tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post2487767214473001753..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: A Comic Journey: New Comics, New Reading, and the Happy ShaunAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-82423641271841632932013-06-11T09:37:10.225-04:002013-06-11T09:37:10.225-04:00Well, maybe I'll give one of the previous John...Well, maybe I'll give one of the previous Johns books a try. I didn't care for the new one, though. There were so many other good series (I felt the same about the New Avengers stuff by Bendis). When I run out of things to read, I'll go back to Lantern :P<br /><br />And Snyder is a bloody genius.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-72267243116851839432013-06-09T13:32:09.408-04:002013-06-09T13:32:09.408-04:00The New 52 Green Lantern book is not a reflection ...The New 52 Green Lantern book is not a reflection of the other Green Lantern comic books, nor is it a good reflection of Geoff Johns' writing. Recently, I decided to attempt to read all of Johns' mid-2000 run on Green Lantern, starting with with Rebirth. It was a reboot of the franchise, and was absolutely amazing. Every single major character in the story had a great arc and great inner conflict. It was also all in six issues. The story takes place after the events of Zero Hour, where Hal Jordan went crazy after Coast City was destroyed and became Parralax. in an attempt to reanimate Coast City, Parralax destroyed the Green Lantern Corps and seemingly killed Sinestro. Hal eventually sacrifices himself to restore power to the Sun, and his spirit gets connected to Spectre. Rebirth is all about Jordan finding redemption for his actions, while the other Green Lanterns attempt to keep peace in the universe. It is essentially a miniseries made to bring Hal Jordan back, but it is so cleverly done and has such great and memorable characters that it didn't feel like a necessary series. The only problem is, you need to really have a grasp of Green Lantern lore in order to understand the backstory. It was fine for me because I have a DC Comics encyclopedia (and no, I'm not even a little ashamed that I have it). After reading Rebirth, I can honestly see why Green Lantern became the second most popular DC hero during Johns' run. There are so many subtleties that Johns expertly puts in his characters, like the way each Lantern uses their ring differently. It made me want to read the second volume.<br /><br />My best guess with the New 52 books is that the writers were rushed to get their stories out. If that is the case, Scott Snyder does an incredible job of working on the clock, because Court of Owls was freaking amazing. 16millimetershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140872740505408779noreply@blogger.com