Visual & Psychological Stimulation

I finished Catching Fire and went straight to the bookstore to pick up Mockingjay. And never has a book impacted me in the way this one did. As the third and final installment in the Hunger Games trilogy, this book came to a very satisfying ending but left me with a mess of nightmares. I slept pretty poorly for about three nights after coming to its conclusion. Has this ever happened to you and if so what book/comic caused such a visual reaction while slumbering? I was also really saddened afterward. Again, I hate when something good ends. It feels so final, but my imagination tells me that the characters continue on in the fictitious world where pages lie waiting to be filled. And the casting continues for The Hunger Games film which is exciting. For the role of Peeta, I was hoping for William Moseley from The Chronicles of Narnia who played Peter Pevensie, but alas I will have to settle for Josh Hutcherson from The Kids Are All Right. If you haven’t read the trilogy, pick it up at your local library or book shop and enjoy some dystopian futuristic battles, fierce totalitarian politics, and superior character relationships than Twilight ever offered.

Blue Estate: The Rachel Situation proved to be as interesting as the cover. I have a real problem with single issues though. They are never enough. I stopped buying single issues for a while and resorted to trade paperbacks that normally contain about six issues. So TP’s usually satisfy my needs nicely. I will say though, maybe it’s just BE considering my love for recent Image singles that leave me excited to purchase the next issue: Morning Glories, Green Wake and The Intrepids…I’m not biased I swear. Ok back to BE, it reminds me of those friends you have, the ones that follow TMZ and other celebrity gossip sites-I think they would enjoy this comic because it has lots of pulp maintaining a voyeuristic quality along with betrayal, drugs, secret lives and a hint of gaudiness. I am kind of in love with the colors and art. There is a pretty funny art mash-up that I am getting too much enjoyment from on the Blue Estate website. If you haven’t picked up this eye candy of a comic, here’s a little preview from Issue #1 and tell me, which Rachel do you prefer?

It’s kind of a toss up for me. Both looks convey something entirely different and I like them each in their own way, but I think I’m more intrigued by the left version, which may be what the author wants. I could totally see myself as her for halloween already. That means I’ll have to keep buying single issues or wait for a TP. Inigo Montoya said it best, “I hate wait.”

Let’s see, I finished Invincible: Facts of Life Vol. 5 and I realized how this comic tends to touch on the serious things in life like abandonment, drowning sorrows in alcohol, growing up and leaving home, intimacy and how the truth can change everything. It makes me happy and I feel like it’s relatable. It’s also becoming somewhat of a comfort to me, like a blanket hahaha. I haven’t been this connected to a story featuring a male lead in many years, well, since Redwall, but that was about a mouse and I don’t know if that counts. That probably says a lot about me but I don’t think you want a full analysis of my psyche as this is a review blog and not a “let’s talk about me” blog. On to Invincible: A Different World Vol. 6.

I’m about to start SKULLKICKERS: 1000 OPAS and a DEAD BODY. I participated in marketing this comic a bit and then met the writer/creator Jim Zubkavich at ECCC this year. Cool guy and he has his own blog which is a LiveJournal!

I completely forgot about LiveJournal. I have one somewhere in the internet aether. I just found it and had to do the whole forgot my password thing because it has been 5 years since I used it! I’m wondering if I should delete it. It’s kinda funny and I spelled things wrong, OH GOD!

Anyway, keep reading and enjoying life. And don’t forget Free Comic Book Day is just a week away!