Sunday Comics....

So just so you know I'm old enough to recall when the Sunday comics meant Blooms County and Calvin and Hobbs. I think that new comics day superhero wise was Tuesdays before it was Wednesday... Anyway old home day over on to the main show....

If you are not reading the blog The Savage Critics, never had the pleasure to know Brian Hibbs or the people at Comics Experience or Amazing Fantasy in San Francisco let me tell you about one of the best books in comics at the moment. It's. Matt Fraction's Hawkeye. I am so glad that I read columns by Brian Hibbs that broke my Marvel boycott a half dozen months ago and checked out Hawkeye.

I loved the character during the eighties and nineties having followed his mini series, the long run he had as the leader of the West Coast Avengers and well I followed him through good writers and bad. Lots of bad to be honest. This title redeems all that. This is Clint Barton when he's not an Avenger, its him training someone and being a good guy, a good neighbor and friend. I like Climt and would love to call this guy a buddy and I'd offer him a Caucasian if he dropped by for a movie or something. Here is the column by Brian that got me to check it out. Oh and it's one of those usually done in one Comice that just don't happen much these days. Oh and the art is always pretty sexy.

 

Immonen's Journey into Mystery is another reason why we need more women writing comics. The story she has been telling following Sif the old female back up character for Thor is so bloody entertaining in this new book. The very pretty art does not hurt either but the story here focusing on the very driven and very tough heroine. Journey, though set firmly in the Marvel universe, is very much a sword and sorcery comic that does not flinch at bloody minded adventures and has lots more in common with Conan comics then it does with its superhero brethren.

Journey into Mystery has all the things I want from a fantasy comic; multiple realms and realities, magical portholes, giants, berserkers, gods, seers, magic and lots and lots of swordplay and blood, not all of it red. This is a bargin for 2.99 a month and I for one hope its getting sales to warrant it a long run. Looking into the future solicits it seems a second Thor background character will be appearing soon, the one time alien who could life Thor's hammer....

 

 

These two books could not be much more different Hawkeye is about Clint Barton living his life in small ways and JiM is about Sif living loudly and with bold and reckless choices....

 

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