Here’s What I Bought This Week, With Brief Comments

Comments Off | Posted: July 26th, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

24Seven Volume 2 – Apparently, I didn’t order this. I will have to remedy that.

All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder #6 – Oh, glorious gloriousness. How I love thee, All-Star Batgirl as written by Cranky Old Man Miller.

Angry Youth Comix #13 – Johnny Ryan mocks himself with a Loady McGee receiving a badly-drawn parody, then goes after art cartoonists with equal glee. What he did to Chris Ware will haunt me.

Aranzi Machine Gun Volume 2 – Pocket-sized joy. Mr. Sprite’s visit to Mt. Fuji is so, so charming.

Batman #666 – Morrison, y’know, he’s Morrison. It’s Future Batman. There’s a global threat that needs kicking and punching. It works out nicely.

Black Summer #1 – Yeah, more of this, less NewUniversal. Thanks, Ellis.

Blue Beetle #17 – Rogers, you know I love you, but I may have to murder you for having such a nicely thought-out solution to Jaime’s problem.

Crecy – Surprising, funny, smart, educational, violent, and easy on the eyes. “Serious” history comics could learn a lot from this.

Comics Introspective Volume 1: Peter Bagge – Left it at the shop. I’ll pick it up this weekend, along with the new Back Issue and Write Now. (The latter features an interview with Todd McFarlane on writing. That’s like interviewing me on freestyle rapping, isn’t it?)

Doktor Sleepless #1 – The Ellis love ends with shouty science fiction that beats you to death with its points. We get it: the future sucks and Doktor Sleepless is going to try to make it suck less. Some funny bits, but lots of this felt heavily recycled. Disappointing, and the art left me cold.

Immortal Iron Fist Volume 1: The Last Iron Fist Story – Haven’t read it yet.

Multiple Warheads #1 – Oh, so that’s what’s happened with the girl that gave her boyfriend an extra penis from Escalator.

Pulphope: The Art Of Paul Pope – Diamond decided I didn’t want this.

Queen & Country #32 – Rucka apologizes in the back for the title’s lateness and says we’ll see more in two years. I understand and appreciate Checkmate and the like is a guaranteed paycheck, but I’m disappointed that it’ll be a few years before I get to hang out with Tara Chace in comics form again. (I read the first novel and liked it; I should pick up the second.) Samnee’s art is so, so perfect for this, too. I hope he’s around for Volume 2.

Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter Volume 1 – I read the first few stories and they didn’t kill me with The Stupid. I must have built up an immunity.

Speak of the Devil – I completely did not see this on the shipping list (or I presumed it was a manga title,) but I am very glad I pre-ordered Gilbert Hernandez’s new series. I buy Love and Rockets in trades, but the oddball stuff like this, I support in singles. I’m a fair-weather fan! Here’s some adjectives: gorgeous, Cormanesque, creepy, funny. Graeme rated it Awful, but I think that “uncomfortable” is the desired reaction. Maybe I’m thinking too much.

Tank Girl The Gifting #2 – I laughed and thought the art (laid out by Rufus Dayglo, inked and toned by Ashley Wood versus Wood doing everything) was very nice. A fine showing.

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