Substitute DE for a New Decade

[sdelmonte]

Everyone knows about Sherlock Holmes and Avatar and Doctor Who and Supernatural and Harry Potter. But what about the things that you love and that everyone else hasn't read or seen (or even heard of), but should?

I'll start off with Marvel Comics' Nova, the story of a space-faring super-hero who is the last member of the storied Nova Corps (Marvel's surprisingly interesting version of the Green Lantern Corps). It's a little continuity-heavy at times - it grew out of one crossover event and gets sucked into several others - but the stories seem to work on their own, the writing by Abnett and Lanning is crisp and witty, the art is very good, and the hero himself is likeable and about as heroic as anyone I've encountered in a super-hero comic in ages.

ETA: I should probably also mention that DC Comics has reprinted the first 30 issues of The Question in five trade paperbacks, with the last coming this year. It's not just prime canon for my pup, but it's also one of the most influential and highly regarded comics of the 80s, written by Denny O'Neil at his peak.

Your turn.

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[alpha-orionis-v.livejournal.com]

Hot Fuzz. We have some Fuzz!Pups listed in the cast list, but I've not seen them actually in the bar (sad Zed is sad). It's a sort of back-handed Wicker Man remake where the city supercop gets transferred out to the middle-of-nowhere Gloucestershire, and discovers that country folk are NUTS. Also, this movie is so gay that the guy who wrote and directed it has posted slash fiction for it to the internet. Seriously.


ETA: On the comic book front, I was very surprised by The Umbrella Academy. It's by Gerard Way (Yes. THAT Gerard Way), but it has police monkeys! And a monkey butler. It's about a group of children who were all immaculately conceived and born at the same instant, and now have super powers. Only now they're all mostly grown up, and more than a little damaged. Except for one, who is still a child, and knows how the world will end.

[wakeupnew]

I think Nicholas and Danny are still technically around (and they were/are, btw, fabulous), but I'm less sure about Skinner and the Andies; I think they may be gone.

(♥♥♥ HOT FUZZ)