Random Comics Post While I Have A Moment:
I've not been able to find any web resources related to it, but Slave Labor's upcoming Rex Libris comic from James "Not Michael" Turner, whose Nil: A Land Belief was a comic I liked very, very much. Here's the solicitation:
Speaking of Slave Labor, I read Emo Boy #1 and laughed and laughed, especially at the horrible first appearance of his emo powers, wherein a young woman lost her head, quite literally, while kissing him in the throes of depression that he is so fond of. You'll never understand how Emo he really is, even if you are Emo yourself. He's like the Despero Of Emo. This, along with Super-F*ckers from Top Shelf, made my comics week quite jolly.
The first issue of Alex DeCampi's Smoke was up to the high standards I'd assumed she'd not mind me setting for it - Igor Kordey's bleakly beautiful art is perfectly suited to her darkly comic writing that, when combined with a near-future science fiction storyline about terrorism and the forces that run the world, made me want more immediately. Lazier people are going to say it's a bit Ellis or a bit Ennis or a bit E**is or whatever, but she's doing her own thing quite handily here and comparisons only do injustice to her work. Recommended to those of you who have been trying to fill the urban futurist void in your life, or, just to be lazy, those of you what liked that there Transmetropolitan.
Any fans of Poison Ivy want to read the issue of Gotham Central that comes out on Wednesday. You know who you are.
Whilst perusing Previews and making my (godfuckalmighty, it's huge) order for September, I came across Titan Publishing's latest licensed windfall: they're going to be reprinting the DC Star Trek comic that lured me into this medium in trades. While the in-and-out-of-print Best Of Star Trek has some great stuff, including the sublime Diane Duane two-parter where Kirk surrenders the Enterprise to cats, there's some real winners that haven't found their way into many nerds' hands. Yes, it's just a licensed comic, but it's more "real" to me than Voyager or Enterprise ever managed to be while they were on the air. Yes, Tom Sutton being inked by Ricardo Villagran wasn't the ideal art choice on the book, but my word, that Mirror Universe storyline hooked me so very much when I was a wee 'un.
I've not been able to find any web resources related to it, but Slave Labor's upcoming Rex Libris comic from James "Not Michael" Turner, whose Nil: A Land Belief was a comic I liked very, very much. Here's the solicitation:
The astonishing story of the incomparable Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library, and his unending struggle against the forces of ignorance and darkness. With the aid of an ancient god who lives beneath the library branch, Rex travels to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books. He must confront incredible foes, such as powerful alien warlords who refuse to pay their late fees. Wearing his super thick bottle glasses, and armed with an arsenal of high technology weapons, he strikes fear into recalcitrant borrowers, and can take on virtually any foe from zombies to renegade literary characters who are in the public domain with aplomb.You know you need this. It's in the current issue of Previews and should be out in September.
Speaking of Slave Labor, I read Emo Boy #1 and laughed and laughed, especially at the horrible first appearance of his emo powers, wherein a young woman lost her head, quite literally, while kissing him in the throes of depression that he is so fond of. You'll never understand how Emo he really is, even if you are Emo yourself. He's like the Despero Of Emo. This, along with Super-F*ckers from Top Shelf, made my comics week quite jolly.
The first issue of Alex DeCampi's Smoke was up to the high standards I'd assumed she'd not mind me setting for it - Igor Kordey's bleakly beautiful art is perfectly suited to her darkly comic writing that, when combined with a near-future science fiction storyline about terrorism and the forces that run the world, made me want more immediately. Lazier people are going to say it's a bit Ellis or a bit Ennis or a bit E**is or whatever, but she's doing her own thing quite handily here and comparisons only do injustice to her work. Recommended to those of you who have been trying to fill the urban futurist void in your life, or, just to be lazy, those of you what liked that there Transmetropolitan.
Any fans of Poison Ivy want to read the issue of Gotham Central that comes out on Wednesday. You know who you are.
Whilst perusing Previews and making my (godfuckalmighty, it's huge) order for September, I came across Titan Publishing's latest licensed windfall: they're going to be reprinting the DC Star Trek comic that lured me into this medium in trades. While the in-and-out-of-print Best Of Star Trek has some great stuff, including the sublime Diane Duane two-parter where Kirk surrenders the Enterprise to cats, there's some real winners that haven't found their way into many nerds' hands. Yes, it's just a licensed comic, but it's more "real" to me than Voyager or Enterprise ever managed to be while they were on the air. Yes, Tom Sutton being inked by Ricardo Villagran wasn't the ideal art choice on the book, but my word, that Mirror Universe storyline hooked me so very much when I was a wee 'un.
