April 19: Comics! Huzzah!

Comments Off | Posted: April 17th, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Truck leaves Diamond’s distribution center.
Packages are in the truck, bound for your local shop.
Comics are in the packages. Our comics.
DC Comics

MAR060288 BATMAN THRILLKILLER TP NEW PTG $14.99

I’m a huge fan of this Chaykin/Brereton Elseworlds piece and think it stands up as an example of how to do one of those things properly, as the inversions are interesting and non-fannish in origin instead of the usual “What if a Green Lantern ring flew through Bruce Wayne’s window when he was a kid and murdered his parents?” Also: Brereton draw real purty, I think.

FEB060279 JLA CLASSIFIED #20 $2.99

Wrapping up the Gail Simone storyline, hopefully through punching. Lots of it.

FEB060295 SGT ROCK THE PROPHECY #4 (OF 6) $2.99

Hot damn, this has been a fun series. I mean, fun except for the puppy killing. And ethnic cleansing. And death.

Real fun.

JAN060298 SUPERMAN IN THE EIGHTIES $19.99

Is this really, you know, necessary? I have the sneaking feeling I ordered it anyway, just because it’s got some decent material – Action 507 and 508 feature a great story centering around the return of Pa Kent – and I just can’t be bothered to dig out my back issues when there’s a paperback with the same material.

I’m not a very good comics fan, am I?

Marvel

FEB061997 DAREDEVIL #84 $2.99

Yup, I’m still reading it. I think Daredevil is about to hit the “longest continually read by Kevin” mark, which was previously set by Preacher, which I started picking up around issue 13 or 14 after reading the first two trades. Sure, there’s comics I’ve read on and off for years, but I’m pretty fond of dropping a title when I stop enjoying it. This strikes some people as bizarre behavior that only a freak engages in.

FEB062036 NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE #4 $2.99
FEB062062 X-STATIX PRESENTS DEAD GIRL #4 (OF 5) $2.99

I don’t need to sell these to the intelligent, beautiful people that would read them, do I? Nope.

Other Companies

JAN063012 A NUT AT THE OPERA HC (MR) $19.95

While not quite my thing, this Drawn and Quarterly book by Maurice Vellekoop looks to be sumptuous in its illustrations.

JAN063164 BIG MAX #1 $2.99

Slott + Gorillas = Fun. Here’s where I copy and paste the bit I wrote last week when I switched this and Thunder Monkey thanks to an ether binge:

OK, everyone who says Dan Slott is an amazing writer who needs to make more money? Here’s your chance to put your money where your typing fingers are because he owns part of this title, unlike the other material he’s worked on and by supporting this, maybe you get to make sure that his family gets the good brand of Ramen for dinner.

Of course, it’s about crime-fighting primates, so I’m on it like tanning spray on Paris Hilton in February.

DEC053096 BAKERS DO THESE TOYS BELONG SOMEWHERE HC $18.95

My copy came to me last week, so this must be a left-coast shipment. I don’t really like bandying about terms like “greatest living cartoonist,” but if I did, Baker would certainly be in the running and this collection and (when it’s finished) Nat Turner show why.

And with that, I’m done for this week’s runthrough. Tuesday or Wednesday, I hope to have a little post up about Chase, the departed DC series that pretty much introduced the world to J.H. Williams III.

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