Y should I?

Because it's fucking awesome. Y the Last Man is a great comic. If you're a comic book fan, you probably already know this.

I was just doing some house cleaning and was putting away the last TPB of Y the Last Man and, as I so often do, I started to re-read the book. At first I was a little disappointed in the ending. I was hoping for some extreme ending that lived up to how great the book was. After reading the last book again, I realized that it was a prefect ending. There are too many books that just linger on and the endings seems contrived and forced. I know Vaughan needed to wrap the book because of time restraints (such as bring Lost back to greatness, but that's for a different post) and at first I thought that was a pussy way of ending the book. But 60 issues is enough. If you can't say what you want in 10 trades and be happy, you're not that good of a writer.

The more I read the last trade, I feel the whole story wrapping. Yes, it sorta just ended and then you don't see the 30 odd years that happens afterward but that's OK. The deaths of certain Y's friends and @ at the end (I'm not giving anything away it's a monkey and can't possibly live forever), the saddest of all, was OK and I'm OK with it. I love the book. And for someone like me who likes action action action in his books, I really stayed away from this book. I bought the first 4 trades and raged through them. I usually can't get through books that consist of page after page of dialog, but this was such a perfectly written book. Don't get me wrong, it has action. 355, is one of the more bad as characters of all time. And who doesn't like boobies, which this book has a lot of AND lesbians, LESBIANS. The art is simple but goes perfectly with the story. It takes a true artist to give us so many characters that all look different. In so many of my action books, I love the art, but if you changed the costumes on the characters you wouldn't know one big breasted chick from the other. Guerra really does a great job on this type of book.

So if you haven't read this book, get it. Get all 10 trades and enjoy.

Iron Fist

I just finished the first TPB of the new Iron Fist. For the first 3 1/2 books, I wasn't impressed. I've been hearing all this great news about the new Iron Fist. It starts to pick up in the last few books and leaves us at a great spot. We've got a super SUPER powered Danny Rand and some mysterious tournament and a secret book of how to be an even better Iron Fist. It reminds me a little of Harry Potter in an odd way, but there's worse things to be reminded of.

I've got trades 2 and 3, so I'll start on those. I can see why it's getting buzz, but I'll wait and see for the final verdict.

P.S. Not being a regular reader of Daredevil, I'm not quite sure where the bonus pages came from and went to but I can deal with Iron Fist posing at Daredevil, it makes sense in a comic book way. I'm sure the story that leads to this is good. One day, I'll have to get all the trades of the new Daredevil and see what people are talking about.

P.P.S. Really, isn't Iron Fist just Batman with slighly above average super powers? It still can be a good book, but that's my first impression. Except his "Alfred" is a weasel.

Watchmen suck!!!!!

I hated the book and will not see the movie until it is free to see. Why would I need to see it, when every nerd on this planet has already described each scene, frame by frame. I'm sure over time we'll get into many debates over this book. For now, all you need to know is that I don't like the book and I'm willing to debate anyone over the fact that the book sucks major balls. Blue, glowing, radioactive, dangling balls on the readers chin(s).

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