Well, Folks, this is it! The end of issue eleven, as well as the end of the forthcoming second trade paperback. That’s whole lot of comic. On one hand I feel bittersweet about this ending, and on the other hand I am very excited about the next epic chapter in our tale. We’re not taking a break between books, so Issue 12 page 1 comes up next Monday!
Scott
I think the series gets deeper and more intersting as it goes along. Most series start off great and then begin to meander. It seems like you guys are finding more focus as you go along, which is strange considering that your story has shifted it’s singular focus from John Underhall to almost everyone else in Spire City. Once again, I will say that I think you guys are delivering on the promise that the Watchmen concept started. Superhero stories treated from an adult perspective. The two of you have woven such an intricate tapestry of people, cultures and events of your own imagining that it is quite staggering. I look forward to the new compilation. I’m well more excited about this new one than I was the last one.
Indeed. Part of the reason Watchmen, Wanted, Killing Joke, and other such titles are on my list of all time favorites is because they don’t even pretend to be for kids. These are adult characters, behaving like adults, in adult situations, in a world that is not bright and shiny (in fact, it is often dark and terrifying). If you’d done a comic that was basically like the city of heroes comic they put out to feed off the game’s playerbase, I probably would have read through it once, and been OK. But I wouldn’t be going back to random points in the timeline to reread plot arcs, or get a better feel for the characters, like I do with this one.
Joel: Thank you doesn’t cover it, but thank you! The characters just keep offering more and more possibilities and story lines, so we are really still into doing this comic. Enough praise can’t be heaped on Benita, our quiet but prolific co-writer.
Mirikon: Again, thanks so much! It was Millar, Morrison, Moore, and Ellis that taught me comics could be rich and multilayered just like prose can. There are other writers who had a lot of influence on me, like Ennis, Moorcock, Gaiman, Wade, and Johns, but I have to give the nod to Millar, Morrison, Moore, and Ellis. And, Frank Millers “DKR,” which got me back into comics.
And so Synn goes all Joker again—momentarily, anyway.
I do hope, however, Synn’s not still planning to bring ultimate chaos to Spire City—I think between Tactical & co., the newly possessed Symphony, the rejuvenated Dr W., and the doctor’s less than obedient creations, Synn’s previous efforts in that area kind of…quaint. And unnecessary.
On the other hand, if he plans to take over Spire City to run it, these same entities will doubtless give him a well-deserved migraine.
This has nothing to do with the actual page, but monday and thursday are the toughest days of the week. Thank goodness for Johhny Saturn.
The best punchline for this scene would be Synn having a Gerald Ford moment on the stairs.
I really, really like his pose in this page. =)
Thanks, Taversia!
Augh! I can’t stand it!
The man PERSONALLY killed off over two dozen metas and tens of THOUSANDS of civilians… and you’re telling me NObody in the caped community is willing and able to tackle him?
I suppose it wouldn’t drive me so bonkers except that he’s so very blithely traipsing into town with nary a seeming care in the world. If nothing else, surely Elect and Co. would become involved when a city basically goes SPLOOT?!
*pant* pant…
Ok. Rant’s over. Back to archive binging.