V: Ah, I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. I do not have a name. You can call me V. Madam Justice...this is V. V... this is Madam Justice. hello, Madam Justice.
Justice: Good evening, V.
V: There. Now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking...
Justice: The poor boy has a crush on me...an adolescent fatuation.
V: I beg your pardon, Madam. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you...albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father, "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Madam Justice." And I'd say "Isn't she pretty."
V: Please don't think it was merely physical. I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person. As an ideal.
Justice: What? V! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!
V: I, Madam? I beg to differ! It was your infidelity that drove me to her arms!
V: Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it? You thought I didn't know about your little fling. But I do. I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for a man in uniform.
Justice: Uniform? Why I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. It was always you, V. You were the only one...
V: Liar! Slut! Whore! Deny that you let him have his way with you, him with his armbands and jackboots!
V: Well? Cat got your tongue? I though as much.
V: Very well. So you stand revealed at last. you are no longer my justice. You are his justice now. You have bedded another.
Justice: Sob! Choke! Wh-who is she, V? What is her name?
V: Her name is Anarchy. And she has taught me more as a mistress than you ever did! She has taught me that justice is meaningless without freedom. She is honest. She makes no promises and breaks none. Unlike you, Jezebel. I used to wonder why you could never look me in the eye. Now I know. So good bye, dear lady. I would be saddened by our parting even now, save that you are no longer the woman I once loved.
*KABOOM!*
-"V for Vendetta"
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I could have rambled on and on, you know. *coughs*
Date: 2007-02-10 03:21 pm (UTC)There's only one title left that I follow (somewhat, by buying the trades), and that's Vertigo's Hellblazer. I've lost interest in a lot of titles because they either started out amazing and then had to include rape or passive women in the storylines, or the writer did something really stupid in his other title and I got so pissed that I started boycotting his titles altogether. (Yes, I am very consequent and stubborn, why do you ask?)
Other titles are, well, over (Sandman, Transmetropolitan, one-shots/mini series like WE3, How loathsome (http://www.popimage.com/content/viewnews.cgi?newsid1049699286,95359,) ♥, or Harlequin Valentine).
However, I am going to buy NEXTWAVE as soon as I have the money for it. A) it's Warren Ellis, dammit, B) these icons made me do it (http://apiphile.livejournal.com/1104515.html).
I also loved "Planetary" (which is still coming out, but at extremely irregular intervals), which was very meta-ish about Superheroes in general by twisting their iconic images into new shapes, and had amazing artwork and a kick-ass woman on the protagonist's team.
Wikipedia entries:
Planetary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_%28comics%29), Nextwave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextwave), Manhunter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunter_%28Kate_Spencer%29)
Re: I could have rambled on and on, you know. *coughs*
Date: 2007-02-10 05:53 pm (UTC)I knew I could trust you :)
As soon as I read more stuff, expect a whole lot more Meta from me and my LJ!
Re: I could have rambled on and on, you know. *coughs*
Date: 2007-02-10 08:49 pm (UTC)Re: I could have rambled on and on, you know. *coughs*
Date: 2007-02-10 05:57 pm (UTC)I also highly recommend the 12 issue "Monarchy" series that was put out some time ago(the TPB was called "Bullets Over Babylon" IIRC) it is weird, it is desperate, it's basically "The Authority" well crossed with Transmet, it had so much potential that after I read the TPB at a friend's I went digging for the next release date for 4 days straight because I couldn't believe they fucking stopped it after the first arc.
Re: I could have rambled on and on, you know. *coughs*
Date: 2007-02-10 08:52 pm (UTC)How come the good series get cancelled and the annoying stuff goes on and on and on and on? ... Or is it just me?
Re: I could have rambled on and on, you know. *coughs*
Date: 2007-02-11 12:35 am (UTC)To be sure- the generic stuff has its place and I've unwound with more then one Eddings book, but when I want something that's really good, that will stay with me for a long time- that's not what I go to read.Many people see both SF&F and comics as something that should be entertainment, and only entertainment- so when they go buying there SF&F and their comics they gravitate to that kind.
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Date: 2007-02-11 10:34 am (UTC)Yes. No. I mean, the thing is... with me, at least... that I DO read these comics with "pesky new ideas" to unwind. Like, Planetary has interesting analogies, but also lots of action. Or Transmetropolitan, which managed to almost make me cry at times (especially with "Lust for Life"), but it's also crazy fun. And I understand what you said about people who just want to read no-brainers, but I always boggle at that because Niveau and Entertainment aren't exclusive for me. And you are right; no-brainers don't really *stay* with you.
... Okay, I won't go on a tangent about the success of Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code" now. Mel's journal doesn't deserve this.
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Date: 2007-02-11 10:37 am (UTC)It's fun :)
And after having three (or four?) recs for Manhunter, I'm definitely getting into that title :D
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Date: 2007-02-11 10:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-11 03:16 pm (UTC)Also, since Mel just allowed it, I'd be happy to hear that tangent if you're still interested.I like tangents.:)
Re: I could have rambled on and on, you know. *coughs*
Date: 2007-02-11 12:36 am (UTC)Re: icon
Date: 2007-02-11 10:00 am (UTC)Re: I could have rambled on and on, you know. *coughs*
Date: 2007-02-11 06:57 am (UTC)*posted here because I don't know where else*
Date: 2007-02-11 10:55 am (UTC)2. I added your comic journal to the
Re: *posted here because I don't know where else*
Date: 2007-02-11 11:00 am (UTC)Oh. Uhm...
Date: 2007-02-11 11:07 am (UTC)*checks*
Whew. No, I didn't. It was a reply to
Hey, of course I friended you ages ago! You're cool!
Re: Oh. Uhm...
Date: 2007-02-11 11:10 am (UTC)How silly of me to assume you were referring to me in my own LJ ;)
Re: *posted here because I don't know where else*
Date: 2007-02-11 04:27 pm (UTC)Re: *posted here because I don't know where else*
Date: 2007-02-11 04:28 pm (UTC)Re: *posted here because I don't know where else*
Date: 2007-02-11 04:50 pm (UTC)Re: *posted here because I don't know where else*
Date: 2007-02-11 05:40 pm (UTC)How come you never added me?
I know, I know, attention whore much ;P
*looks confused*
Date: 2007-02-11 10:23 pm (UTC)Or was that a joke I didn't get? Sometimes my English language skills fail me...
Re: *looks confused*
Date: 2007-02-11 10:26 pm (UTC)*shrug*
Weird.
Date: 2007-02-11 10:40 pm (UTC)