1995, is that you?

[speedlime]

At Big Planet today, I discovered two wonderful things: first, Kill Your Boyfriend has been reprinted, which means I can finally give up the search for my original copy, lovingly put away fourteen years ago for safekeeping and of course never seen again. Seriously, you have no idea what I crush I had (and still have) on this book-- of course it's

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[laughingmagpie]

I've tried a couple times to read Sandman but I'm such a delicate flower I can't bear the imagery and have always stopped a short ways into the first volume of the collected Sandman. I can read dark stuff, but I have a much harder time if visuals are involved.

But maybe I've been hardened a bit since then by reading The Watchmen, I should try again to catch this bandwagon.

[speedlime]

Hmmm, interesting! Sandman definitely has some gruesome visuals here and there, though I'd say that overall Watchmen is much more grim and depressing. If you're going to make another try at reading it, I recommend issue #50, "Ramadan," which is a stand-alone --also illustrated by P. Craig Russell-- and one of the most shockingly beautiful comics ever made.

[laughingmagpie]

It was tuff work getting through Watchmen. Since I'd borrowed it and had to return it, I think that gave me the impetus to get through it.

Thanks for the suggestion on "Ramadan"! I will try it. I really think I would like it if I could just find my way in.