Terry-Moore

There are a lot of details in Strangers in Paradise that add up to make it an excellent book. It’s written and drawn by Terry Moore; since it’s all done by the same person, you know that everything you’re seeing is the absolute intent of the creator, rather than an interpretation on someone’s part that might have given you the wrong idea. It’s in black and white, which both adds charm and lets you focus on the details that Moore has included. It’s not a book about superheroes, and while I do love reading about superheroes, it’s great to see something that’s about regular people (even if the situations aren’t the kinds of things that happen to everyone every day, they’re all things that you can see happening in the real world). It also has a great cast of characters, all of whom are presented in ways that surprise and delight me as a reader. ...

[caption id=“attachment_475” align=“alignleft” width=“197” caption=“X-Factor #231”] [/caption] Eric’s Book Eric: I was a bit surprised with the book I ended up picking for this week’s POW! It came out in a week with other titles that are usually strong and X-Factor has been on a very slow climb to the top of my favorites list. In fact, after the first two months (four tissues since it’s published biweekly) I was about to drop it from my pull list. But then it started getting really interesting and, this week, beat the competition to be my POW! choice. ...

[caption id=“attachment_396” align=“alignleft” width=“197” caption=“Uncanny X-Men Vol 2 #4”] [/caption] Eric’s Book Eric: Welcome back for another POW! This week was actually a really tough week for me. I was unsure whether to pick Action Comics #5 (which was really emotional this week), Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #1 which had an interesting concept, or the one I ultimately chose, Uncanny X-Men #4. Although, when I met Dan to swap issues, it turned out to be a good thing I didn’t pick WatX:A&O since he’d received it as a free issue (his comic shop seems to do that pretty often) and didn’t much care for it. ...