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Honestly, I know it's too hard to compare. But Absolute flash is much easier to read than Simon Spurrier's Flash. The meta stuff here is more digestible than Main Flash. I know it's best not to compare to say which one is better. But I found myself enjoying this a lot more than usual

Hello my friend. Always appreciate your comments. It's so weird. Simon Spurrier's Constantine is one of the most brilliant and fiercely intelligent things I've ever read. However, it is deeply British and, to me, it's clear his writing in that mode simply translates better for him. His Flash is bad. I honestly can't believe it's even him. This guy wrote the absolutely beautiful Coda. I think you are right to compare.

This entire Absolute run is shining a sobering light on the quality of all mainline DC. I saw someone say, if may have been you, that DC should somehow make Absolute the main line. From a sheer quality perspective, it's hard to argue. Politically, I can't even imagine how that would work. I know I am easily pleased, excitable and hyperbolic but I never expected in my mid 30s to feel how I felt reading comics as a kid again. What DC and Scott Snyder has done is unprecedented.

For the first time in years, the narrative is no longer 'western comics is so bad - look at how manga is dominating it (I love and read manga also - Berserk lives in my soul) Now, DC has set the bar. I firmly believe that competition breeds quality. Marvel has a lot of catching up today - I'm excited to see what they do. The Ultimate concept is cool but lacks the quality of Absolute. Marvel lacks the cool factor that DC has.

I'd love to see more gritty Marvel works but that, of course, isn't their bag. Gabe Hernandez would probably sh*t on it anyway!

And there it is Gabe smashing the review average. Ha. It's nearly always only him doing this. I belive that says more about him than what the actual content of his reviews say. I'd be curious to know what his top 10 comics are.

I want to ask you, what is the main difference between British comic books and American? It seems that with Simon Spurrier and Kieron Gillen, the dialogue and humor is more dry sarcastic humor.

In my experience, British writers tend to be more verbose. They often tend to have black humour. Your observation I also find to be true. British writers do not fear being politically charged in the way I think American writers sometimes are. Broadly speaking, British writers seem to embrace politics in their works. Spurrier's last Constantine was a damning indictment on conservative Britain and wasn't shy about it.

American writers tend to stay away from politics as the American reader base are typically not receptive to it. I've learned that reading comments and reviews on here.

Man, Mike Carey's Hellblazer is one of the densest, hardest reads I've ever had, especially one specific arc, and yet it has the smell of Britain

@Criminology Hiya mate! I am not familiar with that! I will check out, appreciate you highlighting it!