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blahflowersWow, that was an anticlimax. It would seem the answer to the question 'How do you follow threatening to destroy the entire universe?' is 'badly'. Several issues of Lucifer dicking around before leaving creation followed by yet another of Lucifer's bitching about what a bad Dad God is, then he just flies off into the white page. And while Mike Carey's dialogue for this series has generally been top notch, his confrontation between Lucifer and God lacks any real sparkle, mainly because it's just a repeat of everything he's said before. I was kind of hoping God would give him a slap of cold water, or point out that Lucy can never get the freedom he wants as he has let himself become so totally defined by his father. As the previous volume ended with Elaine Belloc deciding to become one with her creation and, at the end of this collection she... decides to become one with her creation, it makes me wonder if the last few issues were demanded by editors rather than a desire from the author?
Still, the good thing is that should Vertigo, in a few years time, decide to restart the title, they will find it even more difficult to do so than Swamp Thing: Lucifer Vol 2 Issue 1. "Hello Mazikeen, I came back from beyond reality."? That makes shitting over Mark Millar's run small by comparison.
And while we're on the subject of disappointments, Y The Last Man #59. 'I don't want to be killed by a woman!' Really? Is that the best you can do? The drawback to Y is that it's main adversary is a pretty uninteresting character. Brian K. Vaughan obviously liked Alter much more than I do and every time she appears I feel a little bit sad. Even the issue that concentrated on her backstory didn't do much to make me remotely interested in her motivations and impulses and the reduction of Agent 355 to Yorick's own refrigerated woman (I suppose an argument could be made that Alter was tactically removing an enemy who would kill her) is a shame. Despite it's premise this series hasn't actually had much real insight into women and men as opposed to individual characters and making that relationship the key behind the final conflict it does highlight the story's shortcomings.
Meanwhile, Amazing X-Men #23. Don't tell me my love for Joss Whedon is wrong! So many good lines. There's still a lot of work to be done next issue though, even if the X-Men have a field guide to how to finish the level. But Cyclops' "To me my X-Men" at the end was a thing of beauty. I've already cancelled my subscription after the next issue so have no interest in the X-Universe any more, but I would strongly suggest that non-angsty Scott is a much more interesting character for both the readers and writers than boring old angsty Scott and should stick around.
Okay, we're done, you can go now.
Still, the good thing is that should Vertigo, in a few years time, decide to restart the title, they will find it even more difficult to do so than Swamp Thing: Lucifer Vol 2 Issue 1. "Hello Mazikeen, I came back from beyond reality."? That makes shitting over Mark Millar's run small by comparison.
And while we're on the subject of disappointments, Y The Last Man #59. 'I don't want to be killed by a woman!' Really? Is that the best you can do? The drawback to Y is that it's main adversary is a pretty uninteresting character. Brian K. Vaughan obviously liked Alter much more than I do and every time she appears I feel a little bit sad. Even the issue that concentrated on her backstory didn't do much to make me remotely interested in her motivations and impulses and the reduction of Agent 355 to Yorick's own refrigerated woman (I suppose an argument could be made that Alter was tactically removing an enemy who would kill her) is a shame. Despite it's premise this series hasn't actually had much real insight into women and men as opposed to individual characters and making that relationship the key behind the final conflict it does highlight the story's shortcomings.
Meanwhile, Amazing X-Men #23. Don't tell me my love for Joss Whedon is wrong! So many good lines. There's still a lot of work to be done next issue though, even if the X-Men have a field guide to how to finish the level. But Cyclops' "To me my X-Men" at the end was a thing of beauty. I've already cancelled my subscription after the next issue so have no interest in the X-Universe any more, but I would strongly suggest that non-angsty Scott is a much more interesting character for both the readers and writers than boring old angsty Scott and should stick around.
Okay, we're done, you can go now.