Books of Magic: Summonings

[wordswordswords.insanejournal.com]

Hi, I'm inflicting just one more Books of Magic post on you. This is from the beginning of the "Summonings" TPB, showing Timothy Hunter of the future (Khara calls him "Mr. Wrong" because SPOILER: he's an asshole) starting to realize something has gone very, very off. (9 scans, issue more than 22 pages.)

Comments

[arrastia.insanejournal.com]

Books of Magic really annoyed me. It had great moments, like this one, but it ultimately went nowhere. It's like the writer had flashes of inspiration that made him write memorable scenes, but he was unable to tie everything into a coherent story.

[wordswordswords.insanejournal.com]

They changed writers along the line, which might have something to do with its lack of coherency.

[hyaroo.insanejournal.com]

Weird... I never had a problem with the overall story of Books of Magic, even with the writer shift. Well, it wasn't a planned-out and structured story like Sandman; to me Books of Magic was all about the journey. And the journey, such as I saw it, is Tim Hunter's personal development and maturation, which I felt was handled extremely well over the seventy-five issues.