Comics Wrap-Up - There's A Special Kind of Comfort In The Darkest Things

 

It's Thursday, this is Dora Reads, it's still looking very 2023 out there, so let's get some comics-y superhero-y goodness!

It's A Raymond Chandler Evening

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From time to time, when the world seems especially harsh and bleak, I like to re-read The Crow by James O'Barr.

The Crow is a gaping wound in book form, and I love it; truly a masterpiece of pain, in a gothic sweep of beauty.

And, despite how utterly hopeless and graphic the book is (heads-up: Content Warnings for everything,) it never fails to make me feel hopeful.

I guess it's why I love World War One poetry and emo music - there's a special kind of comfort in the darkest things, especially when they're somehow oh-so beautiful.

An absolutely accurate* summary of Loki, episode 2.2:

*Any accuracy is purely coincidental

OK - SPOILERS for episode 2 of series 2 of Loki, OK? SPOILERS.

SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!

OK, great.

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1.

*catching X5/Brad*

Mobius: Do you always have to be so extra?

Loki: Shuddup, you love it.

Mobius: ...Just cos it's true doesn't mean I have to agree.

2.

X5/Brad: *to Loki* Your mama...

Mobius: Oh boy.

Loki: It's fine.  I will compartmentalise this rage for another day.

X5/Brad: Phew! Thought I'd over-stepped the-

Mobius: YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT HIS MAMA!!!!!

3.

O.B.: OK, I can look at your souped-up gameboy, or I can stop the whole of space/time from collapsing - which do you want?

Loki and Mobius: ...Space/time. Please, Mr O.B., sir.

Shameless Self-Promo Time!

• Over on Medium you can read my summary of episode 1, series 2, of Loki here...

• ...and my discussion of a webcomic about a sentient chair here...

• ...or you can see both those things in last week's CWU on Dora Reads here

• Last week's Friday Fics Fix talked tropey romantic SamBucky (TFATWS)

• And finally, you can catch up with all my September superhero and comics posts with my Month In Review(s) here

Have you read The Crow?

Have you been watching Loki?

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Previous Comics Wrap-Up Posts:

• Comics Wrap-Up - A Sentient Chair

• Comics Wrap-Up - They Have To Kiss At Some Point

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