Hawkeye in a rut?

[DNArington]

Warning: mild Hawkeye spoilers may follow...

I don't know about you, but I have been loving the current on-going Hawkeye comic series, but recently he seems to be in a rut. For a while now he has been moping around with a real "life sucks" attitude, and consequently his series doesn't seem to be going anywhere...literally. The last four to five issues (including the annual) have all taken place within the same period of time, just from different perspectives, and while it is fun to see Kate Bishop's take and his brother's take and his dog's take on the same thing, in the end it is still just the same thing over and over...and over... His depression is so palpable it over flows out of the comic and I start feeling bummed for him whenever I dig into the next issue. Honestly I don't think that is a bad thing from a writer's standpoint, because he is effectively portraying how his character feels and he is doing it really well.

Also they took away the best part of the book for me, Kate Bishop. My favorite thing about this series was the dynamic between the two Hawkeyes and now Kate left for who knows where and that dynamic is gone. Though another Hawkeye just showed up in the form of Clint's brother, Barney, and hopefully he will help cheer up Clint (though honestly Barney looks like he needs some cheering up himself.) I would love to see all the Hawkeyes come together and have some adventures together.


I just hope Clint gets back on his feet, and they bring back the sense of fun the earlier issues had.

[JohnMayo]

Making the character and series a little more upbeat and moving it forward in time would help the series. I'm finding the retelling of events from multiple perspectives is starting to get a little old. Between that and delays in the title coming out, the title isn't works as well for me as I think it could and should.

[drew]

i appreciated issue 13 more the 2nd read through, but the delay between issues was definately a momentum killer.

[spid]

I thought the latest issue was fine. This story arc would have worked better if it had come out twice a month which may have been the plan originally. I am not sure I needed the brother's side of the story, but overall it has been a nice arc.