This Week's Comics - Fables, 52
May. 10th, 2006 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Fables 49 - Mowgli's hunt ends, and while this is mainly set-up for the big 50th issue and the return to Fabletown of a certain missed character, it's not really that good an issue. Granted, a weak issue of Fables is better than most comics, but it's still a little disappointing. Still, Willingham is entitled to an off-month every so often.
52, Week 1 - OK, if you jumped off the DCU bandwagon with the two Crises, this isn't for you. But if you are still as hooked as I am, this is an interesting (if not brilliant) start. It's a week after the end of InfCrisis, and we get to see the aftermath of everything through the eyes of four characters, plus a few other things going on. There is a bit of an Astro City feel to this (which makes me wonder why DC didn't hire Busiek for this, though I suspect he wouldn't have had time, anyway). And while there is a development involving Ralph Dibny that I didn't like heqring about in advance, it makes sense. Strangely, the flattest part was the handling of Renee Montoya (even though Greg Rucka is writing her part of the tale).
Now 52 remains a huge risk, in terms of getting five writers with different styles to mesh along with a fleet of artists; in terms of getting a Event-weary audience to commit to a weekly comic; in terms of making the thing come out on schedule. But the handling of Booster Gold and Steel and Ralph and Black Adam and the DCU after InfCrisis is promising enough that I'm sticking around. More to come next week...
Fables 49 - Mowgli's hunt ends, and while this is mainly set-up for the big 50th issue and the return to Fabletown of a certain missed character, it's not really that good an issue. Granted, a weak issue of Fables is better than most comics, but it's still a little disappointing. Still, Willingham is entitled to an off-month every so often.
52, Week 1 - OK, if you jumped off the DCU bandwagon with the two Crises, this isn't for you. But if you are still as hooked as I am, this is an interesting (if not brilliant) start. It's a week after the end of InfCrisis, and we get to see the aftermath of everything through the eyes of four characters, plus a few other things going on. There is a bit of an Astro City feel to this (which makes me wonder why DC didn't hire Busiek for this, though I suspect he wouldn't have had time, anyway). And while there is a development involving Ralph Dibny that I didn't like heqring about in advance, it makes sense. Strangely, the flattest part was the handling of Renee Montoya (even though Greg Rucka is writing her part of the tale).
Now 52 remains a huge risk, in terms of getting five writers with different styles to mesh along with a fleet of artists; in terms of getting a Event-weary audience to commit to a weekly comic; in terms of making the thing come out on schedule. But the handling of Booster Gold and Steel and Ralph and Black Adam and the DCU after InfCrisis is promising enough that I'm sticking around. More to come next week...
