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Comics of 2011
Jan. 20th, 2012 10:46 pmIn 2011, I read 36 volumes of graphic novels.
Series I finally finished:
Fullmetal Alchemist - A long time coming, but the perfect ending in every way.
Hikaru no Go - Five years on, the English translation is complete.
Series I continued to enjoy:
Otomen - Everyone else I know who has tried it has bounced off it hard, and I know the politics are terrible, but I can't help but be charmed by Asuka and Ryo.
Yotsuba&! - Still pure delight. (Only one new volume a year! How ever will I cope?)
Series I discovered for the first time:
Girl Genius - I've barely scratched the surface, but I'm intrigued by what I've seen. Promises to be a fantastical journey.
Runaways - I loved the meta aspects of this - these characters are very genre savvy! - which reminded me of Buffy. I also love that they live in the Marvel universe and talk about superheroes like we would celebrities.
Scott Pilgrim - Never warmed to Scott, never warmed to Ramona, but the final volume was a pretty impressive conclusion.
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse - A Dark Mirror universe where Charles Xavier died (in Magneto's arms! by taking a bullet for him!), and Apocalypse has taken over the world. Now Magneto leads the X-Men in the fight against tyranny. Some storylines are more interesting than others, but it's intriguing to see the alternate universe versions of everyone.
X-Men: Excalibur - Charles and Erik rebuild Genosha together. (With occasional domesticity!) The plot is a bit random, but the characters are pretty cool (especially Callisto), and I would have loved to see this series continue longer.
X-Men: Misfits - The mangafied version of X-Men where everyone looks bish, and Kitty Pryde is the only girl at Xavier's School for the Gifted, and gets mixed up with the bad boys of the Hellfire Club. Hilarious entertainment, though I don't know if I could take more than one volume.
Standalones I enjoyed:
A Drunken Dream - Moto Hagio is a master, and this is a brilliant showcase of her work. (I am *so* looking forward to Heart of Thomas later this year.)
Series I finally finished:
Fullmetal Alchemist - A long time coming, but the perfect ending in every way.
Hikaru no Go - Five years on, the English translation is complete.
Series I continued to enjoy:
Otomen - Everyone else I know who has tried it has bounced off it hard, and I know the politics are terrible, but I can't help but be charmed by Asuka and Ryo.
Yotsuba&! - Still pure delight. (Only one new volume a year! How ever will I cope?)
Series I discovered for the first time:
Girl Genius - I've barely scratched the surface, but I'm intrigued by what I've seen. Promises to be a fantastical journey.
Runaways - I loved the meta aspects of this - these characters are very genre savvy! - which reminded me of Buffy. I also love that they live in the Marvel universe and talk about superheroes like we would celebrities.
Scott Pilgrim - Never warmed to Scott, never warmed to Ramona, but the final volume was a pretty impressive conclusion.
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse - A Dark Mirror universe where Charles Xavier died (in Magneto's arms! by taking a bullet for him!), and Apocalypse has taken over the world. Now Magneto leads the X-Men in the fight against tyranny. Some storylines are more interesting than others, but it's intriguing to see the alternate universe versions of everyone.
X-Men: Excalibur - Charles and Erik rebuild Genosha together. (With occasional domesticity!) The plot is a bit random, but the characters are pretty cool (especially Callisto), and I would have loved to see this series continue longer.
X-Men: Misfits - The mangafied version of X-Men where everyone looks bish, and Kitty Pryde is the only girl at Xavier's School for the Gifted, and gets mixed up with the bad boys of the Hellfire Club. Hilarious entertainment, though I don't know if I could take more than one volume.
Standalones I enjoyed:
A Drunken Dream - Moto Hagio is a master, and this is a brilliant showcase of her work. (I am *so* looking forward to Heart of Thomas later this year.)
