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body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/eternals-marvel.jpg'); } Eternals Vol. 3 (2006). Neil Gaiman; John Romita Jr.. www.marvel.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2006. Eternals Vol. 5 (2021). Kieron Gillen; Esad Ribić. www.marvel.com . www.hoopladigital.com . marvel.fandom.com . Snapshots Origin of Life Mark Evanier: Can you prove that ancient civilizations weren’t visited by space travellers and heralded as gods? Did those aliens alight on this planet eons ago and plant the seeds of our civilization?...

Saga. Brian Vaughan; Fiona Staples. imagecomics.com . www.hoopladigital.com . en.wikipedia.org . body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/vaughan-saga.jpg'); } Volumes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9 have been nominated for the the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. A 6/9 nomination rate implies that the comic is pretty good! Themes (Mostly War) Planet Landfall (Alana’s) and Wreath (its moon, Marko’s) have been in conflict as long as anyone can remember....

A collection of notes/impressions from titles where I didn’t find enough to necessitate a dedicated page. Usually short works of fiction. Unknown Number Unknown Number. Blue Neustifter. twitter.com . genderdysphoria.fyi . Jul 27, 2021. Accessed Sep 6, 2022. tells the story of a person who has gender dysphoria. In an alternate universe, they never transitioned but went on to become an established physicist who could communicate across parallel universes....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/batman-white-knight.jpg'); } Batman: White Knight. Sean Murphy. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2017. #vigilantism First time encountering a comic where the same person wrote, pencilled and inked the work. The panels should be truer to what the writer intended. Snapshots [Joker] Admit it – I gave you Gotham City! This corrupt war zone is the home we created together....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/bitter-root.jpg'); } Bitter Root. David F. Walker; Chuck Brown; Sanford Greene. imagecomics.com . www.hoopladigital.com . #extraterrestrial-possession Snapshots [Dr. Sylvester] I am not the devil. It was the devil that made me what I have become, and the devil I am here to destroy. Look around you, Enoch Sangerye. You’ve seen this before – cities and towns burned to the ground....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/wilson-invisible-kingdom.jpg'); } Invisible Kingdom. G. Willow Wilson; Christian Ward. www.darkhorse.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2019. Accessed Dec 3, 2022. A Flawed Religious Organization [Vess] But what if… What if you found something here that seemed wrong? That seemed out of place? [Krikko] I would go straight to Mother Proxima and ask for guidance. That’s why she’s here. [Vess] And… If the something wrong had to do with Mother Proxima herself?...

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/kirkman-outcast.jpeg'); } Outcast. Robert Kirkman; Paul Azaceta. imagecomics.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2014. Accessed Dec 11, 2022. #religious-fiction #extraterrestrial-possession Snapshots [Rev. Anderson] I know… How completely I failed you. You brought me face to face with the Devil himself… And I didn’t have the strength to confront him. Am I no longer worthy to do your work? Is that why I have no power over these demons?...

