I just read issue #2 and this really isn't what I want from a Green Lantern book. I am going to drop this book.
I just read issue #2 and this really isn't what I want from a Green Lantern book. I am going to drop this book.
“Somewhere, in our darkest night, we made up the story of a man who will never let us down.”
- Grant Morrison on Superman
Hill Street Blues in space is not what I really want from a GL book. When did space become like New York? And maybe I missed it, but did anyone actually use their power ring for anything but travel in this book?
I don't mind weird and I don't mind pointless, but the combination of them is not quite working for me. Might be reading the cliff notes for the rest of this story.
Every day is a gift, not a given right.
Loved the second issue even more than the first. Sharp's art continues to be one of the major highlights, but I'm also still loving how Grant writes Hal. He is such a super competent badass, without being too obnoxious the way some over the top "badasses" can be.
I'm a little bummed Evil Star got taken out so quickly, I am hoping Morrison gives some more TLC to Hal's classic villains. Especially as Evil Star was teased by Johns, but never showed up. But he left the possibility open for a possible recovery and more appearances in the future. The little Starlings were hilarious.
Vampire lady reminds me a bit of Mandrakk.
Volcano head wasn't his (though he needs to do all the drugs he wants)
Volk was from an 80s Green Lantern comic, and Rot Lop Fan was created in one of Alan Moore's stories.
Wow this art is freaking amazing. I remember seeing the pencil sketch version of this page a while back when they were teasing it. Seeing it in full color is something great. I'm not an artist and maybe one can add perspective, but to me this page looks like it must've been a huge pain in the ass to draw. This is what a splash page should look like. I almost get the sense that the full drawing stretches way past the borders. Well done.
Anyway... 12 issues, man. I gave Venditti something like 50 issues to figure out this schitt. I can at least give Morrison 12.
Save Ferris...
Oa is supposed to look like a space city, at least thats how it usually is depicted. And thats how this looks to me. I'm fine with it.
Its more the GLs and the way they are playing their role in the universe as space cops that isn't quite sitting well with me. Its ok, I guess. Not completely a dealbreaker for me, I guess. But its not quite what I read a GL book for.
Every day is a gift, not a given right.
Personally, I always saw the GL's less as "cops on a beat," and more "knights errant."
- Here's a sector that's your territory.
- Do good when you can.
- If you screw up, we'll tell you.
- If we've got specific tasks for you, we'll let you know.
- If you want to come back to the castle to do some training/imprison particularly dangerous menaces in our dungeons, sure, I guess.
I mean, given how mind-crushingly HUGE GL sectors are, the notion of them actually having a "beat" in their sectors is kind of silly.
They're Emerald Knights, not Emerald Cops.
PS That drawing of Oa is gorgeous, but again - why, exactly, should Oa be a sprawling sci-fi megatropolis? There's only, like 36 permanent residents there, and at most 7200 GL's zipping in and out. Are the Guardians hosting conventions on the side?