Were all of these books that you read translated into Russian? If so, that's amazing. One of my friends is a huge fan of 100 Bullets. He loaned me the first two volumes and I don't remember much about them, but I do remember they were more than decent. I have all three volumes of Azzarello's Loveless and while it's been a few years since I've read that, it's also rather good. If I remember right, there were actually some relatively deep themes to both. I'll have to re-read Loveless and maybe consider giving 100 Bullets another shot. The Sandman is a classic, though I haven't read the whole series myself. Whenever someone brings it up, I always feel compelled to suggest The Unwritten. It's probably not as deep, but it is still compelling and very enjoyable. I can't say I know what issue of Iron Man you're talking about, let alone have read it, but the story sounds compelling. While I don't read a lot of mainstream Marvel and DC, I do like the themes writers explore with super heroes, especially when it paints their desires, actions, or the consequences of their behavior in a gray light. When explored by really good writers, you really stop and think about things. That might be part of the reason you like Irredeemable, because it explores some of those ideas.
No, I read all but the Iron Man issue in English. No access to them where I live. They sell translated Sandman in Tomsk, but that's incomparable. Loveless sounds interesting. Can you tell me more about The Unwritten? The Wiki page's plot didn't hook me to the book. Funny thing: I was gifted two comic books that day. One of them was the aforementioned fantastic short story. Another was Avengers, and it was as goofy as you'd expect from a children's cartoon. Blunt, obvious, even superficial. Experience tells me that most mainstream comics are closer to the goofy one than to the deep one, which is why I don't read mainstream.Were all of these books that you read translated into Russian?
I do like the themes writers explore with super heroes, especially when it paints their desires, actions, or the consequences of their behavior in a gray light.
There's a lot of different themes in The Unwritten, most of which probably go over my head. I think the biggest concept that appeals to me though, is how people as a collective whole can give power to something by believing in it. In general, it's a pretty decent modern fantasy story that's briskly paced. If you're a fan of classic literature, you might even get a bit more out of it, as characters such as Frankenstein's monster make appearances. Superhero stories, like any other form of story telling, runs the whole gamut from a mindless fun story with the villain of the month to a deep look into subjects such as duty, societal obligations, or what have you. What you get depends greatly on the writer and the story they want to tell as well as their ability to tell it well. So that fact that you got two different experiences from two different issues doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Personally, I can go for both kinds of stories, but sometimes the seemingly mindless ones have a bit more appeal to me.