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clayhornikI'm getting old. It's the kind of realization that hits you from an angle, just outside of your field of vision. Right now, my three favourite comics are Hopeless Savages, How Loathsome, and Transmetropolitan. My *all time* favourites are Baker Street and Sandman. Global Frequency and the Invisibles are in the top ten. Caitlin Kiernan's run on the Dreaming and The Girl Who Would Be Death are there too. I've even picked up some Japanese comics, manga, lately. Paradise Kiss is interesting because the protagonists are... design students.
Where's the Spandex? Where's the Explosions? I used to love the Teen Titans, especially Marv Wolfman & George Perez's run on them. And the JLA. I have like seventy-five percent of the original run, back when the had a satellite headquarters and Dick Dillan did the artwork.
I still pick them up, occasionally, the new incarnations of these classic teams, but... it's just not there, the magic they had when I was younger.
Instead of wondering who's stronger, Superman or Thor, I now wonder what song Chloe sings in How Loathsome #4.
Oh, I just got it. Not the song, but the why...
It's because most of the above books are about "real" people... sometimes real people in unreal situations (Sandman's supporting cast rather than the main characters, the secondary characters in the Dreaming), but ultimately, it's the humanity of the characters, and the added depth of the graphic medium, that draws me to them.
It's the people, not the spectacle of their adventures. You know, like literature. Or Life.
Where's the Spandex? Where's the Explosions? I used to love the Teen Titans, especially Marv Wolfman & George Perez's run on them. And the JLA. I have like seventy-five percent of the original run, back when the had a satellite headquarters and Dick Dillan did the artwork.
I still pick them up, occasionally, the new incarnations of these classic teams, but... it's just not there, the magic they had when I was younger.
Instead of wondering who's stronger, Superman or Thor, I now wonder what song Chloe sings in How Loathsome #4.
Oh, I just got it. Not the song, but the why...
It's because most of the above books are about "real" people... sometimes real people in unreal situations (Sandman's supporting cast rather than the main characters, the secondary characters in the Dreaming), but ultimately, it's the humanity of the characters, and the added depth of the graphic medium, that draws me to them.
It's the people, not the spectacle of their adventures. You know, like literature. Or Life.
