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December 06, 2004
To Buy or Not To Buy, Featuring an Unexpected Screed Against Brian Wood
US Customs Seizes Parody Comics at Border, CBLDF Gearing Up
I'm reserving judgment until all the facts are clear. It's probably a case of some overzealous customs agent looking for a promotion. I doubt that there was an executive order to keep Peter Kuper's "Richie Bush" comics out of the country. Nonetheless, this is some potentially scary stuff.
Looks like it's shaping up to be a light week at the comic store. Good thing I just got a stack of discounted trades on eBay, otherwise I might be reduced to reading - gasp! - a real book on the subway! Horrors! Let's get it on:
Angeltown #2 - I enjoyed the first issue, but it didn't exactly knock my socks off. If there was stiffer competition on the racks this week it might not make the cut. As it is, I'm still on board.
Gotham Central #26 - When, oh when, are they going to do another trade?
Batman Snowglobe - A steal at the low, low price of $89.95! I'm buying one for everybody on my Christmas list!
District X #8 - This series seems to have lost a lot of the positive buzz and support that it had when it started. I'm hanging in there for another arc, though. Let's see where it goes. You have to give them credit for making it this long without a guest appearance by Wolverine or Spider-man.
Powers Vol 2 #7 - Is this now a weekly title? That Bendis is a script-writing machine!
She-Hulk #10 - There are no words in the English language that adequately express my anticipation for the Titania-centric story arc that kicks off with this issue. If they were also bringing back The Beyonder in his mullet and members only jacket, I might melt into a pathetic puddle of fanboy goo.
X-Men Fantastic Four #1 - Marvel has been running half-page ads for this series, and quite frankly, the art looks frighteningly grotesque. Not to mention that I still have bad memories of the late 80's team-up between these groups, where they battled Mephisto. I was probably 14 at the time, buying titles like West Coast Avengers, and I still found that series to be contrived and lame. Needless to say I am going to pass on this one.
BPRD The Dead #2 - Guy Davis makes me happy.
Samurai Heaven & Earth #1 - I've heard enough good things about this book to give it a try.
Demo #12 - I bought this series up to maybe issue #8. I finally dropped it because I can't take the attitude. Is Brian Wood nineteen years old? If so, then I can forgive him for his earnest efforts to prove that he is the coolest hipster in the room. If he is not a teenager, then I have no patience for it. Just because the characters in these Demo stories have trendy haircuts and overwrought teenage angst doesn't mean that I find them sympathetic. After reading 8 of these one-shot stories, I felt that I had read 7 too many. A disaffected fashion victim with a super-power mopes for 23 pages. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
God The Dyslexic Dog - I don't know anything about this comic but the title made me chuckle.
Full Frontal Nerdity Annual #1 - See my notes for "God The Dyslexic Dog."
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at December 6, 2004 11:30 AM
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"God The Dyslexic Dog - I don't know anything about this comic but the title made me chuckle."
Here is the solicit (all bad grammer in the original): "The universe teeters on the brink of oblivion as the prophetic Mayan calendar "ticks" down to zero... thanks to the suicidal aspirations of the immortal god, Bacchus. All the magic of creation lies dormant in a lone dog, with no memory of who he is or what he possesses... and he's about to be broken forever in Dr. Pavlov's conditioning reflex experiment. Only through the intervention of a pet psychic, does a young dyslexic student stumble upon Pandora's Box... triggering this twisting, time-traveling adventure filled with one divine surprise after another."
It'll probably be a huge mess, but it was one of the most intriguing solicits I read that month. And if it's coming out this week, they are actually shipping on time (early in the month, too!) I'll be checking it out.
Posted by: Nevin at December 6, 2004 09:59 PM
Guess it's time to donate to the CBLDF again. Apparently it's money better spent than all the money I spent on Kerry. At least the CBLDF wins SOMEtimes.
I think the only books I'm getting this week are She-hulk and the Ultimate FF trade. That's the Ellis arc you said was so good, n'est ce-pas?
Posted by: Peat at December 6, 2004 11:15 PM
Thanks for the info re: God the dyslexic dog! I agree, that sounds like it could either be absolute genius or a complete train wreck.
The second Ultimate FF arc was good. Not great. I think it will read better in trade format than monthly; the middle issues dragged a bit under the weight of their obvious padding.
Posted by: jdonelson_nyc at December 7, 2004 08:37 AM
now that you've met me, you know i am just a schlubby 30-something guy, not a 19-yo trying to be the coolest hipster in the room, eh? :)
i'll pass your fashion comments on to Becky.
-bri
Posted by: brian wood at February 5, 2006 10:01 AM
I can't believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $60738. Isn't that crazy!
Posted by: Betsy Markum at May 23, 2006 02:38 AM