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Hmm. What can I say about Planetary, Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century that I didn’t already cover in talking about the first two volumes? It still has strong writing, still has great art and colouring, ummm… still explores the superhero and related genres in a terrific post-postmodernist fashion. Did I ever tell you [...] If buying a book was like buying, oh, I don’t know, peanuts (for example), there would a word count on the back cover near the price, and the cost breakdown per 1000 words. Then, you could walk through the store and pick up the books and think to yourself, “Hmm. Do I feel like 50,000 [...] McSweeny’s Quarterly Concern is a literary magazine periodical put out four times a year and edited by Dave Eggers. It is known for it’s experimental and creative layouts and packaging, and for its themed issues. Issue 13 (Spring 2004) is “An Assorted Sampler of North American Comic Drawings, Strips, and Illustrated Stories, &c.” and is [...] In Flight 714, Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus get diverted from their trip to the Astronomical Conference in Sydney (they were guests of honour, being the first men on the moon, doncha know) when the plane they are on gets hijacked (not the titular Flight 714, oddly enough). What follows is a typical [...] The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country is a collection of four Sandman stories, plus a script version of one of the issues. The stories are interesting in that they mainly figure Dream as a presence, rather than a main character, and that works exceedingly well in giving a real sense of the Endless as things [...] |
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