Grant Morrison is the Stanley Kubrick of comic creators and Final Crisis seems to be his 2001. Sadly for me, I keep expecting a fun and exciting comic book (especially when a Crisis is involved) but instead the fun seems to going right over my head---much like most of the story.
It's unfortunate, but DC is on a downturn with all this crisis rigamarole.
I'm waiting for the Legion involvement. Any idea when those issues come out and what the issue numbers will be. I haven't read any of the others, how about a recap, anyone?
I'm waiting for the Legion involvement. Any idea when those issues come out and what the issue numbers will be. I haven't read any of the others, how about a recap, anyone?
I think the Legion's involvement will be in their own mini-series, "Legion of Three Worlds." While it purportedly will be a direct tie-in to Final Crisis, DC's has proven to be a bit liberal in their use of the phrase "direct tie-in" (e.g, Countdown & Final Crisis).
My guess is that you'll be able to enjoy the legions mini-series all on its own!
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I'm waiting for the Legion involvement. Any idea when those issues come out and what the issue numbers will be. I haven't read any of the others, how about a recap, anyone?
It's a three issue series, the first coming out in August (if I remember correctly). I'm really excited about seeing the post-Zero Hour Legion again (I loved Gates and ZS).
As far as Final Crisis/Grant Morrison goes, I've loved Morrison's DC superhero work since he took a stab at Batman in _Arkham Asylum_ (_Animal Man_ and _Doom Patrol_ were good reads, but I like my superhero books with a little less postmodernist deconstruction). His run on JLA blew me away on a monthly basis, and so far both his Batman work and Final Crisis are doing the same.
You really like the revisions of the New Gods?!? You can't improve upon Kirby's visuals and concepts, IMO. His stuff will forever remain light-years ahead of comic creators.
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You really like the revisions of the New Gods?!? You can't improve upon Kirby's visuals and concepts, IMO. His stuff will forever remain light-years ahead of comic creators.
I'm going to blaspheme, but as much as I respect Kirby for all he did for the medium (and those contributions are immense, I'm not trying to downplay them in any way), I've never been a "fan" of his art. Darksied is a great character, but Kirby drew him in biking shorts. Come to think of it, Galactus was wearing shorts, too. I don't care how much evil incarnate a villain is, if he's wearing short pants I'm not all that impressed. :)
All joking aside, though, I follow writers in comics, not artists. So Kirby's visuals mean as much to me as Jim Lee, Kieth Giffen, or Alex Toth- I like them all, but it's just pictures to go with the story.