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Best Graphic Novels of 2012 » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:38:41 +0000

[...] also like to make a special honorary mention for my favorite comic book, Hawkeye, and my favorite comic strip/webcomic, JL8 (formerly Little League) by Yale Stewart. I love the [...]

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:52:33 +0000

Thanks for this. I always steer away from superhero comics (fighting/action scenes are boring for me), but I like the sound of Rose & Thorn.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:27:10 +0000

Good analysis about the difference between the tone of the movie and the comic, but now that you point it out, that’s one of the things I like about it. It’s doing something better suited to a comic than a movie, I think.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:45:55 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed the National Comics series so far, and hope there are followup to all of them eventually. But especially this one that has so much potential and while it kept the basic premise actually made it seem so current and fresh.

World’s Finest is just such a fun “buddy cop” sort of series so far. Though Perez’s art just looks so… old fashioned to me.

I was so glad for Kate to be included in this issue, as I was bored by the first issue. Giving Hawkeye someone to bounce things off added a lot to the story for me this time.

I’m not sure what to make of the art so far though. It just seems so…. muted I guess is the best way to describe it.

Maybe it is just me having loved Hawkeye in the movie, which was so big and fast. This book just seems slow and the stories rather small in comparison.

By: David Oakes

David Oakes — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:45:07 +0000

National also seems to be more “Adult” – intentional air quotes – stories. Maybe now that Swamp Thing and Constantine are “Super Heroes” again, National is the new Vertigo? (Everything left at Vertigo is creator-owned, right?)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:36:32 +0000

I think the National name is only used for one-shots; the Phantom Lady story is a miniseries. And as for the National significance, I just put it down to wanting to keep the trademark.

By: Kalina

Kalina — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:33:32 +0000

I haven’t really been keeping up with DC. What’s the significance of the “National Comics” banner? At first I thought it was a revival of Quality Comics characters but that doesn’t seem to be the case given that the new Phantom Lady and Doll Man revamp doesn’t have the “National” banner. Just curious.