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scans_dailyThis week, I have been mostly reading The Magdalena.
I had a flick through vol.1, but it was too dark and the art too cheesecakey and Top Cow-y (I know, there's a shock.) Why would the Catholic Church's black ops warrior wear a belly shirt and a pair of briefs as well as her armour and cowl? It's not like the Catholic church is a massive fan of people in their orders flaunting their flesh.
The third volume was much better, with much clearer art and a decent (but not great) story. I just need to read #8 of it and then have a look at the Phil Hester drawn Magdalena vs. Daredevil.
For those of you who don't know, this is what the Magdalena is
Our current Magdalena, Patience, is the one on the right.
I had a flick through vol.1, but it was too dark and the art too cheesecakey and Top Cow-y (I know, there's a shock.) Why would the Catholic Church's black ops warrior wear a belly shirt and a pair of briefs as well as her armour and cowl? It's not like the Catholic church is a massive fan of people in their orders flaunting their flesh.
The third volume was much better, with much clearer art and a decent (but not great) story. I just need to read #8 of it and then have a look at the Phil Hester drawn Magdalena vs. Daredevil.
For those of you who don't know, this is what the Magdalena is
Our current Magdalena, Patience, is the one on the right.
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Date: 2011-10-14 08:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-14 10:02 am (UTC)Considering it'll be Marz's only TC book after he leaves Witchblade I figure he'll be doing some fun stuff with it.
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Date: 2011-10-14 04:17 pm (UTC)Yeah--a while back I was reading some of the early issues of Witchblade, and the pacing and story was actually pretty solid once you look past the fact that she's basically wearing organic armor around her bits and little else (and even that wasn't all that often as we're want to remember).
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Date: 2011-10-14 07:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-14 10:27 am (UTC)(extreme on design, religion, stories, etc..)
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Date: 2011-10-14 10:55 am (UTC)I'd say a more extreme Huntress is closer to what the Church may *want*, but instead they have Patience, like it or not.
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Date: 2011-10-14 01:24 pm (UTC)The second volume (collected in Magdalena origins 2) is another option, as that's the one where *this* Magdalena got her start (the first one was the prior Mags).
No need to worry about the first volume at all.
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Date: 2011-10-14 06:47 pm (UTC)There's backstory, but it's no more than you'd get with spy movies
"We need you to come back and do your job"
"No, I'm finished with your organisation"
Stuff happens
"OK, I'll come back. But don't expect me to like it."
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Date: 2011-10-14 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-15 08:47 pm (UTC)The Roman centurion Magdalena looks fantastic, sigh.
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Date: 2011-10-14 02:34 pm (UTC)Also that art was gorgeous.
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