tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post7028554535519916609..comments2023-11-05T07:44:07.654-05:00Comments on GeniusboyFiremelon: What I'm Reading: Black Jack, Crisis, LegionTimothy Callahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-29472711365083178402009-02-03T02:53:00.000-05:002009-02-03T02:53:00.000-05:00Chad, I wasn't necessarily saying that the charact...Chad, I wasn't necessarily saying that the characters in Less Than Zero were like the ones in Young Liars just that reading YL got me in the mood to read an Ellis book. I would definetly agree with you that Rules Of Attraction is probably the best comparison of the two (maybe parts of The Informers as well).malpracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951567969857627623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-43930772498190816882009-02-02T16:32:00.000-05:002009-02-02T16:32:00.000-05:00Invincible. I read issues 25-50 over the weekend. ...Invincible. I read issues 25-50 over the weekend. I really enjoy the series. Aslo, Umbrella acadamy and Batman Black and White volume 2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-14860988443085433902009-02-02T15:10:00.000-05:002009-02-02T15:10:00.000-05:00I could see that... although his are far less pass...I could see that... although his are far less passionate most of the time. I'd probably compare <I>Young Liars</I> to <I>The Rules of Attraction</I> more than <I>Less than Zero</I>--if only because of the contradicting perspectives and multiple voices.Chad Nevetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785622045733202883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-32307435459451395612009-02-02T14:55:00.000-05:002009-02-02T14:55:00.000-05:00still have to read Lunar Park (bought it in 05, bu...still have to read Lunar Park (bought it in 05, but still haven't got around to it). I did re-read Less Than Zero this past weekend though. Young Liars got me in the mood to read Ellis since i think Lapham takes a similar approach to his characters.malpracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951567969857627623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-68870095014525622322009-02-02T14:46:00.000-05:002009-02-02T14:46:00.000-05:00I'd pass on a medical comic. It's a genre beaten ...I'd pass on a medical comic. It's a genre beaten into the ground on TV along with cop shows and lawyer shows. I won't deny that all three have a high potential for drama and some of these shows have been good, but I had my fill of them a long time ago. <BR/><BR/>Their realism chains them down in my opinion far too much to make a sustainable genre out of them. I don't dislike realism in stories when appropriate, but the problem with it is that if real life was so exciting, we'd be reading only history books and watching only channels like The Discovery Channel instead of creating stories.<BR/><BR/>But one of my favorite comics right now is <I>The Unknown Soldier</I>: a doctor in the middle of a real crisis going on in the world who isn't doing much doctoring right now but isn't doing anything out of the realm of possibility yet either. Here, I think Joshua Dysart is working with realism appropriately by exploring a less covered aspect of the real world. And to come back to your original point, there's a good chance Dr. Lwanga's medical skills will come into play throughout the series. Are you reading the current <I>Unknown Soldier</I> series, Tim? If so, what do you think of it?Kris Krausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328386608038924213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-20221294337233155372009-02-02T14:34:00.000-05:002009-02-02T14:34:00.000-05:00An old school Ellis fan would no doubt dig the fir...An old school Ellis fan would no doubt dig the first chapter where he recounts his past. The rest of the book is pretty good, a bit different from his previous work (one chapter devoted to a novel the fictional Bret Easton Ellis is working on called "Teenage Pussy" is pretty damn funny) since it's more in the tradition of Stephen King than his first four novels. But, I enjoyed it back when it came out and, a hundred pages in, I'm enjoying it now.Chad Nevetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785622045733202883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-10866914813053473052009-02-02T14:27:00.000-05:002009-02-02T14:27:00.000-05:00Chad -I'm a huge fan of Ellis' previous books, but...Chad -<BR/><BR/>I'm a huge fan of Ellis' previous books, but Lunar Park sounded way too out there for me to try. I guess if you're reading it twice you must think it's pretty good. Think an old school Ellis fan would dig it?andy khourihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717045909747792941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-24046636945760430892009-02-02T11:02:00.000-05:002009-02-02T11:02:00.000-05:00Note quite a medical comic, but Dark Horse has a s...Note <I>quite</I> a medical comic, but Dark Horse has a series called "The Cleaner" coming out right now that's a mix of mystery, horror and medical (more mystery, but still a fair amount of authentic medical terminology). I'm not sure if it'll end up being any good, but it's at least got a unique tone.Volthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03060173500779433209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-56007057077791522032009-02-02T00:57:00.000-05:002009-02-02T00:57:00.000-05:00Working my way through Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics...Working my way through Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics. Damn, this is excellent.Bill Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14811238618910477219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-13093279624059412662009-02-02T00:42:00.000-05:002009-02-02T00:42:00.000-05:00Began rereading Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis th...Began rereading <I>Lunar Park</I> by Bret Easton Ellis this evening. Haven't read it since it came out back in 2005 when I read it in a day. No idea why I feel the need to reread it now.Chad Nevetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785622045733202883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-71327344140410205632009-02-01T23:29:00.000-05:002009-02-01T23:29:00.000-05:00I'm reading Ender's Game, finally, and loving it. ...I'm reading Ender's Game, finally, and loving it. Doctor 13 by Azzarello and The Lies of Locke Lamora are next.<BR/><BR/>I too have a strange love for Black Jack. It really pushes a lot of good buttons, even the creepy ones (his assistant/wife).Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045795856077519961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-55516195190905383542009-02-01T23:12:00.000-05:002009-02-01T23:12:00.000-05:00I finished reading the Jan. 2009 issue of Asimov's...I finished reading the Jan. 2009 issue of Asimov's, read all of Legion of Super-Heroes: An Eye for An Eye (ah, the days of Lvitz and Lightle on the Baxter series), and started on Jeffrey Ford's Memoranda.Justin Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151752685005651437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-79929883985084999372009-02-01T21:21:00.000-05:002009-02-01T21:21:00.000-05:00As someone who actually liked the "threeboot" Legi...As someone who actually liked the "threeboot" Legion, I felt absolutely insulted by this final issue.<BR/><BR/>It's not like LoSH had to end with issue #50 by all means. Sales weren't that low, and Adventure Comics #1 hasn't even been solicited yet. If they couldn't give Shooter four more issues to wrap his plotlines, they should have given him a double-sized final issue at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-19042210432595029752009-02-01T20:35:00.000-05:002009-02-01T20:35:00.000-05:00In media res: Star Wars: A New Hope did the same t...In media res: Star Wars: A New Hope did the same thing. It was great the first time I saw that ship go across that screen, with no idea how it got there.<BR/><BR/>Tim, any thoughts yet on how "Joe Chill in Hell" plays into the Final Crisis/RIP narrative? I'm thinking of both that and the Third Batman shooting the Joker as relating to Batman's using a gun on Darkseid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-4554822406739384912009-02-01T18:41:00.000-05:002009-02-01T18:41:00.000-05:00>There should be more (any!) American medical g...>There should be more (any!) American medical genre comics. It's a big genre on television, but when was the last time you read a comic about a world-class surgeon saving a life? <BR/>I think that you've just answered your own question. People are used to go to comic and read about superheroes, which they can't get in quite the same way anywhere else (films withstanding). Theoretically, there could be a creatively successful law procedure comic, or a medical drama, but how long would it last, even if it employed a superhero-oriented approach, ala Gotham central?Vanjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796186915343967167noreply@blogger.com