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/doom-patrol-1987.jpg'); } Doom Patrol (1987-1995). Grant Morrison; Richard Case; John Nyberg. www.dcuniverseinfinite.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 1987. Accessed Dec 23, 2022. Punchlines Father McGarry has long since ceased to believe in miracles. Saturdays, he trudges out to the dump, looking for God among the debris. Saturdays are always the longest days and, in the winter, chilly. He asks for very little....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/king-vision-little-worse-than-a-man.jpg'); } Vision Vol. 1: Little Worse Than A Man. Tom King; Gabriel Hernandez Walta. www.marvel.com . www.hoopladigital.com . Jun 29, 2016. Accessed Feb 5, 2023. Snapshots Most of the Visions' neighbors worked downtown, and they talked often about the traffic on 66 or Lee highway. On the weekends they tended to stay in Virginia, though they often lamented that they should go into the city....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/simone-clean-room.jpg'); } Clean Room (2015 - 2017). Gail Simone; Jon Davis-Hunt; Walter Geovani; Sanya Anwar. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2015. #extraterrestrial-possession Snapshots [Chloe] The Haverlin brothers from next door came to visit, when my mother did not. They pulled me out. I told them I was grateful because I didn’t want to make them sad. Sometimes the truth hurts the people with the best hearts the most....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/morrison-animal-man.jpeg'); } Animal Man. Grant Morrison. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . 1988. Accessed Mar 5, 2023. Snapshots He took himself into the desert. And rose up. And went into the presence of God. And God spoke unto Crafty saying, “You must be punished for this rebellion against my will. Nevertheless, I am a good God and my judgment will be tempered with mercy....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/kingdom-come-1996.jpg'); } Kingdom Come (1996). Mark Waid; Alex Ross. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . Accessed Mar 4, 2023. Snapshots The world Wesley left is filled not with his heroes… but with their children and grandchildren. They number in the nameless thousands … progeny of the past, inspired by the legends of those who came before if not the morals....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/daredevil-born-again-1986.jpg'); } Daredevil: Born Again. Frank Miller; David Mazzuchelli. www.marvel.com . www.hoopladigital.com . marvel.fandom.com . 1986. Accessed Mar 6, 2023. Snapshots [Matt] Dust… The dust is thick. Could choke on it… There’s nothing left. So you know. So that’s why. I never would have connected it to you. Nothing about it said gangster – until this. It was a nice piece of work, Kingpin....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/king-mister-miracle-2017.webp'); } Mister Miracle Vol. 4 (2017 - 2019). Tom King; Mitch Gerads. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . Accessed Mar 13, 2023. There’s something that I’m missing. I don’t get the ending. Is Scott dead? Snapshots But though our great hero now occupies a seat of comfort and tranquility… Mister Miracle never forgets that somewhere out there… Darkseid is....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/gray-house-of-el-book-1.webp'); } House of El. Claudia Gray; Eric Zawardski. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2021. Snapshots [Tribune Member] Krypton is the most advanced civilization known to exist in the galaxy. For generations, its citizens have been genetically engineered to make them the greatest examples of their kind. We have the best soldiers that can possibly exist. The best scientists. The best leaders....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/superman-birthright-2003.webp'); } Superman: Birthright. Mark Waid; Leinil Francis Yu; Gerry Alanguilan; Dave McCaig. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2003. Accessed Mar 24, 2023. Snapshots JOR-EL. For the thousand orbits, a shining planet circled a celestial font of heat and light. The people of that world grew tired of war so they achieved a united society. They feared the unknown… so they conquered it with the marvels of science....

Batman: Year One. Frank Miller; David Mazzucchelli. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . 1987. Accessed Apr 8, 2023. body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/batman-year-one-1987.jpg'); } Miller and Mazzucchelli also did Daredevil: Born Again (1986) together. In 1986, DC embarked on a reinvention of its characters' origin stories to match the times. However, Batman’s origin story didn’t change as it already captured the fears, frustrations and hopes of a readership coping with the realities of 20th-century urban life....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/sheriff-of-babylon-2015-2016.webp'); } The Sheriff of Babylon. Tom King; Mitch Gerads. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . 2015. Snapshots KING. I decided to do something set during my time at Baghdad. In terms of goals,I wanted to write something that wasn’t political or didn’t feel like homework, that wasn’t about whether it was good or bad to be there; I just wanted to write about what it was like to be actually there then....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/catwoman-lonely-city.jpg'); } Catwoman: Lonely City. Cliff Chiang. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . batman.fandom.com . 2021. aims to handle a Gotham without Batman. Maybe there’ll be fewer super-villains as there is no Batman. There’s an arms race between villains and heroes. I expect more systemic villains that skirt legality such that they can’t be imprisoned. Snapshots Middle-aged Catwoman trying to reintegrate into society....

Dark Night: A True Batman Story. Paul Dini; Eduardo Risso. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . Jun 15, 2016. body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/dark-night-2016.webp'); } Snapshots DINI. Now you’d think that one invisible kid might find comfort in another one’s company. But at that age, the last thing a nothing kid wants to be is lumped in with another nothing. Proof that cruelty, even garbed as self-preservation, is contagious....

East of West. Jonathan Hickman; Nick Dragotta. imagecomics.com . www.hoopladigital.com . imagecomics.fandom.com . 2013. body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/east-of-west.jpg'); } Snapshots The things that divide us are stronger than the things that unite us. Soon, the Union found itself fighting a war on two fronts – righteousness and tyranny, and the resulting quagmire suited their hypocrisy. Conflict drug on until finally reaching a protracted lull a decade later....

