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Author'S Experiences
Customers highly recommend this book for its accessible medium and insightful content. The author's personal experiences are engaging and add depth to the book, making it an enjoyable read with a recommended reading list at the end. Some readers may find the use of unusual words and poetic language easy to follow and page-turning.
Timelessness
Customers are completely captivated by the timelessness of Morrison's writing and the ancient yet contemporary feel of the archetypes presented in the book. Some readers find themselves deeply invested in the history and theories, while others prefer to focus on the engaging narratives.
Comic Book History
Customers generally praise the book for its insightful analysis and appreciation of comic book history, with some expressing admiration for the author's expertise in the field. However, a few reviewers mention that the book contains moments where the author seems to boast about his own genius.
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It's like wilhelm reich's orgastic potency: tension, charge, discharge, and relaxation.
Amazing book for those interested in more than just reading comic books, and long for insight of their favorite superheroes.
It’s a horrible world we live in, a horrible life to suffer through, and the only escape is no real escape at all.
That completely ignores the very popular sunday newspaper comic strips, presented on pages much larger than comic books, with g... Read More
Price
The money he made from this allowed his to travel the world and help launch his creator owned series.
It cost more than what i paid for this book because i ended up buying several of the other books he references.
Competitiveness
He chose to see miller's and moore's realpolitik as "impos[ing] their values and preconceptions on cultures they consider inferior".
If you think superheroes are just for kids, i beg to differ.
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comic, great and personal. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 414 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 12 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As a kid i came to comics for the action as an adult i come to comics for the thematic range
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The suspension of disbelief is much easier in comics than it is in other mediums
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I listened to the audiobook and then got the physical copy so i can leaf through it
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When morrison strays into hocus pocus and wackadoodle mysticism it stretches credibility
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When the author recounts casting spells and numerology to guide his real life choices its hard to swallow though
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If youre a comic geek you absolutely have to read this
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If you want to see the fnords you have to read this
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