What are you reading in September/17?

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What are you reading in September/17?

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1apokoliptian
sep 2, 2017, 5:24 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzz... Wake me up when September comes.

2jnwelch
Bewerkt: sep 6, 2017, 9:06 pm

Oops. we're almost done with the first week of September, apokoliptian. Wake up!

I just finished Monstress Vol. 2 by Marjorie Liu. The art by Sana Takeda is as great as in the first one, but the story is much clearer, and helps the first one make more sense. (I found the first one confusing and difficult to follow).

3apokoliptian
Bewerkt: sep 6, 2017, 11:53 pm

>2 jnwelch:
Hey!
I am slowly starting Chaboute's Moby Dick which is beatifully illustrated.

4jnwelch
sep 7, 2017, 10:24 pm

5Euryale
sep 8, 2017, 12:02 pm

I'm starting September with Black Magick, Vol. 1 (for book club) and One Hundred Nights of Hero, which I just snagged from the library.

6jnwelch
sep 11, 2017, 8:59 am

>5 Euryale: LOVED One Hundred Nights of Hero. Hope you have a good time with it.

7apokoliptian
sep 11, 2017, 9:28 pm

I've finished the first book of Bouncer by Alejandro Jodorowsky and François Boucq, which is a grim and gritty western told in a very Garth Ennis-esque way. The art is naturalistic with some beautiful shots of the canyons.

But due to the harshness of the text I really don't know if I will follow the book.

8apokoliptian
sep 18, 2017, 9:50 pm

I've been reading Le Scorpion by Stephen Desberg and Enrico Marini. This series tells the story of an art robber in the Vatican of the 18th Century that becomes involved in an intrigue that stems back to 3rd Century, when Rome Empire assumed Christianity as official religion.

The text is very solid with lots of Swashbuckling action like The Three Musketeers in overdrive, but the art is a step further. Marini uses watercolors in his very naturalistic and dynamic art.

It is totally a must check!

9apokoliptian
sep 18, 2017, 10:04 pm

I've finished Aftermath, Vol.1: Ares by James D. Hudnall which is about a near future with a small population of people with super powers called Trigs that were used by the government in a War. Years later, these Trigs are being hunted and we follow Ares, who was charged with a murder.

While I like very much othe works by Hudnall, the story failed to get my attention and the art is totally forgetable. The book works like a storyboard proposal for a movie and not a comic book itself.

I think that I will not follow this series.

10Euryale
sep 19, 2017, 9:31 am

I just read everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too and loved it. When I saw it at the library I thought it would be over-the-top cutesy for no reason, but it actually was just sweet and smart.

11apokoliptian
sep 24, 2017, 6:26 pm

I just read Blue Pills by Frederik Peeters, which candidly tells the story of his relationship with a girl that is HIV Seropositive (don't be afraid, it is not a spoiler). This story let us enter in an unknown world outside the circle of the people who live this condition, showing some unexpected difficulties and debating the issue without being preachy or didactic.

The art reminded me of Craig Thompson in the start and David Mazzuchelli in the end.

A friend of mine told me that this is one of the books that should be read and discussed in schools and I agree. So, I strongly recommend it.

12jnwelch
sep 25, 2017, 2:34 pm

I'm waiting for everyone's a aliebn come into the library. I'm glad to hear your positive reaction, Euryale.

I like the Jessica Jones character, and Jessica Jones: Uncaged was a good one.

13apokoliptian
Bewerkt: sep 28, 2017, 8:57 pm

I've finished Vol.1 and 2 of Jupiter's Legacy. This work is a mix between Kingdom Come and Civil War, showing a second generation of superpowered persons rebelling against the first generation of Super-Heroes. The highest point in this work is the very sense of epic and heroism, which I think is still lost in monthly super-hero comics.

Frank Quitely's art is at his highest with a clean stotytelling and superb characterization.

14lansingsexton
okt 2, 2017, 10:31 pm

>12 jnwelch: Thanks for the mention of Jessica Jones: Uncaged. I was delighted to know it existed and ordered it immediately from Amazon. I was a little disappointed, not up to the level of the first couple of Alias volumes in my opinion. I'll still get the Jessica Jones: Avenger volume.