Green Arrow #17- New creative team of Lemire and Sorrentino (spoilers)
David_D
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There is a lot of talk about DC in general right now (and nothing wrong with that) but I wanted to see if anyone else read one book in particular this week- Green Arrow #17, featuring the new creative team of Lemire and Sorrentino.
As a longtime Green Arrow fan, I have been bummed to not have a Green Arrow title I can enjoy for years now. I guess the end of the Winick era was the last time I had a GA I enjoyed. But based on this week's GA #17, I've got some hope. It was definitely a transiton issue- a lot of tearing down, clearing away, and literally blowing up what has come before. In that way it reminds me of Moore's Swamp Thing #20. Not in terms of overall quality, but in the sense that this issue was all about tying up loose ends and setting up a new era. And I don't mind what is being jettisoned. I only read the first two issues of the New 52 Green Arrow, which I thought was terrible, and really showed the strain of trying to set a young Oliver up as a brash Tony Stark technologist type. So the fact that this issue removes the wealth, supporting team, company, and sends Oliver on the run sounds good to me.
And the art is great. I remember enjoying Andrea Sorrentino on I, Vampire #1 (though I didn't stick with it), but I am really impressed with him here. And more and more I am enjoying artists who also do their own color art. There is a real voice to Sorrentino's work. Oliver is mostly reacting and on the run in this issue, so character-wise there is not a lot to dig into here. But as Lemire leaves us with a new mentor figure, and a mysterious need to 'return to the island', I am hoping that this team can give Ollie more of a personality that has been on display for awhile.
I thought it was a strong start. Looking forward to #18.
Anyone else give this a try?
As a longtime Green Arrow fan, I have been bummed to not have a Green Arrow title I can enjoy for years now. I guess the end of the Winick era was the last time I had a GA I enjoyed. But based on this week's GA #17, I've got some hope. It was definitely a transiton issue- a lot of tearing down, clearing away, and literally blowing up what has come before. In that way it reminds me of Moore's Swamp Thing #20. Not in terms of overall quality, but in the sense that this issue was all about tying up loose ends and setting up a new era. And I don't mind what is being jettisoned. I only read the first two issues of the New 52 Green Arrow, which I thought was terrible, and really showed the strain of trying to set a young Oliver up as a brash Tony Stark technologist type. So the fact that this issue removes the wealth, supporting team, company, and sends Oliver on the run sounds good to me.
And the art is great. I remember enjoying Andrea Sorrentino on I, Vampire #1 (though I didn't stick with it), but I am really impressed with him here. And more and more I am enjoying artists who also do their own color art. There is a real voice to Sorrentino's work. Oliver is mostly reacting and on the run in this issue, so character-wise there is not a lot to dig into here. But as Lemire leaves us with a new mentor figure, and a mysterious need to 'return to the island', I am hoping that this team can give Ollie more of a personality that has been on display for awhile.
I thought it was a strong start. Looking forward to #18.
Anyone else give this a try?
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Will wait for comiXology to drop the price though - so it will be a month...
Well, we'll wait and see.
I do think that Lemire's cartooning work on his own stories (eg Sweet Tooth, Essex County) is stronger than his writing for the DCU has been (though I don't think it is bad and have enjoyed it more than you have). I do think/agree that the story in Animal Man was too slow-paced, and that is why I finally dropped it. My hope is that, at least to judge from the momentum in this first issue, that Green Arrow will move along faster.
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The Grell GA run remains my favorite. So anything that veers toward that stripped down approach gets my support. Initially at least.
It feels good to be liking GA again. I hope this feeling continues.
Don't quite understand the complaints about the art. GA is best when it's noirish. And this art is very noirish.