Mercator Projections: November 2, 2005

Is anyone reading Gotham County Line? I didn't feel like giving the first issue a shot because it was like five or six bucks.

ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE people!!!

I might pick up some of the things tied into The Other: Evolve Or Die as well as I quite enjoyed the MK: Spidey issue last week, but if this turns into SpideyAIDS I will hunt you down and rape your dead mouth, Peter David.

Also, in defense of Bendis, "no more mutants" is a stronger line than "no more mutants besides the 200 or so we've got kicking around the Marvel Uni already, and the chockfull that'll spring up once this retcon is retconned."

Out in three weeks according to DC... mm.

I liked it all right. Nothing special, usual "Prestige" x-tra violent (read: "mature and edgy") Batman stuff. I'll buy the rest of them. It's no Gotham Central, which I've just (!) gotten into.

I say I say I say:

SEVEN SOLDIERS THE BULLETEER #1 (OF 4)--yeah yeah yeah!
SHOWCASE PRESENTS JONAH HEX VOL 1 TP $16.99--what passed for "edgy" 30 years ago (and probably still now)
SUPERMAN #223 $2.50--INFIINIIITE CRIIISIIIISSS xover!
FLAMING CARROT COMICS #4 $3.50--some things are alwasy exactly the same, in a good way
ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO IN ONE VOL 1 TP $16.99 --more '70s corniness
HOUSE OF M #8 (OF 8) $2.99--perhaps something will actually happen this time
POWERS #14 (MR) $2.95--although I confess I'm starting to lose interest
676 APPARITIONS OF KILLOFFER GN $25.95--this is FANTASTIC and bizarre and incredibly dark and you should all read it
COMPLETE PEANUTS VOL 4 1957-1958 HC $28.95--what is not to love?
TOP SHELF CONVERSATIONS #2 $4.95--bet this one'll be fairly interesting too

Absolutely nothing for me this week. I want to get that Fin Fang Foom thing now, though.

I blame House of M.

the early issues of Jonah Hex were written by John Albano rather than the gothickly inspired Michael Fleischer, so they're not quite as 'cutting edge' as they might be - just good solid western stories feat Tony DeZuniga's best artwork - a much more satisfying read than Metamorpho or Green Lantern, imho

DESOLATION JONES #4 (MR) [[H!TLER PRON!]]
DETECTIVE COMICS #813 [[I confess, my interest is starting to lag; that 2-issue break did NOT help; good thing it's almost over]]
SEVEN SOLDIERS THE BULLETEER #1 (OF 4)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS JONAH HEX VOL 1 TP [[it's going on The List]]
SUPERMAN #223 [[this might be where I cut bait, but probably not; NO FILL-IN PAGES PLEASE]]
WINTER MEN #3 (OF 8) (MR)

FLAMING CARROT COMICS #4

ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO IN ONE VOL 1 TP [[The List for ye!]]
HOUSE OF M #8 (OF 8) [[yeah, but even if nothing happens, it was a pretty-looking nothing, wasn't it?]]
MARVEL TEAM-UP #14 [[Invicible sells out!]]
POWERS #14 (MR)
SENTINEL #1 (OF 5)
SPIDER-MAN HOUSE OF M #5 (OF 5) [[will anything get resolved before THE WHITE FLASH?!?! & wtf get some hair Spidey!]]
SUPREME POWER NIGHTHAWK #3 (OF 6) (MR) [[Steve Dillon's art looks nice when it ain't cluttered up by exposition or dialogue or any of that annoying "word" stuff]]
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #85

ROCKETO #3 [[Huk, are you reading this?]]

676 Apparitions Of Killoffer

One of the most acclaimed European graphic albums of the past few years, Killoffer's sprawling and violent epic is now available for the first time to an English-speaking audience.

A journey from Paris to Montreal takes on Dantesque proportions, as Killoffer is besieged by six hundred and seventy-six apparitions of his own self. Multiple Killoffers rampage across the pages, fighting, drinking and committing all manner of atrocities, on a jaw-dropping spree that spills over with horror and dark humor.

The French edition of this book was shortlisted for Best Graphic Novel at Angouleme in 2003, and this new English edition, presented in the same large format and relettered by the artist, confirms Killoffer as one of the finest artists to have emerged from Europe in the last decade.

Mmmmmaybe I'll put back that NYX hardcover & give this a shot. Mmmmmaybe.