you are the SHIP invader: July 11, 2007

BPRD Garden of Souls 5 of 5. Maybe I'll grab a trade or something, too, just so I don't feel like a total poseur. hmmmm...I never did get around to Can't Get No.

Superman Confidential (THIS STILL EXISTS?!?), Annihilation Conquest Wraith (I think this is translated from the Japanese), Nova, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, X-Factor. Plus some crap to read during the hours and hours of driving on the horizon.

Oh, I could probably get Superconfidential as well.

I'm getting Supes Conf because of Darwyn, but his arc will be ending in 2 issues, and I will gladly drop that turd-in-waiting once his work is done.

Also note: this week's issue of Mary Jane is the last issue of Sean McKeever's run. I weep.

Who's doing it when Cooke/Sale let go?

Dan Didio's masseuse and a former Extreme Studios intern, for all I know.

ALSO ALSO ALSO:

DEADPOOL GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR

URGENT AND KEY for fans of the GLA / GLX / funny Slott stuff!

Pour moi, cera comme la nuit (insert French for Wednesday here):

BPRD GARDEN OF SOULS #5 (OF 5)

CLUBBING GN -- Andi Watson!!!!
DMZ #21
FABLES #63
GEN 13 #10 -- tho I'm kinda sorta close to dropping
GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #1 (OF 6) -- tho I'm kinda sorta close to not getting it
STORMWATCH PHD #9
SUPERMAN #664 -- if it's Busiek & Pacheco, I am there
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #5

ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #1 (OF 4) -- punch me in the neck
DEADPOOL GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR
NEW AVENGERS #32 - if Bendis makes JJ a Skrull, I will punch him in the neck
NOVA #4
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #9
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #20
ULTIMATE X-MEN #84 -- kinda sorta etc
X-FACTOR #21

I started re-sorting my comix this weekend (with my eye on eBaying a bunch of the big event / Johns crap I've bought over the years), and given the amount of event-related crap I bought simply because of the event (instead of purchasing because folks whose work I didn't mind were attached), I am steering clear of GAMMA CORPS.

DEADPOOL GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR

oh crap yes, of course. thanks for the head's up, I completely did not notice this.

GREEN LANTERN #21
NEW AVENGERS #32

Okay, here's the plan:

New Avengers, Ultimate X-Men, X-Factor.

As for me:

SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE - Everyone dies, I think
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL - FRANK CASTLE sez "yo momma!" and I smile.

Dan Didio's masseuse and a former Extreme Studios intern, for all I know. = Palmiotti & Gray, so OTM. Don't remember who's doing the art.
OTOH, the next round of Batman Con-fiend-ential is by some TV writer (I think) and art by Denys Cowan (whose covers look awesome), so it might be good.

and I will be getting two Superman books and Punisher Wall Street Journal, but probably not until next week.

and I'm entirely on the fence about GAY1 and Showcase Batgirl.

OTOH, the next round of Batman Con-fiend-ential is by some TV writer (I think) = a guy that wrote for Heroes The TV Show, so take that w/ a grain of salt. As great as that show was @ times, I'm not sure I want to see any staff writers (LIKE JEPH LOEB) write actual comics.

I'm not buying anything from an unknown (to comix) non-comic writer unless it's someone on the writing staff for 30 Rock. NB: I'm probably full of shit.

Huk, I thought you quit Green Lantern!

I was big-upping Denys Cowan more than unknown TV guy, btw.

xpost, da fug?

Oh - GAY1 = GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE, not something unsavory involving the initials GL. My bad.

Please note that the unsavoriness comes from my interpretation, not from what that conglomeration of letters & numbers could be seen to mean.

Fables
GLI

And the last, like, two months of comics. :(

DEE VEE 2007
- for more The Playwright by Eddie Campell, a hilarious Jeffrey Brown sex comic, some other good stuff and H@y1ey C@mpbe11 Funnies.

DEADPOOL GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #3 - Something happen soon pls.

Is this Anita Blake deal any cop? I always think it's some kind of arty pr0n tittle.

Wow, DV still exists?!?

