Jun. 13th, 2010
Heralds and Doctor Who 31/5.11
Jun. 13th, 2010 12:27 pmDouble review time: ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
waywardpug pointed me towards Heralds, a new Marvel five parter - two issues out so far - starring, among others, Emma Frost and Abigail Brand. All the other leads are women as well. I was only familiar with Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk before; there are also Val(kyrie) (who sounds like a female verson of Thor (Marvel default speak for Norse gods?), Hellcat, and Monica Rambeau, aka Photon. Heralds is written by Kathryn Immonen; the art for the first issue is very good and by Toni Zonjic; in the second, it's also by someone named Jeff Harrer and not so good. But the writing so far, with one caveat, makes up for it. The basic premise is the good kind of crack: Scott's idea of giving Emma a birthday surprise is a party thrown by the above named ladies - none of them exactly a friend or enemy -, in Las Vegas, and having dumped Emma in their midst, he wisely withdraws; they are mid-snarky dringing binge when the inevitable disaster strikes, while there is also a larger mystery hinted at, so Our Heroines team up, fight and investigate. Kathryn Immonen writes immensely entertaining dialogue for the women, which does not revolve around dating problems and passes the Bechdel Test all the time. (Though I will say the one single exchange about a man one of them is dating cracked me up as well. Val, re: method of transport: "A ride worthy of the warrior, Scott Summers." Emma: "Anyone pursuing that line of thought will be killed." )
I also appreciate the details. (Everyone in the suprise party is wearing silly moustaches when they greet Emma, except for Brand, which, well, she wouldn't!) And the fashion choices; before Our Heroines suit up for the action stuff, they're wearing clothes that are comfortable to relax with (jeans and a sweater for Brand, for example). And the larger mystery intrigues me. So what is the one caveat? ( Too spoilery to talk about without a cut. )
Still, I look forward to the next issue and will look up the women I didn't know before this story in the Marvelverse.
Meanwhile, on Doctor Who, we had what amounts to the traditional fluff outing before finale dramatics. No deep thoughts from me, but a couple of observations:
( The Doctor, Single White Maling Guys Since 2005 )
waywardpug pointed me towards Heralds, a new Marvel five parter - two issues out so far - starring, among others, Emma Frost and Abigail Brand. All the other leads are women as well. I was only familiar with Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk before; there are also Val(kyrie) (who sounds like a female verson of Thor (Marvel default speak for Norse gods?), Hellcat, and Monica Rambeau, aka Photon. Heralds is written by Kathryn Immonen; the art for the first issue is very good and by Toni Zonjic; in the second, it's also by someone named Jeff Harrer and not so good. But the writing so far, with one caveat, makes up for it. The basic premise is the good kind of crack: Scott's idea of giving Emma a birthday surprise is a party thrown by the above named ladies - none of them exactly a friend or enemy -, in Las Vegas, and having dumped Emma in their midst, he wisely withdraws; they are mid-snarky dringing binge when the inevitable disaster strikes, while there is also a larger mystery hinted at, so Our Heroines team up, fight and investigate. Kathryn Immonen writes immensely entertaining dialogue for the women, which does not revolve around dating problems and passes the Bechdel Test all the time. (Though I will say the one single exchange about a man one of them is dating cracked me up as well. Val, re: method of transport: "A ride worthy of the warrior, Scott Summers." Emma: "Anyone pursuing that line of thought will be killed." ) I also appreciate the details. (Everyone in the suprise party is wearing silly moustaches when they greet Emma, except for Brand, which, well, she wouldn't!) And the fashion choices; before Our Heroines suit up for the action stuff, they're wearing clothes that are comfortable to relax with (jeans and a sweater for Brand, for example). And the larger mystery intrigues me. So what is the one caveat? ( Too spoilery to talk about without a cut. )
Still, I look forward to the next issue and will look up the women I didn't know before this story in the Marvelverse.
Meanwhile, on Doctor Who, we had what amounts to the traditional fluff outing before finale dramatics. No deep thoughts from me, but a couple of observations:
( The Doctor, Single White Maling Guys Since 2005 )
