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I think I'll hit the comic shop today. Kids get out of school early for ACT/PSAE testing.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
and we're behind due to the recent volcano shenanigans as well.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Nevermind. Looks like there's a home game at Wrigley Field. That means traffic will
be a bear to get through. I think perhaps I'll try to get through that to get to my comic
shop, but if it doesn't work at all (I'm thinking taking Western south past wrigley Field
and then turning onto either Diversey or Belmont) then I'll just head home.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
..umm.... yeah :-( don't think they've quite got this one right, which is a shame. Hex don't need all those ridiculous weapons to kick ass.
Still.... Megan Fox looks pretty hot still
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Picked up two issues of The Boys, the ending of The Battle of Jericho, um...wow, I
can't remember. Doctor Sleepless maybe?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Ah, I remember now. The third issue of Supergod.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Anung Un Rama wrote:I like the Jonah Hex trailer. And I'm that i can see more Megan Fox's tits than I did in Transformers.
..well... at least you're honest anyway eh ?
He doesn't need gatling guns on horses etc etc, he was /is bad ass enough.
STill... at least he's not in the future
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Batman and Robin 12 kikcs ass, nice to see "The Return of Bruce Wayne" starting to unfold, looks like it has been plotted out very well. I would actually have been quite happy to Grayson stay as Bats for a while yet and I'm happy that Damian appears to be staying as Robin, be intrigued to see if he still does when Bruce returns.
Brightest Day was interesting enough, actually enjoyed an Aquaman sequence, despite him not hvaing a beard ! Really glad to see J'onn J'azz back and doing stuff and Firestorm as well.
Also picked up the softback of All Star Superman II... wow ! Almost perfect, you get more and more out of it with every read, the artwork is so detailed and textured and Superman is just exactly right.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Have any of you read Planetary? I loved Warren Ellis's take on
the Lantern Corps.
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reds8n wrote:Batman and Robin 12 kikcs ass, nice to see "The Return of Bruce Wayne" starting to unfold, looks like it has been plotted out very well. I would actually have been quite happy to Grayson stay as Bats for a while yet and I'm happy that Damian appears to be staying as Robin, be intrigued to see if he still does when Bruce returns.
Yeah, kinda surprised they didn't left Bruce AWOL for another year or so. Unless sales are dropping or something. Think maybe they'll leave Dick as Batman for a while after Bruce returns, a la Captain America? A "Who Will Wield the (erm) Cowl" arc, followed by Dick keeping the cowl (but setting up an eventual handoff back to the rightful owner down the road) would stretch it out longer and presumably drive more "event" issues/arcs ($$$).
So Aquaman seemingly can only control or summon dead sea creatures now then ? And both him and J'onn J'onzz have at least some link or connection to their Black Lantern status ?
I'm glad to see DC still doing something with Firestorm, although I do still prefer the Elemental version
Art was cool though
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
they're really "back" to stay? And even if they are, will we see them turn evil at a later time? I got the feeling J'onn has more plans than he's letting on, too.
But Blackest Night. Worth getting the many...many issues?
I'm looking at the book rack and it's like a whole wall.
Basically Green Lantern and Co. + Zombies...
Similar quality as Zombie Marvels?
This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.
Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
I thought it was a lot better than marvel Zombies, not least as the story actually had a point, YMMV of course.
Normally i'd say wait for the trades now, but I'm not sure how this story will be collected together, gorgeous artwork though and it pissed all over Siege from a great height.
So..todays' haul was : Return of Bruce Wayne 1 -- sublime and cooler than a freezer, but I am a massive Morrison fanboy -- JLI : generation lost which was better than I'd hoped for and has hooked me into ordering the series -- and Titans : Villains for Hire one shot..mainly due to the Hoo ha the book caused. I can understand the POv of some of the fans but I felt the book was well done. I will say that in years gone by this was precisely the sort of story that was a sub plot or back up feature though...meh..getting old I guess.
Also got volume 6 of The Boyz, a much stronger effort than "herogasm", pencils not quite to my taste in parts but an actual honest to god story rather than endless bitching. Good.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
They have one called Captain Sodomy or something like that.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Really I should wait for payday before picking up the latest bunch of goodies but there's some good stuff coming out.
Zatanna -- by Dini I added to my pull list when it was first advertised, and the review(s) are good too.
Also really looking forward to Levitz's new Legion of Superheroes title, I hope Dc actually stick with the series for a few years, the series, characters and fans deserve a lot better than they've got in the last few years...well...decades perhaps.
Still I loved the 5 year gap stories so what do I know.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Brightest day was alright, I was pleased with the Firestorm and J'onn J'onzz stuff -- could have done without yet another slaughter scene though and why is it every Manhunter story must involve his origin in some way ? -- and the rest was alright.
Also picked up issue 1 of the DCU : legacies mini, I'm a sucker for a "history" story. Kubert artwork is gorgeous, it's a very nice little tale, this is going to be a good series IMO.
Legion of Superheroes was good, little surprised at some of the decisions made in it, nice to read Levitz again though. Little annoyed as it looks like I'll have to pick up some of the trades of the more recent tales.... ahh.... what a hardship eh !
best thing of the week, perhaps this month however was Zatanna 1. Pretty much a perfect first issue, great art, cool character and well written. Remember when you really liked Buffy/similar in about seasons 2 or 3, and everything just seemed to click ? This is that good, well worth picking up.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Cartoon Network will air Green Lantern: The Animated Series, a new GL toon series, beginning in Fall 2011, according to Hollywood Reporter. The new TV series is part of a broad campaign to expand the uses of the Green Lantern character, which includes the movie premiering June 17, 2011 (see “Green Lantern Movie in 3D”); videogames next May; “made-for-video;” expanded publishing; consumer products; and digital, including Motion Comics.
They are really pushing this franchise hard. Still, good luck to them.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Little surprised about Mister Miracle in the background their..New Gods revamp on the way then ?
Or maybe it's just the ongoing Kirby lawsuits on their minds..?
Return of Bruce Wayne and JLI : generation lost 2 ( of each series) rolled out this week. Both very good, a couple of very minor quibbles with some of the art in the Batman tale but overall it fitted the tone of the story very well. Morrison has really taken this oppurtunity to build up the "Bat mythos" in the DC universe, it works very well.
Nice twist at the end as well.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
I just gave my friend copies of the first three collections of 100 Bullets with a note
that this was one of the reasons I'm ruined for Superhero books forever.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
this is running on BBC America, apparently. Cool, I think this is exactly the sort of thing comic companies should be doing, especially for excellent series like this.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Picked up Brightest Day 3, which was cool enough, wish they could get Finch to draw some of the interiors as well. Also bought and hen added to my pull list "I Zombie" which is just so much fun it was irresistible. A zombie gravedigger and her go go dancer friend ghost... what more can you ask for in a comic ?
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
