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Summary: The Watchman it's not.
Review: Everyone it seems wants to do their take on the Watchman, but this story is not it. It's a waste of artwork and paper.
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Summary: This is supposed to be an enjoyable read?
Review: I'll post one star for the effort of creating this - drivel. Creating anything requires resources, creations are fuelled by dreams or visions and I respect that. The second star is for some radical concepts : like raiders from alternate earth, spirit of the 21st century that lives for a century, nine pints of liquid machine being substituted for blood, a shiftship that exists and sails though mutli-dimensions simultaneously and so on. This is not entertaining, insightful or a soul-ride like Sandman, Batman, Superman and other novels for mature readers. The superhero team - the Authority - seems to be ever powerful and always at a tactical advantage over their foes. Cleverly and sublty exaggerated. The heroes believe in combat brutality that would put MORTAL KOMBAT in shame. The overall shades are noir-ish, a lot of real world issues have been actually named (GEORGE W BUSH as GOVERNOR, FRIENDS TV SHOW, blah.. blah)and the weight the Authority throws around is unbelievably childish not to mention unattainable. 'Try to make a better world - not on earth but on all alternate worlds', 'preserving human rights in SOUTHEAST ASIA by killing a tyrant (OK- FINE) and then mouthing off the President of the USA when asked that AUTHORITY should not tip the delicate balance of INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS', etc. Please don't waste your hard earned booty to prove or disprove me. Borrow it if you must and then burn it if you can.
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Summary: A strong follow-up
Review: Personally, though I didn't like this book as much as I did the first one, it was still a great read. Ellis and Hitch ended their run and Mark Millar and Frank Quietly start theirs. There are more characters from the Wildstorm universe, though their appearances are brief. The transition is cleverly made through the change dealing with Jenny Sparks. Everything is tackled so logically that while there are events taking place that are in the realm of the fantastic, they seem fairly possible. A deeper development of characters than the first book, which is good and a somewhat new direction. Hard to beat the first book, though.
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Summary: Boring
Review: The Authority stories are uninteresting and tiresome at best. I guess that the hook for the serious is two openly gay characters. Unfortunately this is not enough to hold the average fan's attention.While the series seems to parody other super hero teams, it does not do so in an entertaining manner. The story plots are simple and repetitive. My advice is to skip this dull series and try something else.
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Summary: The Nativity Alone Is Worth The Full Price
Review: The final story by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch was ok, but the story that really made the book worth the price was The Nativity. Buy the Book for this story alone, the art is awesome (Although overall Frank Quitely is so radically differnet from other comic artists that I am not sure if I like him or not), the story is near perfect and the characterization is dead on. One of the reasons why the Authority run of Millar and Quitely is one of the best comics ever.
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Summary: More Madness from Ellis and Hitch take over before.....
Review: The first half of this book finishes up Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch's run on the book and in their final storyarc we can really see why they made the Authority great. After this the new team of Millar (also a good writer but not as good as Ellis) and Quitely take over. Quitely is a good artist, I just feels that he draws his people too chunky. Overall still a great read and though I was sad to see Ellis and Hitch leave the book, Millar and Quitely do an excellent job.
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Summary: More swell Authority goodness
Review: The second collection of Wildstorm/DC's "Authority" title is an important turning point for the series as a whole, since original creators Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch depart and are replaced by up-and-comers Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. It's rare to see two different creatives teams in one collection like this, and it's nice to be able to see two differing interpretations of the world's premiere proactive super-team. Ellis and Hitch's final story-arc, entitled "Outer Dark," sees our heroes fighting... well, God. The tension and suspense is excellently built-up, but the climax of the story is a bit lacking, action-wise. Character-wise, however, "The Authority" remains one of the most richly textured titles out there. Ellis is able to take a routine comic-book moment (stepping foot on the moon) and make it sublimely human. All in all, "Outer Dark" is a great wrap-up to a great run. (The rest of Ellis and Hitch's "Authority" run can be found in "Relentless," another fine book.) The series overall really starts to pick up steam in Millar and Quitely's first story, "The Nativity," wherein a criminal genius possessing "the most powerful imagination in the world" plots to kidnap the infant Jenny Quantum, "the spirit of the 21st Century." Millar throws in dozens of characters based on Marvel Comics' heroes, and has the Authority slaughter the lot of them. While this story occasionally relies too heavily on comic book in-jokes and silly self-referential humor ("I always feel like a comic book character when I do this"), it provides high-octane action in spades. "The Nativity's" rapid action and high stakes demonstrate that Millar is more than capable of filling Ellis' scripting shoes. And while Hitch's art on Authority was the peak of his career thus far, Quitely's art is highly unique and immediately engaging. I can't wait until the next collection comes out, since the next storyline, "Earth Inferno," is the best Authority tale to date. And if Millar and Quitely can keep up the pace, it won't be the last.
