent need to binge-read an entire story-line. For example, I subscribe to a favorite author’s entire series (Gail Simone’s recent run on Batgirl, for example), then let them pile up till I have the complete story, and read them all at once. I don’t have a problem (usually, […]