Nice - I've got Snyder's Wytches ready as my next comic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 12:03pmIf you've never read Snyder and Capullo's Batman run—esp. the Court of Owls and Death of the Family—I recommend it highly. I'm not a serious Batman fan, but I was engrossed by the stuff of theirs I read. Dark but mature, not despairing.Silent Majority wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 11:28am28) Long Halloween - Loeb and Sale. 1996. Comic. Unlike most of the acclaimed Batman Canon works I've read, this has a genuine maturity. Not the stubbled grimdark, 14 year old boys power fantasy of a Frank Miller, but a sensitivity and heart which grapples with the costs of trying to do good in a bad world. Lovely noirish artwork too. Now I'm itching to find a good collection for the Neal Adams /Denny O'Neil years.
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Interesting - any particular stand outs?Kory wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 12:44pmI liked Loeb and Sale's run of color-coded Marvel books if you haven't read those yet. Except the Capt. America one.Silent Majority wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 11:28am28) Long Halloween - Loeb and Sale. 1996. Comic. Unlike most of the acclaimed Batman Canon works I've read, this has a genuine maturity. Not the stubbled grimdark, 14 year old boys power fantasy of a Frank Miller, but a sensitivity and heart which grapples with the costs of trying to do good in a bad world. Lovely noirish artwork too. Now I'm itching to find a good collection for the Neal Adams /Denny O'Neil years.
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29) Monster She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction - Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson. Audiobook. 2019. A readable primer of some of the best genre writers of the last 500 years or so. Enthusiastic recommendations and capsule, non-spoiling plots synopses sit comfortably alongside brief biographies and further reading. I came away with at least half a dozen novels and short story collections that I had to get to as soon as possible. The prose is clear and the list-esque format meant I was never bored, but it was well paced enough that I didn't feel like any of the women got short shrift or less space than they deserved.
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I thought the Spider-man one was far and away the best, followed by the Hulk. The Daredevil one is good, but a bit of an echo of the Spider-man approach. Spider-man's reworks the fun of the early Lee/Romita stories, but with an undertone of what's going to happen to Gwen.Silent Majority wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 3:13amInteresting - any particular stand outs?Kory wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 12:44pmI liked Loeb and Sale's run of color-coded Marvel books if you haven't read those yet. Except the Capt. America one.Silent Majority wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 11:28am28) Long Halloween - Loeb and Sale. 1996. Comic. Unlike most of the acclaimed Batman Canon works I've read, this has a genuine maturity. Not the stubbled grimdark, 14 year old boys power fantasy of a Frank Miller, but a sensitivity and heart which grapples with the costs of trying to do good in a bad world. Lovely noirish artwork too. Now I'm itching to find a good collection for the Neal Adams /Denny O'Neil years.
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Yellow (Daredevil) is the best one, followed closely by Blue (Spidey). I can’t quite recall, but I think Doc has that order reversed in his ranking.Silent Majority wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 3:13amInteresting - any particular stand outs?Kory wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 12:44pmI liked Loeb and Sale's run of color-coded Marvel books if you haven't read those yet. Except the Capt. America one.Silent Majority wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 11:28am28) Long Halloween - Loeb and Sale. 1996. Comic. Unlike most of the acclaimed Batman Canon works I've read, this has a genuine maturity. Not the stubbled grimdark, 14 year old boys power fantasy of a Frank Miller, but a sensitivity and heart which grapples with the costs of trying to do good in a bad world. Lovely noirish artwork too. Now I'm itching to find a good collection for the Neal Adams /Denny O'Neil years.
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See above. Spider-man > Hulk > Daredevil > Cap. The best aspect of Daredevil, because thematically it echoes the Spider-man one, is that it isn't the Millerian grim DD.Kory wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 1:47pmYellow (Daredevil) is the best one, followed closely by Blue (Spidey). I can’t quite recall, but I think Doc has that order reversed in his ranking.Silent Majority wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 3:13amInteresting - any particular stand outs?Kory wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 12:44pmI liked Loeb and Sale's run of color-coded Marvel books if you haven't read those yet. Except the Capt. America one.Silent Majority wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 11:28am28) Long Halloween - Loeb and Sale. 1996. Comic. Unlike most of the acclaimed Batman Canon works I've read, this has a genuine maturity. Not the stubbled grimdark, 14 year old boys power fantasy of a Frank Miller, but a sensitivity and heart which grapples with the costs of trying to do good in a bad world. Lovely noirish artwork too. Now I'm itching to find a good collection for the Neal Adams /Denny O'Neil years.
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Whoops sorry, I’m on my phone. I like the art better on the DD one, I think that’s why it gets the push from me.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 3:03pmSee above. Spider-man > Hulk > Daredevil > Cap. The best aspect of Daredevil, because thematically it echoes the Spider-man one, is that it isn't the Millerian grim DD.Kory wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 1:47pmYellow (Daredevil) is the best one, followed closely by Blue (Spidey). I can’t quite recall, but I think Doc has that order reversed in his ranking.Silent Majority wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 3:13amInteresting - any particular stand outs?Kory wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 12:44pmI liked Loeb and Sale's run of color-coded Marvel books if you haven't read those yet. Except the Capt. America one.Silent Majority wrote: ↑25 Jun 2021, 11:28am28) Long Halloween - Loeb and Sale. 1996. Comic. Unlike most of the acclaimed Batman Canon works I've read, this has a genuine maturity. Not the stubbled grimdark, 14 year old boys power fantasy of a Frank Miller, but a sensitivity and heart which grapples with the costs of trying to do good in a bad world. Lovely noirish artwork too. Now I'm itching to find a good collection for the Neal Adams /Denny O'Neil years.
