Comments on: Best of the Year? Already? http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:42:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35670 Johanna Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:13:51 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35670 Good question. I was thrilled to finally see much more of the story (after buying the original Kitchen Sink issues back when)... maybe its size is intimidating? Or maybe the publisher (which hasn't done comics before, that I know of) isn't hooked up with the usual suspects and promotional avenues? Good question. I was thrilled to finally see much more of the story (after buying the original Kitchen Sink issues back when)… maybe its size is intimidating? Or maybe the publisher (which hasn’t done comics before, that I know of) isn’t hooked up with the usual suspects and promotional avenues?

]]> By: Jim Kosmicki http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35669 Jim Kosmicki Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:03:21 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35669 I very much recommend Fun House -- I've passed it around to several of the other Lit teachers in the department and they've all been impressed by it, both as a solidly told story and as a literary work. I got bored with Bechdel's other work a long time ago too, but this is worth reading. and why no love for GreaseMonkey? that's a good work finally completed in one nicely priced and well designed volume. I very much recommend Fun House — I’ve passed it around to several of the other Lit teachers in the department and they’ve all been impressed by it, both as a solidly told story and as a literary work. I got bored with Bechdel’s other work a long time ago too, but this is worth reading.

and why no love for GreaseMonkey? that’s a good work finally completed in one nicely priced and well designed volume.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35664 Johanna Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:19:21 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35664 That's a good point, Bill, and a big flaw in the guideline I mentioned. It may penalize a series doing something truly creative for not following the way things are "supposed" to happen. In the best of possible worlds, someone would draw attention to series that broke the mold that way, either publicity folks or critics. That’s a good point, Bill, and a big flaw in the guideline I mentioned. It may penalize a series doing something truly creative for not following the way things are “supposed” to happen. In the best of possible worlds, someone would draw attention to series that broke the mold that way, either publicity folks or critics.

]]> By: Bill Sherman http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35662 Bill Sherman Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:05:10 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35662 Thinking about <i>Monster</i> - though I liked the frist volume, it strikes me that the series doesn't really start to announce just how complex and interesting it's gonna be until the second book. That type of slow-build can be a problem for extended manga series when all that the list-makers are considering are the first and final entries in the series. Thinking about Monster – though I liked the frist volume, it strikes me that the series doesn’t really start to announce just how complex and interesting it’s gonna be until the second book. That type of slow-build can be a problem for extended manga series when all that the list-makers are considering are the first and final entries in the series.

]]> By: Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35609 Comics Worth Reading Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:51:38 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35609 [...] Even though best of the year lists are already appearing, there are a number of books I’m strongly anticipating still due before 2007: [...]

[...] Even though best of the year lists are already appearing, there are a number of books I’m strongly anticipating still due before 2007: [...]

]]> By: Dan Coyle http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35586 Dan Coyle Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:19:36 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35586 I couldn't disagree more on <i>Can't Get No</i>; I thought it was terrific. I'm dismayed to see the overrated emo-apocalypse blatherings of <i>Dragon Head</i> placed before <i>Monster</i>, <i>Drifting Classroom</i>, or even <i>Golgo 13</i>. I couldn’t disagree more on Can’t Get No; I thought it was terrific.

I’m dismayed to see the overrated emo-apocalypse blatherings of Dragon Head placed before Monster, Drifting Classroom, or even Golgo 13.

]]> By: Roger A http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35578 Roger A Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:53:12 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35578 Considering all the praise it's received, it's kinda surprising that Pride of Baghdad isn't on the list. After I read it, I found myself wishing it was longer. Lots of ideas in a fairly short story. But we've still got a month + of the year left, so it seems really early for a list like this. Considering all the praise it’s received, it’s kinda surprising that Pride of Baghdad isn’t on the list. After I read it, I found myself wishing it was longer. Lots of ideas in a fairly short story.
But we’ve still got a month + of the year left, so it seems really early for a list like this.

]]> By: Ray Cornwall http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35575 Ray Cornwall Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:47:16 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35575 I need to learn how to do that Amazon pop-up stuff. NEAT! Totally agree about Can't Get No. If Veitch had removed the captions, the book would be much better. His prose destroys the book. I get what he was trying to do, but it wasn't worth it. I need to learn how to do that Amazon pop-up stuff. NEAT!

Totally agree about Can’t Get No. If Veitch had removed the captions, the book would be much better. His prose destroys the book. I get what he was trying to do, but it wasn’t worth it.

]]> By: Robin Hermann http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35572 Robin Hermann Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:40:12 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35572 I most definitely was not with L&R from the beginning; I only read _Locas_ and _Palomar_ last summer and am now going through all the collected volumes-- so I was not "there then" and didn't "grow up with the series." But I still love it. I give the edge to Jaime over Beto, but that's just me. _Ghost of Hoppers_ deserves all the praise it's getting, and more. rob I most definitely was not with L&R from the beginning; I only read _Locas_ and _Palomar_ last summer and am now going through all the collected volumes– so I was not “there then” and didn’t “grow up with the series.”

But I still love it. I give the edge to Jaime over Beto, but that’s just me. _Ghost of Hoppers_ deserves all the praise it’s getting, and more.

rob

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35570 Johanna Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:38:20 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35570 Snarky supposition: Is Can't Get No on the list partially so that DC won't be left out entirely? Thanks to everyone for the recommendations. Chad, maybe Fun Home is the book that bridges our gap. :) Ed, I wish there was an easy way for me to see what's still due this year, but I don't have access to my ordering database right now. Snarky supposition: Is Can’t Get No on the list partially so that DC won’t be left out entirely?

