Ho ho ho! MKZ has once again captured the attention of Italian smut lovers. This pleases me greatly.
I haven't picked up any of Warren Ellis' work since he was signed his exclusivity deal with DC a couple of years ago. Sure, the first couple issues of the Global Frequency were ace, but it quickly petered off until they got to the Japanese and Hyper Violence issues. His other stuff was a mixed bag. I wasn't exactly fond of MEK or Reload and I missed out on Red, which supposedly retreads everything that Reload did, but with a man instead. His Marvel output hasn't been exactly fantastic either, if you forgive the oblique pun. Now, it seems that Ellis has exited the valley of shit material and is on his way up to producing good material. This brings me to Fell. Normally, I pick up Ellis' stuff in trades, as they look nicer on my shelf and they tend to flow a lot better. Fell, on the other hand, is the anti-thesis of Ellis' other work. Instead of being an ongoing story like Transmet or Desolation Jones (which looks super ace), each issue is a stand alone packed to the gills with dense goodness. Best yet, Fell is extremely afordable, costing you a fistful of change. With the extra material in the back, it seems to me that you're getting a better bang for your buck than most comics out there. Pricing comics like this would definately make me pick up more monthlies than I do (which is none, currently).
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Wow, the Italians seemed to love that jerking off on a mob bosses daughter story.
I do love Fell. I agree. I've been cutting back a lot of monthlies. I buy graphic novels almost exclusively and some trade paperbacks now.
The Itallians pretty much seem to like all the off the wall stuff we post on MKZ. It's crazy, I tell you.
I love Fell too. It'll probably be the only monthly that I'll be picking up *ever* until Matt Fraction's new comic comes out. He's doing the same thing as Ellis. 16 pages of content plus back matter. With the price point so low and wait so long for the eventual trade, it's a no brainer to pick up something like Fell.
I dropped off of reading Ellis after Global Frequency petered out for me after the third ish. But I haven't been in a comic book store since November and now I may have a reason for diverting there on my way home. Thanks for the tip.
No problem. If anything, it's a real return to form for Ellis. I just wish that it came out every month like it was supposed to.
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