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Of them all, I probably liked Sale's art most on the Hulk one, but of Spider-man vs. DD, I'm kind of even. The Spider-man story, I suspect, probably rings more true because Gwen's death is far more significant in its myth (too much, in fact), than Karen's. MM is not haunted by her death the way PP is. So as a framing device, it isn't as impactful. That final couple pages in the Spider-man one are perfect emotionally.Kory wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 3:18pmWhoops sorry, I’m on my phone. I like the art better on the DD one, I think that’s why it gets the push from me.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 3:03pmSee above. Spider-man > Hulk > Daredevil > Cap. The best aspect of Daredevil, because thematically it echoes the Spider-man one, is that it isn't the Millerian grim DD.Kory wrote: ↑26 Jun 2021, 1:47pmYellow (Daredevil) is the best one, followed closely by Blue (Spidey). I can’t quite recall, but I think Doc has that order reversed in his ranking.
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30) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams. Audiobook. Read by Stephen Fry. 1979. Yeah, it's a good one. Still funny, with a burning undercurrent of fury at the arbitrary stupidity of random power structures, an element that would disappear as Adams grew more wealthy.
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31) Sunburn: The Unofficial History of the Sun Newspaper in 99 Headlines by James Felton. Audiobook. 2020. Felton is a decent comedy writer and goes over an informal history of the worst newspaper in Britain, if not the world, via its stupidest headlines and the stories inside and makes a case for its awful effect on the culture. So far, so throwaway. The book is made a thousandfold better by the reader in audiobook format, Alexei Sayle, who's voice hasn't aged since he yelled at the Young Ones about Trotsky!! in the eighties. He does a master's job of elevating the material, making this feel like a eight hour stand up show that you don't want to end.
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32) The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M Cain. 1934. Audiobook, read by Stanley Tucci. A queasy, amoral story of murder and romance. A great novel which is mercifully short because you wouldn't want to spend too much time with these people. Tough guy prose which is still elegant and believable, the world view and characterisation are as real feeling as the dialogue, which is some of the best I've ever read and somehow hardly dated nearly ninety years later. Honestly, it reads so genuinely, you can belive Cain sat around with tape recorders to capture the rhythms of these hard cases. It shares a melancholic mood with something like Ask the Dust by John Fante.
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Quelle coincidence! The 1946 adaptation was on TCM last night, and it made me realize I'd never read or listened to the original novel.Silent Majority wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 6:46am32) The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M Cain. 1934. Audiobook, read by Stanley Tucci. A queasy, amoral story of murder and romance. A great novel which is mercifully short because you wouldn't want to spend too much time with these people. Tough guy prose which is still elegant and believable, the world view and characterisation are as real feeling as the dialogue, which is some of the best I've ever read and somehow hardly dated nearly ninety years later. Honestly, it reads so genuinely, you can belive Cain sat around with tape recorders to capture the rhythms of these hard cases. It shares a melancholic mood with something like Ask the Dust by John Fante.
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I recommend the Tucci reading. He does a fine job.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 7:37amQuelle coincidence! The 1946 adaptation was on TCM last night, and it made me realize I'd never read or listened to the original novel.Silent Majority wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 6:46am32) The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M Cain. 1934. Audiobook, read by Stanley Tucci. A queasy, amoral story of murder and romance. A great novel which is mercifully short because you wouldn't want to spend too much time with these people. Tough guy prose which is still elegant and believable, the world view and characterisation are as real feeling as the dialogue, which is some of the best I've ever read and somehow hardly dated nearly ninety years later. Honestly, it reads so genuinely, you can belive Cain sat around with tape recorders to capture the rhythms of these hard cases. It shares a melancholic mood with something like Ask the Dust by John Fante.
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Alright, smart guy, I'm gonna do just that!Silent Majority wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 8:07amI recommend the Tucci reading. He does a fine job.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 7:37amQuelle coincidence! The 1946 adaptation was on TCM last night, and it made me realize I'd never read or listened to the original novel.Silent Majority wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 6:46am32) The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M Cain. 1934. Audiobook, read by Stanley Tucci. A queasy, amoral story of murder and romance. A great novel which is mercifully short because you wouldn't want to spend too much time with these people. Tough guy prose which is still elegant and believable, the world view and characterisation are as real feeling as the dialogue, which is some of the best I've ever read and somehow hardly dated nearly ninety years later. Honestly, it reads so genuinely, you can belive Cain sat around with tape recorders to capture the rhythms of these hard cases. It shares a melancholic mood with something like Ask the Dust by John Fante.
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Fine! It's no sap steer, Charley!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 8:25amAlright, smart guy, I'm gonna do just that!Silent Majority wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 8:07amI recommend the Tucci reading. He does a fine job.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 7:37amQuelle coincidence! The 1946 adaptation was on TCM last night, and it made me realize I'd never read or listened to the original novel.Silent Majority wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 6:46am32) The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M Cain. 1934. Audiobook, read by Stanley Tucci. A queasy, amoral story of murder and romance. A great novel which is mercifully short because you wouldn't want to spend too much time with these people. Tough guy prose which is still elegant and believable, the world view and characterisation are as real feeling as the dialogue, which is some of the best I've ever read and somehow hardly dated nearly ninety years later. Honestly, it reads so genuinely, you can belive Cain sat around with tape recorders to capture the rhythms of these hard cases. It shares a melancholic mood with something like Ask the Dust by John Fante.