Thursday, July 29, 2004
From the library reviews:
BOP: More Box Office Poison, Alex Robinson, Top Shelf. Robinson's follow-up to Box Office Poison is witty and intelligent and offers a great look at the essentials of human existence in modern society. The art is great as usual, especially some of the faces, which are often used superbly to convey the characters' emotions. And even though this is a collection of short stories rather than one full-length novel, it's still good. "Cartoonist's Widow" is my favorite from the collection.
The Interman, Jeff Parker, Octopus. This is a story about a secret Cold War government program to create a super-being, one who is able to control his or her own DNA and manipulate their body as necessary. The story, to me, seemed weak and a bit cliche, but maybe I've read too many political and espionage novels. The art is pretty generic, too; it's there, but nothing really stands out. It's a great book for a younger adult, but I think I'm a little too old for it.
White Flower Day, Steven Weissman, Fantagraphics. This book, too, didn't thrill me much, although I did think the art was fantastic. However, the stories just did nothing for me, and I'm not sure why. The book, I should mention, is a collection of three stories, and I think it was the first one, "I Saw You," that turned me off. Again, great art, but the story didn't draw me in.
4:23:00 PM
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