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The Last Temptation

alyssey — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:22:58 +0000

The Last Temptation, by Neil Gaiman, is a creepy thing to read, and probably, the creepiest and funniest at the same time would be the introduction. Neil Gaiman shows, once again that he can write both prose and dialogue for graphic novels.

He always refers to himself as “The Writer” in the introduction. He mentions that Alice Cooper wanted a “concept album” on 1994. So, both Gaiman and Cooper started working on it and thus came out both The Last Temptation CD and The Last Temptation Graphic Novel, which is a nice complement for the CD.

As I read the graphic novel first, I couldn’t help but realize how some of the wording in the story would sound off like lyrics, so, after hearing the CD, I understood that I was right. These two should definitely go together and I am happy to report I got them both!

Being a “normal” teenager in the U.S. is never easy, or so it seems. Who wouldn’t want to join a circus? Or have fun in a new way after all your “friends” turned your back on you, mock you and make you unhappy? You’re in a shitty town, where no one cares and here is the right place, and the right moment for The Last Temptation to occur.
Go on, hear it, read it…it’s pretty interesting!

The Facts In the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch

alyssey — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:45:11 +0000

When I started reading The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch, for some reason, it seemed familiar, and couldn’t understand why. As you have probably noticed, if you come around these parts enough, you can probably tell I’m a music, movie, gaming and reading junkie. I love reading, but my problem (or virtue) lies in reading too fast and sometimes forgetting part of what I’ve read.

So I had already read Neil Gaiman’s Fragile Things, which has the story of The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch. This time around, I’m just talking about the graphic novel, which of course, doesn’t add a lot of detail, however, gives you a different picture of what you had already seen.

And excuse me, if I don’t write much about this particular graphic novel, but… as when people say “the book was better than the movie”, well…. “The story was better than the graphic novel”.

Eternals

alyssey — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:13:00 +0000

I don’t consider myself a Marvel fan. I do, however, consider myself a Neil Gaiman fan, so I got myself Eternals graphic novel.

Seems to me ( and Marvel fans can correct me ) that these guys were here since the beginning of time and they can’t remember. I have no clue what happened for them not to remember, however, I can say it was an interesting story, and that I was glad to read it, however I am going to comment on something completely different than the story itself. The characters, or, their evolution.

The Eternals were originally created by Jack Kirby and, at the end of the book, you can see the “originals” Some of the ladies in those old comics actually had hips! and were not exceedingly thin! Our vision of beauty has sure changed, and I’m unsure to say if it’s a good or a bad thing.

However, to me, it was interesting to see the contrast from Jack Kirby’s Eternals to John Romita’s Eternals. 70′s… 2k’s…

A good story, I would like to understand actually who/what Sprite was, and why he couldn’t grow up.

As usual, thank you, Mr. Gaiman, for doing such wonderful Graphic novels.