Comments on: Another Damn Best of the Year List! 13(plus) Categories! Still 85% Shorter than Burgas' List!

By: J. L. Bell

J. L. Bell — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:09:53 +0000

Re-Gifters was my favorite new graphic novel for young readers last year. I think it's well worth a look, for both story and art. Glad to see the recognition here.

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 21, 2008: Do the floppy flop

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:24 +0000

[...] [Review] Mark Andrew provides us with our latest 2007-in-review list. [...]

By: MelonBalls

MelonBalls — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:36:28 +0000

I have only ever met one person who "doesn't read comics but loves Sandman".

I killed him.

By: sgt pepper

sgt pepper — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:02:14 +0000

I read Deathnote because of your reviews here. The first three or four books are just great; what a premise. But the last half of the series is a disaster and borderline awful. Poor pacing, wordy, too much exposition, and basically just rehashing the same plot from the first half, before reaching, after lots and lots of padding, the predictable yet correct/inevitable ending. And the author has obvious and serious issues with women.

By: fanboy d

fanboy d — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:24:47 +0000

this is an unofficial list i take it...i mean to be OFFICIAL there would have to be a james jean cover. any james jean cover.

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:07:25 +0000

I didn't read much of this stuff, but I'll probably check some of it out. So, thank you.

Also, *love* that Sexton poem.

By: garbonzo

garbonzo — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:37:30 +0000

I have been picking up the Minx books. It is weird. 33 year old guy picking up the books geared for 13 year old girls. Bit, I keep telling myself that I teach middle school and I have two daughters...so it must be ok. Overall I find the Minx line to be a breath of fresh air. No, they are not revolutionizing the comic industry (manga did that four years ago). They are, however, recognizing that there are types of stories to be told that are not regularly published in mainstream comics. And, they are recognizing that the demographic they are targeting is much more familiar with the look and feel of a manga digest than the 32 page floppy.

I think Minx could be a huge boost to comics the same way that Vertigo was 20 years ago (in the sense that it brings in readers who are not regular comic shop denizens. How many times have you met someone who "doesn't read comics bu loves Sandman"?)

I sincerely hope Minx survives, if for no other reason than it will give my girls something to read when they are a bit older.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:30:23 +0000

hmmmâ€¦ The Re-Gifters was that good?

Well, y'know. It's not Watchmen or Sandman or anything. But it's a cool lookin' book, and I thought it was really well crafted in terms of technical writing things. Or at least nothing annoyed me about the way it was plotted, paced, or dialoged. And that's really rare.

i should check it out (i usually like Careyâ€™s workâ€¦ not to mention Liew & Hempelâ€™s). the only Minx book i picked up was Good as Lily, which was pretty good. just havenâ€™t gotten around to the rest of the line yet.

I didn't read any of the non Mike-Carey Minx books. (My tastes are determined, generally, by what comes into the library.) But, hey, I didn't notice Good as Lily was written by Derek Kirk Kim. I'll probably have to buy it.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:19:29 +0000

Ummm â€¦ yâ€™know, Zombie Tales: Death Valley #1 came out in late â€˜05 â€¦

Yeah, but it was also the cover to the trade. And it was SO NEAT. Figured I could get away with it.

Thatâ€™s not the cover to Niger #2. Itâ€™s the first page with the logo superimposed.

Huh. That's what Forbidden Planet had. (But I never saw the book.) I don't like the real cover as much.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:00:17 +0000

hmmmâ€¦ The Re-Gifters was that good?

Not really. It wasn't bad though.

The same goes for The Living and the Dead

By: Dick Hyacinth

Dick Hyacinth — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:00:00 +0000

That's not the cover to Niger #2. It's the first page with the logo superimposed.

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:45:59 +0000

Ummm ... y'know, Zombie Tales: Death Valley #1 came out in late '05 ...

By: comb & razor

comb & razor — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:34:24 +0000

hmmm... The Re-Gifters was that good? i should check it out (i usually like Carey's work... not to mention Liew & Hempel's). the only Minx book i picked up was Good as Lily, which was pretty good. just haven't gotten around to the rest of the line yet.