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June 27, 2005
To Buy or... aaahh, Forget It
I was going to go through the new releases this week, but it's such a slow week for me that there really wouldn't be much point. Two books that I will point out are: Solo #5 from DC, which features Pickytarian favorite Darwyn Cooke; and Mr T #1, which features Pickytarian favorite Mr. T! I'm curious to see what kind of book this will be. Ironic humor? All-ages fun? Or a grim n' gritty serious take, in the vein of the recent Space Ghost revamp? Does it really matter? As long as it includes the refusal of jibba-jabba and the pitying of fools, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
In lieu of my weekly opinions of comics that I have not yet seen, I'd like to point out a couple of items on the Newsarama site:
First, the comments below this story about the cast of the Fantastic Four movie appearing at Jim Hanley's Universe quickly descend into the age-old debate of Hanley's vs. Midtown Comics. It's a tiresome, unwinnable argument. I will say this about Midtown, however: they never took the Pickytarian's 24-hour comic pages and then failed to scan, submit, or even return them!
Secondly, Newsarama has these notes from Joe Quesada's panel at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC. A couple of items caught my eye...
Asked if there would be a second Power Pack series, or if an Essential Power Pack series was a possibility, Quesada said that Marvel are looking at the possibilities, but nothing has been decided, definitively.Speaking of [Andrea] Divito, his and Dan Slott’s Thing miniseries is set just after Ben Grimm learns that he is one of the richest men in the world (as recently shown in Fantastic Four #527).
Put me down for one of those Essential Power Pack collections, if it ever gets printed.
And Dan Slott is writing a Thing mini-series? Awww snap! Slott might not be everybody's cup of tea, but his light-hearted takes on the Marvel Universe remind me of why I fell in love with these characters in the first place. The Thing seems like the perfect match for Slott's comedy stylings. In the wake of bad news like Straczynski taking over FF, Millar taking over Ultimate FF, and the upcoming crummy-looking movie, this is a welcome bit of FF-related good news.
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at June 27, 2005 11:34 AM
Comments
Are you being sarcastic, or is this really a slow week for you? I'm getting more comics this week than I have for months.
Posted by: Nevin at June 27, 2005 12:46 PM
Looking at the Midtown site, I am buying but one comic: Planetary.
Waiting for TPB's is hard on slow weeks, but I will be strong. Planetary is one of the few remaining books where my impatience outweighs my logic.
Posted by: Peat at June 27, 2005 01:09 PM
Quesada really shouldn't tease me like that. I mean, I'd start a campaign to canonize him if he got me an Essential Power Pack collection. Otherwise, it's just wrong to play with my fragile psyche so.
Posted by: Jason Kimble at June 27, 2005 01:30 PM
I guess it's all relative; there are 6 books that I definitely want, one of which csts $5 (Solo) so I guess it isn't all that slow:
Losers #25
Seven Soldiers Shining Knight #3
Solo #5
Runaways Vol 2 #5
Spider-Man Human Torch #5
Young Avengers #5
...and 4 that are on the bubble:
Albion #1
City Of Tomorrow #3
Shaun Of The Dead #1
Mr T #1
Planetary is a "wait for the trade" book for me.
Of course, the last 2 weeks I have bought a boatload so a slow week is OK with me. What am I missing?
Posted by: jdonelson_nyc at June 27, 2005 01:33 PM
I definitely thought of you when I saw that Power Pack item, Jason... that's TWO guaranteed sales if they print it.
Posted by: jdonelson_nyc at June 27, 2005 01:36 PM
"Of course, the last 2 weeks I have bought a boatload so a slow week is OK with me. What am I missing?"
Well, I buy a lot of small press stuff, and since most of that arrives on the last week of the month, I'm getting hit with a lot. A lot of it will probably end up being crap (I try to be pretty open and experimental about new indie things), but I'm optimistic about The Hunger #2, Elk's Run #2, and Burying Sandwiches. Also, The Surrogates #1 (from Top Shelf) is out this week (in my store, at least), and I've heard a very positive buzz about that. Over all, I have 9 (!!) comics coming in from "small" (ie, not in the Top 4) publishers.
Billy the Kid's Old-Time Oddities #3 from Dark Horse arrives this week. In the DC/Marvel category, I'm getting several of the titles you mentioned, plus JLA Classified, Batgirl, and Outsiders (I don't normally read that, but it's crossing over with the Teen Titans...in my defense, I usually just drop a title when it crosses over with something I don't read. This is just an exception.) I think I pre-ordered Machine Teen #2 due to the overall strength of the Marvel Next line, but I hope that one got lost somewhere.
With a week this busy, I'll probably pass on Green Lantern and The Omac Project. It's not like they'll be any good.
So, yeah, it's a big week. (And that's not to mention the new Heroclix set that comes out this week. I never should have let the people at the shop talk me into trying that game out.)
Posted by: Nevin at June 27, 2005 10:40 PM
Looks like there is a small niche market if I want to sell my mint-condition Power-Pack issues 1-34, huh?
Intriguing.
Posted by: Peat at June 28, 2005 02:42 PM