Thursday, May 28, 2015

Final Issue of Guardians of the Galaxy

"Blam, murdered you" -- Rocket

If you can write a better line in a comic book, you should be a millionaire. I read a lot of comics. It takes some pretty heavy lifting to get me to slow down and laugh at something you've written. That did it. Excellent work.

Gamora's big decision and Star-Lord and Kitty's talk really moved me. I don't know what it is about Bendis's penchant for delivering those big emotional moments in a comic, but he does it better than anyone in the modern era, maybe better than anyone ever.

I know that this is the end of an era for a stupendous book -- what's been my favorite superhero fare for some time now -- and I'm glad it went out like it came in: with a fair amount of humor and some truly personal moments of story-telling.

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