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This week’s highlights
… for me, anyway.
“Wisdom: Rudiments of Wisdom” TPB (Marvel) - Written by Paul Cornell, penciled by Trevor Hairsine and Manuel Garcia. I first encountered Cornell’s work in a book from 2000AD called “XTNCT.” I discuss it here. Cornell writes smart, dense fantasy adventure comics in the tradition of a Neil Gaiman or a Mike Carey, which are the sort of thing that has worked like gangbusters at D.C., but not at Marvel. The latter company seems dedicated to the high-concept, widescreen, decompressed style of comics where everything seems to move with the pacing of an HBO series or movie trilogy. Cornell avoids this, which is a bit ironic considering he comes from writing “Dr. Who.” Anyway, he’s terrific.
“Faker” ongoing series (D.C.) - Written by the aforementioned Carey, art by Jock (yes, just Jock) who did such a bang-up job on “The Losers.” What if a group of college kids partied so hard they accidentally generated a whole new person, a person only they seemed to know and remember? Utterly odd concept, excellent execution. A nice addition to Vertigo’s on-going renaissance (see also “Fables, “Jack of Fables,” “the Exterminators” and “Scalped.”)
“Uptight” #2 (Fantagraphics) - Written and drawn by Jordan Crane, “Uptight” is the best new on-going alt-comics series going. An utter bargain at $2.50 an issue, Crane’s vision and storytelling chops continue to improve by the month. Dare we hope for two or three issues a year?
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