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Posted byXavierFilesin/comic_books-Sep 11, 2016 at 6:30 PM

Anyone reading Moon Knight?

Because that book is LIT!

Thoughts?

Comments4
  • whylockSep 12, 2016 at 5:23 AM

    I would recommend the first five issues but with a couple of caveats:

    1. The book tries to have vague psychological elements in it, so there are no real answers to most questions only what you interpret, now that can be problematic since the questions are a big part of the hook so if you need solid answers, you will be disappointed.
    2. Your enjoyment is directly linked to how you perceive the payoff which can be unsatisfying, but that's up to you to decide.
    3. I mentioned only the first five issues since 6 is a start of a new arc that seems like a continuation of the story which probably should have ended at issue 5. Only time will tale if that's true, but I can't see any way Lemire (or anyone else for that matter) can continue down this rabbit hole and get to the other side with a satisfying ending.
    • cosmosSep 12, 2016 at 8:23 AM

      Your enjoyment is directly linked to how you perceive the payoff which can be unsatisfying

      Yes and no. I've read very different reactions to the end of the first arc and I'm genuinely interested in @XavierFiles' opinion on it. And most of the time, when I only buy the first two issues before dropping a book because I'm not really convinced, I still wonder whether I should have tried to give it a chance at least until the end of the first arc. There's always this lingering question: "but... what if it actually became great AT ISSUE #3?"

      Anyway, thanks for your feedback :)

      • XavierFilesSep 12, 2016 at 2:04 PM

        Beyond X-Men, Moon Knight is probably my 2nd favorite "franchise" so I might cut it slack but it feels like the exact inverse of what Ellis, Wood, and Bunn did on the book. The art is beautiful and the story telling is long form. I don't really know what's going on with it, but that's an intentional function of the storytelling. It will read great in trades but month to month I can understand the confusion. I just love that a book is suprising me.

  • cosmosSep 12, 2016 at 3:13 AM

    Sadly, no :| Jeff Lemire's writing does nothing for me when he works on superheroes most of the time, and I didn't read further than the first two issues. I absolutely love the artistic team's work, though. How does the first arc wrap up? What do you love so much? Every time a new preview is released I'm like: "mmmmmh... maybe I should try it again?"

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