Current mood:

cheerful

Why I Love The Authority.
It's been a while since I started getting back into the world of American comics, and boy, I couldn't have picked a better time. I've been unearthing quite a lot of great series lately, and I've taken it upon myself to share the love.

And of course, what better thing to share than 'The Authority'-- home of the Midnighter and Apollo, my two favourite gay superheroes.



The writing on the Authority is excellent. The dialogue is witty, the storylines are tight, and I love how I'm getting a gay couple in a series that is /not/ all about the gay. Make no mistake, this is a superhero comic-- it's got fights, drama, angst, the works. But the characters all have bad days, flaws, and intrinsic value that make them seem real.

There are heterosexual couples/interactions as well as the homosexual ones, and I love how in-your-face everything is (during 'the Kev' spin-offs, in any case). And I remember comics that used to have the heroes yelling "to blazes with you!"-- thank God they've gotten rid of that habit, lol. Now we've got dialogue that has the darker characters actually /talking/ like darker characters, instead of that freaked-out Comics-Code censor-speak. XD

They really don't make comics like they used to... they make them so much better. ^___^





and for scenes like this:





Convinced? Purchase/Download the Authority today! :D

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