[Cecil Terwilliger]

Reread my Spawn collection. Or most of it. I have 1-120 or so but gave up at 80. The art is phenomenal, Greg Capullo is one of my favourite artists ever. But the story drags and drags. Nothing ever happens. Every issue is just Spawn brooding and Cog telling him he doesn’t understand the war between heaven and hell and that he needs to stop lashing out and start “asking the right questions”. But as a reader it’s infuriating because the story never progresses. But damn does it ever look pretty.

Next up was the graphic novel version of GRRM’s GoT prequel novellas. I only have the first two, of three, and only finished the first one. The Hedge Knight I think it was called. It was fantastic. I’m concurrently reading the prequel novel Fire and Blood so it was neat to see more of the Targaryen history but from a different perspective. That and it focuses more on Dunk and the Targs are more of a backdrop. So far anyways. Very interesting stuff if you’re a GoT fan or interested in the lore.

Re-read my full run of Danger Girl. J Scott Campbell is another fav artist. I absolutely love the premise of this book. The whole James Bond meets Indiana Jones meets Charlie’s Angels. The writing is a little weak but it’s so campy it works. Too bad it’s only like a dozen issues. Maybe less. I really wish it kept going. So much fun. Who knows. Maybe they’ll get around to making that movie. Could be fun.

Read some old school Wolverine. Marvel Comics Presents 1-10 and Wolverine 1-16. It’s fine. Not exactly high quality stuff, even for superheroes but whatever it’s Wolverine. Cool to get a little more backstory on Madripoor and his whole Patch alias I guess. But it’s so very 80s. And most often not in a good way.

I put Swamp Thing and Sandman on hold for a while but did read half a dozen or so issues of each. I need to sprinkle in some lighter stuff.

Currently on Knights of the Old Republic because it’s on sale on ComiXology and I was in the mood for something Star Wars. Great series so far. Never played the video game and not familiar with it at all so I’m sure I don’t get all the Easter eggs as it’s my understanding it intersects at times with that section of lore. Regardless, it’s a lot of fun, if not particularly deep, and after the first 6 issue arc I’m excited to keep reading. Glad too because I read Boba Fett Enemy of the Empire and it sucked. Bad.

But I’m all over the place right now. Few issues into an Avengers story, few issues into two separate Xmen titles from 10 years apart (as if Xmen isn’t confusing enough at the best of times), still have the Dunk and Egg GoT stuff to finish, plus Swamp Thing and Sandman. And now 50 or so issues of KOTOR. I really need to stop getting sidetracked and rereading old stuff. I also needs to stop buying new stuff but ComiXology has such good sales. Getting these massive digital collections for $5-10USD. These would be $25-30 or more in print.

Also bought volume 1 of Alan Moore’s Promethea. Always wanted to read this. Great so far but put it on hold. I’m reading so many different comics right now my heads spinning and this seems like a title that needs my attention.

Oh and how could I forget, I reread watchmen for the first time in about a decade when the tv show was premiering. Damn it’s good. Whole new appreciation for it. I’d always ranked it well below some of my all time favs like Batman Year One, The Long Halloween, Preacher, Spider-Man Blue etc. But I think I’m gonna have to reconsider. It’s hard though because it’s not easy to classify. It’s a superhero comic but unlike any other superhero title. And it’s hard to compare to non superhero stuff like Y the Last Man, Preacher (which I also recently reread when the tv show was ending), 100 Bullets etc. Even compared to other Moore titles like V for Vendetta it’s so different. Anyways, I’m sure I don’t need to explain how amazing Watchmen is in this thread.