[...] of culture, race, and heritage, and the title of this book may put some off. Longtime manga stylist Adam Warren provides a foreword that tackles the subject head-on, setting the right tone for the material that [...]

It sounds like you are more deeply invested into the intricacies of this new and improved Supergirl than I’m ever going to be. For my part, I’ve been reading truckloads of SHOWCASE reprints featuring the more classic variety and so the delta between Superman’s helpful cousin and this, as you say, Paris Hilton inflected Supergirl is not only noticeable but, to my sensibilities, more than a little gross.

Hope you enjoy EMPOWERED!

Without altering the deep character flaws that we’ve seen tolerated or even celebrated in other stories, Waid and Perez spell out that they ARE flaws, and what’s more, that they’re going to leave her thoroughly unhappy unless she does something about them. And they have her take one step toward doing just that. If every installment of SUPERGIRL were like this, you couldn’t drag me away.

But EMPOWERED sounds keen. I’ll check it out next chance I get.

[...] picked up a copy of the book myself, I can state that Rob Vollmar’s review of Adam Warren’s superhero satire, Empowered, is pretty much spot-on. (Above: [...]

(As for Comic Classics, the difference between the two types of links is simple, but not necessarily obvious: the list at the top of the page is books I’ve reviewed myself. The Amazon link section is made up of books I consider classics that I haven’t yet reviewed, so I’m directing readers to another source of information.)

So far, regarding the author ID question, the colored text would be easiest for me to do, but I’m not sure I’d find the results aesthetically pleasing. (A quibble at best.) Something to think more about.

Given that I am not the only one to have this “problem” (if more posts from a favourite website is a problem) of getting used to a new reviewer, can I maybe be full of myself enough to make a suggestion?

How about something in a bio/writeup of contributors of favourite works? More than 4 or 5 or so should give us all some standard to measure our own interests against. (I am thinking – with my faulty mind – about Library Thing, I think? The site you enter books onto and then can compare with others’ lists to see where interests intersect? “Wow, Bob likes Pynchon AND Captain Underpants, maybe I should try this Punchon guy?” Or did I get the name and concept totally wrong?)

This is certainly the first thing I do when I am considering a purchase based on a review. The “Comics Classics” page certainly provides some insight (though only Johanna’s, I presume), but I don’t always want a classic, sometimes good mindless fun is where it’s at. (A further digression – the Classics page has always been a bit of a confusion to me – why is Why I Hate Saturn an Amazon link/ad, but not mentioned in the “content” section of that same page?) I had mentioned a while back to Johanna that I missed the label “recommended series/book” label in the “Graphic Novel Reviews” section – I still miss this feature and think it would address at least some of my interests/concerns. And that’s what we are all concerned about, right? MY concerns? I want my FREE internet content tailored EXACTLY to my personal desires. The rest of you will learn to like it. And I will come up with a few more hours in the day for Johanna and Rob – would 29 be enough?

I am rambling due to lack of sleep and incoherend neurons. Sorry. A Bio. With a list of 10/20/whatever favourite GNs or series. I would LOVE that. And my birthday is less than a month away and my wife about to burst with child number two so she will (understandably) be concerned about things other than my birthday for the forseeable future. But no pressure.

End on a high: I love the site, and will continue to lurk (and occasionally post my graffiti like this) for a long time to come with or without changes. Thank you for your work and efforts.

Good Night.

Darren

This is going to take some getting used to as while the site’s title may say CWR, it always equaled “Johanna’s thoughts and reviews.” Still I guess change is the course of life.

You asked, “I wonder what RobV thinks of Amy Unbounded, Walking Dead, and the Authority?”

I have never reviewed any of those three titles. It’s been a long time since I read AMY UNBOUNDED but I remember enjoying it. I haven’t read enough issues of WALKING DEAD to offer any sort of meaningful critical assessment of it. I very much enjoyed Ellis’ run on the AUTHORITY and everything that followed incrementally less as the story moved away from the source material.

Thanks, R.

You can see some of Rob’s previous reviews at Comic Book Galaxy, but I think they’re mostly manga there too.

But now the quandry – I will have to somehow guage the review (which usually i can do against the past reviews i have read). I wonder what RobV thinks of Amy Unbounded, Walking Dead, and the Authority?

Thanks for the setting-of-straight!

Darren

… and I’m glad (?) to see that I wasn’t the only one mildly creeped-out by B&B #2.

You read my mind. I had been seeing the odd review about this book, but like to triangulate opinion a bit more – and a good review from a known and trusted source (even one that I don’t always agree with – please don’t take that as a slight: I don’t always agree with my beloved wife either) has cinched (clinched?) the deal. On my next Amazon order….

Take care,

D. Witt