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ways_back_room2010-01-04 10:19 am
sdelmonte) wrote in ways_back_room2010-01-04 10:19 am
Substitute DE for a New Decade
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.
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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Hustle OK, so, you know Leverage, right? You know the British woman who was in Coupling? Well, imagine a smooth, tight con-based show with only characters from her archetype in it - the smooth slick planning-everything leader (Adrian Lester), the young, up and coming short-con artist (Mark Warren), the experienced fixer and handyman, the sexy lady, and the veteran American who knows the game inside and out. The victim is always an asshole, there's always a twist, but they've always figured a way out of it. It's excellent.
Being Human. Game On, but with a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost. And oh so many layers.
Family Man. Werewolves! In the 18th century!
Batman: Brave and the Bold is my favourite cartoon at the moment. It's fun and campy, just like the silver age JLA, and it has a musical episode! With Neil Patrick Harris! And Bat/Canary shipping (also Arrow/Canary, also villain/Canary, both of which I also ship)
And Secret Six. If you're going to read a comic set in any of the Big Two, make it Secret Six.
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I can get behind on you B&B, though. I adore the over the top Aquaman - I am toying with MM'ing him. I think they do a great job with most of the DC heroes they use. And they brought back Baby Plas. That takes guts. (If you have never seen the craptacular Plastic Man cartoon with Baby Plas from the early 80s, you don't know just how much guts. But if you have never seen it, you are lucky. It might be the single stupidest DC animated adaptation ever.)
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"What kind of doctor do you think I am?"
"A HERO doctor!"
Also my favourite use of the Canary Cry ever.
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I am so seconding Batman, and I don't even like him as a whole. Just something about the animation really strikes a chord with me. And if i'm not mistaken, isn't that Diedrich Bader?
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And yet...he sang a torch song in an episode of Justice League Unlimited.
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And I need to see Brave and the Bold. Got one of the trade novels.
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