Alright, so I read Deadpool #39 and Mystery Men #2 which are $2.99 and enjoyed them a fair amount. Then Wolverine #11 is interesting and chock-full of allusions to other stories that would make a trivia geek go wild, but I just don't have as much fun as I would like--and it costs $3.99 for the standard 22 pages. Then I get the, "Double-Sized Special" of Thunderbolts #159 and other than the first story by the guy who normally writes the series, I'm left feeling pretty cold for my nearly-five-bucks. What does it mean when the cheaper comics are more fun than the comic that costs a dollar more but adds nothing, and a lot more enjoyable than the comic packed with substandard content? I guess it brings a new twist to the phrase, "Getting your money's worth." Let's break down why I feel how I do about these comics.
All the news that's unfit to print
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
A Sweet Tale--Empire State: A Love Story (Or Not)
Having read both, "Bookhunter," by Jason Shiga and his crazy puzzle-masterpiece, "Meanwhile," this book is oddly straightforward in its somewhat autobiographical tale of Jimmy and the efforts he takes to follow a woman named Sara to New York City. Don't get me wrong though, by stripping away some of his crazier elements Shiga also creates a very fun and human tale...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Interview Time--Jonathan Maberry
Monday, June 27, 2011
Rant-Reviews--Most Of These Came Out Last Week
Most of these comics came out last week but I finally got around to reading them, so I'm going to review them anyways because it hasn't been a horribly long time like almost a month...except with Heroes For Hire #8. Daken: Dark Wolverine #10, Fear Itself: The Homefront #3, Hulk #35, and Invincible Iron Man #505 are all still kind of new though. I also feel extra cynical today so get ready for some dark humor!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Engaging and Interesting--Flashpoint: The Outsider #1
I may only be getting the Batman comic for during the Flashpoint spin-off, but I can read others, and I heard enough good things about this comic, and was intrigued by the character of the Outsider in Flashpoint #1, so I gave this a readin' and will share my thoughts on the level of enjoyment I gleaned.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Weird Future-Tale--After Dark #0-3
Created by Antoine Fuqua and Wesley Snipes with the writing done by Peter Milligan this tale of a dark dsytopian future starts out a bit slowly and formulaic, but over time gets more and more interesting, which I'll summarize.
I'm Proud Of My State Today.
Late yesterday night my state made the historic decision to ensure that equality was guaranteed to all who deserved it when it came to marriage. I am pleased that another step has been taken against the pointless oppression of others just because they are different from what is considered to be the normal ideals for a marriage according to some. I applaud the Democrats and Republicans who knew that they wanted to be on the right side of history because years from now when we look back the youth today who have no problem with equal marriage will be the ones in power, and all those politicans who voted "Nay" on this issue will look as bad as the people who voted for segregation back in the mid-1900s for fear that it was the popular opinion at the time.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Podcast Episode 9--More Than A Day Late But The Dollar Ain't Short
I return to talk about DC's re-launch and share my thoughts on it. Then, I discuss the video-games Duke Nukem Forever, LA Noire, and Arcanum. Lastly, I talk about 3 good comics in the form of Supreme Power #1 (the new version), New Mutants #25, and Flashpoint: Batman, Knight of Vengeance #1. My apologies for being gone so long and I hope this heaping portion of content makes up for my extended absence from your ear-drums.
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Flashback Friday: Invincible Ultimate Collection Volume 1
This series has been going strong for some time and is quite good. I like this collection because it collects all the issues up to the explanation of the big twist that gets hinted at in earlier issues and sets up the new status quo that the later issues built from, so really, this is an "Ultimate" collection in that it provides the perfect introduction to the series for a reader like me who has never read Invincible. I know, it's weird considering all the junk I read, but I never picked this up until now. How was this? It was really good, but probably the most interesting, touching, and sad part was the relationship between Mark and his father.
Gene Colan Has Passed Away At Age 84
In news that saddened me greatly, a comic artist whose work I quite enjoyed, Gene Colan, has passed away at age 84. My favorite work by him probably would be the time he spent with Marv Wolfman doing Tomb of Dracula. It's stark stuff, and Wolfman's prose is pretty "purple" as people would say, but it just looks amazing and is a fun horror comic that Wolfman and Colan did together for an incredibly long time. It is probably the first of Colan's work I was exposed to when I stumbled upon some old Dracula comics and continues to also be my favorite of his work. Colan of course is known for a myriad of other accomplishments and will be missed by many. I have a book Marvel put out a year or so ago called, "The Invincible Gene Colan" that I've been enjoying reading and was going to eventually put a review up of. Now sadly, that review will have to be written in past-tense, with me saying Colan was an amazing artist, instead of being able to say is--as he continued doing art well into his elder years, illustrating a Captain America comic as recently as 2009! This is truly a loss of one of the great masters of the comic art.
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