What are you Reading? January, 2017

I finished 2016 reading Divinity which I enjoyed. I haven't read many superhero books put out by Valiant, and it was a nice change of pace.

I have Fight Club 2 sitting on my table. I remember liking Fight Club (both the book and the movie) 15 years ago or so, but I've certainly changed a bit since then, we'll see how it goes...

Starting Monstress instead. I like Marjorie Liu and my sisters raved about the artwork in the book.

First of all, Happy New Year for all of you.

I've read Green Latern, vol.1: No Fear, the start of Geoff Johns run. As a first movie of a Blockbuster merchandise, this book is kind of bland, only setting the pieces on the chessboard. Good pace and (bland and heaaavy, respectively) art by Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver and Simone Bianchi (bland, heaaavy and arty, respectively).

It is good to read a book in which the writer clearly has the plan of staying for long and building a big project. It is worth of checking the whole run.

>2 brianjungwi: I love the art in Monstress.

I'm trying to catch up on my Netgalley Comics, so I'm mostly reading DC with a hint of various Independents in there. Plus, I got Auto-Approved by a Netgalley Comic book publisher, and so I'm incredibly excited (all my other auto-approvals are for prose novels/non-fiction) Woo!

I did read Superman, Vol. 1: Son of Superman and thought that it was a nice return to what I think of as the 'well written' Superman. The one who doesn't like, have a weird super sun super power and hopefully will never, ever ever again date Wonder Woman. Ugh. We'll see how long DC keeps this nice storyline goes before totally ruining it again.

And a Happy New Year to y'all!!

4> Euryale: The art is amazing, I found myself just staring at some pages.

5> I liked the Earth One: Superman, I'm going to wait awhile before jumping into the DC reboot i think

Read Mooncop by Tom Gauld last night - lyrical and melancholic and good (review in the work if anyone is interested).

>6 brianjungwi: I love the while Earth One line :)

Just finished Wonder Woman: The True Amazon; some amazing watercolors from Jill Thompson.

Finished How to Talk to Girls at Parties (art by Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon; based on the story of Neil Gaiman) a few days ago - not bad at all.

And one more: the biography of Agatha Christie: Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie. Pretty well done. Reviews in the works if anyone is interested.

Just read The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, which was an interesting take on the history of Singapore.

Next up are the graphic memoir Flying Couch and Preacher Book 1.

>9 AnnieMod:, >10 AnnieMod: I liked How to Talk to Girls at Parties, and our daughter LOVED Agatha: The Real Life. She's a big Agatha fan.

I'm another one reading Monstress and liking the art, and I'm re-reading the first ones in the Sandman series in the Sandman Omnibus.

I started to read Harbinger, I'd always been curious about Valiant's publishing line but had never jumped in. I'm liking it so far.

I've read Two Brothers, which is a graphic adaptation of the Milton Hatoum's novel done by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon.
The story takes place in Manaus, a city in the middle of Brazilian Rain Forest, and tells about the paths of two twin brothers (Bá and Moon are also twins).

Great story, good art. It is worth of checking.

>12 jnwelch: Yeah, Agatha would work for YA and even younger - it is a very clean comic and the story is engaging (although a much younger may person may miss some of the world actions happening around her at the time)

>14 apokoliptian: I have this one somewhere in a box - still unpacking....

Meanwhile, Pushwagner's Soft City is one very strange comic. I am still not sure if I really liked it or not... mainly because of stylistic choices.

Picked up Paper Girls, Vol. 2 at the library ... and then I was weak and bought the Image Comics Humble Bundle, so I guess I have plenty to read for the next few months.

I'm starting on Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck Omnibus. I believe Howard may be the only Marvel/DC hero located in Cleveland!

Only one in January: Bulles by Daniel Torres. Aman deals with his midlife crisis. Simple art, but not simplistic. 4 stars.

>18 sushicat:
Daniel Torres is great! I was not aware of recent material from him.

I just finished The White Donkey: Terminal Lance by Maximilian Uriarte, and it was a very well done story of a Marine going through training, deploying to Iraq, and returning home.