it’s kind of a “Throner”

I’ve been reading more and more superhero stuff. And lately stuff by DC when formerly I was mainly a marvel girl if I read  mainstream western comics at all.

So: I really like Teen Titans Year One. The art is really pretty. Like, I really, really like the style, though once or twice (wondergirl with literal floods of tears) went weirdly into manga-esque places (which I thought was strange, since it looks so western to me? whatever, I think my sense of manga-influenced art is all out of whack after reading almost exclusively manga for years before any American stuff) but generally has this really great, consistent quality that I can’t explain why I like exactly. 

Also, the writing makes me laugh. More on that forthcoming. I’m a sucker for beginning stories, it seems like, and I don’t know anything about who the teen titans are, so this was a good intro.

Basically, Batman is a jerk the entire time. Like, I felt really, really bad for poor robin. 

but Alfred? he is the best dad ever:

Comes to robin’s stakeout of angst with a bag lunch. He even put a little “R” on there and everything.

 

so prepare for a picture spam (of photos of the comic, since I am too lazy to scan, but feel the need to share) after the jump, if this works. spoilers, probably. but it’s good so you should read the thing anyway:

halfway through flight volume 5:

the only stories I really, really loved so far were the new “treehead and igloohead” story and the malinky robot karakuri(?) story.

the beisbol one was pretty cute too, but not my favorite.

am I too hard to please now? I find myself uninterested in most of the stories so far. some I was put off by art or boring/uninteresting story (how is this possible considering the fantastical plots? I can’t say) and (weirdly) the way the words were written by hand or something. 

this would all be less distressing if I actually had something to SHOW for my snobbishness. I want to do something amazing.

 

(More than once.)