Just read a 12-issue arc called "Kill Shakespeare," a weird mashup of the Bard's characters in a fantasy environment. It's a bit hard to talk about the quality of the writing itself when there's a gimmick that will hide potential flaws. In this case, I'm not sure how much of my enjoyment was simply as a fan of Shakespeare, and seeing his works thrown together into a story. If you made the characters generic, would the story hold up as well? I don't know.
It was enjoyable though, and there's a couple 5-issue runs set in the same universe, because there's obviously a ton of material to be mined outside of the main arc. I'll hesitate to say it was excellent all-around, but it's a great read for fans of the original plays. If you've ever had a fever dream about Lady Macbeth and Richard III scheming together, or Hamlet trading jokes with Othello, this is for you.
Uber 21- Daaaang, we get our first clash between fully activated Battleships!
Spoiler:
Leaves the Colossus/Seiglinde clash in the dust, visually at least. And it kinda implies Katyusha may even be something other than battleship- at the least, it just uses phrasing like 'assuming she is battleship class....', which could just be the technical noting the lack of concrete data. Lots of creative use of her powers to be sure, it does note the obvious greater slant towards halo effect.
Originally posted by Q99I'm going to dive into this, I think... I downloaded all the Gold Digger material yesterday.
For simply an enjoyable read I like Fred Perry's Gold Digger. It's 200+ issues with adventure archeology, fantasy, superheroes, martial arts... real kitchen sink setting with a lot of fun stuff.
Lazarus has been mentioned, but I'm going to gush about it 🙂
To begin with, it's by Greg Rucka, who's always good (Gotham Central, the original DC 52 series, Batwoman, etc.).
It takes place in a dystopia (I think post-apoc but the nature of the apoc if it happened is unknown, but a lot of soil is hard to use and such) future where things are run by 'families' who've divided the land up. The Family rules. The Serfs serve them and are kept comfortable. The Waste, everyone else, makes do. Each family spends a lot of money to create a 'Lazarus,' an effectively unkillable enforcer (they can be killed, but recover rapidly from bullet wounds and such and are superhuman), including the lead of the book, Forever (or 'Eve'😉 Carlyle, youngest member of the Carlyle family. Though it doesn't just follow her- the second arc is about a family of Waste going to a 'Lift,' where they apply to serve the family as Serfs.
A bit mob in style, a bit future, it's very well written.
It's the best new indie book I've gotten into since Saga.
Originally posted by Existere
Picked up the first book for Lazarus, which people rave about,
Yeeees ^^
One of the people at my comic store has turned pushing Lazarus into a personal goal of his.
Originally posted by Martian_mind
Y'all should pick up Mouseguard.
You speak wise, and people should pay heed to your words!
It's sorta like the Redwall series, but even more badass. Especially when the Black Axe is in play.
I just picked up Rod Espinoza's "Steampunk Snow Queen #1" over from Antarctic Press. It's a clearly Frozen-inspired-yet-with-doing-it's-own-thing (the parents are good, the father is an inventor who tries to make devices to contain the power, the Church is pushing to keep the 'Elsa' isolated). Only one issue in, but it's impressed me.