pickA masterpiece. The questions wrestled with, the stakes at hand, the ART. I'm sure if I had a better handle on the DC line up, I would have grasped a lot more of the cameos from various characters, but, a story that primarily focuses on the big three, Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, is easy entry for an intermittent comics enthusiast like myself. 1/?
so-soIf I had read this in 1996 I would have loved it. Reading it now as an adult who has paid attention for the last few decades this strikes me as a comic book epic for political centrists. I found this to be frustrating. I love comic books but I hate the fact that the majority of the mainstream ones seem to lean to the right. I am stopping myself here before I write anymore but it is what it is and Alex Ross really is an incredible artist.
Batch 8 from my library bookstore stash that I‘ve finally brought home 😊!
Have you read any of these?!
#LitsyLovesLibraries #MrBooksBooks
pickFirst of all: can we talk about grumpy, old, pony-tailed Kal-El?
Second of all: can we talk about this gorgeous, multi-layered piece of awesome!? I wasn‘t expecting this to hit me in the feels in so many different ways, but here we are...absolutely worth the read.
I just finished book 3 ( the fartherst shore) of the Earthsea novels! It was sooo good, but I am gonna need to time to digest it before I start on book 4. So I think I'll read some Kingdom Come! A great superman story so far!
so-so#2019Book19
The artwork in this graphic novel was excellent, as I've come to expect from DC. The story, however, kind of dragged. It started out interesting, getting to see the superheroes coming back much older than we usually see them. But after awhile, they were just kind of having the same conversations and fights over and over until the end.
Kingdom Come uses motifs from the Book of Revelation to depict a dystopian future in which superheroes are at war. Waid examines the moral dilemma of using power to enforce peace.
Geez, who does this sound like?
My first read for the #24in48 ! I was supposed to read this months ago for my book club I am doing with my little brother. Ooops.
I have always been a Marvel over DC comics fan, but I love Kingdom Come. This is one of the great DC stories. Mark Waid at his best writing paired with the amazing skill of Alex Ross. He painted every picture in the entire series. I found this absolute edition on sale several years ago and just had to give it a good home.
For #riotgrams #somethingpretty how about any comic painted by Alex Ross? Pictured is Kingdom Come, kind of the superhero Book of Revelation. Wonder Woman is coming to tempt farm boy Clark Kent out of retirement.
Kingdom Come (-20th Anniversary Deluxe) | 
If you're going to spend every instance of depiction finagling a way to cover the dude's junk, WHY design a character nude with an open front cape?! 🤦🏼♂️ Do comic book artists enjoy the challenge or curse the character's existence? 4/4 1y