tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post3543392752341285888..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Review: Animal Man Vol. 3: Rotworld: The Red Kingdom Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-76416161044800277192013-10-01T11:54:12.886-07:002013-10-01T11:54:12.886-07:00Hearing all these great things about the new Swamp...Hearing all these great things about the new Swamp Thing and the new Animal Man, I began reading these two books...only to give them up part of the way through, because man, it was just TOO depressing.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-65444018955376897612013-10-01T09:06:09.256-07:002013-10-01T09:06:09.256-07:00I think the fundamental problem with Animal Man is...I think the fundamental problem with Animal Man is that every post-Morrison story suffers in comparison; not necessarily in story quality, but at least in scope and ambition. After starring such a progressive piece of postmodernism where exactly is there left to go with Buddy that doesn't seem derivative? Trying to live up to the legacy of that book by putting another writer with comic hipster creds (not meant as an insult) was almost certain to lead to an anti-climax. <br /><br />To reiterate, I don't think Lemire's Animal Man is bad at all, and, from my experiences so far, it probably is better than 90% of the Nu52. I just think it's going to suffer in the perspective of the type of reader it's trying to attract because stylistically it appears to be retreading old ground. I think Lemire has a better chance of becoming a bigger selling name if DC would give him something new to do in the Nu52. But then you'd have to trust them not to screw that up.<br /><br />LTRFTW btw.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161334408631303551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-73602491249870104602013-10-01T07:38:40.255-07:002013-10-01T07:38:40.255-07:00Yeah, I thought Animal Man was very strong out of ...Yeah, I thought Animal Man was very strong out of the gate. I often listed it as my favorite of the New 52 at the beginning, but I ended up dropping it after the first issue of this Rotworld crossover. It just got stretched out way too long. I was planning on checking back in after Rotworld ended, but I haven't made it back yet.Patrick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244280974612331889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-17725619565152619582013-10-01T02:07:55.134-07:002013-10-01T02:07:55.134-07:00You really did yourself a disservice by reading th...You really did yourself a disservice by reading this instead of the first volume.<br /><br />Animal Man fell off in a big way after its first year, but that first collection is fantastic, and the second trade is quite solid as well.<br /><br />Please don't let this dissuade you from at least reading the first trade.Scott Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528480452314914200noreply@blogger.com