From the official Borders press release:
"The Red Balloon" has finally been completed after five years of research and writing. This mystery thriller takes place in a fictitious New Jersey town. What would you do if you woke up one morning in a blood covered t-shirt and had no recollection of the previous night's activities? Then the news breaks that your ex-girlfriend is found murdered. Find out as Matt Canagan goes on the run from local Detective Timothy Einhorn.
Please join me on Saturday October 4th from 1pm to 3pm for my book signing.
Borders Books
4211 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803
(302) 477-0361
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Bucky v Jason
I meant to post this months ago, but my initial draft was much too long and it boiled down to an level of nitpicky detail that, quite frankly, wasn't the direction I wanted to take it. So here, instead, is something I whipped up in 15 minutes.
It may be helpful to preface this by noting that I am, without exception, a DC person. Even ignoring the fact that I currently refuse to pay full price for anything Marvel is putting out right now as a means of boycotting One More Day (which is a shame, because I would love to be getting the Dark Tower stuff and Secret Invasion does seem pretty nifty, but I have to stick to my guns), I was always a DC person. Specifically, I am a Batman person. With the exception of Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive and War Games/Crimes, I have the trade paperbacks of pretty much every major Bat crossover of the last 15 or so years. My collection of Marvel books is much smaller, and aside from Ultimate Spider-man, there is not a single Marvel character who I have multiple graphic novels for. The reason I bring this up is to make it known that I am heavily biased towards anything and everything DC does, which should make my final opinion all the more telling.
What we have here is the revival of two formerly dead sidekicks. Bucky Barnes, Captain America's sidekick who was killed during World War II, and Jason Todd, the Robin who Joker beat with a crowbar and then blew up. Both have been dead for years (in real-time; Bucky died in 1954-1968, depending on which source you're using, and Jason Todd was offed in 1988) and both were revived at about the same time.
I linked the Omnibus here, when really I am talking about a particular storyarc, but the Omnibus is definitely worth it. The individual Winter Soldier arc is probably available in a trade paperback, if you look for it...
And this would be the revival of Jason. There is a sequel to this, Under the Hood II, but I haven't read it and I have heard it wasn't too great.
Much as it pains me to say it, despite being a Batman guy, and despite liking Jason Todd quite a bit, the Captain America story is better in nearly every way. The supporting cast is introduced in a way that is more organic to the story, everything you need to know is explained to you in the actual story and you don't need to do research to understand it all, and the writing is just plain better.
I will state, for the record, that I have no issue with the manner of the return; Superboy wall punches don't bother me in the least.
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It may be helpful to preface this by noting that I am, without exception, a DC person. Even ignoring the fact that I currently refuse to pay full price for anything Marvel is putting out right now as a means of boycotting One More Day (which is a shame, because I would love to be getting the Dark Tower stuff and Secret Invasion does seem pretty nifty, but I have to stick to my guns), I was always a DC person. Specifically, I am a Batman person. With the exception of Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive and War Games/Crimes, I have the trade paperbacks of pretty much every major Bat crossover of the last 15 or so years. My collection of Marvel books is much smaller, and aside from Ultimate Spider-man, there is not a single Marvel character who I have multiple graphic novels for. The reason I bring this up is to make it known that I am heavily biased towards anything and everything DC does, which should make my final opinion all the more telling.
What we have here is the revival of two formerly dead sidekicks. Bucky Barnes, Captain America's sidekick who was killed during World War II, and Jason Todd, the Robin who Joker beat with a crowbar and then blew up. Both have been dead for years (in real-time; Bucky died in 1954-1968, depending on which source you're using, and Jason Todd was offed in 1988) and both were revived at about the same time.
I linked the Omnibus here, when really I am talking about a particular storyarc, but the Omnibus is definitely worth it. The individual Winter Soldier arc is probably available in a trade paperback, if you look for it...
And this would be the revival of Jason. There is a sequel to this, Under the Hood II, but I haven't read it and I have heard it wasn't too great.
Much as it pains me to say it, despite being a Batman guy, and despite liking Jason Todd quite a bit, the Captain America story is better in nearly every way. The supporting cast is introduced in a way that is more organic to the story, everything you need to know is explained to you in the actual story and you don't need to do research to understand it all, and the writing is just plain better.
I will state, for the record, that I have no issue with the manner of the return; Superboy wall punches don't bother me in the least.
Read more...
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