onefinemess | March 5, 2010
Mighty Avengers 34: This issue came off horribly to me. The worst issue of Slott’s run, hands down. Part of it was the ugly art, I’m sure, but several story moments just felt sloppy and rush. I mean, is Thor REALLY gonna rush to Loki’s defense vs. the Avengers automatically? That just seems stupid, even [...]
onefinemess | February 25, 2010
I’m still dwelling on Bill’s death. Yes, a measly human was one of the most interesting aspects of a comic about gods. Usually I’m not particularly enthralled with supporting casts either, but JMS did such a great job on the Bill+Kelda thing. And then he died… I wonder if that’s what JMS had planned or [...]
onefinemess | December 3, 2009
Thor Giant-Size Finale – Wow. Ouch. Not just Bill – but Kelda too? Urk. I suspect at least one will come back. Building up some great supporting characters only to throw them under the plot bus is downright insulting. Seriously. Making minor characters ONLY to kill them & tug the strings is dumb. Even if [...]
onefinemess | October 29, 2009
One splash, as expected, and lots of unexpected goodness. Good times.
X-Factor 50 delivered on at least 85% of what was expected – and there was a lot riding on it, so I’ll call it good. It may actually be closer to 100%, but the final sequence with Doom and what?whereishe? left me confused. If this [...]
onefinemess | October 13, 2009
During which I address a bunch of disparate topics with quite parate rambles:
The season has slipped back into obnoxious up here in the Portland of the West (I’m not talking to you Portland, Maine!). Freezing wind (not literally, yet), cold nights, and RAIN. RAIN. Yes, someday we will move and leave you far behind. New [...]
onefinemess | September 23, 2009
Wow, that was a bucket of stupid poured all over a pile of pig manure wasn’t it?
I mean. Making Banner and She-hulk into inbred hillbillies… what’s Millar’s thing with inbred hillbillies anyway? (Remember the killer pony inbred hillbilly from Authority? …it’s basically the same thing here, except easily killed by Wolverine, and dozens of them).
I [...]
onefinemess | September 22, 2009
The good:
Daredevil 500: Wow. Shit actually happens. One thing I give the DD crew props for is that they are not afraid to bend the status quo over and show it who’s the boss. Matt running the Hand? In a country where Osborn is the good guy? That actually has some legs.
X-Factor 48: Continues to [...]
onefinemess | September 1, 2009
Or should that be Disney -$ = Disney + Marvel? See – that’s not even a passable math joke! I told you I had nothing smart to say. Now uninformed rambling – that’s something I can do!
Drawing on my vast amount of industry insider analyst drunken guesswork, I suspect that it will either be:
really [...]
onefinemess | August 27, 2009
re: Dark X-Men : The Beginning 3:
Once upon a time, a great creative team made Jean Grey interesting as the Phoenix, then killed her, ending that arc wonderfully. Then Marvel thought it would be fun to do again, and again, and again. Each time it is less interesting, and more likely to make me not [...]
onefinemess | August 25, 2009
Titans 16: The most superfluous DC book at the moment? Maybe. Doing nothing other than showing that “you can never grow up” in the DCU, here’s a team full of heroes that should either still be Teen Titans, or should have moved up to a Justice League franchise of some sort by now.
Spider-Man 602: The [...]
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