Reading Wednesday

Just finished: Mister X Archives by Dean Motter and a bunch of amazing comic book artists and writers, including the Hernandez Brothers and Seth with a foreword by Warren Ellis. The art is spectacular, and the concept is really cool—an Ayn Randian architect whose buildings drive people insane returns to the Le Corbusier-inspired city he created to try to fix it. It's a mashup of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Art Deco, German Expressionism, and film noir.

This comic looks incredible. The story...eh, not so much. It takes a lot from film noir, which means very flat characters, particularly the women, and the whole thing is confusingly told. Its reach pretty much consistently exceeds its grasp.

Almost done: Guardian by priest. I'm entering the final and most problematic arc (dear God is it problematic), and I guess in a few chapters I'll be waiting for updates to the translation as they come. I'm also at the point where I really want to see an uncensored adaptation of the novel with the same actors. I bookmarked a part that I needed to share with you regarding the cat but I'll post a more detailed entry about it when I'm done.