Originally Posted by
Nomads1
Just finished reading The Impossible City TPB. Have tosay, I liked the story. After the first couple of issues, there is not much foccus on character and it becomes a free for all, however, it is intresting enough to keep me in the story. A bit too much JLA more than Avengers for my taste, but worthwhile, nonetheless. I like the line up, though I do think that they still don't know how they want to picture Carol as a leader (Inspiring? Green? Kick ass? All of the above?). All in all, I'd give a 7.5 or an 8 on the story. A sure improvement over the last few years of Avengers stories, when it was tough to give more than a 6 on them. Now, the art. Wow, that was a real downer. It was even worse than I thought it'd be by the Previews. So, dull, so basic, so muddy, so uninspired, so lacking in detail and dynamism. Is it the worst art I've ever seen? Of course not. Far from it. But it does not contribute anything to the story, it almost distracts from it. Awful, really. I mean, it would have been okay on a third tier character's mini-series, where the rookie artist has a chance to strout his stuff and improve, for a limited audience, but we're talking about what should be one of Marvel's top books. Are you seriously telling me that you couldn't assign a seasoned veteran such as Stuart Immonen, Mark Bagley, Patrick Zircher, Lenil Francis Yu, or someone to this? Yeah, the art really brings it down for me, but I'm intrigued enough to give it another chance on the second TPB, which will featrue the bad?good guys from Kang:Timeless, The Twilight Court, which I did find interesting. However, I hope MacKay doesn't foccus soley on new villains. I'd like to see some other classic baddies show up from time to time, and on more than just a cameo.
Peace