Here in Québec we're pretty lucky to have access to both the american market and the european one. This was released last week here, finally got around to picking it up. Never read it before so I'm pretty excited to dive in.
I'm currently rereading Mike Grell's Green Arrow (actually I'm rereading the first omnibus, haven't read the second one yet), and man, that book is awesome. I love the grittier tone and more serious storytelling (even if there's still some silly stuff in it sometimes). It has aged pretty well to be honest, especially writing wise. I'm usually not a big fan of older art but I can handle it just fine in this series. Same goes for O'Neil's The Question, which shares a lot of similarities with Grell's GA. Daredevil is obviously a bit less grounded, but the tone is very similar, and I'm sure it inspired Mike and Dennis.
Obviously most DD runs fit this bill well, and the recent Green Arrow run by Condon is also excellent. Shoutout to Ed Brubaker's Catwoman, which also is a great street level hero book.
What is your favorite street level run ?
Bonjour.
J'ai un événement au vieux port de Montréal le 23 mai, ce qui coincide avec Grand Prix de Montréal. Je m'attends donc à ce que la ville soit bondée. Mon plan serait de me trouver un stationnement à Longueuil pour y laisser ma voiture 24h, et de me rendre au centre-ville en Métro.
Mes questions sont : durant la F1, serait-ce possible de me trouver relativement facilement un tel stationnement ? Si oui, lequel serait préférable ?
Merci
Ryan North's first issue on the Flash was extremely good, and it got me hyped to read some more Flash comics. I have only read the first omnibus of Mark Waid's run, which I overall enjoyed, but seeing it ranked as the 2nd best run of all time on this sub maybe skewed my expectations a bit. When it comes to modern runs, it seems like the Adams run is generally well liked, and the Spurrier one, not so much. I'm looking for something that has the general tone that North seems to be going for.
If you haven't checked it out yet, Batman Dark Patterns by Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman is a modern masterpiece; one that's poised to become a classic to be included in best-of lists of Batman comics (in my opinion, of course).
For those who have read it, how would rank the arcs ?
For me, it would be Pareidolia -> We Are The Wounded -> The Child of Fire -> The Voice of the Tower, and I would add that even my least favorite arc is still incredibly good. Just a banger of a book. Pareidolia sits at the top because it's a mix of everything that makes Batman great; excellent character work, a nicely constructed mystery, a nice use of older lore + new lore (the Rookery is such a cool concept), and an amazing but bittersweet climax to the whole story. Just phenomenal.
What was your favorite arc and why ?
The french market really is ahead of the curve sometimes. The Daredevil Cold Day In Hell Prestige Edition was released a few weeks ago, decided to get it because I loved both the art and the writing. As you can see, it's considerably bigger than the regular HC (about the same size as an Absolute from DC), so it's perfect to fully appreciate McNiven's glorious art.