Comments on Happy Blogtime!: I Just Read: "The Unwritten" #1

Loved this comic. I was doing my monthly walk arou...

2009-07-10T18:52:52.071-07:00

Loved this comic. I was doing my monthly walk around the comic shop and saw this written by Mike Carey and picked it up. I loved his Lucifer series and it looks like this will not disappoint.

It was a great first issue. I'll definitely be rea...

2009-05-14T09:18:00.000-07:00

It was a great first issue. I'll definitely be reading the series going forward. People are dismissing this as an HP knockoff, when in fact it's a comment on the fervor surrounding the franchise, the cult of celebrity, and fiction as alternate reality. Really cool stuff.

Brandon, that's a great point. It was a bit tireso...

2009-05-14T09:17:00.000-07:00

Brandon, that's a great point. It was a bit tiresome - I'm just hoping that, as the first issue, they're just trying to drill in the point and will then move on. Fingers crossed!

I thought the Harry Potter story similarities were...

2009-05-14T09:11:00.000-07:00

I thought the Harry Potter story similarities were too irritating and jarring to really get into the story, and this from a non-Potter fan.

I think the concept is decent, but I was reminded on every other page that Tom is a Harry Potter analogue and it just got really tiresome really quickly.

Picked it up last night, will be cracking it open ...

2009-05-14T09:08:00.000-07:00

Picked it up last night, will be cracking it open today at some point. So happy to see Carey and Gross together again! At $1 for 40 pages, this book was a steal.