Bouillabaisse!
Did anyone else notice how very different Morrison's two WildStorm titles were this week? The Authority took a very leisurely route for its opening issue that reminded me of Spielberg at his peak - think Close Encounters Of The Third Kind or Jaws - with a last page reveal that I knew was coming, but still flattened me anyway. While maybe a bit unsatisfying in the single-issue format, it's going to knock 'em dead in the trade paperback. Wildcats was dense with a giant information dump that sets up the new direction for a series that's constantly finding new directions. I'm glad to see that Casey's 3.0 material was not forgotten, as the Halo branding effort is one of my favorite superhero-related story arcs in recent memory.
Mike Sterling speaks nicely about the comic that I wrote:
Linkdump!
Finally, an exciting comic about shoes:
Mike Sterling speaks nicely about the comic that I wrote:
What Were They Thinking: Monster Mash-Up is the latest installment of Boom! Studios' "redialoguing classic comics" series, and it's funny as always...if you liked the previous issues, here's more of it! Standing out, though, are a couple contributions from that guy Kevin Church, who plays with the format of the series a bit. One story written as a Creature from the Black Lagoon-type's online emo-journal, and another short strip where...well, I hesitate to give away the joke. It's the one with the "Astro Alien Dog" in the "Space-year 1998" - Church makes it into a very self-referential gag about the nature of the What Were They Thinking series, and it's very funny.Just's just ignore the fact that I consider Mike a "friend," and that I just sent his store some money for comics - that's the kind of review I plan on printing out, perhaps in a nice calligraphic font, and framing for future reference. Unlike, say, Dorian's take:
The bastard.
Read this review if your name is Kevin Church: This is vile, unfunny, disgusting work that pissed on the contributions of men whose boots a shiftless dilettante like Church is not fit to lick.One day, Dorian. One day.
Read this review if your name is NOT Kevin Church: The torrid psycho-sexual subtext of this Silver Age monster tales is brought to the surface by a group of talented and funny writers. Boom's various remix projects are the best of the recent trend, and the stories work precisely because they revel in the goofiness of the source material. Church aquits himself well in his published comics debut, and I'm not just saying that because he's a friend, because I would never tell him that because his head is swelled enough as it is.
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- Check out Kyle Baker's daughter's minicomic! (Courtesy Deppey.)
- Read a complete issue of Nancy and Sluggo! This is fantastic stuff - the first strip alone made me laugh more than once.(Courtesy of Sterling, who I already linked.)
- Fantagraphics is opening a retail store in Seattle!
- Not a link: Dan Clowes just underwent open-heart surgery last week, so send him well wishes and good vibes. Alternatively, just thank whatever deities that one of comics' most unique voices is recovering well. I may not always like his work, but I appreciate every effort he makes for being above and beyond 99% of the business.
- Aquaman, King of the Seven Seas, Has Fucking Had It With You, Man.
- Lartigue reminded me this exists: Little People: A Tiny Street Art Project
- Brian Wood is now exclusive with DC Comics. (I really can't imagine that Marvel was looking for someone with his sensibilities, but hey, let the man get some health care and stability.)
Finally, an exciting comic about shoes:
