Silver Surfer: Requiem and Runaways

[dahlia_moon]

Silver Surfer: Requiem was sooo awesome! Like I can't even tell you guys. The story was poetic and lovely and sad and the art was gorgeous. Even if you aren't a fan of the Silver Surfer or comics or the Fantastic Four or Spider-Man, seriously just pick it up if you have a chance. (It also helps that this is a mini and not part of the big canon that is the Fantastic Four comic-verse so you don't need any background knowledge other than the basics of who the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man are.)

J. Michael Straczynski is known for writing for Amazing Spider-Man and artist Esad Ribic is known for working on Loki.

Here are several pages excerpted courtesy of scans_daily. (Just in case you think I'm making up the sheer beauty that is this comic and want proof.)


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Also have fallen in love with Runaways. I spoiled myself on everything what happens but even when I know something is going to happen, it still comes as a shock when I get to it. (Like I know Alex was the mole from like issue #13 of volume one and I figured I'd hate him for betraying his friends and siding with his evil parents. But...his death still makes me all teary. And his parents weren't evil from the beginning so I can sympathize with them, even if I still don't like any of them. I mean they did kinda redeem themselves by sacrificing themselves for their children there at the end.)

I know Runaways and Young Avengers crossover at some point and will hopefully get to read that. I'm sad to learn that Runaways is on hiatus after just three volumes. There are a few things I want in life, I think I can safely add that wanting Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona to come back to Runaways is one (or heck anyone who ever worked on the comic - and there were a few teams in the short amount of volumes they had). There was also a talk about a movie adaption but Marvel shelved that too. Which, okay, I get: Marvel, you have a lot of projects going on. Good for you, just please get back to this one. Please. (Although if it was a choice between having either a movie or continuation of the comic, I'd pick the latter in a heartbeat, no question.)

I dunno. I just think Runaways is just awesome for getting new readers into comics, although it is a YA comic, which is probably what contributes to its awesomeness. And it's original. And awesome. And totally-on-the-edge-of-your-seat.

And HELLO Gert has a freakin' Velociraptor as a PET! I should actually be methodical and list why Runaways is so awesome but all I can say is GERT! CHASE! NICO! MOLLY! KAROLINA! The awesome Spider-Man/Captain America/Iron-Man/X-Men/Cloak & Dagger cameos! INCOHERENT BABBLING!

And Gert/Chase has totally become my new OTP of the century! I was totally surprised when they hooked up (because they are like the two least likely teenagers out of the whole group to hook up with each other considering their wildly different personalities).

So, in short, too many comics, too little time.

Comments

[ribbon-purple.livejournal.com]

Hey, she's still alive! Hi there. I was beginning to worry. :)

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

Hihihi yeah just barely surviving -_-

I have been around but more like...lurking.