| | How is the world treating you, my fellow human beings, fellow patrons of electronic ideas and communities. I have to admit that it has been awhile since my last post, since my last post, since my last post since my, key the broken record. So I have thought long and hard about what to do with my xanga page. I seldom feel the need to expound upon things philosophical, theosophical, or importantosophical. I labored mightily with the self-induced pressure to wax eloquently about significant issues but this task almost never resulted in a post. So I said screw it, but in more colorful language, I will write about what I seem to be into a lot lately, escapism. Judge if you will, but we all know what a famous Jew said about throwing the first stone. Therefore my new page will be a discussion concerning and ramblings inspired by the latest form of escapism to capture my mind, heart, and soul.
Without further impotence, oops I mean impedance of the ramblings and the considering of the Immortal Iron Fist. I just reread the Immortal Iron Fist collection written by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction*. I have read this collection 3 or 4 times and it still keeps me interested and entertained. I feel like I am experiencing a classic Kung-Fu movie in comic format, actually this comic is better than that. This comic is one of those reads where you do not even realize that you are reading; the comic disappears, the reader disappears and all that is left is the story. Essentially Danny Rand is one of the best martial artist on this world and his fighting the good fight against the darkness and corruption that abounds in comic books, i.e. the hordes of Hydra, mystical kung fu baddies and the registration act. This books a tremendous amount of depth to the mythos of the Iron Fist. The reader learns that there have been many Iron Fists in the past and all have been warrior protectors. While this collection deepens the mythos of Iron Fist it also propels him in a new direction. There seems to be an "Enter the Dragon" style Kung Fu tournament on the horizon for Danny and I cannot wait to read the issues dealing with this (I just checked on Amazon and it comes out in June, yeah baby pre-order).
As I said before I really enjoy this story because it sucks you right into the action and the action flows deep and fast like river. That being said I can feel my attention starting to fade and I can only assume that the reader's will soon follow. So cutting it short; Iron Fist rocks, please read it and enjoy.
best wishes to you and yours.
*and art from David Aja, Travel Foreman, Derek Fridolfs, Russ Heath, John Severin, Sal Buscema, and Tom Palmer
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