What specifically about that last All Star Superman page made you sad? Do you mean the one where we see the creation of "our" comicbook Superman or the one where Lois recieves the "Superman is Dead" by Clark Kent story?

I do plan on sticking with She-Hulk, though. It's good fun.

Mack was an excellent artist, it's a shame he seems to be somewhat lacking in either creativity or work ethic of late.

Of course, it could be argued that Rich Buckler was a good artist, too, but he wound up getting hung out to dry for swiping. So did Keith Giffen not too long thereafter, though of course he's bounced back very nicely.

Why Quesada keeps enabling thieves like Mack & Greg Land, I haven't the vaguest idea.

http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5240122.html

and here:

http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5249723.html#cutid1

sleeper: I do wonder if Morrison is simply ignoring everything else that happens at DC and creating his own little world, stretching from Animal Man through to this comic. He probably is, but I still worry a bit about it, because he could be far more diverse than he is, given his talent. And thank you for not defending Drain. It's indefensible!

I'm not sure if this is the issue with Mack's art, Dan. Wasn't that just the covers? The pencils inside look fairly consistent, so I don't think he's ripping off multiple artists. It does look like Sook, though. Of course, I didn't spend money for it, so I'm in the clear!

Actually, the fake swearing showing up issue after issue after issue after issue to show 'gritty realism' but making the book look ridiculously cartoonish is the main reason I dropped "Daredevil". I jumped on board with Brubaker's first issue, but dropped it with issue 100. It didn't help that he recycled old plotlines (a friend of Matt's has been murdered-- to Europe he goes to find the killer! Frank Castle busts outta Ryker's--- by stealing a helicopter!) to better DD stories, or that the Nocenti/Romita back issues I picked up concurrently were smarter, better-written, and had far more ideas bursting from the pages AND expanded the character in unforseen ways. But mostly it was the fake swearing.

Anyway, anybody read Damage Patrol? That was a great little series that needs to have a follow up with a lot of funny lines, great art and even a Zappa reference in the latest issue.

(Hey, at least I didn't attempt to defend DRAIN)

I haven't picked up FALLEN ANGEL yet, but I want to. Has IDW collected the entire series in trade paperback, or does DC still own the first couple episodes?

As for Morrison, I can see why you'd criticize him for going back to the well conceptually. However, consider that it's not a retread but rather a furthering of concepts he invented years ago. Morrison is the very definition of a "big picture" writer and sees details as being part of a larger tapestry. When it looks like he's just reusing old ideas, he might just be continuing a thread that begin in the early or mid 90's. It's hard to follow where he's going, because he views things on a different scale than I do. I often suspect that all of his DC-published work is part of a single giant meta-narrative that links parts along the way.