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My “commentary” appears below.
Dark Horse Comics
JUN060033 BPRD UNIVERSAL MACHINE #5 (OF 5) $2.99
This storyline has really kept my interest up: Kate’s difficult choice, everyone telling their secret origins, and Giant Fuckoff Evil. Nice one.
APR060015 CONCRETE VOL 6 STRANGER ARMOR TP $12.95
I think this is supposed to be “Strange Armor,” as that’s the name of the original storyline.
Here’s “The Black Cougar” to tell you about Stranger Danger!
Also: holy shit. Marvel’s totally missing the boat with their character appearance program. If Asshole McGee and his crew can do a knock off of T’Challa and get paid by gullible school districts, why hasn’t The House That Jack and Steve Built For Stan, Who Sat In His Air-Conditioned Hovercraft And Sipped Lemonade done anything similar?
FEB060101 KOTOBUKIYA ROBOCOP TRILOGY FIGURES $9.99
There was never a Robocop trilogy. This toy set is the work of lying liars.
DC Comic
JUN060155 BATMAN SON OF THE DEMON NEW PTG $5.99
Not very good, really, but an interesting artifact. Jerry Bingham is not Neal Adams, even if he wants to be. Still, it’s better than Tom “Lightbox” Grindberg. Maybe they’d be better if they didn’t wash their hands after using the restroom, a technique I witness Neal Adams himself apply at SDCC.
JUN060241 BATTLER BRITTON #2 (OF 5) $2.99
I have no real connection to the British comics characters this and the related series have tackled, but I quite enjoyed the first issue. I mean, Garth Ennis, planes, dead Nazis - the only thing making it better would be an appearance by The Punisher and Nick Fury, who have been hurtled through the Guardian Of Forever to murder Edith Keeler’s twin sister.
Uh.
JUN060191 JONAH HEX #10 $2.99
After the last two issues, I find my interest waning a bit. I hope this picks up the pace.
Marvel Comics
Outside of the kid-friendly books, the only material coming out of Marvel this week that interests me one iota is…
JUN061943 AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 (OF 6) $2.99
…a comic done in a distinctly retro style by Jeff Parker, a man of fine, fine writing abilities and…
MAY061986 MARVEL MILESTONES MILLIE THE MODEL & PATSY WALKER $3.99
…reprints from the period that Agents Of ATLAS mines. Go figure.
Other Comics Companies
JUN062970 DAVE JOHNSON FC SKETCHBOOK 2006 $9.99
I got a look at this at SDCC, and if you like Johnson, this is a must-have. I am not just saying this because Ross Richie has incriminating photos of me and a metal bikini Leia.
OK, so Gianluca has those.
MAY063437 I AM GOING TO BE SMALL GN $14.00
Tiny comics by Jeffrey Brown! Sure to be something I’d say is quite excellent, you should buy it because I say so, especially at 384 pages for $14.
MAY062766 KAFKA TP $14.99
It’s Crumb, and while I’ve never quite gotten into his work on its own merits, the shadow he’s cast is long and mighty.
JUN062865 MOUSE GUARD #4 (OF 6) $3.50
I sold issue #1 on eBay for enough money to get the trade when it comes out.
Twice.
Still, beautiful stuff and well worth a gander if you’ve not.
JUN063239 NAT TURNER VOL 1 TP (RES) $10.00
Where’s my goddamn issue 3? The first two blew me away, dammit, and I want more, more, more.
FEB063010 SKIBBER BEE BYE HC (MR) $19.95
I’m not really a Ron Rege Jr fan, but this insightful Amazon review may just sell it to me:
the book is a gorgeous object. the glue binding is not fun. it’s a fascinating book, but i’m sure i don’t get all of it. beautiful artwork though. make sure you check out his full-color work in drawn & quarterly 4. it’s a beautiful story, but difficult to comprehend even for me, and I’m used to hard comic books. this book has two very impressive quotes on the back from chris ware and daniel clowes, though, and that should motivate anyone to try it. this might be highwater books’s best product so far. -yak.
Oh, wait. No. No, it didn’t.
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