also, in other superhero comics news, i just read through all of the 2017 Mister Miracle series last night and it was actually decent! whaaaaaaaaaat.
like, i really don’t like tom king’s writing, but this comic was actually decent and an improvement on most of the tropes and pitfalls that mark king’s work. It was good surreal horror, Mitch Gerads’ art in it is amazing and gorgeous, showed barda and scott at their best, and just fjasklf;dsa. I really like it ouo
(it’s very disjointed, and while it’s supposed to be, sure, since that’s the point, the reader is supposed to notice something’s wrong with reality, I’m talking in the way king does dialogue and his choices towards character actions and interactions. also, i appreciate the explorations into mental illness and how prevalent it is and how it’s there forever that this comic attempts, but because it’s king, the explorations are surface-level only and just implied rather than explicitly acknowledging anything of substance. like the difference between giving mental illness the understanding, respect, and gravitas it deserves versus looking up symptoms on wikipedia and stopping there. This comic has a lot of potential with its themes, buuuuuuuut doesn’t quite deliver. but i still liked it.)