100 BULLETS #84 (My monthly "stare at a comic that doesn't make sense" comic)
DMZ #21 (Transmet without the fun!)
FABLES #63 (Sob. Frog Prince ftw.)
EXILES #96 (Er. Maybe)
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #9 (Remember when Hatemonger was Hitler? Simpler days.)
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #20 (Remember when Spider-man wasn't emo? Me neither.)
SUB-MARINER #2
X-FACTOR #21

What? No WWH this week? Aren't they afraid we'll forget what the Hulk holding Black Bolt's broken body looks like?

Dee Vee went biannual this century - they did a thick 2001 issue, a magazine titled Molotov the next year, a one-off titled Flange (uh-huh) in 2005, and this new one is meant to be a themed issue of twisted romance stories, but the designer refused to put anything on the cover that said so.

Mordechai - if you seriously think MARY JANE Spidey is emo (& teen luv drama ain't emo, it's luv), stay the funk away from the "actual" series.

Leeee - from my brief exposure to the LKH books (and I'm talking a few pages of one issue), it's not arty, & it's not pr0nny, but it is corny in a low-rent Anne Rice fashion, it seems. But with rat people.

MARTHA WASHINGTON DIES
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #7
CLUBBING
FABLES #63
GEN 13 #10
GRIFTER MIDNIGHTER #5
JLA CLASSIFIED #40
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATGIRL VOL 1
STORMWATCH PHD #9
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #5
DEADPOOL GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #9
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #20
WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #1
X-FACTOR #21

I think I have broken my quality filter.

Batman Confidential preview

I might buy for Denys Cowan alone. DAMN.

Oh, Wrinklebats, it's ALL silly! But that's why we love you.

stopped at the comic shop on the way home from the bar... picked up spides loves MJ and following cerebus. i had the GF in tow, so i didn't have much time to flip through things, but i am thinking i might want to follow new avengers again, just so i have some clue as to what's going on in Marvel continuity.. currently the only continuity-heavy Marvel title I follow is Iron Man; I don't even read Cap anymore.

Cap update: STILL DEAD.

Did anyone read Voodoo Son yet? It's a Nicolas Cage comic!

um...
I'm halfway through Batman Confidential, though, and it's rilly good. A little (a lot) wordy, but with purpose. Denys Cowan is still awesome. The whole "crime can be beaten with reason" theme (soon to be deflated by J-Man) is floating my leaky boat.

Doc Huckerman is 8080. The eveil spirit living in the kryptonite chunk over in SuperCon is kind of pissing me off. I expected more from you, Darwyn! All this time I thought the 'voiceover' was just a narrative device, and now its all literal and annoying.

MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #3 probably along with the first two (and the preview art I've seen is fantastic).

NEW AVENGERS #32
WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #1 (OF 4)
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #20 sadface! :(
X-FACTOR #21

NOTES ON YESTERDAY'S COMICS - Being a fella of discriminating taste (i.e. limited funds), I elected to purchase only two, meaning this shouldn't be long. Plus, spoilers, but that's a gimmee:

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL: Wherein one gets one's jollys watching Frank kill Nazis. It's been a rather frustrating shift from wonderfully good done-in-ones (issue 5 is a woefully underrated issue) to the current arc which, being an "arc" in the modern sense, is clearly written for a future collection. Nonetheless, Olivetti's art is a frequently absurd delight (strangely, I've a fondness for the blatantly photographic backgrounds employed throughout) and, y'know, Frank killing Nazis.

SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE: Yes, boo-hoo. Three separate break-up scenes, each well-crafted. And gosh, that final panel's sweet. And perfect.

I don't know what 8080 means.

It means Blood Diamonds (or, less ridiculous-obscure-ilx-slangily, it means I agree.)

spoiler alert?

I almost don't mind that every single issue of War Journal has merely tread water plotwise. What, like 3 minutes have passed in the "now" narrative, and the flashback stuff isn't really that illuminating, except we get to see Frank beat and kill with a wide array of stuff and facial expressions.

MARTHA WASHINGTON DIES
Pretty superfluous, rendered utterly so by the trailer ad for "The Complete Martha Washington" coming next year. Thanks, Dark Horse.

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #7
I maybe didn't enjoy this as much as everyone else, but it was pretty fine. Denys Cowan is still a damn good penciller.

CLUBBING
Didn't turn up. Sadface.

