{"id":2207,"date":"2011-01-29T21:18:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T02:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2021-09-22T16:57:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:57:01","slug":"madame-xanadu-broken-house-of-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2207","title":{"rendered":"Madame Xanadu: Broken House of Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madame Xanadu<\/a> Vol 3: Broken House of Cards<\/a><\/em> (2011) Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder, Richard Friend, Joelle Jones<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I am really enjoying this series. I know there is a ton I am missing because I am not familiar with classic DC comic characters, but it doesn’t matter because they appear in the story as unknowns to Nimune, so it doesn’t matter if I know who they are, since she doesn’t. <\/p>\n

The story opens in New York in 1957. Betty Reynolds is a housewife whose life suddenly and mysteriously falls apart as the inexplicable begins to happen to her. She turns to Madame Xanadu for help, but things quickly spiral out of control. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another investigation into a local Satanic cult seems to somehow be related to Nimune’s attempts to help Betty Reynolds.<\/p>\n

There is so much I like about this series. I live the way Nimune and many of the other females are drawn–in a realistic manner. Yes, Morgana is boobilicious, however, that is very much in contrast to Nimune. And it’s also not completely<\/em> unrealistic. And the women of the 1950’s look the time period. (I especially liked the way the harridan, Sid’s wife, was drawn.)<\/p>\n

I also loved the continued look at Nimune’s past. Although the story was focusing primarily upon Morgana, we saw a good deal of Nimune as well, and watched her slowly developing into the woman of “modern times.” <\/p>\n

If you have not read Madame Xanadu I highly recommend it.
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Vertigo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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