false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1246140727m/72111.jpg 72111 9 This first Astro City volume looks at a day in the life of the Samaritan, the worlds busiest super-hero; an invasion of underground dwellers that is thwarted by the super-team the Honor Guard; a small-time criminals growing paranoia as he comes to believe that the colourful hero called the Jack-in-the-Box is after him; plus stories introducing the First Family, the Hanged Man, Winged Victory, and many others. 97133 book 1996 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #1-6 total:501|5:163|4:229|3:81|2:23|1:5| 501 2025 573 31 4 2 false false Sun Aug 17 09:47:12 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 10:10:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 05:22:57 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 07:42:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 22 15:02:26 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 04 16:56:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 03:51:25 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 04:07:22 -0700 2008 Kurt Busiek has done something unusual with Astro City. Unlike workaday comic book authors who treat their subject matter as trivially as much of their readership does, Busiek is interested in what superheroes mean as ideas. With this, the first entry into a superhero setting of his own creation,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 11:46:21 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 10:04:31 -0700 2008 Astro City until my pal, Erik, loaned me a couple of the graphic novels. Reading the intro to Life In The Big City got me immediately interested. Busiek addresses the long running trend of “deconstructing” the superhero and, I think, accurately identifies a need to move for...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 13 12:03:59 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 12:10:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Oct 02 10:37:22 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 10:38:50 -0700 2007 Astro City books, and I'm actually liking them much more upon rereading than I did the first time through (and I liked them fine then). On first reading, I had trouble getting past the fan-wank interpretation, recognizing which characters represent which establish...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 15:04:32 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 15:08:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:46:43 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 23:12:10 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 18:33:15 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:21:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 16 16:22:40 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 16:22:40 -0700 2009
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There's something very pleasing about seeing where ideas and aesthetics began, especially in comic books. By the second chapter, all I could think about is how much 'Astro City' felt like a ton...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 06:40:43 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:01:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 11:01:44 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 11:07:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 05 15:37:06 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 15:39:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 19:49:03 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 07:07:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 17 14:29:24 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 04:48:48 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=72111