More On Moore
Pastiche overwrought; Keep Wikipedia near. Moore’s work needs margins. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill (Wildstorm, $29.99)
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President Bush Finishes Second
President George W. Bush comes in No. 2 on Mad Magazine’s annual list of the 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of the Year. Mad‘s January issue cites Bush for breaking the presidential record for most vacation time. The president is no stranger to this dubious honor: It’s the eighth year in a row he’s…
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Heroes – The Haiku Review by Charlie Meyerson
This disjointed set of attractive footnotes is not worth thirty bucks. Heroes, Volume One, by Aron Eli Coleite, Michael Turner, Chuck Kim, Marcus Tu, and many others. Cover by Alex Ross. $29.99, DC Comics
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Study in contrasts: Shazam! and Simon Dark, by Charlie Meyerson
Arriving in one press kit from DC, a couple of comics as different as day and night: The deluxe edition hardcover collection of Jeff Smith’s four-issue miniseries SHAZAM! The Monster Society of Evil and the first issue of Steve Niles and Scott Hampton’s Simon Dark, promoted as Gotham City’s other protector. SHAZAM! is Smith’s…
