JD

July 11, 2008 5:29 pm

Brian Wood has this magic he works with his female characters... and while this magic works well here, the plot seemed to get a little lost.  Ryan Kelly's art is perfect.

This just sorta ended, it didn't really finish, it just stopped.  Had this been the second series of this, it would probably have worked out a little better, but as the first chapter it just kinda landed with a thud rather than wowed me.  It's not bad, it just seemed kinda incomplete.  Again, great characterization, great art...  just kinda didn't know where it was going.

July 7, 2008 8:48 am

It's not a mini... the first 8 ish's make up the first arc.  Another arc starts in #9, I believe with a new artist.

July 4, 2008 2:45 pm I guess I wasn't thorough enough, I read through The Sword again last night.  I'm not typically a political person but the inclusion of Bush with the group including Hitler definitely soured me on this book.  He may be an idiot, but to lump in with those kinds of guys just leaves me not buying this book anymore.

July 3, 2008 10:46 am

The only thing that bugs me (slightly) about this book is the dialouge.  I guess I expect Vikings to speak a little more... um, grander?  The modern language takes me out of it slightly, I understand it's a necessary tool... maybe it's just the swearing.  Did Vikings have a version of "fuck?"

Otherwise, it is a beautiful book... the landscapes are breathtaking.  Wood's really been lucky to work with some unrecognized yet amazing artists both here and on DMZ.

July 3, 2008 10:43 am I'm not a huge fan of this currect arc (was this part two?), the story's been a little muddy for me.  The last arc was great... still a great, underrated book.

July 3, 2008 10:41 am

Great pick!  I think that the Luna Bros. did get a little lost on Girls.  This story is tons more focused up til this point.

July 1, 2008 4:25 pm

Last week or so, I had a epiphany.  Was talking to a friend, who is mostly a Marvel Zombie.  He tends to look at DC as a joke....  I tried to defend DC.  I think Marvel's a bigger joke.  Skrull's??  C'mon... then I thought New Gods.  Yeesh.  Peter Parker losing MJ, cripes.  All stupid ways out.

Then I started to think about it more.  Then I looked through my handy dandy iFanboy pull list.  I started doing the math and figuring stuff out...  ..carry the one, divide by...

I guess I really don't buy very many mainstream comics. This took me a while to figure out.  I knew I was no Marvel Zombie, I haven't bought an X book (other than the Whedon run), a Cap book, a Spidey book in eons.... (ok, I am buying FF to give the creative team a chance... and well, I am still digging Thor and some Runaways).

Then there's DC.  Well, first and foremost... I refuse to buy anything that the dork from The Real World writes.  I do pick up an occasional ish of Supes when there's a light week - but I really don't see that happening soon with Gary Franks drawing it (sorry, I think Supes demands to be more vibrant and dynamic), Batman?  Not for me in regular series form.  Um, what else?  Trinity?  I tried... I wanted to like it, it was terrible.   I bought 52 and Countdown with a passion and I am into Final Crisis (and hoping for the best).

By Odin's beard! (Whatta ya mean Odin's dead?  Gods don't die).  I've become an "indy" guy.  Does this mean I have to shop at Goodwill and smell like clove cigarettes? 

I thought about this and that main problem I have with the "big two" is the "C" word (which by the way never call the girl your seeing's sister that in text message... or if you do, thank god it comes up as "aunt" - then bluff your way out of it).  Continuity killed DC and Marvel for me (mostly DC).  Reboot everything.  End of story.

June 22, 2008 2:37 am

Peter Jackson is a slave to source material?  Have you read the Lord of the Rings?

While, I do appreciate his films... I think they are amazing and well told, there are staggering significant differences between the books and films.  He's an incredible film maker, an amazing storyteller and great at interpreting and fleshing out a story... but he is not a slave to the source material.

June 20, 2008 4:41 pm

Damn, I thought he was a little younger... but, Brad Beyer would make a great Cap.  (Stanley from Jericho).

June 19, 2008 11:30 am

The only thing that this book was missing was a "Previously on Y: The Last Man..." page to bring us back up to speed on what happened previously.  It had been so long since the last trade that it took a while to put some of the peices back together. 

Pia's art really started to shine in these last few issues.  Nice clean solid work and the characters really distinguished themselves from one another.

Not the ending I wanted or expected.  That's both a good and a bad thing, I guess.

Great series, should be a shining example of what comics can and should be.