Fuck, man. I gotta do the fucking list.
Fine, but I don't have to like it, do I? No.
The best of the best or
the worst of the worst from
comics due to arrive at your
local shop on Wednesday,
December 21, 2005
Previews
Dark Horse
Yes, I know that makes me rank just below Red Bee fetishists.
DC Comics
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This photo was sent to McFarlane with a note that said "No paperbacks for five years. We have to get rid of all this crap."
To be safe, McFarlane kept to their plan for an additional year for good measure. To some, this story may sound familiar.
Marvel
Other Companies
The only other thing on the list I am really hyped about is:
Finally, my pal Kitty has a new issue of her ongoing mini Geraniums And Bacon out and you should buy it. I just got mine in the mail today (which is silly, as she lives like ten blocks from me, but if I get her to hand it over in person, she's going to want me to buy her a beer or a cider or something and then it gets ugly because she's all like "Let's play Quarters!" and then we're getting kicked out of The Abbey and being told that we're banned for life.)
Fine, but I don't have to like it, do I? No.
the worst of the worst from
comics due to arrive at your
local shop on Wednesday,
December 21, 2005
Previews
NOV050002 MARVEL PREVIEWS JANUARY 2006 PIThis reminds me that I need to get my Diamond order in from this past month's volume. Eek!
NOV050005 PREVIEWS ADULT VOL XVI #1 PI
NOV050001 PREVIEWS VOL XVI #1 PI
NOV050003 PREVIEWS VOL XVI CONSUMER ORDER FORM #1 PI
Dark Horse
OCT050035 GOON #15 $2.99I love The Goon and his crazy mixed up world, but I only get the trades. I am a bad human being and I should be chastised for killing comics slowly instead of just stabbing them in an alley.
SEP050049 STAR WARS X-WING ROGUE LEADER #3 (OF 3) $2.99Eh. It's not good, it's not bad. I'm just enough of a Wedge afficianado to read this.
Yes, I know that makes me rank just below Red Bee fetishists.
DC Comics
OCT050243 CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS THE TEAM UPS VOL 1 TP $14.99This will make the plane ride out to Vegas much more enjoyable. Oh, yeah - forgot to tell you people. I'm going to Vegas to see Josh and Kathleen and Svea. May not be writing much while I'm out there (Dec 22-26.) Sorry, but that's how I roll, playas.
OCT050239 INFINITE CRISIS #3 (OF 7) $3.99Blah blah blah. You all can debate its merits. I'm just waiting for the One Year Later titles I care about to start, like Red Tornado: Superstar DJ and Sugar And Spike Go Vertigo-Go..
OCT050265 PLASTIC MAN VOL 2 RUBBER BANDITS TP $14.99BEGIN HERESY: I'm not that impressed with this particular title from Kyle Baker, a cartoonish I have repeatedly expressed my love for. It just seems like a fit that sounds much better than it is, at least in my mind.
OCT050267 SEVEN SOLDIERS BULLETEER #2 (OF 4) $2.99Hells yeah!
OCT050324 SWAMP THING SPONTANEOUS GENERATION TP (MR) $19.99Some of that Rick Veitch madness I'm sure I'll enjoy. I liked the first collection of his work on Mike Sterling's Favorite Comics Character (1969-2005) quite a lot and I hold a tiny bit of hope that DC will bury the axe and let that final Jesus story actually run in one of these trades.
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AUG051640 SPAWN COLLECTION VOL 1 TP $19.95In 1999, a secret group of comic shop owners and managers gathered together in a musty basement in Fremont, California to discuss the McFarlane situation. For years, his Spawn paperback program had ensured that they couldn't get rid of their back issues no matter how deeply they discounted. Opting to take matters into their own hands, they hired a hitman who broke into McFarlane's compound and took a photograph of himself holding two of the infamous Sosa/McGwire baseballs while the family slept.
This photo was sent to McFarlane with a note that said "No paperbacks for five years. We have to get rid of all this crap."
To be safe, McFarlane kept to their plan for an additional year for good measure. To some, this story may sound familiar.
Marvel
OCT052025 ULTIMATE GALACTUS BOOK 2 SECRET TP $12.99Uh, wow. That's it for me.
Other Companies
AUG052917 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY #16 (RES) (MR) $15.95Again with the "wow" at the scarcity of stuff care about - I actually went through the list forwards and background to see if I missed anything and, uh...I don't think I did. Of course, I'm really looking forward to seeing Ware's latest thing because, hell, as much as I rant and rave about how people act like he's the only person making worthwhile comics, I am fascinated by his work and the externally cold storytelling that reveals more about humanity than any amount of wailing and gnashing from other storytellers.
The only other thing on the list I am really hyped about is:
NOV054121 GODZILLA FINAL WARS WS DVD PI...which I am waiting for Netflix to send to me. Go Go Godzillllaaaaaa!
Finally, my pal Kitty has a new issue of her ongoing mini Geraniums And Bacon out and you should buy it. I just got mine in the mail today (which is silly, as she lives like ten blocks from me, but if I get her to hand it over in person, she's going to want me to buy her a beer or a cider or something and then it gets ugly because she's all like "Let's play Quarters!" and then we're getting kicked out of The Abbey and being told that we're banned for life.)
