Hey everyone! How's it going? I'm pretty well. This week's edition of Comic Book Wrap-Up is going to be a bit shorter than last week's was. I didn't read any single issues this week, just a trade paperback collected edition and two graphic novels. There also aren't any DC books this week either. Just Marvel and independent. So without further ado let's talk about this week's books.
Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon isn't a great book or anything like that. It's pretty fun though. I've actually read it before, but at the time I actually didn't like it very much. Most of the story was taking place under the surface, and all I was seeing was the non-stop action which I don't care about at all. But I decided to give it another shot in preparation for the Disney+ series coming up next month since many of the action shots seem to be taken directly from this volume of Matt Fraction's comic book run. I still don't really know (or care) what was going on with SHIELD during this period, but I had fun reading this book.
My favourite part of it was the dynamic between Clint Barton and Kate Bishop. There's a banter between them that practically borders on flirtation, but it's not creepy in any way. Obviously they're going to play it a bit differently in the series, at least on Clint's side of things, since Clint is married and has children in the MCU. Though he does avoid Kate's flirtations in this book, if they keep that aspect of their relationship in the show, they'll have to change Clint's reason for rejecting Kate's flirtation. Or they'll just eliminate that whole aspect altogether. Which is fine with me.
Overall the story is okay, but I'm there more for Clint and Kate's fun dynamic and the way Clint finds a solution to the problems he faces in the book. The art for the book, by David Aja for the first three issues, and Javier Pulido for the final two issues collected in this volume, is pretty solid. I know Pulido's work from Robin: Year One and it's pretty good. I'm not familiar with Aja's work aside from the first three issues in this volume. This is the perfect way to get acquainted with Clint and Kate before the series starts next month.
If you feel like Bryan Lee O'Malley's name is familiar but you can't quite place it, he's the writer, artist, and creator of Scott Pilgrim and did all six volumes of that series. Lost at Sea is his first graphic novel, that he did before he did the first Scott Pilgrim book, Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life. It's an okay book. Not alot happens in it, but the artwork is good and I like Raleigh, the main character of the book. Many of the themes that O'Malley deals with in this book were honestly dealt with better in Scott Pilgrim, but this is O'Malley's first graphic novel and I did take that into account when I read the book. I also took into account the fact that Scott Pilgrim is six books, while Lost at Sea is one book, and a fairly short one at that. I liked the book, but there's not much to it. I'd still recommend picking it up though if you have the chance.
The final book that I read this week is another Bryan Lee O'Malley graphic novel. This one is called Seconds and I have no idea what it's about. I mean I get the general premise of the book, but when I read it I was REALLY confused. The art is spectacular as always, but the story felt more convoluted than the entirety of Scott Pilgrim. Maybe it's because I wasn't connecting to the main character, Katie, the way I connected to Scott Pilgrim, despite Scott being a terrible person. Or maybe it's because the story is just so bonkers that I had a hard time following it. Then again, messing with time in any story usually confuses me. Especially at the end when the timeline is restored, there's always some alteration to the original timeline that ends up confusing the situation even more and...you know, I think I'll just end that trail of thought with saying that I understand why Captain Janeway hates time travel on Star Trek: Voyager. It's confusing as hell. Lol. Definitely pick up Seconds if you're interested in reading it. It's pretty good, even if it was confusing.
I think that's going to be it for me for today. Like I said, just a nice, short Comic Book Wrap-Up as these three books were all I had time to read this week. But I'll have more single issues to talk about next week so stay tuned for that. Meanwhile, join me over on Josh's Movie Review Corner on Friday because I have lots of movies and shows to talk about this week. So until then have a great week and I will talk to you all later. Take care.
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