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Well, as the above cover attests, Image's oldest superhero has fallen.
Youngblood v.1 #1 is an important comic. Now, this is not because it's a good comic. In fact, it's well-known throughout the industry as being a particularly bad comic. Rob Liefeld's artwork has, of course, gotten better over the years (though it's still not my cup of tea), and I think he's finally, for the most part, acknowledged that he needs a scripter, if not a writer, to achieve some level of good story. Youngblood #1, however, suffers from what I can only imagine was an over-inflated ego that believed it could do everything. All that said, it's an important comic because it was the first Image comic published. I mean, honestly, you can grab it for less than a buck most places, as it was extremely (see what I did there?) overprinted and, as I say, was really not very good.
But what comes out of it is pretty fantastic, as I've been saying for the last few weeks now.
Today's issue deals with the aftermath of Shaft's death - not necessarily how each of the team members deals with this blow, but how it's going to be presented in the reality show. This, I think, speaks again to what I was talking about yesterday, the idea that those in charge seem to think that they know how those in their charge should be acting, thinking, and feeling. It's an attitude that sees people as cogs in a machine, rather than human beings who have an almost infinite range of experience, and reaction, to life.
(Sometimes I read back over these posts, and I think, "Y'know, Tom, you aren't really talking about comics here are you?")
More to follow.
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