tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post8875182124705294339..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: New Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Pure Insanity trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-50492435271253115722015-08-06T10:13:33.998-05:002015-08-06T10:13:33.998-05:00I feel it like a parodic book too. And that's ...I feel it like a parodic book too. And that's why I like it. It never be an "Ostrander run", even if sometimes (more in the recent issues), authors try to put some elements and situations from there.<br /><br />But like you, I don't really see the point to use Vic Sage character this way. Maybe the question is just "why". Some kind of joke ? lol<br /><br />I don't want to take this book too seriously, because I think it is not. That's sad in a way and I understand your point. Freytawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14218127555565824300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-20539406139744814632015-07-20T18:00:03.262-05:002015-07-20T18:00:03.262-05:00Been thinking about your comment for a couple days...Been thinking about your comment for a couple days now, Scott. I guess I think it's a case of "if you want to talk the talk, you have to walk the walk." Considering didactic parody comics, Kyle Higgins's inaugural New 52 <a href="http://collectededitions.blogspot.com/2012/10/review-deathstroke-vol-1-legacy-trade.html" rel="nofollow">Deathstroke Vol. 1: The Legacy</a> is one that sticks out to me. I believe Higgins was making a commentary about the New 52 (all these "kewl" young turks trying to show up "old" Slade Wilson), but Higgins also deepened and nuanced his message each issue, and told a good story at the same time.<br /><br />I get Ryan laying out the problems with Suicide Squad so far, but he was not at the same time, in my opinion, improving on them or saying anything beyond the surface level of "this was bad before." Nor was I much moved by the book's second storyline, where Ryan seemed to focus more on a new character than the Squad itself. I would grant maybe I "missed the joke" in the first couple issues, but for me I might have preferred actual improvement, not commentary.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-33638309221482737382015-07-17T06:41:34.338-05:002015-07-17T06:41:34.338-05:00I haven't read this trade in full, but I did l...I haven't read this trade in full, but I did like the first two issues. Although I'm not his biggest fan, Chris Sims does a really good of laying out the satirical elements of the first two comics (which were later confirmed by Sean Ryan himself):<br /><br />http://comicsalliance.com/new-suicide-squad-review-dc-sean-ryan-jeremy-roberts/<br /><br />Granted, as much as I love parodies of editorial interference and over-the-top '90's comics, I can imagine that it might eventually get tiresome, so we'll see if I feel differently when I finish the trade. Regardless, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this, CE.Scott Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528480452314914200noreply@blogger.com