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Am curious as to what people think of it.

I absolutely love it, right from the first page with the ultra-condensed back story.

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 16 January 2006 03:47 (twenty years ago)

I'll let you know if it ever gets past #1!

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:42 (twenty years ago)

#2 out this week!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:52 (twenty years ago)

Yay! Let's see if they can top the page with Clark Kent saving the dude from the falling muffler!

― Chris F. (servoret), Monday, 16 January 2006 05:16 (twenty years ago)

it rubbed me the wrong way.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 16 January 2006 05:46 (twenty years ago)

I loved it, and expect it to be my new comics highlight of 2006.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 16 January 2006 13:38 (twenty years ago)

There's been this jolly, winking campness about his recent work -- which makes them always hugely enjoyable to read, but excludes you from building an emotional investment with the character -- whereas previously, no matter how oddball his charater concepts were (Beak, Crazy Jane and so on), I felt it was more possible to have some sort of empathy with them. It's a bad word to describe it, but there's a soapiness about his best stuff that's been missing lately.

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Monday, 16 January 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)

it rubbed me the wrong way.

Did it turn you into coal?*

*I just read a story in the Showcase Presents JLA where Superman defeats a diamondoid villain by turning him into coal. In the denouement, Snapper Carr asks Supes how he did that, since everybody knows Supes can turn coal into diamond by rubbing it with his superstrength.
Supes answers, "I just rubbed him the wrong way!"

Everybody laughs. Snapper says something astoundingly hip. The End.
Which is totally weird, because otherwise, the science in those JLA stories is at least pretend-sound, with lots of little educational asides from the editor.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 16 January 2006 14:36 (twenty years ago)

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Yeah, good point! Would "mawkishness" be a better word?

― Chris F. (servoret), Monday, 16 January 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

It in no way excluded me from making an emotional investment in, say, the Manhattan Guardian, We3, Ali. I don't really have much of a one in Superman, which is a little surprising considering he's got space-cancer. The sense of wonder stuff more than makes up for it with me.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 16 January 2006 14:58 (twenty years ago)

It's not like Guardian and We3 were utterly lacking in mawkishness though. I've got an emotional investment in ASS because it's GM doing Superman! What more do you need?

― Chris F. (servoret), Monday, 16 January 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

Well, I thought the death of, er, Chubby in Seaguy, was the most emotional thing Grant has ever written -- but I was thinking more of this and Seven Soldiers. I thought Jake never transcended his cliche -- but I still loved the comic to bits, so maybe that doesn't matter.

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Monday, 16 January 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

Well, I thought the death of, er, Chubby in Seaguy, was the most emotional thing Grant has ever written

Eh, I thought it was sorta tongue-in-cheek, even though it was riffing on the imaginary friends thing which usually produces good mawkishness (Foxy, Candlemaker, etc.). Chubby was such a cartoon that it didn't totally feel to me like he'd died, like the door was open for him to come back (even though the Chubby as a rotting corpse thing was pretty grim).

― Chris F. (servoret), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

I thought it was genuinely sad! It even put my girlfriend off reading any more GM. But then we are twee motherfuckers.

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

after posting what i posted up there i went back and re-read #1. i liked it better this time.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 16 January 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

For posterity: All Star Superman!!!

― c(''c) (Leee), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:28 (twenty years ago)

But then we are twee motherfuckers.

Well, Seaguy was twee as fuck! Maybe it was because I knew that GM was deliberately channeling the mood of sadness (oh noes, Chubby! etc.) that I couldn't take it too seriously.

― Chris F. (servoret), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Because I didn't feel that he was taking it too seriously, as opposed to the Foxy stuff in A-Man which was reputedly autobiographical.

― Chris F. (servoret), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

I agree about Chubby. This is why I will never read We3, while full well knowing that it is a totally awesome comic.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 11:12 (twenty years ago)

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