The Ninth of June Two Thousand and Eleven. Thursday.
I had completely forgotten I’d ordered it! That’s how bright I am. My Mister Fantastic t-shirt, imported from the US. Fanboy joy!
I was going to let this garment’s arrival be the springboard into a paean to how brilliant the current Fantastic Four comic is (it’s called FF and was and is my First Comic Book Recommendation) but to do so would include many spoilers or be too vague so take my advice and treat yourself to a volume of Jonathan Hickman’s run. It’s set fair and square within the Marvel Universe so some comics nous would come in handy but don’t panic. It starts with the Dark Reign tie-in, which is cool and foreshadows some of the later stuff, and then kicks off in earnest with Volume 1.
It's ace. It's one of the few comics that I immediately reread - for pleasure and to pick up on the stuff my tiny mind missed the first time round.
I suppose this blog has just turned into one big recommendation tonight. Sorry about that - been a bit busy so run out of time. Normal service will be resumed soon. But I'd hate for you to have come all this way for nowt, so his a little spot the difference for you. Which of the following is the super-smart stretchy superhero with the hot invisible wife and which is the slightly overweight nerd with a train set under his bed? Look carefully now...
See? It's not as easy as you might think, is it?
More soonliest
Invisible wife you say? Sounds almost intriguing. Sorry I shouldn't really be commenting here, my knowledge of comics, zero. But in the absence of any other comments, I thought I'd drop one here, in the few weeks of freedom I have left.
ReplyDeleteUnless I am mistaken your umm 'crowd' were into 2000 AD, Judge Dread and all that. I didn't quite get into 2000 AD, veering more towards the AD&D crowd, I have a recollection of forming a few such lunch hour sitting of AD&D with you can some others...
However Sci-Fi is a wide genre, I'm more a Frank Herbert / Ian Banks / William Gibson, person.
For example, your mention of Dark Reign reminded of the classic PC game, which I doubt is being refereed to here!