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Eric Gapstur

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Werke von Eric Gapstur

Sort of Super (2022) 31 Exemplare
Shipwreck, Vol. 1 (2018) — Illustrator — 26 Exemplare
Gotham City: Year One (2023) — Illustrator — 20 Exemplare
The Magma Cup (2023) 11 Exemplare
James Bond 007 #9 1 Exemplar
James Bond 007 #8 1 Exemplar
James Bond 007 #7 1 Exemplar

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This series is so charming. Great art, humor, and characters! The brother and genius sister mostly get along, which I love, but I want to give a spotlight to their friends, Nara and Beto. These two are so sweet and selfless! I’d love to have friends like them. More importantly, Wyatt and Adeline appreciate them and acknowledge their sacrifices.

For this book, there’s less of a focus on the superpowers at this wacky camp because it’s a cover for Wyatt and Adeline to find their lost mother.

I like the bits of depth here. Wyatt’s insecure outside of his powers, and Adeline took their mother’s disappearance the hardest akin to grief.

Also, the art excels. Dynamic poses and great paneling. Nothing stays the same from page to page in the best way possible. All in a cartoony style. I really like the art here.
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DestDest | 1 weitere Rezension | Jan 21, 2024 |
Representation: N/A?
Trigger warnings: Fire, disappearance of a person, explosions
Score: Seven points out of ten.
This review can also be found on The StoryGraph.

7/10, after reading Four Eyes which wasn't the best novel ever I was hoping that I would enjoy this one and I'm glad I picked this one up because it was definitely worth reading; improvements could be done here and there but overall it's a good read and felt similar to Marvel or DC comics. It starts off with the main character Wyatt explaining his backstory and how he got superpowers and everything looks normal at first until some of the animals start disappearing and no one knows why yet but that'll be revealed soon. Wyatt uses his superpowers and makes a team with his sister to keep the peace in his town however the situation worsens when a person goes missing so Wyatt tries to find the perpetrator and at first his leads go cold; he finds him eventually when the principal turns out to be an alien and his species is about to take over Earth. Wyatt was the only one who could stop them and so in the end there was a massive war where they won and all the missing people and animals appeared again however I still don't know where his mother is but that may be revealed in the next book in the series.… (mehr)
 
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Law_Books600 | 1 weitere Rezension | Nov 3, 2023 |
Tom King gets all noir with Bruce Wayne's grandparents and one of DC's earliest private detective characters, Slam Bradley.

Bradley is a nifty choice to lead the series since he is already a forerunner of Batman, having debuted in Detective Comics #1 in 1937, a couple of years before Bruce first dons the cowl in #27. But this character is named Samuel Taylor Bradley, not Samuel Emerson Bradley, so I'm a little unclear if it is supposed to be the same Slam Bradley from Detective #1, the father of that Slam, or a multiverse doppelganger on whatever Earth is currently the prime stage for the DCU.

Regardless of who he is, Bradley finds himself dropped into the midst of a kidnapping plot that kicks off with echoes of the Lindbergh baby snatch. While Gotham City of the early 1960s presents itself as an exemplar city with a low crime rate, Bradley's investigation quickly reveals the have-nots and the racial tensions that are suppressed and the police brutality that makes it so.

It's a fairly typical bit of crime fiction with femme fatales and numerous betrayals and twists. The biggest twist plays against the very perception of Bradley as a character from his inception, but before it is over the tale also tarnishes the sterling Wayne family reputation and has some implications for how blue their blood really is.

I might have enjoyed this more if I hadn't just read King's noirish treatment of the Human Target recently, but my biggest problem is the stupidity of pairing a trigger warning with grawlix. The title page has fine print that reads in part, "This comic contains language of a racially offensive nature and may not be suitable for all age groups." The book then proceeds to unrealistically not use the actual N-word, but a dated word down a notch or two on the offensiveness scale. But while using that word openly and often, the writer and editor then proceed to use grawlix -- you know, stuff life @#$& -- instead of Geroge Carlin's seven words -- you know, stuff like shit and fuck. If you're going to use grawlix anyway, why not use it for the racially offensive language also? Or why not include "mature language" in the title page disclaimer also and be done with the ridiculous symbols? Does this has something to do with Florida's censorship law? (And having ranted, do I now find myself in a similar situation by using "N-word" and "fuck" in the same paragraph?)

Also, one of my least favorite Batman continuity implants was having Bruce Wayne's father, Thomas, wearing a Batman costume the Halloween before his death. This series doubles down on that corniness by having the kidnapper use a bat symbol on the ransom letters and being referred to as the Bat-Man. Ugh!
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villemezbrown | Oct 27, 2023 |
Figuring out superhero-ness, dealing with summer camp competitions, and hoping to find a trace of a disappeared mother make this a read with non-stop action, a little chaos, and friendships to embrace.

Wyatt's kind of figuring out this superhero thing, and with his sister, Adeline, at his side, it seems to be going a little more smoothly. Sort of. When Adeline's research finally reveals the first sign of a possible clue in their mother's disappearance four years ago, he's ready to do anything he can so the two of them can find her again. And that means Summer Camp next to a volcano. With their two best friends at their sides, the foursome head off, hoping to find even a hint which might help them. Instead, they find a camp, which is centered around competitions, and the winning team gets a chance to tour the volcano. The competition is fiercer than fierce, and Wyatt and his sister know they can't use their powers to win...but that seems impossible.

This is a high-quality graphic novel with colorful illustrations, tons of action, and characters to root for. Wyatt might have all sorts of amazing powers, but he's just awkward and goofy enough to keep him down-to-earth. While tempted, he doesn't constantly grab back on his powers and tries to handle as much as he can (even when the going gets tough) as a regular kid...who just happens to wear his superhero suit under his clothes just in case. His sister has her own powers, but again, keeps these under wraps as much as possible and uses her head to get through difficulties first. It makes for a pair, which is easy to identify with, carries a touch of silliness, and has the fun side of bursting free and doing the impossible when really, really necessary. And this doesn't always work out quite as planned.

The graphics are well done, carry darkness and light, and bring the dangerous as well as the humorous situations across nicely. The text is easy to read in each scene and balances nicely with the imagery. A sense of urgency plays subtly along with the more distinct-lined style to swing more in a classic superhero direction.

It's a quick and grabbing read from start to finish. This can be read alone but, of course, is better read as a series.
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tdrecker | 1 weitere Rezension | Jul 17, 2023 |

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