Donniewahlberg
Banned
Ding ding, we got a winner here! Bruabaker is a true favourite of mine man, his Cap run kicking off after disassermbled was what really dragged me back into comics after I moved to the city for University and actually had a local comic store for the first time in my life (even if your prices are terrible forbidden planet glasgow, I can give you this). I'd only really dabbled with some books for a few months before that, but it really blew me away. His run on Daredevil is absolutely brilliant though, both his Cap and Daredevil runs are my favourite stuff for those characters. And yes, poor Nick, Bru and Hickman treated him so well. I don't think it was Aaron's intention for him to be shit out like that to be fair, I think he was a huge Steranko/Fury fan growing up, he probably had further plans for him but there's the whole awkward movie thing marvel have going on.
Not a lot of comic stuff for me to share today, other than starting watching Preacher tonight after enjoying the pilot a few weeks ago. Been pushing hard to get through Gerald's game. May be the most chilling book I've ever read, I keep finding I have to put it down after a few chapters at a time, some really disturbing stuff. The basic premise is a middle aged housewife gets into an argument with her husband during a weekend away at their cabin, during a sex game. She accidently kicks him off the bed and kills him///while she is chained to the bed with handcuffs. The basic story of the book is just literally, what can she do. She's on her own, she can't get uncuffed, and no-one to call for help. The book goes down a dark dark well though, that are some other aspects to the book I won't mention for fear of spoilers, but it's chilling man. This is King after he sobered up and got off the drugs at the end of the 80s, and jesus, did he have some pent up things he had to let out as a result. Just a few years later he would write the Green Mile as well, whichh while have its own depressing subject matter, is a very emotional, sad book to read. This is sad going on depressing. But it deals with some really strong themes, and gives a spotlight to some of the more depressing realities of abuse.
Oh, yea, been meaning to show these to you guys. We moved into our first owned home last year, and in preparation, my partner who is a super serious cross stitcher made these. One is hanging above the hangers where the coats etc go, and the other she did for my little computer study/comic den. Theyre obviously not original art or anything but they honestly took her ages to complete, and I think theyre pretty awesome!
