Another Month is in the books and while I personally feel November was much more a month to remember some truly fantastic things came out this month. Unfortunately, some terribly awful things came out as well. Which is which and what is what? Click the link to find out you super silly butt.
Best Book of the Month: Detective Comics #872
This was a great issue that built off Scott Snyder’s first amazing issue on this title. I am not going to lie; I am rather smitten with this book. It has been a long time since I was this jazzed for a Bat book and I am a huge Batman fan. From dynamic art to excellent character understanding this book has it all. One of my favorite parts it that in a book called Detective Comics we actually have detective work. Holy shit! Mind blowing, right?! This book is hot and at this rate looks to be on course to be the best of 2011.Worst Book of the Month: Wolverine: The Best There is #1
This book’s art was atrocious, which disappointed me, as a fan of Juan Jose Ryp fan, and the writing was worse. The dialogue, filled with forced “mature” scenes, made this book as hard to digest as the movie Batman and Robin when you’re sober. Hell the dialogue may have been better in that movie than it was in this book. Seriously.
Runner Up: Batman Orphans — I didn’t read this book but more than half of the site would rather have malaria than this book in their hands. Something must be bad there I’m guessing.
Best Scene: Batman diving out of Oracle’s new Aerie. (Detective Comics #872)
It’s a scene that a month or so back was released by Jock pre coloring. At that time it made my head explode because it was so gorgeous. In context the page is ten times more amazing and is easily my scene on the month. That is such an instantly iconic and VERY Dick Grayson move. I mean the guy was a trapeze artist diving like that just felt right and again reinforced what’s been said a million times at this point. Jock and Snyder understand this character.
Runner Up: Peter Parker naked scientist. The scene where Pete has to cover up his actions as Spider-Man by doing his work in just his underwear was hilarious. It’s something I hope they go back to as it is incredibly embarrassing for Pete, which makes it great for us the readers.
Worst Scene: Wolverine The Best There Is #1
Open Wolverine: The Best There Is #1 and flip the pages till you find one of your choice. Chances are the random scene you find on that page is the worse than any scene in any other book you read this month.
Best Writer: Scott Snyder
Snyder dominates this month. Detective Comics #872 was better than Detective Comics #871 and I had prematurely declared that issue as my favorite issue of the year. This month Snyder tops himself and actually builds on last month’s excellence. Throw in Snyder’s work on American Vampire and I dare say you have the most talented writer on the scene at this moment. Yeah, I just said that and if you disagree I’d be willing to argue with you till I’m blue in the face. So bring it.
Worst Writer: Charlie Huston
Daniel Way all is forgiven. Nothing you ever did with Wolverine: Origins, which I complained about like the most annoying of fanboy types, can touch the terribleness of a book like Wolverine: The Best There Is #1. Which if you didn’t know, this book establishes that it isn’t eviscerating people that Wolvie does best it’s actually doing hair in a club on the fly. Yes, Huston made Wolverine a hairdresser the caliber of Jonathan Antin. Don’t know who that is? Well click the link on the name and read his Wikipedia entry. I promise it’s better than reading Huston’s work on WTBTI.
Continued belowBest Artist: Jerome Opena
Opena’s art on this title has been nothing short of epic. Opena has done everything right on this book and has put the industry on notice. I mean the guy makes a Deadpool tent look fucking awesome. Yes, a Deadpool tent. On top of that his faces convey emotion so well it’s kind of disconcerting. For four issues straight Opena has delivered the goods and has risen above his peers to deliver some of the best work of his career.
Worst Artist: Salvador Espin
Espin unfortunately gave us the worst of the month. I felt his art was rather inconsistent throughout the newest issue of Generation Hope and altogether was rather sloppy. I’m sure he won’t be frequenting this position on the monthly review but this month someone had to go here and this was an easy choice. Sorry Salva.
