Child of Rage , the ninth Strangers in Paradise trade paperback, collects the second half of this story arc or chapter that started with My Other Life. It also had me thinking about Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy.
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Strangers in Paradise: My Other Life
The first twenty-four issues of Strangers in Paradise’s third series aren’t perfect, but if you wanted to make the fans’ case—- that this is a clever, highly entertaining graphic novel which, despite its comic-book exaggerations and silliness, has an understanding of personality rare in comix—- you’d offer something from those issues as evidence. Issues #25-38 contain many strong moments, but if you wanted to make the critics’ case—- that this is a whiney soap opera occasionally interrupted by an entirely unbelievable conspiracy theory—- you’d likely turn to these.
Batwoman returns to the DCU
We’ve had a new Batgirl for awhile, but now DC reinvents Batwoman. She’s here; she’s queer.
Strangers in Paradise: Sanctuary
Hey! Why am I the only one here with no clothes on?
–Casey Femur
Sanctuary, the seventh Strangers in Paradise trade paperback, represents a series high point.
The System of the World
At long last, I offer a review of The System of the World, the final part of The Baroque Cycle, which also includes Quicksilver and The Confusion . All three form a prequel of sorts to Cryptonomicon. The Cycle runs nearly 3000 pages and represents a stunning achievement by a writer.
But is it worth the effort to the reader?
X-Men: The Last Stand
Here’s our review of this summer’s much-hyped, big-budget thrill ride which, however, has brought charges of blasphemy from the faithful.
Star Trek for sale
Battlestar Galactica’s third season to be darker
Damien writes, According to James Callis, who plays
President Baltar, the upcoming season 3 of everyone’s current favorite
scifi show is going to be even darker, more dystopic than before.
Warning: slightly spoilery.
Oh Yeah. Great shots of Titan.
We missed the ship on this one but, earlier this month, NASA released some great images (including movies) of Titan, moon of Saturn and popular setting of old school SF novels.