Denny O’Neil, Mike Sekowsky, others Diana Prince: Wonder Woman vol. 1-4 DC Comics $19.99 each Wonder Woman is virtually impossible to write well. The problem isn’t that the concept is dumb — on the contrary, the difficulty is that it’s not dumb enough. Most superheroes are artistic nonentities. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine — they’re defined [...]
On HU This week was devoted to a roundtable on Clamp’s xxxHolic. Guest posts, lots of comments, and pretty scans abound if you missed it. Also, this week’s music download is here. Last week’s doom metal playlist is here. Utilitarians Everywhere On Madeloud I review Hamsoken’s Foul Harvest. On tcj.com I review a collection of [...]
1. Ros Sereysothea — Shave Your Beard (Electric Cambodia) 2. Arareeya Bussaba — Katah Kor Jai (Katah Kor Jai) 3. Ouijai DanEsan — Yai Chim (Pua Pee Der Nong) 4. Johnny Cash — W-O-M-A-N (Rockabilly Blues) 5. Gospel Writers —Same Man (Fire In My Bones) 6. Rev. John Wilkins —Let the Redeemed Say So (Fire [...]
Since Suat made a plea for contentious manga criticism I thought I’d point him (and maybe others) to some possible weekend reading. At our old address, me, Bill Randall, Tom Crippen, and Miriam Libicki participated in roundtables on YKK and Helter Skelter. Both include harshly negative assessments, name-calling, hair-pulling, and small arms fire. Or at [...]
I thought I’d end the xxxholic roundtable by highlighting some of the more interesting comments it generated, both here and on other sites. Starting off, Kristy Valenti had a longish and thoughtful defense of the series. I personally enjoy xxxHolic very much. The first few volumes made it as an honorable mention, paired with Petshop [...]
I’ve seen a couple of comments here and there about choosing to roundtable just the first three volumes of xxxHolic. Since I’m the person who suggested the roundtable and the three volumes, I thought I’d explain a bit. (Or at least raise my hand and say, “Blame me!”) We’d been talking about what to do [...]
I’ll be honest: I was nervous about being assigned to run the anchor leg of this week’s xxxHOLiC relay. By now, I’d fully expected that the other participants would have exhausted all the clever things I’d wanted to say about the series, whether it was pointing out the artwork’s sensuous, Jugenstil-meets-ukiyo-e vibe or critiquing the [...]
Darwyn Cook relegates Wonder Woman to helpmate in Superman’s psychodrama.
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