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March 22, 2005
To Buy Or Not To Buy?
Seven Soldiers Guardian #1 - I have to admit that I was a little disappointed by Shining Knight #1, the "second" Seven Soldiers book. Maybe my expectations were a little too high? I probably have even higher expectations for Guardian, with the always-awesome Cameron Stewart on art and the premise of an NYC superhero who battles "subway pirates." Let's see if Morrison & Stewart can live up to my high hopes.
Sleeper Season 2 #10 - I love this series, and I also love that the creators recognize that it is time for it to end. Writer Ed Brubaker is doing a great job of slowly tightening the screws on Holden. Will our hero be able to wriggle out of this mess and cut the puppet-strings once and for all? This is the stuff that serial adventure is made of. Add Sean Phillips' moody, inky art to the mix and you've got one of the best titles on the stands.
Cholly & Flytrap #2 - I know next to nothing about this book, and the $5.95 price tag doesn't make it any easier for me to try it out. But the cover looks pretty sweet, and that's gotta count for something.
Pigtale #2 - The first issue was a nice, tidy piece of work by comics newcomer and animation veteran Ovi Nedelcu. I'm curious to see where he goes with the story now that he has introduced talking animals to the mix.
Spellbinders #1
Livewires #2 - Maybe I'm just a curmudgeonly old man, but I have precious little room in my heart for super-teen stories. Unfortunately, that seems to be the editorial direction for all new Marvel books. I sort of understand it from a marketing perspective, but... bah.
Young Avengers #2 - Oops, I forgot to buy it last week!
Runaways Vol 2 #2 - And yet here I am, buying a pair of Marvel super-teen books after all. Hypocrisy, thy name is The Pickytarian.
Spider-Man Human Torch #3 - Dan Slott is apparently going to be signing at Midtown Comics next month. I just might have to make an exception to my rule of staying far, far away from the store on such occasions, because I'd like to thank Slott personally for the warm, fuzzy tingles that I get when I read his comics. Ehhh... maybe that isn't something that I want to say to a grown man after all.
Conan #14 - Writer Kurt Busiek deserves a lot of credit for keeping this book from stumbling into corny genre-specific mush. I haven't read an issue yet that I didn't like.
Essential Arsenic Lullaby Vol 1 TP - If you have twenty bucks and you're looking for some unrepentantly politically incorrect laughs, this is the book for you.
Bag Of Anteaters #1 - On a whim, I went to the SLG site to see what this book was about. I have to say, the preview pages made me laugh more than once. It's a "sortabiographical" look at the misadventures of a couple of British slacker-types. The artwork may be a little uneven, but it has cartoony charm. This just might find its way into my stack.
Garth Ennis 303 #4 - After the way that part 1 ended, it looks like Garth Ennis' story is about to take a turn from war-comic action to... well, I don't know what, exactly. I'm definitely curious to find out. Even if it means sitting through more eye-aching Avatar over-coloring.
Queen & Country Vol 7 Operation Saddlebags TP - This is one of the few series for which I exclusively and faithfully wait for the trades. There are so many downsides to this: I can never remember what the hell happened in the previous chapters; I can only gaze longingly at the monthlies while waiting for a new collection; and I wind up with an unexpected $15 demand on my weekly budget. But once I dive into this collection, I know it will be worth my money and my patience.
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at March 22, 2005 01:58 PM