Showing posts with label Death in Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death in Comics. Show all posts

Monday, 3 November 2014

Death of Wolverine #3


Although the last issue of this limited series was stupid beyond all comprehension, the issues leading up to that finale were very strong. There was just the right amount of Wolverine as 'best at what he does' mixed with guest stars and favourite villains to make tuning into a pointless event comic worthwhile. Art was aces too.

One of the more interesting parts of the series was writer Charles Soule's use of captions. Readers were able to enter into Logan's consciousness without needing all of that Claremont-esque "hurts like flamin' hell, but I can't quit when Jeanie needs me" monologue. Instead we get the simple impressions of a man with enhanced senses. "Scent of plum blossoms." "Wind kisses rustling petals." At the same time as we see into Logan, we gain a stronger sense of his environment. Words and pictures suddenly work in unison with one another to create a moving picture within the imagination.

Death of Wolverine #3, October 2014 (Marvel Comics)

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Dash Shaw - Doctors

Dash Shaw - Doctors




The story of a father and daughter. For a fee, they'll interrupt heaven so that the children of the rich may settle the accounts of their parents. 
Doctors

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Jean Grey


The tyrannical bald man, dressed so conspicuously normal, must have known about the fire that would soon burn and resurrect and burn and resurrect all heroes, splintering them like wood. He must have recognized the first spark in the most beautiful woman we had ever seen--red and black and fierce; so beautiful that her lover will beg to die alongside her in the cockpit. After this moment, only the unchanging fire would remain. Why not tear each other apart?                                   
    Classic X-Men #8 (Marvel Comics, April, 1987)