Vimanarama #2

[Archyduke]

Sort of surprised that nobody else has made a thread about this yet...

The plot takes a pretty sharp turn away from the domestic comedy in this issue, although its still lurking about somewhat charmingly amidst the chaos and pyrotechnics. Actually, I thought the shift in tone was kind of jarring; sweet romantic comedy on one page, spines being ripped out on the next- not that this is bad per se, just jarring.

Bond's artwork keeps up its high quality, with a lot of very expressive faces throughout the issue. When Sofia mentions Ali's "lovely, sad eyes" it not hard to buy into that interpretation at all. Ali's fathers exasperated expressions during their car-ride were particularly expressive and amusing; great last page as well.

So far, I'm sort of getting the same feeling that I got from the second issues of Seaguy and We3; namely, that it seems like there should be a few more installments before the end. However, if he could pull it off with We3 (and, to a lesser extent IMO, Seaguy), I'm confident that he can pull everything together next issue (although I'd love to see some of the other Ultra-Hadeens get more page-time...).

[hamsterdance]

Can't quite put my finger on what it is but I'm not enjoying this comic like I thought I would. I'm glad to read others enjoy it though. Comics needs all the variety it can get and none of it will appeal to everybody.

[Kid Seven]

It's funny, I didn't think I had enjoyed this issue, or this series in particular, but as I sat down to write this I realized that I had clear, focused images of Ali, Sofia, and all the other players in this series. It's a quirky little , Bollywood epic/character study/Marvel-by-way-of-India and I'm liking it.

I've decided that now. I guess it was just so quirky that my preconceptions were bound to be wrong, which just...took some adjusting.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Well, I enjoyed it. It's quirky, it doesn't have your normal superheroics. I find the Indian mythos fascinating. It seems to be deftly done with Morrisson's dialogue and Bond's art. This might become my favorite mini-series this year.

[RedBaron]

I forgot this was coming out this week so my comic shop never ordered it for me.

Is it worth tracking down or is this going to be another rushed Morrison job where everything is resolved too fast because he has so much crazy shit going on but only three issues to do it in?

[TJ Shoun]

I know Morrison can be rather obtuse more often than not...

...but this is the first work of his that I just don't get.

I don't see any of his trademark allegory, subtext, or symbolism.

Maybe it's something about Eastern culture/religion that I don't know about - I dunno.

I guess this odd because Seaguy and The Filth were both 100% weirder than this and I "got" them both and thought they were great.

Despite Bond's nice artwork, I'm just not feelin' it. What am I missing? :o

[Ilash]

I'm really enjoying this. I also preffered the second issue quite a bit more than the first. It's weird, funny and charming as hell - what's not to love? Do I understand it? Not entirely but so what, this is Grant Morrison we're talking about here, which means things are gonna be a bit on the vague side (not that that's actually a problem).

[estee]

I liked the quips the Ali's family traded to one another...using humour in the time of great adversity.

This is actually pretty action-packed, but the weird action that is trademark Morrison. Nothing is as it seems. So we just have to wait until the final issue to figure out what the hell is going on.

[miss5050]

this is really good one
Ali is like Seth from the oc :p
i tried 2 read it before...w/o avail
right time+right place and it is rofl