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salinea5 Ronins
I'm not entirely sure if I liked this because it's basically a published "Five Things that never happened to a Marvel character" fanfic, because I just tend to like A/U that much, or because it actually is good. As stories, it's way too... well we've all read those stories already. Many times for some of them. And usually better done (at least, more in depth). Very exercise de style. Does connecting it to characters we know of in other situation, having that little twist of interpretation enough to make it fresh? Well the art is pretty cool, and the execution is certainly not bad; and the little inter connection between the stories were cool. So heh, fun little miniseries.
Scalped
It's funny, I started reading this wayyyy before I ever started this thread, read twenty-something issues in a rush, then suddenly stopped because I got sick of the depressingness. Suddenly picked it up again a couple of days ago, and read the rest in a rush. Guess I was in the mood for depressingness.
Scalped makes me think of a HBO series. All violence, sex, drugs, racism... but those things as social institutions, with a glimpse of the wheels that push them, as well tragic results. We have very ambiguous and dark characters who drive drama which is sometimes dramatic to the point of sensationalism, yet remains fascinating. Is it quite as good, or at least as pertinent as it tries to be? I'm not sure I'm able to say; but it does make a very compelling read. The setting is very much Noir, which always love, and besides Noir in a pretty fresh, original way, all in tones of brown and ochre and yellows. The art is absolutely lovely and atmospheric. The pacing is very slow, always willing to wrap itself onto a character or a situation for a deeper, nuanced portrait, yet intense, always keeping the reader on its toes. It's going to be weird to have to read it as an ongoing series from now on.
I'm not entirely sure if I liked this because it's basically a published "Five Things that never happened to a Marvel character" fanfic, because I just tend to like A/U that much, or because it actually is good. As stories, it's way too... well we've all read those stories already. Many times for some of them. And usually better done (at least, more in depth). Very exercise de style. Does connecting it to characters we know of in other situation, having that little twist of interpretation enough to make it fresh? Well the art is pretty cool, and the execution is certainly not bad; and the little inter connection between the stories were cool. So heh, fun little miniseries.
Scalped
It's funny, I started reading this wayyyy before I ever started this thread, read twenty-something issues in a rush, then suddenly stopped because I got sick of the depressingness. Suddenly picked it up again a couple of days ago, and read the rest in a rush. Guess I was in the mood for depressingness.
Scalped makes me think of a HBO series. All violence, sex, drugs, racism... but those things as social institutions, with a glimpse of the wheels that push them, as well tragic results. We have very ambiguous and dark characters who drive drama which is sometimes dramatic to the point of sensationalism, yet remains fascinating. Is it quite as good, or at least as pertinent as it tries to be? I'm not sure I'm able to say; but it does make a very compelling read. The setting is very much Noir, which always love, and besides Noir in a pretty fresh, original way, all in tones of brown and ochre and yellows. The art is absolutely lovely and atmospheric. The pacing is very slow, always willing to wrap itself onto a character or a situation for a deeper, nuanced portrait, yet intense, always keeping the reader on its toes. It's going to be weird to have to read it as an ongoing series from now on.
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Date: 10 May 2011 08:08 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 10 May 2011 11:58 am (UTC)but yeah we got a big climax, then a few filler issues like the Shunka one (or are they?), and now we're just kind of back on track. I'm not sure about what I feel about the newest direction of the plot, either.