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ParliamentOfDogs posted:I really like Air. It sort of has this gee whiz wonder to it while at the same time staying weirdly grounded. Sort of like Lost like you said, but also mixed with Indiana Jones or something. MYSTERY and ADVENTURE! I like Air as well. And not to date my old rear end, but it reminds me a bit of the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne if they took away the steampunk and kept the sense of wonder and Don Delillo weirdness. I wouldn't label it as strictly feminist because it's so much more than that. I'm a guy, and I'm digging the hell out of it.
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Akuma posted:Something being aimed at a female audience isn't inherently feminist, but still, I agree with your sentiment; I don't think it necessarily is aimed at women. Maybe it is feminist... Not just that, but look at Amelia Earhart and her squadron who can fly those ships because women have a innate ability to do so. Still, I should retract the accusation of feminism. Not that feminism is a bad thing, but the series doesn't require knowledge or support of it. It's just a drat fine comic that I would read anyway because it's so drat fascinating. And G. Willow Wilson rocks.
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ThusZarathustra posted:It's quite good. Worth picking up the trades (there'll ultimately be four) when they're out. Also, G. Willow Wilson mentioned on Twitter that she's known for some time that the series would be ending at issue 24 and so she was able to end it more or less as she wanted too. She also lightly hinted that we'd get at least one more ongoing out of her eventually; maybe once shes done with her current book projects. That's a bummer, but at least it's ending in an intentional way. Such a shame because it was pretty awesome. Oh well.
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May 20, 2010 15:52
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SkellingTon Loc posted:I've been slowly working my way through Doom Patrol, and I just finished the 4th trade last week. I think it's is shaping up to be my absolute favorite Grant Morrison series. The end of the fifth trade is possibly the best thing ever. I love how it ties in everything and yet isn't that shocking but somehow is. I won't ruin it for you, but be sure you have the sixth trade on hand.
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Jul 5, 2010 01:12
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InnercityGriot posted:I agree completely, and would actually go so far as to say that Morrison's Doom Patrol is my favorite comic book ever, period, because it is so effective at getting you to care about such odd characters. People always remember the cool poo poo he did with Crazy Jane, and the change from Negative Man into Rebus, but to me, the coolest thing he did was that he made Cliff Steele into a really wonderful character. He was kind of like a more screwed up version of Marvel's the Thing, mainly because he was supposed to be the big bruiser of the group but his robot body always struck as being kind of second-rate, like nobody wanted to take much time constructing the drat thing, and when he finally gets a new body, it gets destroyed . Despite the fact he was constantly getting trashed in the series, he keeps on plugging along, helping out his friends, and generally being a cool dude. The thing I love about Doom Patrol is how completely insane it can be and how okay it is with that. Cliff's evolution from man trapped in hell to the most normal member of the group is quite a revelation and at the end his inability to recognize why he's a hero is quite remarkable. Still, nothing beats Morrison's own way of making the series his own via Danny the World. Somewhere in the DC Multiverse Danny the World is still there, with Negative Man/Etc still floating around, with Robotman and Crazy Jane still living their lives. That stuff that came afterward? Eh, it might look like them, but it isn't Morrison's, and that's quite beautiful. Plus the New New Brotherhood of Dada rocks the loving Earth.
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Jul 6, 2010 20:42
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Witters posted:Cut for brevity. "We're Israel, and you're Palestine! Oh, and we can hit you anywhere like a terrorist bomber." "But wouldn't that make you Palestine, and ruin your analogy?" "I..um...SHUT UP!" Edit: Oh, thanks for recommending The Unwritten. It's a drat fun series. I even picked up Sweet Tooth because of you awesome people. 
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Mister Roboto posted:Yeah, Fables took a turn for the worse lately. Jack of Fables started off well and degraded after the Great Fables Crossover. In fact, the Great Fables Crossover in general was so bad it damaged both series. Willingham needs to learn a lesson that a lot of talented people with very strong views learned the hard way: no piece of art is made in a political vacuum, but you don't have to be aware of that politics to enjoy the work because you damage both the work and your views if not handled with the figleaf of impartiality. In other words, I like what he does but he needs to keep doing it and leave his politics at home because they're not helping.
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