All Star Superman, Volume 1
It's been awhile since I read an American comic/graphic novel anything. The last thing I read was Adam Warren's Livewires, which it seems was cut short before ever moving past the first volume. Tuesday evening I decided to go to Borders instead of home to watch tv, and I was able to locate this Superman graphic novel by Grant Morrison, and a bunch of other comic people. Duh. Someone at work was trying to sell their two copies (this and volume two) on a social email, but I thought I'd check it out someday instead of buying it first. Thus, me finding it at Borders equalled one hour of straight comic reading. It amazes me how beautifully these American comics are colored, every page is a testament to the talent of these professionals. It's absolutely ridiculous to compare the art quality of these comics to that of Japanese manga on the shelves beside it, and yet there are so many more manga than comics at the store. And, likewise I've read a lot more of Japanese comics than American. Sad, I know.
All Star Superman was someting that references a lot of obscure and older facets of a character older than I am, so I was pretty "wow, that's neat but I have no idea what's going on" a few times, but nothing unbarable. The personality of Louis Lane is different from how I recall it, but Super is perfectly Supermanny and Clark Kent buffoonery to a S. I probably won't buy this, but it's definitely worth the read. It has it's laughs and a few mini surprises, and I really want to read volume two but I can't seem to find it in paperback at Borders. I'll have to try Barnes, I suppose. I'm really spamming this meager little blog up today.
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