New Comics 3/26/08

And so it goes...

Release list 3/26/08

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ELSE COMES OUT TODAY.

Because All Star Superman #10 was released, and any day that comes out is an automatic DAY OF AWESOME.

If you want to know why, click here.




Oh, I also bought the first issue of Jonathan Hickman's miniseries about genetic manipulation and cybernetics, Transhuman. It is quite good, as everything he's done so far seems to be.

So, what did you get...?

New Comics 3/05/08

I bought stuff!

Release list 3/5/08

After a few weeks of NOTHING coming out, there was finally some love given to me by the demiurges at the comic publishing companies. (This includes one that came out last week that I didn't get 'til now. Sorry I skipped a week, but there were. . . complications.)


Batman #674

Grant Morrison's run on Batman has been. . . interesting, to say the least. He's doing something similar to his All-Star Superman series here, in that he's bringing a lot of Silver Age concepts back and putting them into current continuity. The execution hasn't been up to his best, I will admit, but the story he's been trying to tell (which keeps getting interrupted by stupid corporate mandated crossovers and artist delays) is starting to come together, in a way that reminds me of his New X-men run from a few years ago: seemingly disparate stories that have a slowly revealed connective tissue. It'll be fun to read it all at once when they story is finished.

Casanova #12

Matt Fraction has been on a roll, and I want to give him a hug. Every issue of Casanova is just better and better than the last. And the most amazing thing? The main character (Casanova Quinn, super-spy, love, fighter, dimension-hopping bon vivant, and general vagabond) has been absent from the series since the second "album" started in issue #8. The subtitle of the storyline has been "When is Casanova Quinn?", and while that provides the through-line, the surface story has been focused more on the current actions of his (thought dead, but really not) sister Zephyr, who is as much of a bad-ass as he is. This issue is titled "Fuck Shit Up", and believe me, she does.

Pax Romana #2 (of 4)

Jonathan Hickman's miniseries The Nightly News was my favorite comic/graphic art project of last year, so when I heard his next project coming was a 4 issue mini involving time travel, Catholic Church history, and Constantine in Rome, I shouted out "SOLD!" and plunked my money down right then. (Of course, I was in the middle of a library, and looked rather foolish doing so. There were stern glares issued all around.) Thus far, the series has been fairly interesting, less full of sidebars and statistics as The Nightly News, but still very wordy, and still featuring Hickman's distinctive art style. If you like historical/speculative fiction, I would very highly recommend this.

So what are you reading?

New Comics 2/20/08

AGAIN with the not buying anything!

Release List 2/20/08

This is now two weeks in a row where there was nothing I wanted to purchase. Not entirely unprecedented, but still odd.

What this means, of course, is that some time in the next few weeks there will be a release day when SEVEN BOOKS come out that I want, plus three trades, and maybe a puppy. The comic gods like to punish me that way. There is something I've been keeping an eye on though. . .

The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #6 (of 6)

The final issue of the Dark Horse miniseries, written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, with art by Gabriel Ba (who did the first Casanova arc), is released today. I've heard nothing but good things about this series, and will very likely be picking it up in trade form. From what I understand, it falls firmly in the Grant Morrison/Matt Fraction area of BIG IDEAS! and FUN WEIRD THINGS! that I enjoy quite a bit. Monkeys and jet packs and whatnot. Dizzle likes it, and that's enough for me to be interested.

What did you get?

New Comics 2/13/08

NOTHING I WANTED CAME OUT THIS WEEK.

release list 2/13/08

I am disappointed. I mean, I don't buy a whole lot of books anyway, but usually I'm good for at least one per week. SO yeah, whatever.

I bought a bunch of trades and graphic novels this past weekend, so I'll probably do a post on all of them in the next couple days.

So what did you buy?

New Comics 2/6/08

This is the inaugural "NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY" post. As such, I will lay the rules out here, and then either completely forget about them, or remember them but completely ignore them. Fun for the whole family!

1. These are comics released this week. I will provide a link to a full list.
2. These are only the ones I either A) plan on purchasing, or B) find interesting in a "staring at a train wreck" way.
3. If there is nothing in a given week, I will say so, and more than likely badmouth Joe Quesada and Dan Didio.
4. I like what I like, and you should offer suggestions to me, but remember one dictum when perusing what I read: I like things that are fun. No moping or crying in my books, thanks.
5. WARREN ELLIS OWNS YOUR SOUL.


And now, without further ado:

Coming 2/6/08

Annihilation: Conquest #4 (of 6)
I enjoyed the first Annihilation miniseries from Marvel quite a bit, and while this one hasn't quite reached the heights of Galactus getting his ass whupped or Drax the Destroyer ripping out Thanos' heart yet, it's still been a very enjoyable space opera story with a few surprises. Abnett and Lanning's writing isn't Keith Giffen, but it's still damn fun.

Doktor Sleepless #5
In Warren Ellis' continuing quest (along with Grant Morrison and Matt Fraction) to get MORE of my money, there's this ongoing series about mad science and crazy technology. It's been a slow burn, at least compared to Ellis' last long-form creator owned series (Transmetropolitan: ONE OF THE BEST THINGS EVER), but things are beginning to move a bit in terms of plot, and the character of the Doktor himself is quite entertaining. SCIENCE! {lighting bolts}

Metal Men #6 (of 8)
Speaking of mad science and crazy technology, there's the Metal Men. This miniseries has been nothing but non-stop awesome since it started. Duncan Rouleau has really knocked it out of the park here on both art AND story, with the mad ideas and science wackiness combining with the sense of foreboding as to where it's all going leaving me with interesting thoughts and a case of the giggles. Also: where else would you have a group of evil robots called the Death Metal Men? NOWHERE.

So... what are you reading?