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We talked a little bit about it over here, but I suppose it should get its own thread. I quite liked it. I find McCloud's linework still has a habit of getting on my nerves after long stretches--which is odd, given how I prefer cartoony art--but I could relate to a lot of the writing. Some of it, and McCloud discusses this between chapters, some of it suffers from being overwhelmingly "relevant," but it's a nice snapshot of mid-nineties indie comics, and the tension between superhero comics and other times of material. The Earth Stories are quite good despite feeling, at times, maybe a little cliched. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of them is the tension between whether or not Zot and Jenny will end up having sex.
So it sits on my shelf now and maybe in a year or two I'll read it again. Decent, but not as world-shattering as McCloud's "academic comics." |
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