2012 - End Of Week 25 - Graphic Novels

Greetings Friends,

To finish up my graphic novel reading I decided to finish strong. To do that I read four graphic novels by the godfather of the graphic novel - Will Eisner.

#17 (of 20) Moby Dick adapted by Will Eisner.

Ishmael, a young man, hopes to join a whaling ship. Along the way he meets a harpooner named Queequeg. Together they join the crew of the whaling ship Pequod. Although all seems normal they haven't met their captain yet. After days at sea Captain Ahab finally addresses the crew. Ahab announces that they will be looking for the great white whale - Moby Dick. The captain is all consumed with killing the beast that took his leg. And so goes the tale.

This classic tale by Herman Melville has been worked into a nice graphic novel by Will Eisner. He not only adapted the story but illustrated, lettered and colored it. Nicely done.


#18 (of 20) The Princess and the Frog adapted by Will Eisner.

When an evil wizard asks to be the castles wizard, the young prince tells him - "No". This makes the old wizard Gnarl quite upset. He turns the young prince into a frog. The only thing that will break the spell is a kiss from a maiden. So the frog heads off to live with other frogs. When that doesn't work out he heads over to live by a water well. There he meets his maiden.

This Brothers Grimm tale was once again adapted, lettered, drawn and colored by Will Eisner. Another winner.

#19 (of 20) The Last Knight - An Introduction to Don Quixote adapted by Will Eisner.

A long time ago in Spain Alanzo Quixano only read old books about Chivalry and Knighthood. He becomes so obsessed with it he decides to be a knight. To do so he takes his great grandfathers armor out of the attic, cleans it and becomes the Last Knight. After being Knighted by a local inn-keeper, he is re-named Don Quixote. With his horse, he is now ready to right wrongs. As his quest continues he is joined by his side-kick Sancho. And the adventure continues.

I can't imagine Miguel De Cervantes tale looking any better. Once again a complete tale handled by Will Eisner.      

#20 (of 20) Sundiata adapted by Will Eisner.

This is a tale from thirteenth century Africa. Sumanguru was the King of the land of Sasso. He was a great conqueror for his people. When Sumanguru hears about the friendly country of Mali, he decides to conquer it. This was an easy task since Mali's king had died. During his raid, all of Mali's kings sons were killed save one - the lame youngest son Sundiata. After years of hard work Sundiata could finally stand, then run, then hunt. Once he grew to manhood he was able to rally other warriors from defeated tribes. Now he was ready to challenge Sumanguru. 

This was by far the best of the lot. Also adapted, drawn, lettered and colored by Will Eisner.

That will do it for my graphic novel challenge.

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L. 

 

2012 - End Of Week 25 - Comics

Greetings Friends,

This has been another productive week as I've read 14 more comic books. Check them out.

#332. Saga #4.

#333. Winter Soldier #7.

#334. Comedian #1.

#335. Elephantmen #40.

#336. Next Men #44.

#337. True Blood #2.

#338. Planet of the Apes #15.

#339. The Punisher #12.

#340. Batwoman #10.

#341. B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth - The Devils Engine #2.

#342. Ragemoor #4.

#343. Baltimore - Dr. Leskovar's Remedy #1.

#344. Batman Beyond Unlimited #5.

#345. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5.

Comedian #1 is off to a good start. Including the Kennedys and Marilyn Monroe was big time.

Winter Soldier continues to be my favorite Marvel Comic. Bettie Breitweiser's coloring remains a very high mark.

Baltimore - Dr. Leskovar's Remody is off to a fine start. 

But the winner this week is Batman Beyond Unlimited. This title continues to by my favorite DC comic.

Keep Read Comics.

D.L.

2012 - End Of Week 24 - Comics

Greetings Friends,

I had another good week of read comics. I knocked 15 total. Check them out. 

#317. Captain America #13.

#318. The Massive #1.

#319. Batman #10.

#320. Silk Spectre #1.

#321. The Bulletproof Coffin - Disinterred #5.

#322. Steed and Mrs. Peel #6.

#323. Untold Tales Of The Punisher Max #1.

#324. Avengers #27 (*).

#325. Detective Comics #10.

#326. Harbinger #1.

#327. Smallville #1.

#328. Smallville #2.

#329. Planetoid #1.

#330. All Star Comics #8 (origin of Wonder Woman p.1)(*).

#331. Sensational Comics #1 (origin of Wonder Woman p.2)(*).

(*) denotes read as a digital comic book. 

There were a couple of big winners this week.

First up is Smallville Season 11. Initially I wasn't going to read this since it is billed as Season 11. I mean I'm still working my way through Season 3 as part of my challenge for 2012. But I didn't want the issues to stack up either so I went ahead and dove in. I'm not going to say that issue one and two were great, but this series is off to a good start. 

The real winner is The Massive. This series started off in the pages of Dark Horse Presents and now it has it's own book. The story is set in a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster world. The Ninth Wave is an environmental group stationed on two ships The Kapital and The Massive. They are searching for answers for what caused the world to crumble into chaos when they were separated. Now the Kapital must search for her sister ship The Massive. Nice story and art. 

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L.

2012 - End Of Week 23 - Comics

Greetings Friends,

I'm back again with twelve more comic books read. Check them out.

#305. Worlds' Finest #2.

#306. X-O Manowar #2.
#307. Secret #2.
#308. Epic Kill #2.
#309. Earth 2 #2.
#310. Mind MGMT #1.
#311. Trio #2.

#312. Fury Max #3.

#313. Winter Soldier #6.

#314. Dark Horse Presents #12.

#315. Minutemen #1. 

#316. The Tick - Invincible #100.

The four winners this week:

Minutemen #1. It's about time Darwyn Cooke is back doing a monthly.

X-O Manowar #2. This story is starting to roll now.

Mind MGMT #1. Nice start for Matt Kindt's new comic book.

The Tick - Invincible #100. A nice Tick/Invincible story with a nice Tick history back up.

Only 184 to go.


K.R.C.


D.L.

2012 - End Of Week 22 - Comics

Greetings Friends,

I read a few comic books this week. Check them out.

#289. Dark Horse Presents #10.

#290. Dark Horse Presents #11.

#291. Batman Beyond Unlimited #4.

#292. Super Crooks #3.

#293. Exile on the Planet of the Apes #3.

#294. Batman Annual #1.
#295. Star Trek The Next Generation - Doctor Who - Assimilation 2 #1.
#296. Star Trek #9.

#297. America's Got Powers #2.

#298. Road Rage #4.

#299. The Rocketeer Adventures 2 #3.

#300. B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth - The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell.

#301. Next Men #43.

#302. A Game of Thrones #8.

#303. The Bionic Woman #2.

#304. Li'l Depressed Boy #11.

The big winners this week:

Batman Beyond Unlimited #4 Four stories Beyond Cool.

Super Crooks #3. Cool Story, Art not bad either.

Star Trek - Dr. Who #1. Cool Concept with painted art. 

Sixteen more comic books read this week. Not bad. Only 196 to go.

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L.