Comments on: That Looks Interesting: Northlanders, Ultimates, JLA

By: Tim O'Shea

Tim O'Shea — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:21:39 +0000

Well given that context, please ignore my latter faux venting. If they are written to drive sales, I’ll be honest, it made me want to read the Initiative Annual. I went back and bought Superman Annual #13 after his nod to it in last week’s column. So my LCS owes KC a bit of thanks as well. :)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:14:08 +0000

I’ll pass your praise on to him, Tim, and I know he appreciates it.

There was a collection of the first few issues of Static called Trial by Fire that you can find used. It’s a great series. Truly gets to the basics of terrific superhero stories.

He and I have been talking about how it can be difficult to balance spoilers with content readable by a wider audience. His column is intended to drive sales, after all. I don’t remember the second spoiler, but the first involves Cable, I think.

Thank you very much for your kind comments.

By: Tim O'Shea

Tim O'Shea — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:04:05 +0000

Johanna, thank you, thank you, thank YOU and whomever finally convinced KC to start writing these columns. His opening summation of the target audience for Ultimates is freaking perfect. “It’s like watching the film Apocalypse Now and commenting that ‘they sure blew up a whole lot of $#!%,’ ignoring the allegory completely.” His juxtaposition of that with Captain Carrot was a nice bit as well. Most importantly, thanks for voicing what I think many of us were thinking (I glanced at it on the shelf [yea, I'm THAT guy]) about the coloring.

His take and reaction on the latest JLA issue jibes with mine. I love McDuffie’s work. I never read Static, but now I feel like I should try to track down the old issues (I assume legal complexities preclude a TPB any time soon…)

His short takes are instant quotables with lines like “Clarity: it’s a wonderful thing.” (Which makes me want to say “Clarity: It’s not just for breakfast anymore.”)

But he drove me mad with “If you’re one of the three people who haven’t been reading “Messiah Complex” in the mutant titles, you missed the surprising return of a long-missing character (and it all seems so obvious in retrospect)! Nice work guys! … Hope you “Secret Invasion” fans didn’t miss an important revelation in the Avengers: The Initiative Annual!” C’mon KC work some spoiler space in there for us and give us some more info, please! I’m not a secret invasion fan, but I am curious…

Finally, I did get the wrong impression on the Twelve preview book. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for January.

That Looks Interesting is a romp to read and please let KC never forget that. ‘tanks to ya both