Research: Astro city

Book title: Astro city

Author: Kurt Busiek"s

Artists: Alex Ross (cover)

Brent Anderson

This line of comics is one that I found very interesting. While like most comics it is about superheroes and villains it looks at them as a part of real life, they deal with real life problems as well as fighting crimes and it shows them as a normal part of everyday life. It features very stereotypical superheroes and villains which are based closely on existing ones for example one of the series' main characters bears a close resemblance to Superman, the best thing about this fact is that the readers are meant to know this, it is much more about the concept of a world with superheroes more so than that of the characters which is why each story doesn't usually lead on to one another which is good because you get a different story each time unlike may comic lines which will stick to one story arch for a while, having different storys each time is sometimes better because it gives the reader something new each time.

While the art in this is very 'comic-bookie' I think it works because afterall it is telling the storys of superheroes but what makes it different is the fact that this style of art is being used to tell the story of what the real world would be like with superheroes in it.