This week I've read through a few comics, including Civil War, Saga Volumes 2, Walking Dead 130 and I finally finished Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe! I'm also reading my way through the first A Song of Ice and Fire book, A Game of Thrones.
Let's start with Civil War, I know I'm a really long way behind everyone else that has read this but hey, better late then never right?
I know a lot of people who didn't like Civil War very much, and I really don't understand why! I really thoroughly enjoyed it, I like the story and the way it is delivered and the artwork is just awesome!
For those of you who haven't read it, the idea is a team of young superheroes cause the deaths of a lot of civilians, including children, in a small town. Naturally, this makes people very angry and they start campaigning for all superheroes to be registered and become paid employees of the government. Of course the problem is only half of the superheroes in the Marvel universe agree with this, the other half are totally against it and war ensues. I really don't want to give too much away, but there are some really awesome things in it. Tony Stark builds Spiderman a brand new suit that can deflect bullets, there are robot versions of other superheroes, supervillians are recruited, and I was made really happy by the presence of the Punisher! There are parts of it that I feel could have been elaborated on, or better explained, and there are some parts that were a little dragged out, but overall it's a pretty good read!
Keeping with the Marvel theme, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe... This was an immense read. The first part of the Deadpool killogy, (it's followed by Deadpool Killustrated and Deadpool Kills Deadpool) it sets the tone for what will undoubtedly be 3 volumes of unadulterated bloodshed. Basically it starts when the X-Men send Deadpool to a mental facility. What they don't realise is the doctor "treating" Deadpool is actually Psycho-Man in disguise. He tries to brainwash Deadpool into becoming his personal minion, but that fails and just leaves Deadpool even more unhinged. And then he goes on a murderous rampage to kill the entire Marvel universe, the idea being that if the Marvel universe is gone, along with all of its creators, then Deadpool himself could never have existed. I really love the way it ends, with Deadpool breaking out into the "real" world and confronting the artists and writers creating the story. The fourth wall, in true Deadpool style, is left completely decimated, and the last panel of the comic is Deadpool promising the reader "I will find you". It's a fun read, and the writers have been very clever about how Deadpool could go about killing everyone, including characters like the Hulk and Thor. Of course the problem of killing Wolverine, with his regeneration ability, was slightly more problematic, but they get round it. I've only just started on Killustrated so that will be one of next weeks topics! If you haven't read any of the killogy you really need to catch up!
Ok, so moving on to Saga Volume 2. This is a series that just keeps getting better and better! Every time I start a new chapter it surprises me. I'm still very much in awe of how beautiful the artwork is, and how well written the story is. Volume 1 ends with the arrival of Hazel's grandparents, after Alana, Marko, Izabel the ghost girl and Hazel have commandeered a tree-ship. You can imagine their shock at discovering their son has had a child with one of the enemy! What I really like about Saga is as the story goes on you find out more about Alana and Marko's back story, how they met and fell in love, and ultimately how Alana broke Marko out of jail and they escaped. You also see short flashbacks to Marko's childhood, which I really like.
One of my favourite things about Volume 2 is the arrival of Gwendolyn, Marko's ex-girlfriend. She's a really cool character, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how firey things get when she inevitably encounters Marko and Alana! There's also the Will and Lying Cat, who I absolutely love. After the Stalk is killed in volume 1, the Will really isn't bothered about finishing his mission, but he really does want to rescue Slave Girl from Sextillion, obviously without the money to buy her it's difficult for him to do this. Until he meets Gwendolyn, who wants to know why he hasn't finished his mission to kill Marko and Alana and take the child. He tells her he'll do it if she gives him enough money to free Slave Girl, a phone call and some fighting later and Slave Girl is theirs, and then she tells them that she can hear Gwendolyn's necklace talking to it's friends - the engagement rings that she gave to Marko! So now, Gwnedolyn, the Will and Slave Girl have a way to track our enamoured heroes, who are dealing with Marko's father's death, the animosity between Alana and Marko's mother, and also being on the run! Towards the end of Volume 2 you find out they are hiding in the lighthouse of the writer of the book that Alana started reading before her and Marko ran away, the book that started the whole thing... Definitely looking forward to reading volume 3, if the first two volumes are anything to go by it will be incredibly, totally amazing. The story flows beautifully, and the artwork really is just stunning, there is a depth to the characters and their relationships that I really like, and I love the way each volume leaves me wanting more. I think it might be a good idea to catch up and start reading them monthly!
And last but not least, the Walking Dead issue 130. Well, it was certainly interesting. After the end of issue 129 I almost expected the newcomers to free Negan. I was a little relieved and a little disappointed when they didn't, although it was mostly relief if I'm honest. I much prefer the idea of Negan being free when Rick's about, it's been a while since he lost his temper with someone and I miss crazy Rick! I'm feeling really sorry for Carl at the minute, going all the way to the hilltop to be an apprentice, only to find out the apprenticeship has been taken by another boy. Poor Carl! Of course the big talking point of 130 is the little tagline on the cover "There were whispers and I was afraid". Could the dead really be talking? That would certainly be an interesting turn of events wouldn't it? The zombies starting to become sentient! Much like the zombies in Night of the Living Deadpool! (Totally not the same, but the zombies in that could talk!). There are still a couple weeks left before the realease of 131 and I'm really dying to know how it's going to play out!
So, at next weeks book club, we'll be talking Saga Volume 3, Deadpool Killustrated and Neil Gibson's Twisted Dark, which is a volume I picked up and LFCC, having had a conversation with Neil, I haven't got round to reading it yet, so I'll get it read this week to talk to you guys about it next week!
If there are any books/comics you've read that you wanna have a chat about, or you wanna chat about the comics that I've mentioned (I will get round to finishing ome books soon so we can talk about them!) drop me a comment in the box!
Happy reading guys!
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