Thanks to everyone for the recommendations. Chad, maybe Fun Home is the book that bridges our gap. :)

Ed, I wish there was an easy way for me to see what’s still due this year, but I don’t have access to my ordering database right now.

]]> By: Paul Sizer http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35563 Paul Sizer Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:12:00 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35563 "Fun Home" was a reluctant initial read for me, as I found Bechdel's "Dykes to Watch Out For" too preachy and hammering home her points to read long excerpts from. I am happy to report that I was wrong on this book, and "Fun Home" proved to be a very level, objective look at Alison's incredibly personal story. I was impressed at how well she told this story without resorting to her previously labored point making. This book deserves all the praise it is receiving. “Fun Home” was a reluctant initial read for me, as I found Bechdel’s “Dykes to Watch Out For” too preachy and hammering home her points to read long excerpts from.

I am happy to report that I was wrong on this book, and “Fun Home” proved to be a very level, objective look at Alison’s incredibly personal story. I was impressed at how well she told this story without resorting to her previously labored point making.

This book deserves all the praise it is receiving.

]]> By: Journalista » Blog Archive » Nov. 8, 2006: Morning in America http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35559 Journalista » Blog Archive » Nov. 8, 2006: Morning in America Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:39:00 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35559 [...] On the same topic, and because “Publishers Weekly” is apparently today’s secret phrase — use it during today’s program and the toy duck drops from the ceiling for a fifty-dollar bonus — Johanna Draper Carlson examines PW’s recent best graphic novels list for 2006. She also links to commentary from the owner of Neptune Comics in Wisconsin, who accurately notes that the vast majority of titles in this list are books that sell better in bookstores than in comics shops. [...]

[...] On the same topic, and because “Publishers Weekly” is apparently today’s secret phrase — use it during today’s program and the toy duck drops from the ceiling for a fifty-dollar bonus — Johanna Draper Carlson examines PW’s recent best graphic novels list for 2006. She also links to commentary from the owner of Neptune Comics in Wisconsin, who accurately notes that the vast majority of titles in this list are books that sell better in bookstores than in comics shops. [...]

]]> By: Ed Sizemore http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35554 Ed Sizemore Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:50:43 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35554 Considering books like Ode to Kirihito just came out I think this list is premature and incomplete. Considering books like Ode to Kirihito just came out I think this list is premature and incomplete.

]]> By: Chad Anderson http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35538 Chad Anderson Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:21:58 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35538 <i>I find Love and Rockets and their subsequent spinoffs some of the most overrated comics ever. I think you had to be there then, and grow along with the series, to truly appreciate it now, because for me, it’s like going to someone else’s never-ending high school reunion.</i> Up late waiting to see how the VA Senate race turns out... I feel exactly the opposite about Love and Rockets. Only started reading it with Volume Two, but I enjoyed it so much I went back and bought the trades of the old stuff, and I think it's one of the best comics ever (I lean more toward Gilbert than Jaime, but it's a slight edge). Different strokes for different folks and all that. I think you're in for a real treat with Fun Home, though. A literary GN that really lived up to the advance praise, I thought. Of course, I like Love and Rockets. ;-) I find Love and Rockets and their subsequent spinoffs some of the most overrated comics ever. I think you had to be there then, and grow along with the series, to truly appreciate it now, because for me, it’s like going to someone else’s never-ending high school reunion.

Up late waiting to see how the VA Senate race turns out…

I feel exactly the opposite about Love and Rockets. Only started reading it with Volume Two, but I enjoyed it so much I went back and bought the trades of the old stuff, and I think it’s one of the best comics ever (I lean more toward Gilbert than Jaime, but it’s a slight edge).

Different strokes for different folks and all that.

I think you’re in for a real treat with Fun Home, though. A literary GN that really lived up to the advance praise, I thought. Of course, I like Love and Rockets. ;-)

]]> By: Chris Sims http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35529 Chris Sims Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:56:25 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35529 American Born Chinese <i>is</i> totally awesome. As for <i>Scott Pilgrim</i> v.3, it was initially my least favorite of the series so far, but when I re-read it last week, I liked it a heck of a lot more. American Born Chinese is totally awesome. As for Scott Pilgrim v.3, it was initially my least favorite of the series so far, but when I re-read it last week, I liked it a heck of a lot more.

]]> By: Dave Lartigue http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35528 Dave Lartigue Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:48:46 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35528 I read Can't Get No in the library. Well...I say "read" because after the first few pages I could not take the text anymore and realized it wasn't necessary to the plot. It's better if you ignore the horrible text. But still not very good. I read Can’t Get No in the library. Well…I say “read” because after the first few pages I could not take the text anymore and realized it wasn’t necessary to the plot. It’s better if you ignore the horrible text. But still not very good.

]]> By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35526 James Schee Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:42:23 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35526 That's okay, I just got nervous for a second as the window just popped up. It is actually a nice way to see the covers and price, yet I just wasn't expecting it. That’s okay, I just got nervous for a second as the window just popped up. It is actually a nice way to see the covers and price, yet I just wasn’t expecting it.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35523 Johanna Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:55:35 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35523 Sorry about that. It's all Web 2.0 glitz that I was trying. Sorry about that. It’s all Web 2.0 glitz that I was trying.

]]> By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-35522 James Schee Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:40:15 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/11/07/best-of-the-year-already/#comment-35522 Hmm one of these I've read is the Scott Pilgrim on, though I hope to get to Making Comics and American Born Chinese soon. BTW, the Amazon links opening up popup windows when my mouse pointer went over them scared the heck out of me. Hmm one of these I’ve read is the Scott Pilgrim on, though I hope to get to Making Comics and American Born Chinese soon.

BTW, the Amazon links opening up popup windows when my mouse pointer went over them scared the heck out of me.

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