Jun. 25th, 2009

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Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
41. Jade Tiger by Jenn Reese.
42. Norse Code by Greg van Eekhout.
43. A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota by William D. Green.
44. The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach, translated by Doryl Jensen.
45. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang.
46. Sleeper: Season One by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
47. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, and Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
48. Dungeon: Zenith: Volume Two: The Barbarian Princess and Dungeon: The Early Years: Volume One: The Night Shirt by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim with Christophe Blain.

49. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century, Chapter 1: 1910 by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. I picked this up in Lexington (it appears that at my current budgetary state Alan Moore is the only comics dude I'll spend money on), and Christopher Rowe asked me if there was a lot of sex in it. At the time I hadn't read the back matter, so I said no; but there sure was a lot of singing. The League at this point is made up of Mina, Quatermain, Orlando (in male form), the gentleman thief Raffles, and Thomas Carnacki. Unfortunately Raffles and Carnacki are pretty flat, and Orlando is annoying. It's the non-League stuff that's interesting in this issue, including the return of Jack MacHeath AKA Mack the Knife to London, and the death of Captain Nemo and the passing of his ship onto his daughter Janni. This is not as diffuse as The Black Dossier (which is good), but it's more atmosphere than plot, really, or at least more happening than doing. I want to stress that I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing, and I'm resistant to the "Alan Moore is getting too weird and wacky and his work is suffering" talk. Alan Moore's always been weird and wacky, and his work has always been at least interesting.
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Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
41. Jade Tiger by Jenn Reese.
42. Norse Code by Greg van Eekhout.
43. A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota by William D. Green.
44. The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach, translated by Doryl Jensen.
45. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang.
46. Sleeper: Season One by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
47. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, and Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
48. Dungeon: Zenith: Volume Two: The Barbarian Princess and Dungeon: The Early Years: Volume One: The Night Shirt by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim with Christophe Blain.
49. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century, Chapter 1: 1910 by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill.

50. The Darker Mask: Heroes from the Shadows, edited by Gary Phillips and Christopher Chambers. This is a themed anthology, though I'm not 100% clear on the theme; it's about superheroes (or at least super-powered individuals), but beyond that it seems like it could be about race or class or subverting the paradigm or some combination of those elements. Superheroes in prose are tricky (trust me), and this anthology is a bit uneven. My fave stories were by Naomi Hirahara (I'm going to look for her mysteries, now), Mat Johnson (ditto his stuff), and my pal Doselle Young. (Which is good, because his inclusion was the primary reason I bought this. Now we just need a complete TPB of The Monarchy!)

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