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Tom King; Bilquis Evely; Matheus Lopes. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . 2021. body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow-2021-2022.webp'); } Justice #justice-motif RUTHYE. If a child, which I was at the time despite my many protests to the contrary, could claim the weapon with a simple tug… what was it that prevented Krem from rescuing it? I had meant to ask him, and even had the question on my tongue when Supergirl and I eventually found the filthy man and he was begging for his life with tears in his eyes....

Star Trek: Year Five. Brandon Easton; Jody Houser; Jim McCann; Collin Kelly; Jackson Lanzing. idwpublishing.com . www.hoopladigital.com . memory-beta.fandom.com . 2019. body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/star-trek-year-5-2019-2021.webp'); } Snapshots SPOCK. They Lloyd Zeta hypergiant is the single most massive stellar object ever detected by Starfleet. And according to calculations by both the Vulcan Science Academy and Starfleet, within the next five minutes… it will explode, emitting a high-yield gamma ray burst that will effectively sterilize this entire sector....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/sandman-nightmare-country.webp'); } The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country. James Tynion IV; Lisandro Estherren; Yanick Paquette; Andrea Sorrentino. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . sandman.fandom.com . 2022. Tynion IV won Eisner’s “Best Writer” award for 2023. Snapshots MR. ECSTASY. Dreams are a trap. They comfort and they coddle. They comfort and they coddle. They give false hope, and false understanding....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/batman-one-bad-day-2022-2023.webp'); } Batman: One Bad Day. www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . Snapshots BATMAN. Mr. Tierney, despite the rumors in the press, I am not omnipotent. I have an unfortunate weakness for mercy that has too often led to careless mistakes and lingering pain. However, the moment you fired that gun at me, I lost my taste for any… mercy. So, as you pull that trigger, know that the weapon is aimed at you....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/alien-bloodlines-2021.jpg'); } Snapshots GABRIEL. The dream always begins in the dark. You think you know what that means, but you don’t. You can’t. The dark I see is a truer shade than just the absence of light. You can’t find it just by clapping your hands over your eyes. Dark like this gets into you. Penetrates you. Tightens around your skull. Presses into your eye sockets until something pops and even the memory of light – even the belief in light – drains away....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/graveyard-book-2008.webp'); } The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman; P. Craig Russell. www.neilgaiman.com . www.hoopladigital.com . Accessed Oct 8, 2023. Snapshots The man Jack was tall. This man was taller. The man Jack wore dark clothes. This man’s clothes were darker. People who noticed the man Jack when he was about his business found themselves troubled. The man Jack looked up at the stranger, and it was the man Jack who was troubled....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/millar-american-jesus.jpg'); } The American Jesus Trilogy. Mark Millar; Peter Gross. imagecomics.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2019. Accessed Jan 30, 2024. Snapshots It’s a coming of age story interrogating how a hero is formed, how a villain is created, and how similar the lives of the righteous and wretched can be, how fine the fault lines of good and evil are....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/dano-riddler.jpg'); } The Riddler: Year One. Paul Dano; Stevan Subic. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . batman.fandom.com . 2023. EDWARD. Do they deserve a chance? How do they go on in a city that tells them day after day that they are fractured and broken… that there is not way out or up? EDWARD. The pieces don’t fit. C’monnn, Edward, think!...

