Comments on: Short Pants Reviews 1/22/07

By: D3

D3 — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:22:11 +0000

Actually Matt, I didn’t get that vibe when I was reading it, but looking back I can see that as a distinct possibility.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:49:37 +0000

i was glad to see mcduffie arrive already on FF, but did anyone else get the sense that he dialogued an existing issue over mckone’s pencils? the whole affair just had a strangely disjointed air about it. it wasn’t bad, just…odd.

By: Dan Grendell

Dan Grendell — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:53:00 +0000

Yes, Lucifer ended well. You see, what happens is Lucif DAMMIT RANDY! I’M NOT A HOBO, QUIT HITTING ME!

By: Randy Lander

Randy Lander — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:42:48 +0000

Good endings are hard to come by, but Vertigo has a decent track record, as does Vaughan. Recently, The Losers had a good ending, and by all accounts (no spoilers please, I’m waiting on that last trade to come out this week), Lucifer did as well. Vaughan ended Escapists perfectly, and did the same for volume one of Runaways.

So there’s reason to hope for a good ending for Y.

By: fil

fil — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:33:04 +0000

With Y, could any wrap up live up to the 50-odd issues of build up? Ending series has to be the hardest thing in the world (be it comics, books, tv, etc.). Not ending a single story. That is one thing. But to take a great story with tons of cool characters, moments, arcs, etc and then say “it is done” will be difficult to pull off. How many lines or shows end well? I feel usually let down by endings in shows or comics and in most cases, things just seem to fade away into obscurity and then cancellation vs. solid ending. To me, anyway.

This last issue was a great return to the beginning of the story, though. It would almost be interesting if they do this as they make there way “back home,” even if mostly metaphorically for the main characters. But to see what has happened with all the little tales along the way now that some years have been put between them and Yorick. I wonder if a thoughtful fade out will replace a more big-bang ending?

By: Randy Lander

Randy Lander — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:18:25 +0000

Hellhound, it does seem that Y has gone a bit awry in the last arc, and the big build-up to the revelation of what killed all the men unfortunately landed with all the grace and spectacle of a belly flop. I’m hoping that it will make more sense and read better in trade, but mostly I’m heartened that with this issue it looks like the character-centric focus is coming back to Y, as opposed to the techno-babble that dominated the last arc, and hopefully that bodes well for our wrap-up issues.

By: D3

D3 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:52:36 +0000

Well, I just finished finished off three bottles of tequila, two eightballs of primo, one issue of McDuffie's Fantastic Four, a few Thai hookers, and four issues of McDuffie's Deathlok. Well, FF was good, and Deathlok was great. The rest... not so much.

By: Hellhound

Hellhound — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:38:03 +0000

I enjoyed this issue of Y, but I could’ve done without the whole “nature will find a way” solution to the plague. I know Vaughan had to provide some kind of explanation for the plague, but I really didn’t much care for it and any further attempts to touch on it just seem amplify the many issues that have been glossed over. For example, really nothing has been said in the series as to what the extinction/near extinction of every mammal species on the planet has done to the Earth’s ecosystem. I realize that this series is more about characters than hard science, but this is all the more reason why Vaughan should stick with character driven stories.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:18:38 +0000

Love Toupydoops. I have been preordering since issue 4. I hope it doesn’t go anywhere. I already plan to get that collection of college strips advertised to come out in July. And it is all your fault, Randy.

By: JPop

JPop — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:23:09 +0000

Man am I glad Straczynski is leaving the FF. Obviously he can’t be blamed for the current direction caused by events spilling out of Civil War, but I can’t think of one arc that I really liked while he was on the book. I don’t want to bash him, but when you compare this run to Waid’s you can’t really help but find it wanting.

By: Gabox82

Gabox82 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:32:11 +0000

All you guys are just plain weird…

keep at it!

By: Dan Grendell

Dan Grendell — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:02:44 +0000

Then what am I doing with this donkey at the bar?

By: Randy Lander

Randy Lander — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:25:57 +0000

I don’t know… they all wandered out of Panteon headquarters with a bottle of tequila each and said something about “Going to catch the donkey races.”

Haven’t seen ‘em since.

By: Kiel

Kiel — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:49:19 +0000

I thought McDuffie was coming on in issue 544, so this was a pleasant surprise. I loved the joke about Reed’s hat I thought it was a pretty adequate excuse for the apparent mischaracterization of Reed, but I still hate the fact that the Thing is in France, of all places. That idea was dead on arrival, and even McDuffie can’t make up for it.

And I wish more people were reading Toupydoops. Haven’t read this one yet, as my shop doesn’t carry it and it slipped under my pre-order radar somehow, so it’s nice to see a new issue. Very funny stuff…too bad its schedule is a bit erratic.

PS where is everyone else this week?