Old Man Logan #6 and #7

Old Man Logan, Issue #6 and Issue #7 are in the three-issue "Bordertown" arc.  Issue #1 through Issue #4 are about Logan suddenly finding himself in the present in another universe after his whole family was wiped out by the Hulk Gang.  After finding out that there's nothing he could do to stop what was going to happen, Logan went north to Killhorn Falls in the Northwest Territories.  There, he hopes to live a quiet life, looking after the girl who in another universe would become his wife.  Unfortunately, he brought his past with him.

Issue #7 is exceptionally well illustrated.  Andrea Sorrentino, the artist of this title, told me that this arc was his favorite, and I can see why.  I'm not much of an artist; I lack the patient hand and the subtle eye to do what Sorrentino and color artist, Marcelo Maiolo do.  I don't read every comic out there, but I feel like there should be some form of special recognition for Issue #7.  Not everyone I know likes the artwork.  I find the simplification of the fight scenes a strength, as it gives the reader a chance to imagine what happens in certain scenes.  In the movie Fight Club, the "I wanted to destroy something beautiful" fight between the Narrator and the blonde kid was originally graphically violent, but the studios nixed it.  The resulting scene focuses on the viewers' reaction to the violence and becomes more powerful because of it.  In Old Man Logan, the viewer is the reactor.  I don't know if that makes any sense.

I used to be an Image Comics guy.  I read some DC but not that much Marvel.  Old Man Logan by Lemire, Sorrentino, and Maiolo was the firs Marvel title I picked up in floppy.  Eventually, I started to realize that I was always reading the Marvel titles first, that I was looking forward to them the most.  I got a little behind at the end of last semester, but I'm starting to catch up.