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Organization, Community, Continuity by Peter Gelderloos

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Voices my thoughts very well. Organization(s) is/are a tool, not a constant.

Batman: Hush (DC Compact Comics) by Jeph Loeb

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked this a lot. The art is really good and I think Jeph Loeb, at least from the stories I’ve read, does a good job with Batman.

Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Absolutely beautiful, the art teeters perfectly on the line between cartoonish and horrifyingly dark, the shadows and darks rival Mignola’s, and they managed to hold to both of these throughout the story. I can’t recommend it enough. 

Batman: The Night of the Owls by Kyle Higgins, Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Justin Gray, Scott Lobdell, Eddy Barrows, Scott Snyder, Tony S. Daniel, Jimmy Palmiotti, David Finch, Judd Winick, Duane Swierczynski, J.H. Williams III

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Not as good at Court of Owls, but still fun. It was disjointed as it was telling the story through a cross-over event, but what can you really expect.

Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Taki Soma

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love the addition of the trans women, it feels like I found myself in a comic. Definitely going to come back to this.

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham by Mike Mignola, Mike Mignola, Richard Pace

dark medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this one. The art is crazy cool and I’d recommend it to anyone. Just some fun eldritch horror with a 1920s Batman.

Bitch Planet, Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I’ve been looking for something like this, a comic based in leftist politics and isn’t afraid to be blatant about that.

Batman: The Court of Owls Saga: DC Compact Comics Edition by Scott Snyder

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked it a lot, way better than All-Star Superman, the last DC Comix I read. The art is beautiful, gothic, and gloomy. The plot feels important, even as a first read. And the character interactions seem believable, maybe a little bit on the cartoonish side. It was fun.

All-Star Superman: DC Compact Comics Edition by Grant Morrison

dark lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It was okay, I don’t like Frank Quitely’s art. I do like seeing a guy who isn’t supposed to be able to die, deal with death.

Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I liked it but I wish the politics were more nuanced, like when Luther took over he was literally practicing a form of state capitalism with a centralized economy, I don’t think anarchist Batman would be down with that. Either the writer doesn’t like anarchists or doesn’t understand them, either way it was strange that an anarchist fighting against hierarchy would work FOR the United States and Luther.