I absolutely loved the art for this comic. The story telling was great and easy to follow *coughunlikekonacough* Half of the time I was expecting the aliens to turn around and betray the human beings, using them for some plot for planet domination or whatever. It was surprising and made me really happy when the aliens did turn out to be the good guys, except for those two paranoid ones back on the alien's home planet. In a time when comics reflected the fear of the unknown, it was nice to see something peaceful come out of it, unlike Challengers where they just kick the attacking threat's butt. I also really enjoyed the character design for the aliens. Those flat limbs were pretty funky. They reminded me of a space version of Gumby.
Green Lantern:
Wow... I have to say, the art for this comic was incredible. The fight scenes especially. They were very believable because the movement looked awesome and cinematic as well. Who doesn't want a power ring like the green lantern's when it can even conjure food? That would make every college here incredibly happy.
I don't even know what else to say about this comic. Just... Wow.
Best Crime:
This was a very strange crime comic indeed. The part where Teddy and her husband have a psychic connection made me laugh. I didn't quite understand how Teddy could understand what was going on while being def and mute. I did think it was interesting how the artist character was more tortured when he got his sight back again (from a bullet grazing his temple? how does that work?).
Modesty Blaise:
By far, one of my absolutely favorite comics read in class. Oh my goodness do I love the story, the writing, the art, the characters themselves were all stunning. I'm glad this comic wasn't forced to be censored for the general public. This comic was definitely a huge contrast from past readings such as John Carter, Batman or Captain Marvel. I really love Modesty as a character because she reminds me a lot of Wonder Woman, but with a little bit of Batman's vengeance and crime fighting.
Modesty Blaise is definitely my recommended reading for the group. Bad Suki was a heck of a lot of fun to read. I'm sure all her other stories are just as well done and thrilling.
Modesty Blaise: It had a beautiful inking style. No wonder they let this comic slip through the cracks in the comics code... nobody could bear to turn it down. The story was also very captivating too. No matter how Modesty Blaise was dressed she still looked very elegant.
ReplyDeleteGreen Lantern: This was the first comic book I have ever read that had the green lantern in it so it was interesting to see how the ring worked and that he needed to charge it before he could use it. I also didn't know that there could be more than one green lantern.... I would think that it would make the Green Lantern less important and individual as other hero characters.
The Aliens: The reading was ok but kind of predictable after a while. It was pretty much the same situation but the people and the aliens were flipped. I did wonder for a while if the people or the aliens would take over each others ships but after they didn't I knew that both were going to have similar endings. The predictability, for me, made the comic less interesting although I did like the part where the humans had to help the alien ship after everything turned to colors.