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Alice in Leatherland.1
Got this on the recommendation of the amazing Stjepan Sejic, as something that’s similar to his stellar Sunstone. Alas, even accounting for the high bar Sejic sets, it’s not quite good enough for me to try the second issue. Iolanda Zanfardino and Elisa Romboli have created a decent first issue about a young lady who’s moved to San Francisco and finds herself far out of her comfort zone in just about every aspect of her life. In a story like this, everything relies on the characters and how much I want to keep reading about them. It’s close, but I couldn’t get myself to care enough for this fish out of water.
Sunstone: Mercy vol 7
Speaking of Sejic, here he is with the continuation of Sunstone. My god, he is a phenomenal writer/artist. Talk about caring for the characters. He writes flawed but sympathetic men and women in this series, and I care immensely about their well-being and happiness. I can’t wait to find out what happens next, even though as a flashback, I already know the broad strokes of the outcome. There’s no doubt this is going to Pure Joy on the re-read.
Nightwing 80
Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo. What an amazing team.
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| I love their relationship, whatever it is. |
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| Great troll. |
Nightwing 19-20
Catwoman 56
Batman 553-554
Detective Comics 719-721
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 73-74
Robin 53
Batman Chronicles 12
Blackgate: Isle of Men 1
Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma 1
The Cataclysm arc, which will lead to the very long, very epic No Man’s Land. The writers do a better job here than they did in Contagion in terms of portraying how a conceivable natural disaster would affect Gotham. It feels more realistic, once you get past the people in costumes, because even they’re pretty useless in a situation like this, outside of search and rescue. There’s a bit with the Quakemaster at the end, and it’s predictably the weakest part.
But there’s some really strong stuff at the beginning, as we see how Nightwing, Oracle, and Catwoman react to the crisis. Their instant responses, “How can I help,” feel like true heroism, not comic book superheroism. It’s neat to read.
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| I like the inner monologue and very human reactions from Selina. |
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| A very 'basic' bystander rescue... |
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| ...but Dixon and McDaniel really sell the tension and heroism. |
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| Bruce and Jim have a great bromance. |
Regret buying: No
Would buy again: Yes (No for Blackgate and Blunt Trauma)
Would read again: Yes
Rating: Pretty good for Nightwing and Catwoman. Fine for Blackgate and Blunt Trauma. Nice for the rest.
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