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Brian Hibbs breaks down Preacher for those who haven't read it

The Savage Critic(s): Around the Store in 31 Days: Day Fifteen

You've got a disillusioned Preacher from Texas, his hit-woman ex girlfriend, and an alcoholic Irish vampire who go on a quest to find God, and to make him answer for the state of the world. Pure fuckin' gold.

And that's just the START of it.

Here's the thing: PREACHER is vile, profane, offensive, sacrilegious, foul-mouthed, and perverted. Yet is is also one of the most moral stories you're every going to read. It's about love, and about faith, and about friendship, and about standing up for one's own. It is an amazing masterpiece, made all the more poignant for it's potty-mouthed flipping off.

The series (nine books) wobbles a bit around v6 or 7 (but don't they all?), but it has a great end worthy of its start, and if you want to have a proper comics collection, this here is a book that belongs in it, pardner.

I think Preacher is one of the greatest works of comics. Easily in my top ten along with The Invisibles, Sandman and Watchmen.

Posted in (K)omix. Posted by Mojo at 01:36 PM | Permalink

April 03, 2008

Savage Abhay reviews Marvel's The Secret Invasion

The Savage Critic(s): Abhay Asks "Will Secret Invasion invade my Secret Vagina?" Abhay Certainly Hopes So!

Click through for the whole thing. Here is just a taste:

I think a lot of people have rejected the premise on a one-word basis: "Skrulls? NO! YOU SUCK."

But this one-- look, if they're going to make crossovers, if they're going to have Creator Summits where they put all their brainpower behind one series, and spend some budget putting together this "event"-- if this is the game now, then I want to read the biggest, dumbest, loudest, stupidest, crassest, fan-angering, everybody punch everybody, punch-a-bunch crossover there ever was. If I'm a Roman, I want to live in Rome.

Skrulls? It's got a shot at the belt.

I've liked the last two Marvel crossovers because they've had a simple, great formula: inappropriate politics plus insane dumbness = Boner-town, population: me. This one? It's this incredibly loud noisy event where characters are going to die and cry and shmy, all built on the following: trust, identity and religion issues (POST-9/11!) plus little green men invading from outer space (DUMB!).

Posted in (K)omix. Posted by Mojo at 06:16 PM | Permalink

Twitter: the Social Lubricant of the 21st century

diesel sweeties: pixelated robot romance web comic

Posted in (K)omix. Posted by Mojo at 05:06 PM | Permalink

March 29, 2008

FreakAngels 0007

FREAKANGELS is a free, weekly, ongoing comic written by Warren...

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March 28, 2008

Siegels awarded rights to Superman

THE BEAT � Blog Archive � Siegels awarded Superman rights

Wow. It'll be very interesting to see what this means.

In a stunning decision, the heirs of Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, have been granted the copyright to Action Comics Vol. 1. Jeff Trexler has more links and details. The concluding paragraph of the court decision is worth quoting in it’s entirety:

After seventy years, Jerome Siegel’s heirs regain what he granted so long ago – the copyright in the Superman material that was published in Action Comics Vol. 1. What remains is an apportionment of profits, guided in some measure by the rulings contained in this Order, and a trial on whether to include the profits generated by DC Comics’ corporate sibling’s exploitation of the Superman copyright.

Posted in (K)omix. Posted by Mojo at 07:22 PM | Permalink