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September 20, 2005
To Buy Or Not To Buy?
DF All Star Batman & Robin Boy Wonder #1 Signed By Frank Miller - Here's a topic for your consideration: Frank Miller's and Jim Lee's successes have limited their development as creators and turned them into little more than highly-regarded one-trick ponies. Discuss.
Seven Soldiers Mister Miracle #1 - I recently read some of Kirby's Jimmy Olsen comics featuring the original Guardian and the Newsboy Legion, and I saw in that book the roots of Grant Morrison's style. Like Morrison, Kirby piled one crazy idea on top of another, only slowing down long enough for everything to barely make sense. His dialogue has the same disjointed rhythm that start out distracting but soon sucks the reader into the creator's world. Reading that Jimmy Olsen book made the experience of reading the Guardian series so much better that I've already reserved Kirby's New Gods collection at the library in preparation for Mister Miracle.
Sleeper Vol 4 The Long Way Home TP - I bought Volume 3 when it came out and immediately squirrelled it away so that I could read it and Volume 4 back-to-back. In fact, I may have to read Volumes 1 through 4 in one epic swoop of inky, superhero, neo-noir deliciousness.
Top Ten Beyond The Farthest Precinct #2 - When is that Smax series going to come out in Trade Paperback format? Man, that was good stuff. Luckily, we have this LS to scratch the long-neglected Top Ten itch until then.
Captain America Vol 5 #10 - In the mad crush to make super-dudes in tights books "mature," Ed Brubaker is one of the few writers who does it without leaning on the shaky crutch of shock value. Whether the goal is one that should or shouldn't be pursued is a question for another time. Meanwhile, give me Brubaker's moody melodrama over "tiny footprints on the brain" any day.
Runaways Vol 2 #8 - I wasn't all that taken by Takeshi Miyazawa's art in the previous issue; the characters had a bland, generic quality that sucked a lot of the life out of Brian K. Vaughan's character-driven script. Chris Yeung's utilitarian inking didn't carry its share of the load, either. But Vaughan, master of the last-page cliffhanger, worked his magic yet again and left me with no choice but to pick up this month's chapter.
Ultimate Fantastic Four #23 - I anticipate more of Greg Land's patented porno-capture art technique along with some highly impressive coloring. Mark Millar is very hit-or-miss for me, but so far this arc has been one of the hits. Here's hoping that this concluding issue doesn't end with the Thing showing us his face as he f*cks us in the arse.
Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1 - The good news is that Jae Lee, who did such a great job on the art for those Ultimate Mad Thinker issues, is returning for this annual.
Ultimates 2 #8 - I think the "secret" traitor gets revealed in this issue. I predict many ULTIMATE close-ups by Bryan Hitch.
Conan #20
Goon #14
Stray Bullets #39 - Just buy these comics. You'll love them. Unless you have a shriveled, empty husk of a soul, of course.
So what did I miss?
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at September 20, 2005 02:18 PM