I've been reading A Softer World all week, which I've been meaning to tackle for ages. Frankly, I should've been reading it for years and I am ashamed of myself. The frequent photos of Victoria (my home town) make it an extra treat for me, and I've even seen people I recognize from my comic-book-store-days.
Let's revisit two comics today: Penultimate Quest (Lars Brown) and Little League (Yale Stewart.)
Lars Brown, a relatively quiet comicker these days, has returned with a new chapter on the tail of Penultimate Quest. It begins today! Or yesterday. Read it.
Yale Stewart's Little League has come under fire for use its title, of all things. Being the unlicensed kindergarten adventures of the Justice League, you'd think Stewart might draw the eye of DC's lawyers, but apparently this name-change is the the hand of baseball. Weird. The comic will continue, thank goodness, but under a new title, "JL8," which is also cute. If you haven't been reading Little League, start reading JL8 today.
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Friday, 24 August 2012
Friday, 11 May 2012
Follow Friday: Little League
This weeks' Follow Friday is from Tumblr. Not using Tumblr? You may be missing out on a lot of slash-fic. But this here isn't slash-fic, it's Little League.
The adorable adventures of the Justice League. In kindergarten. Joy!
Yale Stewart accomplishes what the actual real DC Comics (he is neither employed nor endorsed by them; Little League is essentially fan-fic) pretty much never does. He's reduced the characters to icons, put them against a backdrop, and told stories based on personality interaction.
Perhaps I should explain my personal platform: I loathe DC Comics. The editors consistently put their franchise characters in increasingly dehumanizing roles, preferring to focus on ego-blown villains whose aspirations are so far-fetchedly galactic that any chance for actual storytelling or character development isn't even put on the back burner, but completely forgotten. That said, there have been good comics from DC, and not always one-shot stories like Batman: Year One or... um... Watchmen shouldn't really count towards their score. Anyway. Anything by Gail Simone is a winner.
Back to Little League. Charmingly drawn and presented lovingly by someone who couldn't possibly make a buck off of it. Follow his Tumblr and start reblogging!
Also, while you're doing that... maybe follow my Tumblr, too.
The adorable adventures of the Justice League. In kindergarten. Joy!
Yale Stewart accomplishes what the actual real DC Comics (he is neither employed nor endorsed by them; Little League is essentially fan-fic) pretty much never does. He's reduced the characters to icons, put them against a backdrop, and told stories based on personality interaction.
Perhaps I should explain my personal platform: I loathe DC Comics. The editors consistently put their franchise characters in increasingly dehumanizing roles, preferring to focus on ego-blown villains whose aspirations are so far-fetchedly galactic that any chance for actual storytelling or character development isn't even put on the back burner, but completely forgotten. That said, there have been good comics from DC, and not always one-shot stories like Batman: Year One or... um... Watchmen shouldn't really count towards their score. Anyway. Anything by Gail Simone is a winner.
Back to Little League. Charmingly drawn and presented lovingly by someone who couldn't possibly make a buck off of it. Follow his Tumblr and start reblogging!
Also, while you're doing that... maybe follow my Tumblr, too.
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