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A review by floorlibrarian
The Starman Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Tony Harris, James Robinson, Wade Von Grawbadger
5.0
I can't describe the wealth of emotion that this book evokes. It is so rich and warm and sublimely brilliant that I'm struggling with words here. Simply said its wonderful.
That's what I wrote when I started out with Omnibus one. I have now finished all the omnibuses and my I would love to give you my opinion on the matter but first a story...of times past.
My mother worked in a pharmacy as one of the counter staff. (She was suitably white enough to work at the counter or she would've been relegated to the backrooms.) The pharmacy had this little turning rack with comics neatly stacked by some backroom attendee, so she always ignored them until one fateful day I came down with the flu.
God I was a miserable.
Back then with both my parents working, my brother and I had the luxury of being sick and Mother dearest always managed to get medicine from the pharmacist, especially when it was a damaged bottle or had broken packaging.
That Wednesday night, accompanying the medicine was a another plastic bag containing a two comics. The covers were glossy and bright emerald green.
Green Lantern.
A John Stewart Green Lantern.
The significance of a black Green Lantern was lost on me, and it was lost on my mother and the proprietor of the Pharmacy as well.
The thing was I didn't see colour, I saw green and I was happy.
A perfect moment only exists in hindsight.
That's what almost everyone says. And looking back at that moment with those books in my hand and then picturing the act of opening those newsprint pages, watching John Stewart recite the Green Lantern Oath and take on the villain was perfection.
There hasn't been a moment like that since forever. The IMAGE comics explosion came close to recreating that moment of pure bliss with the fantastically bombastic comics from those brilliant guys, but a well muscled physique posing at me got stale after a while.
In fact as the years passed I found my passion for comics waning and a cruel cynicism taking its place, like a grumpy audience at a comedy show sitting arms folded and scowling while chanting 'entertain me!' and expecting nothing but thudding punchlines.
I bought Starman by James Robinson as a fluke. I had cash to burn for the first time ever, and there was a bargain book store selling one of the trades.
It took me a week to get to it.
And I read it once. Left it, then went back to it a week later.
This time giving the trade the attention it deserved.
And I fell in love.
The Omnibus editions are perfection. Besides giving a whopping 24 issues per omnibus, plus specials, they also present a vivid vision of a writer and artists intent; To craft something that someone can love dearly.
Each omnibus is wonderful, and with each reading always gives more and more to make the reading experience a richer and fulfilling one.
I could go on and on about the characters, both humans, aliens and the Gorgeous City of Opal (wish I lived there), the High Adventure and Super hero derring do, but I'm going to run out of words.
Just get it,
read it and see what its all about.
You'll fall in love.
That's what I wrote when I started out with Omnibus one. I have now finished all the omnibuses and my I would love to give you my opinion on the matter but first a story...of times past.
My mother worked in a pharmacy as one of the counter staff. (She was suitably white enough to work at the counter or she would've been relegated to the backrooms.) The pharmacy had this little turning rack with comics neatly stacked by some backroom attendee, so she always ignored them until one fateful day I came down with the flu.
God I was a miserable.
Back then with both my parents working, my brother and I had the luxury of being sick and Mother dearest always managed to get medicine from the pharmacist, especially when it was a damaged bottle or had broken packaging.
That Wednesday night, accompanying the medicine was a another plastic bag containing a two comics. The covers were glossy and bright emerald green.
Green Lantern.
A John Stewart Green Lantern.
The significance of a black Green Lantern was lost on me, and it was lost on my mother and the proprietor of the Pharmacy as well.
The thing was I didn't see colour, I saw green and I was happy.
A perfect moment only exists in hindsight.
That's what almost everyone says. And looking back at that moment with those books in my hand and then picturing the act of opening those newsprint pages, watching John Stewart recite the Green Lantern Oath and take on the villain was perfection.
There hasn't been a moment like that since forever. The IMAGE comics explosion came close to recreating that moment of pure bliss with the fantastically bombastic comics from those brilliant guys, but a well muscled physique posing at me got stale after a while.
In fact as the years passed I found my passion for comics waning and a cruel cynicism taking its place, like a grumpy audience at a comedy show sitting arms folded and scowling while chanting 'entertain me!' and expecting nothing but thudding punchlines.
I bought Starman by James Robinson as a fluke. I had cash to burn for the first time ever, and there was a bargain book store selling one of the trades.
It took me a week to get to it.
And I read it once. Left it, then went back to it a week later.
This time giving the trade the attention it deserved.
And I fell in love.
The Omnibus editions are perfection. Besides giving a whopping 24 issues per omnibus, plus specials, they also present a vivid vision of a writer and artists intent; To craft something that someone can love dearly.
Each omnibus is wonderful, and with each reading always gives more and more to make the reading experience a richer and fulfilling one.
I could go on and on about the characters, both humans, aliens and the Gorgeous City of Opal (wish I lived there), the High Adventure and Super hero derring do, but I'm going to run out of words.
Just get it,
read it and see what its all about.
You'll fall in love.