Graphic Novel Book Club Book -

This was a primer on the original Ant-Man. It had some good pieces drawn from all across his history, even if it was obvious in being dated several times (because the books try to stay hip and with the times, no matter what time it is). I liked seeing the 1-2 page pulls outs from other books like Iron Man or Hulk, too.

It wasn't the best writing, but it was nice to take a walk through the history before I went with another group to see the movie. ( )

The early collected tales of Scott Lang, Ant-Man from the 70's and 80's. Fine Bronze Age work, one of which predicted an Internet debate regarding a potential end to the Marvel movies Thanos sequence:

"No way, buster! You ain't gettin' nothin' outa me!"
"Oh? Tell me, Ant-Man, what would happen if you were to shrink down, crawl up someone's nose, and then enlarge to full size?"
"Gee, Spidey, I don't know, but I guess I could find out..."
"Okay, first you head south on River Drive, then you hang a left at--"

Comics! ( )

My god. What was I thinking?

Totally mediocre 70's tripe, and just when I was planning on getting all hyped to watch the new movie starring Scott Lang as Ant-Man, an obviously better choice for Ant-Man than Pym who sounds like a douche. Or The irredeemable Ant-Man who was an utter ass without any quality whatever.

Scott Lang should have been my man... but I'm sorry, but I was bored to tears by these comics. We need a completely new imagining for him by some of our most excellent modern writers who care to make a story both intelligent and interesting. Is that too much to ask? Please don't just slap together any old piece of crossover trash. Please.

Okay, so I've been very spoiled by the last twenty years of comics, and especially by the last ten, and it isn't fair to judge a damn comic by being what the market could bear. Lots and lots of trash, obviously. But, I am.

I could have been reading something good, dammit, and now I've just become ambivalent about a movie that I was getting really psyched to see. I guess I'll just have to sleep on it and see if my ambivalence shrinks by morning. ( )