Out With the Old in with the New
December has went by entirely too fast! It doesn’t seem very long ago that we did the New Year’s Eve thing, I have to admit, I’m not ready. We very well can’t move foward until we look back. Time magazine has released its list of the Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2007 and I wasn’t too impressed with the list. The number one selection was a little-known webzine called Achewood. It focuses on a cast of anamorphic characters who live in a small town and struggle with daily life. The art is simplistic, yet can be crude at times. I’m not too impressed with this selection because it has done before. I remember a title I used to follow frequently back in the mid-nineties, whose name escapes me now with the same anamorphic characters following life’s dramas. A notable number two on the list was Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier. While I haven’t read this title yet, I think I may pick it up and try it. The art is detailed and with Alan Moore helming the story, it has to be good. The rest of the list was at best mediocre, but I think one title was sadly misplaced. Charles Schultz’s the Complete Peanuts was ranked number ten on the list. While I do not dispute the genius of Charles Schultz , I feel his work was greatly underrated while he was alive. This said, it was ranked incorrectly in my opinion as I don’t think a collection of newspaper strips can be considered a “graphic novel.” Anyway, that’s my rant for today if you want to read the entire list yourself, it can be found here: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686244_1692006,00.html
Also if anyone if is still looking a great book that didn’t make the list please see my review of Bonds at
http://www.comicbookjournal.net/the-ties-that-bond/
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