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alexsarllI haven't drunk alone for months now, but the evangelistic sobriety agenda of Pissed on the Job was too much like a challenge. Mmmmm, Merlot...
Also, I note, John Constantine's drink of choice in Rake at the Gates of Hell, which I read last night for the first time since it was originally released. At the time I knew it was good, but only with the intervening years have I learnt enough of life to realise that actually, it's great. Garth Ennis is always entertaining but sometimes he can be entertaining and so much more to boot. Even Preacher, powerful as it is, too often lapses into scatological farce. But his Hellblazer run, for all its occasional lapses into over-earnest social commentary, assures him of a place among the immortals.
Thirty Days of Night is an OK comic, but a great film treatment. I'm mainly surprised that no one thought to have vampires take advantage of month-long polar nights before.
John Bolton is the artist everyone apparently believes Alex Ross to be. And Mike Carey when he's on form is an extremely capable writer, so long as you like Neil Gaiman.
Also, I note, John Constantine's drink of choice in Rake at the Gates of Hell, which I read last night for the first time since it was originally released. At the time I knew it was good, but only with the intervening years have I learnt enough of life to realise that actually, it's great. Garth Ennis is always entertaining but sometimes he can be entertaining and so much more to boot. Even Preacher, powerful as it is, too often lapses into scatological farce. But his Hellblazer run, for all its occasional lapses into over-earnest social commentary, assures him of a place among the immortals.
Thirty Days of Night is an OK comic, but a great film treatment. I'm mainly surprised that no one thought to have vampires take advantage of month-long polar nights before.
John Bolton is the artist everyone apparently believes Alex Ross to be. And Mike Carey when he's on form is an extremely capable writer, so long as you like Neil Gaiman.
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Date: 2004-01-15 03:55 am (UTC)Go see www.unclevaniart.com - I think you'll like...
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Date: 2004-01-15 04:44 am (UTC)Preeeety...
(though arguably not worksafe, fellow skivers)
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Date: 2004-01-15 04:49 am (UTC)Russian pervy artists there, marvellous.
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Date: 2004-01-15 04:05 am (UTC)Good as Ennis is, you just can't beat Circle of Blood. Or the one when he's a teacher.
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Date: 2004-01-15 04:46 am (UTC)I believe the Max series is intended to follow Born's lead in terms of darkness and the Grendel-style suggestion that Frank is somehow in cahoots with Dark Forces, perhaps unwittingly.
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Date: 2004-01-15 04:58 am (UTC)"Dark Forces"....eeee, I hope they don't go back to the whole hitman for heaven thing. That would be bad. Very bad.
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Date: 2004-01-15 05:09 am (UTC)Dolph Lungdren....I'd forgotten about that. Eeesh.
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Date: 2004-01-15 07:33 am (UTC)However, I agree that, from what I've seen of Ennis' work, his best stuff by far is his Hellblazer run. But, come on. How easy is Constantine to write as a character? All the brilliance that Gaiman has done, and his best comic by far is the single issue of Hellblazer that he wrote...
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Date: 2004-01-15 07:38 am (UTC)Hell, I don't think it's even Gaiman's best Constantine work. When I want to explain Constantine to people quickly I normally show them his appearance at the club in Books of Magic.
Constantine's a great character, but I'm not sure that makes him easy to write. Paul Jenkins, for instance, managed to write at least thirty issues without one of them being memorable. Even Mike Carey seems to be finding it hard to get a grip on the character, and I like Mike Carey.
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Date: 2004-01-15 09:39 am (UTC)I don't know, there's just something about "Hold Me" that I love. Can't really put my finger on it. When Gaiman did a signing in Oxford recently, I asked if he'd ever consider writing Constantine again, since he does it so bloody well. He said he'd only do so if he could come up with something as good as "Hold Me". He pretty much considers it to be the best thing he's done, full stop. I think I prefer the last issue of The Kindly Ones, though.
All I've read of Mike Carey's run is the two-parter set in Liverpool (which I read, cos, well, it was set in Liverpool, and cos it was drawn by Dillon). It was alright, but you're right, he didn't really seem to get a handle on him. I do like Angie Spatchcock though (terrible name, great character).
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