tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post6912281556940086205..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Batwoman Vol. 1: Hydrology hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-82357557835724177142012-08-02T10:30:09.978-05:002012-08-02T10:30:09.978-05:00I really hope that BATWOMAN #0 (#2) covers Renee/K...I really hope that BATWOMAN #0 (#2) covers Renee/Kate's relationship. That would be GREAT.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565368081809475376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-22978054385336397462012-07-30T10:53:58.762-05:002012-07-30T10:53:58.762-05:00I can't give any specific examples off the top...I can't give any specific examples off the top of my head, but I've found that the books that look best in digital are ones that don't use too many two-page spreads (and when they do, it's one big action scene, unlike Williams' jam-packed spreads), and have detailed backgrounds so if you happen to zoom in (or are going panel-by-panel), you're not looking at a bunch of heads with no faces drawn in.<br /><br />Other than Detective/Batwoman, and the recent Mark Bagley issues of JLA (where he's using panels, but tends to go all the way across both pages), most modern comics have been easy to read on the iPad, even without guided view. I've found some of older stuff can be more difficult because the text is grainier/blurrier, but that's probably because those stories were scanned from old printed issues, as opposed to the newer stuff which came from digital to begin with.D. Mark Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537028797086907873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-14371530814058372522012-07-29T15:33:16.871-05:002012-07-29T15:33:16.871-05:00Y'know, when I saw Renee's picture on that...Y'know, when I saw Renee's picture on that wall, I had "old DCU on the brain" and it never occurred to me it might signify, rather than being the Question, that she was dead. Curious. To be covered in the second Batwoman #0, maybe?<br /><br />Mark -- Interesting point about how Williams's stunning art, in print, might not lend itself so well to digital. Let me turn this around and ask, digital-first books aside, what are some print books that look the best in digital?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-80630025957304083002012-07-28T17:31:11.031-05:002012-07-28T17:31:11.031-05:00The Kate/Renee relationship was pre-Question so th...The Kate/Renee relationship was pre-Question so that's not even relevant. The interesting thing about that quick scene was that it looks like she's on some sort of Wall of Fallen Heroes, which doesn't look good for her current status in the New52.<br /><br />The magic of the art in this series is Williams' conscious changes in art style based on the character. Batwoman is drawn wish ink washes and Kate Kane has a more open type of line work. Chase is drawn in Williams' old CHASE style and sometimes you'll see a mix of two or three on the same page, making for one of the most unique books out today.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565368081809475376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-25960739282436058442012-07-27T04:39:24.109-05:002012-07-27T04:39:24.109-05:00I can't wait to get my hands on this one!
I ab...I can't wait to get my hands on this one!<br />I absolutely adored CHASE (thanks for the recent Omnibus TPB, DC!) and loved the 1st Batwoman hardcover.<br /><br />this book really feels like "the old DCU" more so than any other title (Starman's THE SHADE aside) - which is a ood thing in my eyes!Eyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350758607787528425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-91129273469460739312012-07-26T10:00:13.611-05:002012-07-26T10:00:13.611-05:00This was the first New 52 storyline that I read (b...This was the first New 52 storyline that I read (before Justice League, even), and it felt pretty much like a continuation of the pre-Flashpoint Batwoman story from Detective Comics. Pretty understandable considering they likely had a bunch of issues "in the bag" long before the reboot (considering Issue #0 came out around January I think, long before the September relaunch).<br /><br />I really enjoyed it, and was pleased that it wasn't radically different from the Rucka story. <br /><br />I actually considered dropping this title after I heard that another artist came on, but it turned out that was temporary and Williams is back to drawing it. Also, I think that Volume 2 is largely a continuation of what happens in this story, as opposed to a whole new story arc.<br /><br />One comment about Williams' Batwoman (both the Detective Comics run and this series), is that it's probably the single worst comic series to read on the iPad! So many two-page spreads, with so much going on in them, that it requires a lot of zooming (which I rarely do on regular two-page spreads on other titles on the iPad). When I read Elegy, I wished I had bought the TPB instead of the digital versions. With the New 52 I've gone "all digital", so I guess I'll live with it, but this is the one series that I might have to make an exception for (storage space be damned).D. Mark Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537028797086907873noreply@blogger.com