koryrosh

August 28, 2013 1:28 pm Buh-bye, now. Completely unsatisfying. Droping JL, JLA, and JLD. Btw - someone needs to get DC editorial a dictionary. "Trinity" refers to a GROUP of Three, not just the number three.

August 28, 2013 1:08 pm "It’s clear DC is just making this shit up as they go." -- and it started before Flashpoint. If you look back to the original teasers for Flashpoint (in Flash #1), the images they show suggest a very different story. And, if you happened to have read the Magog series (which was surprisingly pretty good), there was consistent referencing to earth as "The Flashpoint." But of course, all that got thrown out the window to make way for the New52.

August 26, 2013 10:30 am To Pete w/ the 10 week old: Congrats! I happened to read Sandman and Batman (during the Death of the Family arc) to my daughter when she was about the same age for similar reasons. Then I realized that maybe that's not the images/voices that I want her to have as her earliest memories. Some of the things that I'm going to try as my daughter gets older include Owly and Bone, which have been recommended to me by several people. I also came across this children's book series called Mr. Badger and Mrs. Fox, which is written in comic book style (panels, word balloons) but in the format of and plot of a children's picture book: http://amzn.com/0761356312

August 23, 2013 12:41 pm One of the best POTW reviews written - you are an incredible wordsmith, sir.

August 20, 2013 2:05 pm Two out of four ain't bad, right? :)

August 19, 2013 2:15 pm Totally remember BraveStar - "strength of the bear!" "Speed of the puma!" "Sight of the eagle!" I can't remember what my favorite was when I was 10 - was TMNT around in 1989?

August 12, 2013 1:04 pm Is Chosen the same thing that was collected as American Jesus? If so, I kept hoping for another volume of that series - don't think it'll happen though.

August 5, 2013 11:21 am re: the wake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaYrIIdXopc (unless of course I'm making sexist assumptions that will be proven incorrect)

July 24, 2013 12:55 pm This was an incredibly interesting thought experiment, and I really enjoyed reading it. The character I've found myself thinking about is the Phantom Stranger (and to a lesser extant the Greek characters of the DCU). If we take the current origin of the stranger (he's Judas), then what does that say about the religious world of the DCU? If Jesus is the son of God, but we still have the Greek gods, and other characters like Rama-Kushna (Hindu) and Shazam, who has the wisdom of Solomon (Judasim). And don't forget about all the characters in Hell. What the heck is going on with the metaphysical world of the DCU? Of course all of this assumes that they have some sense of what they're doing in the new-52, which is, well...questionable.

July 22, 2013 6:43 pm Lazarus, Wild Blue Yonder, Rocketeer/Spirit are my top picks. BQ: I have to wait for things to show up on Netflix.