Last week one of my favorite comic books came to an end. I knew it was coming. In fact, when I bought the final issue I put off reading it for a week so that I didn’t have to say, “goodbye”, but I did.
Saying goodbye is a part of life. It’s not easy and sometimes it’s harder than other times. But this was a comic book so it’s probably not as hard as other things.
Image Comics Birthright was a complete Surprise and it ended as it began( sort of). The premise is that a father and his young son Mikey are playing catch in a park and the ball ends up in surrounding woods. Mikey goes after the ball and disappears. Months later he reappears over 20 years old. What we learn is that he entered a new realm called Terrenos where he became a fierce warrior and he has returned because evil wizards have come through the portal to earth.
There were 50 issues total and I’ve read all of them as they came out. There were times it was confusing but it was always enjoyable.
Next week Stray Dogs ends and rather than explain it I’ll refer you to previous entries. This one I’m really going to miss. It’s dark but it’s not and it’s brilliantly written but it’s only 5 issues long
With most comic books, you don’t have to say goodbye. Marvel and DC have killed and resurrected almost all their characters so saying goodbye is not really “a thing”. Even Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy have had iterations of themselves.
And I’m sure with the more established Image books that happens too but I have a tendency to get invested in books that go away.
Long and short of it, I’m going to miss these books. That is the true testament of a really good comic book.
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