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/spurrier-blaze.avif'); } Suicide Squad: Blaze. Simon Spurrier; Aaron Campbell; Jordan Bellaire. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . dc.fandom.com . 2022. Snapshots Suicide Squad is the quintessential trolley problem story. The anti-heroes have done terrible things to get where they are, but the how can the writer make the reader care about them? Amanda Waller is as amoral as they come, but to a point, she becomes unjust to villains....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/world-war-hulk-2007.jpg'); } World War Hulk. Greg Pak; John Romita Jr.;. www.marvel.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2007. HULK. We made a world. I was the Green King. And Caiera the Oldstrong was my queen. But your “heroes” sent a bomb. Killed a million people. Now this city will fall. You have twenty-four hours to evacuate. This raises the question of who should be held accountable....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/deadpool-kills-marvel-universe.webp'); } Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. Cullen Bunn; Dalibor Talajic. www.marvel.com . www.hoopladigital.com . marvel.fandom.com . 2012. Accessed Mar 4, 2024. WATCHER. It is here that Dr. Benjamin Brighton has introduced radical new treatments designed to ease troubled minds… and turn malicious souls toward the pursuit of peace. DEADPOOL. This little gadget I stole from Mr....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/wonder-woman-historia-2023.avif'); } Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons. Kelly Sue DeConnick; Phil Jimenez; Gene Ha; Nicola Scott. www.dc.com . wonder-woman.fandom.com . www.hoopladigital.com . Accessed Oct 5, 2024. The subjugations and abuses of not-men by men are too numerous to catalog in a library… let alone a book. “It’s just his nature,” they say. We say nature may be brutal, but it is not sinister....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/poison-ivy-virtuous-cycle.avif'); } Poison Ivy. G. Willow Wilson; Marcio Takara. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . Accessed Nov 17, 2024. Ivy is usually used to explore the continuum between environmental activism and eco-terrorism. Contrasts with Swamp Thing who is portrayed as a heroic figure. IVY. I don’t like killing animals. In fact, I don’t like killing anybody. But here’s the thing. Humankind has warped the natural order so completely that even out food has become an ecological cancer....

Growing Up in Segregated America Enlightening to see the struggles addressed by the civil rights movement through a child’s viewpoint. I can relate to John Lewis more at a young age because we have shared experiences, but his were in a segregated environment whereas mine weren’t. The thing is, when I was young, there wasn’t much of a civil rights movement. I wanted to work at something, but I grew up in rural Alabama....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/gaiman-sandman.png'); } Path to comic: Lucifer (Netflix) -> Lucifer (Comic) -> The Sandman (Comic) Netflix is also adapting the comic, so interested in how it deviates from the source. Ser Brienne of Tarth will be Lucifer. Hype! Love Dream: Sister – you know how I felt for Nada one. What I feel for her still. But she defied me. I gave her due earning, and she still spurned me, so… Death: So you sentenced her to hell....

Parable of the Sower. A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Original by Butler, 1993). Damian Duffy; John Jennings; Octavia E. Butler. www.abramsbooks.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2020. ISBN: 978-1-4197-3133-4 . body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/parable-of-sower.jpg'); } Notable Plot Moments “A pessimist if I’m not careful.” She did not just reject pessimism once and become a Pollyanna thereafter. It was an impulse that she had to quell over and and over....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/wilson-dreaming-waking-hours.webp'); } A spin-off from Gaiman’s Sandman , featuring the reincarnated Lord Dream. Notable Plot Points [Morris] Professor Dunbar… The reason I asked you to be my advisor is because I thought you of all people would understand what it’s like to be a woman in academia. [Professor Dunbar] You mean you thought I’d cut you a break. But I never got a break....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/millar-civil-war.jpg'); } Thematic similarities with DC’s Injustice storyline that divides the heroes into two camps, with some questionable decisions along the way. Snapshots [Mrs. Sharpe] Goliath knew what he was doing. He was breaking a law designed to save people’s lives. If he’d only gone legitimate. He’d still be alive. This is no more your fault than a cop could be blamed for shooting a punk who pulls a gun on him....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/tomasi-mighty.jpg'); } The Mighty. Peter J. Tomasi; Champagne Keith; Chris Samnee; Peter Snejbjerg. imagecomics.com . www.hoopladigital.com . 2022. Review Similar back story to Invincible , also published by Image Comics. Like Omni-Man, Alpha One comes from a distant civilization of advanced humans. However, his ambitions weren’t shared by his people, and crashed into Earth by mistake while being transported to a prison in Venus....

body { background-image: url('/img/fiction/tynion-their-dark-designs.jpeg'); } Batman: Vol. 1: Their Dark Designs. James Tynion IV; Guillem March; Tomeu Morey. www.dc.com . www.hoopladigital.com . Tynion IV’s Department of Truth is entertaining in its treatment of truth. Coming in with a bit of bias for Tynion IV’s writing. Snapshots [Batman] It happened in the little moments. I’d sketch on the edge of a napkin, or at the corner of a page in an old casebook....