I love local. It just has certain elements that I really like, like, the folly of youth, indie girls, american subculture, it's great. I think the final issue takes place in my hometown, Austin.
Hurhm. May have been punted - a bit, anyway - because there was already a DMZ thread but obviously I can't compare datestamps. You could probably chuck your posts in that longer and depthier thread - notable, I think, for my insightful 'you can have my #1, I didn't like it' - and we can change the title. I believe DMZ is still being published?
I haven't read DMZ at all but I love the artist on LOCAL (Ryan Kelly, I think?), and thus have picked up the odd issue here and there of that book - I enjoy it. Fun stuff.
Im two trades into DMZ, and I'm sticking with it. I met Brian Wood in person in April, and he sounded like he really has a plan for the whole series. Good times ahead. And Brian Wood is just damn good at making comics.
I read #1 of both series and was unmoved by either. Nice art on Local but that's all. And I've not heard much that's positive about Brian Wood's previous stuff, either: Channel Zero was hailed by many but predictable counterculture dystopian comics according to a trusted source. What's the best thing Brian Wood's done?
Thinking about it, my disaffection with the alternative mainstream in comics is all the fault of blokes called Brian. Brian Bendis, Brian K Vaughan, Brian Azzarello and I'm sure there are more. They've taken over with their Briany ways and none of it's any good. Brians out I say.
