{"id":217,"date":"2009-05-17T15:58:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T20:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifico.org\/sfsn\/?p=217"},"modified":"2009-08-03T13:54:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T18:54:22","slug":"oh-well-the-shark-bites-with-his-teeth-dear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Oh well the shark bites, with his teeth, dear…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeah!\u00a0 This week marks the return of Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with “Century: 1910”, and once again, it made my eyes pop out of my skull with the sheer joy of figuring out who’s who from all the fictional characters of the period.\u00a0 This time around, we’re treated to Aleister Crowley (or “Haddo”, from his novel Moonchild), Captain Universe (the British one, not the sparkly blue Marvel character) and the cast of the Threepenny Opera, among others.\u00a0 In fact, a good chunk of this issue is sung to Mack The Knife and other Kurt Weill songs — and haven’t you always wanted people to just burst into song like that Buffy episode?\u00a0 Even better when\u00a0it’s about\u00a0hangings, prostitution and murder…\u00a0\u00a0We also get to see\u00a0returning favorites Mina Murray, Allan Quatermain, Orlando, Nemo, etc.\u00a0 as the League struggles to stay together in this new century.<\/p>\n

For all my praise, I have to admit that the storyarc about Haddo creating a “moonchild” to bring about the apocalypse is scant and somewhat vague.\u00a0 What child?\u00a0 How will this ritual\u00a0work?\u00a0 I can’t complain about the focus on Nemo’s or Mack the Knife’s stories, but knowing Moore’s fascination with the occult, I was hoping for more detail on the creation of this new magical era.\u00a0 Still, I thoroughly enjoyed this issue and can’t wait for the next installment!<\/p>\n

\u00a0In other news, the Ultimatum storyline is wreaking havoc as it takes down the entire Ultimate line of Marvel comics.\u00a0 While I can’t say I was a fan of all of them, or most of them (alright, I only read Ultimate Spider-Man, but it’s damn good), I must admit that it was a good attempt on Marvel’s part to bring in new readers with comics that were more accessible\u00a0for today’s audiences.\u00a0 Brian Michael Bendis has been as prolific a writer as Kirby was an artist, and his run on Ultimate Spider-Man is a highlight of his career.\u00a0 Good luck with the relaunch, Marvel!<\/p>\n

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