tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post3823536814739786509..comments2024-02-06T07:55:24.303+00:00Comments on Pai: Let's Glorify Guy Week!Sarangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-57800920332394748882009-04-01T13:39:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:39:00.000+01:00I'd heard about Guy as a woman and been very intri...I'd heard about Guy as a woman and been very intrigued by it.<BR/>Due to having a particulalry sucky work week and some vouchers I've just bought Green Lantern Corps - Ring Quest. I've read the first 6 pages, I like!Sarangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-49365840023261482952009-04-01T13:26:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:26:00.000+01:00Off the top of my head, some good Kyle TPBs are "B...Off the top of my head, some good Kyle TPBs are "Brother's Keeper", "Circle of Fire" and whichever one is the one where he becomes Ion for the first time. Unfortunately, I'm more familiar with the run as issues, and thus am a bit shaky on what else has been TPBed.<BR/><BR/>I think you'll like Kyle. He's not as awesome as Guy, but he's fun.<BR/><BR/>And Warrior is...special. But if you can get through the art, and the occasional batshitness, there's some real genius stuff there. (For example, the issue in which Guy Gardner turns into a woman. Or the one that tells the story half in the style of the DC animated universe, and half normal.)kalinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417686761943716312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-80174248237150877742009-04-01T09:25:00.000+01:002009-04-01T09:25:00.000+01:00Hi Kalinara, thanks for the reccs.I was wondering ...Hi Kalinara, thanks for the reccs.<BR/>I was wondering what the Warriors books were like, I shall take a gander at your site.<BR/>As for Kyle, I've only really come across him in JLA and the Wally West Flash books. I shall investigate my comic shop this Thursday.Sarangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-69758893196110706482009-04-01T01:05:00.000+01:002009-04-01T01:05:00.000+01:00Heh, I suppose I should actually try to suggest th...Heh, I suppose I should actually try to suggest things that suit your actual interest though, huh?<BR/><BR/>A lot of Alan Moore stories have some really bizarre and neat concepts that have been showing up/being revisted today. They're neat. Weird, but neat.<BR/><BR/>I'd personally recommend most of Kyle's run actually. GL v3 50-181 or so. Granted the Corps itself doesn't actually exist for most of this time, but it's somewhat developed in its absence, if that makes sense.<BR/><BR/>Ganthet, Guy, John, and even Hal occasionally play significant roles in helping Kyle understand what his role actually means. And of course, as the series goes on, we start getting the seeds for the current incarnation.kalinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417686761943716312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-38277978318819432582009-04-01T00:50:00.000+01:002009-04-01T00:50:00.000+01:00If you haven't seen it yet. I'd definitely recomm...If you haven't seen it yet. I'd definitely recommend Beau Smith's Warrior run, it's something of a digression of the character, taking him briefly away from the Green Lantern franchise, but it's really the vehicle that evolves Guy from the brain-damaged JLI buffoon/GL v2 victim to the awesomeness he is in GLC. (The earlier issues aren't bad either, but Smith's run is pretty much essential.)<BR/><BR/>Also, Beau Smith rocks at writing kickass women.<BR/><BR/>Though I should warn, if you've never read Warrior, the art...takes getting used to. But once a visual stockholm syndrome starts kicking in, you can really appreciate the subtle elements of Smith's writing. (I've blogged about Warrior quite a bit, if you're interested. :-))kalinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417686761943716312noreply@blogger.com