[UA] Books of Magic

[Patrick Reitz]

> Well, actually I was asking because someone told me that in the US comics
> was for "X-rated graphical novels" (hum) and comic was the proper term
> for the european equivalent of "bande dessinnee". But still I was seeing
> "comics" everywhere, so I was wondering what was the truth behind that.

Maybe your friend meant 'comix' which I've seen used a few times.

> I've read Mage and Books of Magic (the Gaiman part, that really kicks ass).
> I've also read Watchmen (my favourite one till now) and a few other minor
> stuff. These comics really have the same feeling as european Bande Dessinee,
> so I usually like them better than the Marvel/DC comics stuff with supers.
> I enjoyed work by Miller, though, such as Dark Knight Returns or the early
> Daredevil stuff.
> I'm reading Sandman, and plan to check on Hellblazer, Preacher and the Green
> Lantern stuff. 100 bullets also seem interesting.

'Planetary' is worth reading in that vein as is DC's new Swamp Thing
series.

Planetary is a bit more grandiose in scale than most UA games
will probably be, but tone it down a bit and things like the dimensional
portals and giant monsters can become strange bits of high weirdness
or examples of Cliomancer spells gone awry.

The new Swamp Thing series has so far followed the original's
daughter Tefe as she tries to work out whether she's really human
or not and what that means. On that angle it vibes well with UA,
and Tefe's powers aren't much beyond what the Freak's might be.


-Patrick Reitz

"Everyone is more or less mad on one point."
-- Rudyard Kipling

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