Pre-reviews: The Week of December 20, 2006.
week coming up, as it's been sort
of brutal for the last month
or so for me.
Here's Diamond's list.
Mine is below.
Previews Publications
NOV060005 PREVIEWS ADULT VOL XVII #1 PIAlready? Wow. Time flies.
NOV060001 PREVIEWS VOL XVII #1 PI
NOV060003 PREVIEWS VOL XVII CONSUMER ORDER FORM #1 PI
Dark Horse
OCT060022 BAKERS MEET JINGLE BELLE (ONE SHOT) $2.99I love Kyle Baker's work, especially The Bakers, based on his own family. However, I really have gotten to hate Jingle Belle - it's empty-headed and boring, something a comic about a cute girl elf should never be.
DC Comics
OCT060211 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA HEREBY ELECTS TP $14.99I'm not getting it, but I sort of like the idea of an X-Men volume that does the exact same thing, wherein we get to read "Welcome to [INSERT NAME OF TEAM], [INSERT NAME OF CHARACTER]! Hope you survive the experience!"
Marvel
OCT062204 CRIMINAL #3 (MR) $2.99I'm moving this into the same column as 52 and 100 Bullets - I'm buying it until I say I'm not. Fantastic crime book.
OCT062165 NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI #1 (OF 5) $2.99So, you know that stupid Avengers game I've posted about twice in the last week? This actually manages to outshine it for sheer gleeful idiocy. I'm sure there are people who will cheer when [HIGHLIGHT FOR SPOILER]Reed Richards, Namor, Black Bolt, Professor X, and Doctor Strange murder the crew of a Skrull starship[END SPOILER], but it just plain pissed me off. Bad characterization, stupid premise, horrible comic. Shame about Cheung's lovely art being used to service it. Maybe I'm being too conservative and resistant to change, but I am not interested in superhero comics that turn characters that normally act like, you know, heroes into cold-blooded killers.
Oops, I guess that spoiler just got spoiled.
Other Companies
OCT063400 ACTION PHILOSOPHERS VOL 2 GIANT SIZED THING TP $8.95Get on the Action Philosphers train while it's still in the station, people! You won't be able to catch up once Hollywood decides that we really, really need a motion picture about Derrida and analytical deconstruction!
JUL063141 TERRBLE THOMPSON GN $18.95This collects a far-too-short-lived strip by Academy Award-winning animator Gene Dietch and it's fantastic. There's so much joy in each strip and the art is packed with great design.
SEP062969 VAULT OF MICHAEL ALLRED #3 (OF 4) $6.99I am buying this so I never need to make a Mike Allred scrapbook.
AUG063132 WARHAMMER 40K #1 $2.99The enthusiasm for this around the BOOM! booth at SDCC was palpable. Ross Richie really, really loves this property and I'm about 99% sure it's going to be a great read for fans, especially with the talent on board.
No, I am not paid to say that.
