by Marc, on December 28th, 2009
Planetary: Crossing Worlds is perhaps the least interesting of the Planetary collections. It contains three crossover stories in which the Planetary team meets up with The Authority, multiple incarnations of The Batman, and an alternate version of the JLA. The latter story is definitely not part of the Planetary storyline (it takes place in [...]
by Marc, on November 29th, 2009
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 [...]
by Marc, on October 24th, 2009
Damn! I’ve been putting off this review of In The Shadow of No Towers for so long, it’s become a form of writer’s block. You see, I was so impressed by Spiegelman’s work, so absolutely blown away by it and on so many levels, that I felt that any review I had to write [...]
by Marc, on August 19th, 2009
In The Shadow Of No Towers by Art Spiegelman is the third book we are reading in the Hamilton Graphic Novel Book Club. I’m not ready to write about it yet, but though I would give you my first impressions, because this IS an impressive book.