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Comics Round-up : November Comics
Nov. 7th, 2015 09:07 amA couple of titles came out this week that I was interested in, though my favorite comic this week might be The Black Hood #6
which features a one shot art appearance from Howard Chaykin and also finds Swierczynski really hitting his stride. Still, I mainly blog about issue #1s so:
Drax (Marvel) - written by CM Punk and Cullen Bunn- CM Punk was at a spot where he looked lie he might be the most popular pro wrestler in the last 10 years and he just left. he had other ambitions which included being a real fighter in the UFC, but also apparently being a writer. Marvel gave him a shot by letting him write a short story as part of a Thor Annual, and it flew off the shelves, so it makes logical sense that Punk gets his own title in the current Marvel relaunch.
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Just to hedge their bets, he's paired with Bunn and given a title that seems to be perfect for a new writer- a Guardians of the Galaxy spinoff that is all action and no thinking. Much comment of course has been made that Drax was portrayed by Dave Batista, also a former WWE wrestler in the GotG movie.
Drax has got universally good reviews. I had to pick it up to see, and it did look like a fun comic. It is indeed a fun comic, that gives Punk the chance to be all comic action and work in the snappy GotG brand of one-liners. It's almost too lightweight for me, though. That may be more Marvel's fault than Punk's, but would have liked to seen him do something more. I am not going to continue the title, but I really don't have anything bad to say about it. It is pretty good for what it is, if not for me, the 'best in the world'.
Klaus (Boom! Studios) by Grant Morrison - A lot of buzz around this one, which finds Morrison telling the Santa Claus story in all of it's original Nordic (and Siberian) folktale glory and gory. There's hardly a mention of Klaus without a comparison to Frank Miller and specifically Batman: Year One.
I admit this is a pretty unique idea- Santa as a Conan the Barbarian style character and you have Krampus as a villain. I enjoyed issue one, though the ambitious idea of the project probably left me more underwhelmed than anything.
The art does a fine job of conveying the grisliness and grit of the story. It's just that there's nothing particularly inventive, though it does take a turn into the Morrisonesque at the end. Klaus is fairly one-dimensional which is probably too be expected, but would have made it a better story to see him fleshed out. It is a decent story, and worth continuing, but issue 1 probably won't convince many people to stay with it.
which features a one shot art appearance from Howard Chaykin and also finds Swierczynski really hitting his stride. Still, I mainly blog about issue #1s so:
Drax (Marvel) - written by CM Punk and Cullen Bunn- CM Punk was at a spot where he looked lie he might be the most popular pro wrestler in the last 10 years and he just left. he had other ambitions which included being a real fighter in the UFC, but also apparently being a writer. Marvel gave him a shot by letting him write a short story as part of a Thor Annual, and it flew off the shelves, so it makes logical sense that Punk gets his own title in the current Marvel relaunch.
Just to hedge their bets, he's paired with Bunn and given a title that seems to be perfect for a new writer- a Guardians of the Galaxy spinoff that is all action and no thinking. Much comment of course has been made that Drax was portrayed by Dave Batista, also a former WWE wrestler in the GotG movie.
Drax has got universally good reviews. I had to pick it up to see, and it did look like a fun comic. It is indeed a fun comic, that gives Punk the chance to be all comic action and work in the snappy GotG brand of one-liners. It's almost too lightweight for me, though. That may be more Marvel's fault than Punk's, but would have liked to seen him do something more. I am not going to continue the title, but I really don't have anything bad to say about it. It is pretty good for what it is, if not for me, the 'best in the world'.
Klaus (Boom! Studios) by Grant Morrison - A lot of buzz around this one, which finds Morrison telling the Santa Claus story in all of it's original Nordic (and Siberian) folktale glory and gory. There's hardly a mention of Klaus without a comparison to Frank Miller and specifically Batman: Year One.
I admit this is a pretty unique idea- Santa as a Conan the Barbarian style character and you have Krampus as a villain. I enjoyed issue one, though the ambitious idea of the project probably left me more underwhelmed than anything.
The art does a fine job of conveying the grisliness and grit of the story. It's just that there's nothing particularly inventive, though it does take a turn into the Morrisonesque at the end. Klaus is fairly one-dimensional which is probably too be expected, but would have made it a better story to see him fleshed out. It is a decent story, and worth continuing, but issue 1 probably won't convince many people to stay with it.
