Currently Reading Wednesdays 8: I just plumb forgot to post this yesterday

Currently I'm reading Smash: Trial By Fire by Chris A. Bolten and Kyle Bolton. It's graphic novel about a kid who gains the powers of his favorite superhero, The Defender, when the latter dies in an accident involving a power-draining machine. It's a cute story (I especially liked the young hero's interactions with another superhero named Wraith), but it's marred by what I think is rather bad art; mouths and faces are misshapen enough that it was hard for me to get a read on the expressions sometimes, and I suspect the artist shaded much of it with the burn-and-dodge tool. Also, be aware that it ends on a cliffhanger, if you're bugged by that sort of thing. Other than that, it's a pretty good book.

Next time, on Currently Reading Sometime Next Week: I checked out a pretty cool book about adventure games from the library, so it'll probably be that. See you then!