The story could have covered more ground, Xeni.
The story could have covered more ground, Xeni.
Apr 07But then, she’s not promoting comics as a whole, just certain comics. Xeni Jardin at BoingBoing has a thing for promoting the work of her comic friends (cool) – in this case, her pal Matt Fraction has a comic, Five Fists of Science coming out, which is a more adventurous take on Mark Twain, Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison (who is the bad guy, if I understand correctly.)
If she’d been a true comic nerd, should would have also recommended Tales From the Bully Pulpit, in which Teddy Roosevelt and the ghost of Thomas Edison travel through time and space fighting Nazis, Martians, and Nazi Martians.
Then there’s JLA: Age of Wonder, in which the iconic league characters are transposed over top the birth of the industrial age, with appearances by Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. The two-parter covers a lot of deep waters, looking at progress and its relationship to war, social unrest, and why Lex Luthor has no hair.
Me – picking up where Jardin left off, since… well, now.
man, you have got it IN for those boingboingers, don’t you!
I don’t think I have it in for them – there’s a lot they do that I just don’t care about and occasionally they post stuff I take note of, but there’s something about them, what they present themselves to be, that doesn’t ring true with me. I think my biggest bone to pick is their idea that they’re big comic fans – ‘cuz it’s, like, ironic and stuff.