FABLES #63
Treading water? Fly is down the well, the others upstairs are beginning to realise he's taken things but don't know where he is. I WANT THE HULK INVOLVED IN MY WORLD WARS, GODDAMN IT!

GEN 13 #10
Actually pretty campy fun. The bad guys were a blast, although The Authoriteens might be taking it a bit far.

GRIFTER MIDNIGHTER #5
Didn't turn up. My LCS has a better quality filter than me, it appears.

JLA CLASSIFIED #40
Getting bored with the Kid Amazo plot now, this issue added nothing. Plus it was really weirdly coloured, like it all drained out after about 6 pages.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATGIRL VOL 1
I have only skimmed this but it looks pretty incredible. The cover is AWESOME.

STORMWATCH PHD #9
Wherein the assailant is revealed and I am bored.

SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #5
You're better than this, Cooke.

DEADPOOL GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR
I am laffing as I type, and i read it last night. DEADPOOL IS A CHUBBY CHASER.

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #9
What Huk said.

SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #20
See? That's how you finish Spider-plots.

WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #1
This kind of washed over me, tbh.

X-FACTOR #21
Don't worry Madrox, I will drinked with you! Also, byebye Guido?

See how much more I enjoy comics when I'm reading them sober? I SHOULD REMEMBER THIS.

Green Arrow Year 1 is pretty fine. Very unlike everything else in the DCU right now. There are no smarmy and smug in-jokes a la Meltzjohns, the art is terrif, and there's a really excellent FITE.

also, now I wish I had got Showcase Batgirl (especially since Showcase Batman 2 is kinda Showcase Green Arrow-ish, if you know what i mean).

I know exactly what you mean about Showcase Batman 2, it's because I'm still plodding through that I didn't start Batgirl.

On the front cover, she is ignoring Bats 'n' Robs getting beated up BECAUSE SHE IS FIXING HER MAKEUP.

In one I have read inside, she gets threatened by somebody who is putting a blouse template over her and cutting it out. Gurls like clothes, right? Let's set a story in a dress factory!

All the rest seem to be a cross between the first Green Lantern collection, where it's secretly a Romance Comic, and Teen Titans.

I did end up (FINALLY!) purchasing Can't Get No and am half way done with it now. I mean, half way though my first read. This is clearly going to take multiple reads and turn into a treasured favorite. Goddamn, if I'd bought this when it came out it probably would have been my comic of the year.

I went into the comic shop today and was v. tempted by that new Joe Matt h/c, SPENT, looked pretty cool and i don't have the floppies (as it were.) That MARVEL VAULT box looks tasty too, but a bit on the pricey side - ditto R. C. Harvey's massive Milton Caniff biog, the longest text yet devoted to a single cartoonist? Last week I bought ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS VOL3, which I really do urge Ilxors to check out because (odd vagaries/variance of 70s funny bk style aside) it seems v. v. likely to appeal to fans of things like Morrison's DOOM PATROL - and in one big fat bk not only do you get Steve Gerber's greatest ever cosmic mindfuck superhero storyline, but also David Anthony Kraft's pretty OUT Scorpio multi-parter, w/ v. poor K. Giffen artwork, even.

But I ended up blowing my wages on a 3-for-2 graphic novel deal in the Waterstones on Sauchiehall St - Complete NEMESIS VOL 1, FUN HOME, and ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL 1 as my freebie, nice - may go back for one more mix and match, limited stock but still enuff tempters to make the deal worthwhile (got my eyes on some Jim Holdaway MODESTY BLAISE, a KRAZY KAT colour Sunday volume from Fanta, wish they had that new Marvel INVADERS reprint collection - Frank Robbins, wotta genius and fuck all this BATGIRL shit)

fuck all this BATGIRL shit

TINY FOOTPRINTS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT

I did Waterstones 3 for 2 today and got Dredd Vol 8, Dick Tracy Vol 1 and the Spidey/MJ HC. Then the nice girl behind the counter gave me the most expensive one for free instead of the cheapest, which was good of her.

An LCS was having its 25th anniversary sale today, and they were giving out some free special tees, except when I got there, they only had XL, so I had to pass. Then picked up a few books, and saw a <i>Titans</i> (cartoon version) tee for $4.50, but they only had two, both XL. LOSE SOME WEIGHT, NERDS.

it's like band shirts, um, 12 years ago