You’d think Robin would know that…
Hi everybody! This is Lord Fanny, and I hope to be your new favorite comic book guy. I’ve read comics all my life, and now I’m working on making them part of my career. I’m currently working on a graduate thesis that focuses on comic book creator Grant Morrison. In order to facilitate that thesis, I’ll probably focus my writing here on Mr. Morrison and his work. But I don’t want that to be the only focus, and I’d love to talk about your favorite comics as well, so please, let me know what you’re reading!
I’m going to attempt to update this section of TDF weekly. I say attempt because I can be incredibly lazy sometimes, with a side of apathetic. It’s one of my more endearing flaws…
The first “official” blog entry should be up by Monday, August 12, and the main focus will be Morrison’s run on Animal Man. If you’re unfamiliar with Morrison, I hope to introduce you to a whole new world of bizarro-alien abduction-parallel reality-chaos magic-drag queen sorceress-metafictional comic book fun. Comic book scribe Tim Callahan has given possibly the best summation of Morrison’s work by comparing him to Alan Moore, author of Watchmen. Callahan says that the major difference between the two is that while Moore is an ironist, Morrison is an absurdist (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=10702). So if you dig Alan Moore but find him to be a bit somber and overly serious sometimes, Morrison may be your cup of tea. Or tab of acid. Your call…
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Comics I’m currently reading:
- X-Factor
- X-Force
- Teen Titans
- Batman & Robin
- Booster Gold
- The End League
- Deadpool (all minis and one-shots too!)
- Project Super Powers
- The Boys
- Herogasm
- Secret Six
- Gotham City Sirens
- Justice League of America
- Justice Society of America
- Invincible
- Jonah Hex
- The Last Days of Animal Man
- Batman Confidential
- Justice League Cry for Justice
- Red Robin
- The Incredible Hercules
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I’ve really got to start picking up the Deadpool comics. I love the guy, but I’m the laziest comic book buyer ever. I’ve only been picking up Fables, the Wolverine books, and X-Men Forever lately.
Have you had a chance to look at X-Men Forever yet? A friend on Twitter said it’s the most expensive fanfic ever, and I have to agree. :D
Nice reading list you’ve got there! I have to wonder, though, with all of the other DC titles — why no Blackest Night?
No X-Men forever for me, yet. I can’t afford to support all the Bat titles and the X titles, so I had to be selective. X-Factor’s got Madrox and is being handled by Peter David, so it made the cut, and X-Force is surprisingly well-done. Deadpool is totally worth checking out, especially if you like dark humor and meta-narrative in your comics.
Thanks Marron!
As for Blackest Night, I simply had to cut my list somewhere, as I was spending more on comics than on food. I read Blackest Night #1 (and got the free Black Lantern ring!), and while I found it to be a good first issue, it’s a bit darker than I like my superheroes. I know, I just recommended Deadpool and now I’m saying grim and gritty capes are bad, but at least Deadpool’s dark in a self-conscious and humorous way; DC’s been too dark for too long in my opinion…
Maybe I just don’t like dark DC comics, as I think overall Marvel handles emo better… :)
I’ll have to bring the first four issues of XMF to work one day and let you check it out. It’s kinda hilarious in that Claremont hasn’t changed his style in twenty years. Internal monologuing FTW!