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Summary: More swell Authority goodness
Review: The second collection of Wildstorm/DC's "Authority" title is an important turning point for the series as a whole, since original creators Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch depart and are replaced by up-and-comers Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. It's rare to see two different creatives teams in one collection like this, and it's nice to be able to see two differing interpretations of the world's premiere proactive super-team. Ellis and Hitch's final story-arc, entitled "Outer Dark," sees our heroes fighting... well, God. The tension and suspense is excellently built-up, but the climax of the story is a bit lacking, action-wise. Character-wise, however, "The Authority" remains one of the most richly textured titles out there. Ellis is able to take a routine comic-book moment (stepping foot on the moon) and make it sublimely human. All in all, "Outer Dark" is a great wrap-up to a great run. (The rest of Ellis and Hitch's "Authority" run can be found in "Relentless," another fine book.) The series overall really starts to pick up steam in Millar and Quitely's first story, "The Nativity," wherein a criminal genius possessing "the most powerful imagination in the world" plots to kidnap the infant Jenny Quantum, "the spirit of the 21st Century." Millar throws in dozens of characters based on Marvel Comics' heroes, and has the Authority slaughter the lot of them. While this story occasionally relies too heavily on comic book in-jokes and silly self-referential humor ("I always feel like a comic book character when I do this"), it provides high-octane action in spades. "The Nativity's" rapid action and high stakes demonstrate that Millar is more than capable of filling Ellis' scripting shoes. And while Hitch's art on Authority was the peak of his career thus far, Quitely's art is highly unique and immediately engaging. I can't wait until the next collection comes out, since the next storyline, "Earth Inferno," is the best Authority tale to date. And if Millar and Quitely can keep up the pace, it won't be the last.
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Summary: Writer and Artist Change; Deeper Thought At work
Review: They fight God. Ok, that caught my eye. I mean really, really caught my eye and then Jenny croaks as the 20th Century ends.
Deep thoughts for a comic, no? I also noticed a huge JLA book where they fight God too and then in their regular series they fight Armageddon. Ok, what often interests me is the mass thought form, what pople are creating and projecting outwards. They fight God. They destroy God. They win. The cost of destroying God is Jenny, the 20th century dies, though she is reborn as a new babe with Quantum powers----her powers reflect the century she inhabits. Electricity for 20th, quantum for 21st, which is creative yes. Did I mention they fight God? Ok, you've got the pseudo Batman and Superman guys as gay lovers which is cheeky but not well developed as simply a couple. I often watch the mass media wrangle with how to interpret sexuality, race, religion and so on in a populist fashion that doesn't include stereotypes and the goal is generally banality. Like dealing with a blind date with an obese person----you're not like your ad, yet at the same time, its a real person in there. They kill God.
Ok, I'm not sure what to make of that battle. Isolated as one fight, its unique, interesting but it popped up a few times in what I could glean from the surface of comicdom and it worried me. What interests me are the ramifications of killing God. What everyone thinks about it, what it means. These heroes are cold, yes but there has to be a heart in them somewhere. Its too----divorced from itself to be anything but popular. I do like The Authority but I think it needs another layer of subversion. Of thought that accounts for something besides just being a comic that comes across like a movie. Haven't we all seen enough movies? The characterization is much stronger in this book but thats mainly because they have Jenny's death to react to. The Authority suffers from Julia Roberts--itis. Ok, she's a huge star and everyone loves her but are her movies REALLY quality? Or just packaged well? Sold properly? She sparkles? Thats how the Authorty comes off, they got the marketing mix just perfect to make us all kinda like it even though its still sacchrine. Did I mention they killed God? Oh yeah, Julia will never take the creative risks of say a Sandra Bullock. Or a Meg Ryan. See my point?
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Summary: Writer and Artist Change; Deeper Thought At work
Review: They fight God. Ok, that caught my eye. I mean really, really caught my eye and then Jenny croaks as the 20th Century ends.
Deep thoughts for a comic, no? I also noticed a huge JLA book where they fight God too and then in their regular series they fight Armageddon. Ok, what often interests me is the mass thought form, what pople are creating and projecting outwards. They fight God. They destroy God. They win. The cost of destroying God is Jenny, the 20th century dies, though she is reborn as a new babe with Quantum powers----her powers reflect the century she inhabits. Electricity for 20th, quantum for 21st, which is creative yes. Did I mention they fight God? Ok, you've got the pseudo Batman and Superman guys as gay lovers which is cheeky but not well developed as simply a couple. I often watch the mass media wrangle with how to interpret sexuality, race, religion and so on in a populist fashion that doesn't include stereotypes and the goal is generally banality. Like dealing with a blind date with an obese person----you're not like your ad, yet at the same time, its a real person in there. They kill God.
Ok, I'm not sure what to make of that battle. Isolated as one fight, its unique, interesting but it popped up a few times in what I could glean from the surface of comicdom and it worried me. What interests me are the ramifications of killing God. What everyone thinks about it, what it means. These heroes are cold, yes but there has to be a heart in them somewhere. Its too----divorced from itself to be anything but popular. I do like The Authority but I think it needs another layer of subversion. Of thought that accounts for something besides just being a comic that comes across like a movie. Haven't we all seen enough movies? The characterization is much stronger in this book but thats mainly because they have Jenny's death to react to. The Authority suffers from Julia Roberts--itis. Ok, she's a huge star and everyone loves her but are her movies REALLY quality? Or just packaged well? Sold properly? She sparkles? Thats how the Authorty comes off, they got the marketing mix just perfect to make us all kinda like it even though its still sacchrine. Did I mention they killed God? Oh yeah, Julia will never take the creative risks of say a Sandra Bullock. Or a Meg Ryan. See my point?
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