It’s a great read.
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what made me love it from the very beginning was imagining how the story must have blown the minds of its first readers. even after having read lots of modern scifi im still impressed by how imaginative it is. space opera on that scale had never been seen before and there are some really advanced ideas for being written in the 1940’s.
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I definitely appreciate that. It’s funny how long he spends describing how a screen zooms and rotates. You’re reading it and you’re like “right, two fingers on the screen and spread them apart. We’ve got that.”
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we take for granted technology that most would have found unthinkable 60 years ago. In some respects, the ideas that Asimov, Bradbury, etc. came up with sparked the creativity in science responsible for our current level of tech.
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That’s probably the context necessary to read Asimov’s stuff properly. He spends a long time describing certain things. While maybe tiresome to us because the technology is a given, maybe it was mesmerizing at the time it was released.
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So - I read ‘I Hate This Place’. Interesting start. Reminds me of a cross between the comicbook Autumnal and Skinwalker Ranch TV show.
Art - Meh. I like McFarland art. This is sloppy for me. Tolerable.
Story - Actually … not bad. Has horror, UFOs, mystery, and intrigue.
Characters - Not a bad start. Let’s see where it goes.
I might sink another 2 issues to see where it goes.
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Oh boy - I just read 78MPH. Dang. That was an excellent #1 issue.
Art - really liked it. Dark. Moody. Definitely connects you to the story.
Story - That’s a Bam! Excellent story to start. Like the premise. Can see potential here.
Characters - not much yet to get attached to after issue #1. But the potential is there
Adding to my pull list.
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Brubaker does no wrong when it comes to writing.
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Fixed it for you 
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Sure would be nice if McFarlane could write better but Brubaker is like a Nobel Peace Prize winning writer in comparison to McFarlane’s 6th grade level narrative and vocabulary… McFarlane should read more Brubaker, who I think is the master of narration that makes you actually feel like you’re inside the story and mind of who’s telling the story. Brubaker is great…
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He signed a media deal a ways back so I’ve been picking up all his stuff.
Just finished reading Eight Billion Genies. Looks like it’s gong to be a fun ride.
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I’m late to the party here, but I just read Many Deaths of Laila Starr. Great read. Not what I was expecting at all, but a solid book. Probably not a ton of spec here unless TV/movie comes calling, but a good read.
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Many of you know I have a fondness for stuff from the weird ol’ underground comix era. I read a hardcover collection of, “Squeak the Mouse,” and I really dug it. I made a blog post discussing it, in fact…
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Animal Castle
Saga
Something is Killing the Children
I just finished Justice League Road to Dark Crisis.
Bad. Bad. Really bad. Avoid. Artwork was meh to poor. The story is all over the place, and I do not care for changing characters to be PC. If you want to nuke the JL - fine. Create some new characters instead of backfilling with folks to check a list off.
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Do you mean Road to Dark Crisis?
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Yes. Fixed.
Have been following what’s been going on during Infinite Frontier?
Somewhat …. Honestly, DC has really dropped off to me. I read Batman religiously, and a few other titles, but the rest they could jet. DC storylines are all over the place. It’s a shame. I think that DC black label has potential.