Nov 16 2008
Can I Retcon the Past Week?
Can I get a retcon on the past week? Actually, make that ten days. There’s plenty I’d like to keep in them, like the evenings I spent with friends, but there’s plenty of stuff I could’ve done without.
No? No retcons in reality? Darn it.
As you’ve noticed, Retro Review has been a tumbleweeds-blowing-through-it ghost-town kind of a blog this past week. Some stressful issues at work came to a head, and some personal and health issues decided to pipe up at the same time, leaving very little energy and time for the research and blogging I’d planned. In the end, rather than being my usual stubborn self, I gave myself the week off. Starting from tomorrow, I’ll write about some of the best and worst retcons to appear in comics, starting with Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise retcon to the future, and finishing with the controversial One More Day storyline.
One of the things I’d like to keep from this week even if I could retcon it would be the comics I picked up. Fables really got moving again, showing for sure that the concept still has enough energy to keep moving, and Top 10 Season 2 #2 put my mind to rest that the series is a worthy successor to the original, and not another mess like Beyond the Farthest Precinct. I also picked up the Stray Toasters trade paperback: when it first came out, I found it to be one of the creepiest and most disturbing comics ever, and I’m keen to re-read it and see how I feel now.
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I am probably going to keep “Stray Toasters” to read over the holidays, when I have the time to devote to it. I think it deserves my undivided attention. Right now, I’d be lucky to get through ten pages of it in a sitting.
I guess I know what you mean about “Top Ten” - some of the dialog is a little off, some of the pacing is a little slow. I’m enjoying it though.
And thanks for commenting. Good to get the feedback.