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I am a comic book collector and happy to be one. I might say “proud” if I hadn’t, over a year ago, switched to reading digital as opposed to print comics. I feel a bit robbed of the tactile sensations of the hobby – of the turn of the page, the sneaking look to the panel a page over, the bagging and shorting and stacking and filing. Though I read my comics in a different medium than I used to, I still treat each Wednesday (comic book delivery day to specialty shops around the country) as different from the other days of the week. I subscribe and now, rather than go to the comic store to be handed the books pulled for my “Hold Slot,” I click a button on my iPad and watch them download.
Then I read them.
Rare is the week that I don’t read them all between Wednesdays and some weeks I have, well… let’s just say more comic books in my digital downloads than a grown man should. Comic book legend Will Eisner (creator of The Spirit) is one of the most influential men even to put pencil to drawing board in the pursuit of making comics. So influential was he that the industry awards (think the Oscars or the Emmys or the Grammys) are named The Eisner Awards. He called comic books “sequential art,” perhaps because he became embarrassed by his profession when he had to admit what he did for a living. This is my weekly reaction to the comics I read.
Comics I Read Last Week:
The best comic I read last week was Justice League #2.
Writer: Scott Snyder
Artist: Jorge Jimenez
Close, close, close week. And that’s a good thing. I really only want to read good comics (or bad comics I think are good!). This week, the virtual hold slot is brimming with good comics and it came down to a close race among Batman #49, Man of Steel (why are people hating on this?) #4 and Justice League #2.
Justice League #2 won out because it is simply too wild, too wide screen, too good to ignore.
If you are looking for a comic book that is beautifully drawn, look no further. If you are looking for a comic book with an A-List line up, here’s your title. If you are looking for a comic book that is creative, challenging and compelling, pick up Justice League.
What a remarkable book this is. Scott Snyder deserved the keys to the kingdom and he is already adding elements to the JLA myth that will be around for years to come. His influence and the manner in which he is writing the characters is not unlike Geoff Johns or, perhaps, Grant Morrison. This is a powerful league. This is a powerful book.
And how can one go wrong with the rotating art team of Jimmy Cheung and Jorge Jimenez? Jimenez shines this issue and has deserved a spotlight like this one for a very, very long time.
All cylinders. That is what this book is clicking on. Each and every one of them.
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