Bought/Thought for August 13, 2008; SPOILERS INSIDE!

[Anubis]

Yeah, those books have good art.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Monday Morning Thoughts

Trinity #11: After a lackluster issue last week, Trinity picks back up the pace, as we get an understanding as to why Superman has been acting very un-supermanly: The three personalities of Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman are all merging within each of them. While dealing with this, they are also trying to handle to problem with the Crime Syndicate. The only problem is that the story doesn't advance much from last issue; we just get more of an understanding of what the Crime Syndicate's world is like and why they have been abducting people from other Earths to their world. The second story has Oracle leading some teams to get those who are trying to steal artifacts that have a connection with the superhero trinity. 8/10

Gen13 #21: I started reading this comic with issue #1, then dropped it after the first storyarc ended, which was issue #6. I came back to it when I found out there was a Welcome To Tranquility tie-in in issue #8. The book had greatly improved; but, after that, it's been going slowly downhill. Now, with the first issue to tie-in with World's End, this title is worse than ever. The art is terrible, not even looking like the characters I've seen in past issues. And, the story is very unimaginative. The shocking conclusion isn't even shocking, since we knew they would discover they were in a future that has been decimated by the events from Number Of The Beast. 4/10

Green Arrow and Black Canary #11: The search for Connor Hawke continues, as the Shadow League tells all they know about why Connor got shot and later abducted by them. Even though Green Arrow and company don't get the story advanced much farther from the last issue, it gives us a whole lot of answers to the questions we've had for many months. My only complaint would be in not knowing my Green Arrow history, as I didn't recognize the lady on the last page. 8/10

Batman #679: Why do I always feel as if there are parts of this story missing between issues? This is some of the most god-awful storytelling I've ever read! Batman is crazy, wearing an outfit that looks like he's borrowed fabric from the Joker's wardrobe, and due to Batman's stupidity, seems as if quite a few bad guys know that Bruce Wayne and Batman are the same person. It really feels as if Morrison had a bunch of ideas and no good way to mesh them all together in a compelling story. This is a garbled mess. 4/10

Batman Confidential #20: Thank GOD for these secondary Batman books! Their tales from Batman's past are so much better than the "new" crap. This fourth part of Batgirl and Catwoman's first meeting has been tons of fun, as they've both been battling over a notebook containing Gordon's files that Selina stole. This issue, Batman makes his appearance, and the dialogue between him, Selina, and Barbara Gordon is as much fun as the action. Definitely skip the crap Morrison is doing, and instead, pick up something a whole lot more fun by Nicieza. 8/10

Only seven more comics to go for this week.

 

[SouLeSS]

Wow, please tell me you're kidding.

That or you're actually part of the autistic society of america.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Wow, please tell me you're kidding.

That or you're actually part of the autistic society of america.

My son is autistic. So, are you saying being that way makes his judgements on stuff ridiculous?

 

[SouLeSS]

Pretty much, yes.

 

[fifthfiend]

My son is autistic.

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Well, as usual, I come back, deciding to give my opinions on some books I read, only to see that there is always someone on the Hype who feels they have to come across as a complete moronic idiot. So, congrats, Souless...you've made me decide I should just stay away from the Bought/Thought threads, because there is always someone like you who wants to make tasteless comments that degrade certain people.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Pics or it didn't happen.

And, what does an autistic person look like?

First, autism doesn't make someone look deformed in anyway. My son looks as normal as anyone else you'd meet. Second, those people who know me on here can easily vouch for me, as I've mention my son numerous times.

 

[Odin's Fury]

Yeah, those books have good art.

Thank you. I thought I was seeing things....

 

[Anubis]

Well, as usual, I come back, deciding to give my opinions on some books I read, only to see that there is always someone on the Hype who feels they have to come across as a complete moronic idiot. So, congrats, Souless...you've made me decide I should just stay away from the Bought/Thought threads, because there is always someone like you who wants to make tasteless comments that degrade certain people.

To be fair, Souless is schizophrenic. The person that answered you was probably his fourth personality, Dishpan man. The one who likes to put cigarettes out on his testicles. And Fiend, well, he's a fiend. It's in his name for christ sakes.

 

[RockSP]

Thank you. I thought I was seeing things....

Well Astounding Wolf-man's art is just passable. Dynamo and Firebreather get the thumbs up, though.

 

[SouLeSS]

To be fair, Souless is schizophrenic. The person that answered you was probably his fourth personality, Dishpan man. The one who likes to put cigarettes out on his testicles. And Fiend, well, he's a fiend. It's in his name for christ sakes.

See, this guy knows whats up. Cept I'm not a schizo, just have a buncha voices in my head.

 

[fifthfiend]

There are really only two notable instances of really obvious politics that I can think of; an anti-abortion bit in the early part of "March of the Wooden Soldiers", and the 'Israel Analogy' (it's actually called that) chapter of #50.

Those plus some of the gender stereotyping plus goldilocks as the Loonie Leftie caricature plus the glorification of firearms plus one or a few other things. There's a fair amount of creeping Clancyism that to properly define I'd have to reread both Fables and Tom Clancy's novels and **** you if you think I'm subjecting myself to that.

 

[fifthfiend]

I really really want to see how Fables is obnoxiously conservative. All of that sounds like personal projections to me.

Willingham has openly said that his conservatism informs his work and my finding it obnoxious is a straightforward matter of my disagreeing with the viewpoint he advances.

Throwing around terms like projection to sound intelligent doesn't work when you don't have the first clue how they work or what they mean.

...Before anyone misunderstands Willingham's statements in the above article I will point out that he says he does not insert his views in a didactic manner which is something I have already agreed with in my statement that Fables is not typically preachy.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I've found it's better to just ignore Bill Willingham as a human being and enjoy Fables. Anyone remember some of his comments after essentially ruining Leslie Thompkins?

 

[Anubis]

Basically "So what? Go f**k yourself fanboy."

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Pretty much. Now I avoid interviews with him and just read Fables.

 

[BrianWilly]

I've found it's better to just ignore Bill Willingham as a human being and enjoy Fables. Anyone remember some of his comments after essentially ruining Leslie Thompkins?

It's pretty much all I can think of, when I see his name or read his writing.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Those plus some of the gender stereotyping

What do you mean?