As a collected complete series, this is a masterpiece of pacing, everything feels intentional, the art and the panelling are in complete harmony with the story, the mysteries are intriguing and the reveals feel satisfyingHighly recommended, has a lot of soul and identityBut to read this monthly, that must have been awful. Very little happens in each new chapter
>>150391954Eisner award grubbing good boy Jeff Lemire is a midwit who wants nothing more than to write batman, like everyone else in comics in the 21st century, coal.
>>150391954I read it monthly when it first came out, and yes it fucking sucked. I was curious about the universe, the characters were interesting, but it was a slog and I dropped it. Does it actually pick up and get better? Or is it just a wiki read?
>>150391954This is the last chance I'll give Lemire to win me over. Everything else I've read by him has been disappointing.>>150392124Why even bother with a wiki read?
>>150392124If you already have some interest and goodwill towards it, I'd say 100% pick it up, because it's one of those thinks that promises and delivers ykThat's rare enoughIt won't blow your mind, but it's imaginative and fun and it earns being 40 issues longIt's a very quick read too when you have it collected like that>>150392060name some American 21st century gems then
>>150392285And again, the pacing (you're always interest in the next reveal, and feel confidence throughout that you'll get a nice conclusion to what's presented) and the art (the connection between the way the facials expressions and the world is drawn and the ignorance of that world), those are real highlights, those I'd say are really remarkable
Oh yeah you've gotta be patient. I've got dozens of series I'm not touching until they're completed. Burned way too many times on series that just stop coming out or have years between issues. Sweet Tooth was not only great, it was a pretty short wait.
>>150391954>glacial pacing>hideous art styleOverrated Eisner bait, like everything else that Jeff Lemire pisses out.
>>150392414Give it another chance, with an open mind, you'll like it>>150392370Nice, more and more I think that's 100% the best attitude to have with anything serialized
>>150392285>21st century american gems pretty much just Johnny Ryan stuff
Is Sweet Tooth The Return worth a read too?
>>150392572No. Lemire's work is pretentious piss nuggets when he isn't just jobbing for the Big Two, and this is coming from someone who mostly reads Franco-Italian comics. Sweet Tooth was ugly and boring, while Black Hammer was clearly Jeff angling for an Eisner with meta "Ooh, look at how I'm soobvairting le jeanreau" bullshit.I have legit found better reads by letting my cock guide me and picking something that had a fat-tittied latina on the cover like this.
>>150391954I read it all at once and thought it was great. I never read monthlies.
>>150392572Bruce Timm? Man you let yourself go.
>>150391954Took one glance at the thumbnail from the catalog and thought they made a Baby Reindeer tie-in comic at first
Essex County was better, also the sequel sucked.
>>150392706His stuff is terrible.>>150393789"Pretentious" has become a retard word. Lemire's stuff is just boring.
>>150395648name some recs then
>>150393789I'm afraid it's this. Lemire blew his load too early with Essex County and it's been downhill ever since.
>>150394938>>150395856Essex County isn't that great. It's okay.
>>150395895I'd say it's good, not great, but it's still a hell of a lot better than Sweet Tooth regardless.
>>150395895It's not mind-blowing but it's the only good thing Lemire has ever done
I liked Sweet tooth, but Black Hammer sucked.>Hey we're in a story!
I like LemireI like Essex County, I like Sweet Tooth, I like the Invisible Man thing he did, I even like Absolute FlashI don't get the hate itt
>>150395972Because you have horrid taste.
>>150396554It's shameful, but I do enjoy comic books
>>150395972>>150396644I just assume angry shitposters are bots. It's unfair to actual angry shitposters, but I don't see any real alternative.
>>150391954>flannel shirt Really showin' its age here...
>>150395648Oh, go suck a cock. Boring can just be boring. "Pretentious" is when the author thinks the concepts are interesting enough that nothing happening isn't boring, and insists on acting like self-awareness or solipsism is a galaxy brainism.
>>150396644It's fine if you enjoy good ones.>>150397138Not angry and not shitposting. Just being direct. Who the fuck likes Absolute Flash but a shit-eater?>>150398642No, you're just being arrogant. I'm all for writers trying something different, but since these are comics, they should be entertaining.
>>150395967>Black Hammer suckedIt was so disappointing.
>>150395648How is Johnny Ryan terrible exactly?
>>150400846Crappy art, repetitive humor.
Who cares
>>1503919547/10 and I'm being generous
>>150402975That's a high score.
