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Hollywood Jesus Comics News, October 2011

 

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Hollywood Jesus Comics News, October 2011



In This Issue
DC 52
Featured: The Magdalena
Roundtable: Batwoman
Graphic Novel: Lucille
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DC 52 -- First Issues Coverage at HJ
On May 31st, USA Today reported major changes coming for DC Comics. Starting at the end of August, the publisher began re-numbering its entire DC universe titles. Not only is DC going to start everything back at #1, but the characters themselves are getting the revamp treatment.  Stay tuned at HJ as we cover the DC 52.


Action Comics #1 Action Comics
Issue # 1 
Is this Superman?

Back to #1. DC's first ever superhero, and first line of comics, is also getting the reboot. My only question is, what happened to Superman?

Detective Comics 
Issue # 1 
DC's flagship title back to #1

Who better to start off this series than the Joker? A very sick, serial killer type Joker at that.


Batman & Robin
Issue # 1 
Growing Pains

In the end, this is not a story about Batman & Robin, but a story about Bruce and Damian Wayne, father and son.


Justice League
Issue #1 
The start of the New 52

The relaunch of DC comics has officially begun. So what happens when Batman meets Green Lantern?




Magdalena Issue #8 Featured Review
The Magdalena


Issue #8 
Whom Do You Follow?
Arnaldo Reyes | Comment

AW Tozer once said, "If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be."

This is the problem Anneli faces. She has put all her faith in the Cardinal, and in the end, it is not the Cardinal who saves her. Patience's road may not be the one that the Vatican had in place for her, but it is the road that God is leading her to.

Again, the writing in this series is terrific. And the artwork, no matter by which artist, seems always to be beautifully executed (with the possible exception of a little line art that is not quite as sharp).   

 

Click through to read the full review... 

 

 

Also reviewed...


Batwoman: Elegy Roundtable
Batwoman

Whom Do You Follow?
Comment

Arnaldo and JLD exchange notes on a DC classic character in advance of the renumbering...



JLD: Let's dive into the art just a little. I consider myself somewhat of a snob when it comes to buying comics, and definitely when it comes to buying a hardcover for the ol' comic library bookshelf at home. But when I picked up the first issue of this series when it first came out, I immediately knew that it was destined for my collection! This is one drop-dead gorgeous book! J. H Williams III has provided a feast for the eyes with gorgeous splash-pages and double-page spreads that rival any book I've ever read, and he is able to successfully bounce around from one style to another as the story... 

 

Arnaldo: I agree. Especially the "mirror" pages of Batwoman and her soon-to-become nemesis. All while a circle of action swirled around that most artists would make look sloppy, he made it look like clockwork. I mean the sequences in those pages just made you stare and admire how beautifully crafted it was.


Click through to read the full exchange of ideas... 

 


Lucille Graphic Novel Feature
Lucille

"You Ain't a Beauty, But Hey, You're Alright"
Buzz Dixon | 10/19/11 
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I started Lucille by artist/writer Ludovic Debeurme, a 544 page tome of deceptively simple black and white line drawings about an anorexic and her ill-fated boyfriend, thinking I should at least begin on it today so I would have something to write about in a week or two...

And.
I.
Was.
Mesmerized.


In a handful of simple lines Debeurme did what all the slick, glossy, technically proficient high concept stories couldn't do: Engage me with characters I really cared about, characters whose sorrows and happiness and eventual success or failure meant something to me.
He resonated. I blitzed through the book in less time than it would have taken me to read any three mainstream comics. 

 

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