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January 04, 2006
Back on the scene, crispy and clean!
Happy new year and welcome back, loyal Pickytarians! I'm back in New York, where I understand there was some sort of subway-related problem? Man, that must have been tough on everybody. Me, I was chilling next to the pool, reading trade paperbacks: Best of the Spirit, Smax, and Smoke. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that beat the heck out of walking to work over the Brooklyn Bridge in 20 degree weather. Once in a while, in a very long while, the Pickytarian catches a break!
Looks like Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly's Local #6 will be taking place in none other than The Pickytarian's base of operations: Brooklyn's own Park Slope! I hope this doesn't mean that Megan is going to have a baby...
What better way to ring in the new year than by picking up some super-cheap comics? I have some new eBay auctions up for your perusal. Here is a list of the books that I am selling:
SECRET WARS II #1-9 complete (1985)
USAGI YOJIMBO #78-89 - Dark Horse - Stan Sakai
A Sort of Homecoming #1-3 + My Uncle Jeff
Warren Ellis lot: JACK CROSS 1-4, DOWN, SIMON SPECTOR
DETECTIVE COMICS #801-814 CITY OF CRIME complete story
JLA CLASSIFIED #10-15 - Warren Ellis, Butch Guice
DRAX THE DESTROYER #1-4 complete - Keith Giffen
TOP 10 BEYOND THE FARTHEST PRECINCT #1-5 cmplt
While I'm shamelessly plugging, here's something you may not have expected: my dad is now podcasting. What? That's right, you heard me. He is doing serialized readings of his novel Hunting Elf, and distributing the audio via podcast. Swing by his site and check it out!
In case you missed them, there have been some good discussions lately about Frank Miller and Jim Lee's All-Star Batman and Robin on various blogs. Alex Cox and Mike Sterling, two gentlemen whose opinions I very much respect, have wildly divergent takes on the title. The question of what it means to write something "tongue in cheek" is bandied about in the comments, along with the question of whether I am an "angry punker" for disliking Jim Lee's art. All this debate may force me to actually read the book!
Whew! I was going to get into this week's new releases, but all this blogging after my long vacation has worn me out. Suffice to say that I'm most looking forward to Vertigo's Exterminators #1, described as "a smart, scary, darkly comic tale of roaches, rats, raccoons and the men who kill them for a living." Check out the preview on DC's site and judge for yourself.
One more item: Over my break I was fortunate enough to meet a blogger you may have heard of: Jason Rodriguez, writer of The Moose In The Closet and editor of the critically-acclaimed comic Elk's Run. While I am only a Brooklynite in the gentrified neighborhood, Johnny-come-lately sense, Jason was born and bred in the borough of Kings and he has the crazy stories on his blog to prove it. He's going to be joining the staff as a columnist at Buzzscope - that is, PopCultureShock - in the new year, boosting that site's cliam to being the most exciting spot in the Comics InterWub (besides The Pickytarian, of course)!
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at January 4, 2006 12:41 PM
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Good to meet you, too, and I'm also mad excited about Buzz Culture Scope.
Although, I should add, somewhat disappointed you didn't come out to live band karaoke. Not only would you have been treated to my top-notch John Lennon impersonation but you would have seen our 6-foot tall Amazonian friend singing Sweet Child of Mine and leg kicking so hard she was hitting the ceiling. Good times.
But I’ll let it slide since, you know, I just met you and what not.
Posted by: Jason Rodriguez at January 4, 2006 07:52 PM
Next time I will definitely be there, Jason. Sounds like I missed an awesome time.
Posted by: jdonelson_nyc at January 5, 2006 03:10 PM