Monday, August 4, 2008

Been reading...

Comic books!

or (to be more "mature sounding")

Graphic novels!

Essentially the same. Colourful pictures with words. Heh.

Anyway, a list of what I've been reading (and some comments)

1. Watchmen. to put it simply, it is a must read for anyone even slightly interested in comics. A (very) complex tale.
2. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Dark. Moody. Gritty. Batman, as he's supposed to be. Loved The Dark Knight? Go read this.
3. Batman: Year One. Tells two parallel stories of the man in bat's clothing and James Gordon, and how they're connected. Very realistic.
4. DMZ 1: On The Ground & DMZ 2: Body Of A Journalist. America. 2nd Civil war. Rookie reporter. Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Great art. Great story.
5. 100 Bullets 1: First Shot, Last Call & 100 Bullets 2: Split Second Chance. A man gives you a case with an untraceable gun, 100 untraceable bullets and proof that your brother caused the death of your child. What would you do?

Most (almost all) of the comics listed above weren't written for kids.

p/s. been thinking a lot about ethics and morality recently. No thanks to a certain lecturer and his ethics class. Still, it's interesting. I mean, how could a question with 77 contradicting answers not be interesting?

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