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A review by unladylike
The Authority, Vol. 2: Under New Management by Warren Ellis
4.0
I'd been waiting so long for Volume 2 to arrive at the public library for me that I've had to read several volumes out of sequential order. They all had information holes that I knew would be filled by the events in this volume, but I was worried about what Mark Millar would do the second he picked up the series. The other Millar-written Authority issues have not impressed me, to say the least, but his story arc "The Nativity" was actually pretty good and in keeping with Ellis' main points in The Authority concept.
Actually, in some ways, Millar assertively addresses ideas Ellis had previously just alluded to. Ellis' story arc was a disappointment for me because I knew it was going to be about him "killing God" and it ended up really just being an alien invasion story like so many thousands of others in comics and sci-fi, only he decided to call the aliens "God." Go figure. The way some intelligent writers - Warren Ellis and Garth Ennis in particular - decide to try simplifying the notion of God, even if that representation looks nothing like any ancient theology, and then kick the crap out of it, really boggles me.
Actually, in some ways, Millar assertively addresses ideas Ellis had previously just alluded to. Ellis' story arc was a disappointment for me because I knew it was going to be about him "killing God" and it ended up really just being an alien invasion story like so many thousands of others in comics and sci-fi, only he decided to call the aliens "God." Go figure. The way some intelligent writers - Warren Ellis and Garth Ennis in particular - decide to try simplifying the notion of God, even if that representation looks nothing like any ancient theology, and then kick the crap out of it, really boggles me.