I often find myself going back to my copy, too, years after I first read it. It's a really powerful book. I'm interested to know what your thoughts on it are!
Re: the Hawks, I'd start with the miniseries, just because you might not really know what's going on in the regular series if you pick it up without reading that first (especially why Katar Hol is so goddamn angsty ALL THE TIME. You really need to read the miniseries to understand a lot about his character. Shayera, not so much, as she's really only fleshed out in the regular series) but if you're not stoked on it, DEFINITELY don't let that stop you from picking up the regular series. I know a lot of people who really hated it, but I think they just don't appreciate what an ambitious project it was. It doesn't ALWAYS succeed - and DC wouldn't let Ostrander work with a decent artist, EVER, so all the artwork sucks ass - but it's still generally an interesting read even when it fails, because it really tried to push the limits of what superhero comics were supposed to be about. (Though I'm not going to lie, there are some pretty facepalmy bits in there occasionally.)
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Date: 2009-07-24 10:51 pm (UTC)Re: the Hawks, I'd start with the miniseries, just because you might not really know what's going on in the regular series if you pick it up without reading that first (especially why Katar Hol is so goddamn angsty ALL THE TIME. You really need to read the miniseries to understand a lot about his character. Shayera, not so much, as she's really only fleshed out in the regular series) but if you're not stoked on it, DEFINITELY don't let that stop you from picking up the regular series. I know a lot of people who really hated it, but I think they just don't appreciate what an ambitious project it was. It doesn't ALWAYS succeed - and DC wouldn't let Ostrander work with a decent artist, EVER, so all the artwork sucks ass - but it's still generally an interesting read even when it fails, because it really tried to push the limits of what superhero comics were supposed to be about. (Though I'm not going to lie, there are some pretty facepalmy bits in there occasionally.)