randy ang's blog

For the fans, Wildstorms' The Authority series was started by the team of Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch who incidentally killed off the previous Stormwatch unit and placed the fate of the planet (and its many dimensions) in the hands of The Authority, a team of supers that will do anything to save us. And I mean anything - which includes wiping over thousands in the River Thames.

Then led by the Spirit of the 20th Century Jenny Sparks (think of her as a incarnation of a chain-smoking Keira Knightley from Domino) with the team of Jack Hawksmoor, Swift, The Doctor, The Engineer and the controversial gay couple Midnighter and Apollo, a Batman and Robin/Nightwing/Superman pastiche. After the first series (spoiler alert: death of Jenny Sparks), the new team of Mark Millar and (one of my favourites artist) Frank Quitely continued the story with the team battling a thinly disguised The Avengers in our little island of Singapore and eventually saved the reincarnation of Jenny Sparks.

I have stopped reading this series since that last arc by Millar and Quitely as the series faced heavy censorship and much controversy post 9-11, and the story seems to lost its spark. It has been one of my all time favourite series along with Watchmen, Rising Stars and Frank Millar's Dark Knight.

In recent times, Jenny Quantum (the child saved by the team earlier) has grown up. And just like Ms Jenny Sparks who dons a Union Jack t-shirt, she wears in a manner reminiscent our nation flag. Our very own ass-kicking superhero. I have not started on this new arc myself so I have no idea what it is about. So guys with 1819, please take note.

Perhaps our Tourism Board should note this as well.