the blimp the blimp the motherSHIP: 12/12/2007

There is nothing for me on that list, but I have questions:

SALVATION RUN #2 (OF 7) $2.99

Is this any good?

ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #4 $2.99

??

PIRATES OF CONEY ISLAND #6 (OF 8) $2.99

????

QUEEN & COUNTRY VOL 8 OPERATION RED PANDA HC

Oh wow no idea the arc finally finished! Now to wait for the TPB.

For me:

BAT LASH #1--always had a weakness for the character, curious how Aragonés will treat him this time
BOOSTER GOLD #5--oh the hell with it, I'm hooked
COUNTDOWN SPECIAL THE ATOM 80-PAGE GIANT #1--because it's going to be a good long while before Showcase reprints this stuff and I'm eager to read it
WONDER WOMAN #15--still feeling kind of probationary about the Simone run, but that's better than the last few writers...
ESSENTIAL DR. STRANGE VOL. 3--reprinting the awesome '70s series--Steve Englehart! Frank Brunner! etc. You dare not miss this, effendi!
NEW AVENGERS #37--skrully skrully skrully

BPRD: KILLING GROUND #5 - Basic reaction to the last issue: Lobster Johnson = wtf???
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #14 - I'm really quite liking the subtext of old school/nostalgia vs. nu that recurs throughout this series, esp. when new blows up old school to tiny bits.

Booster Gold, Essential Dr. Strange, Fantastic Four, Nova, and X-Factor, even though I'll definitely have no idea what the hell is going on.

mmm yeah Essential Doc Strange - screw frank brunner, its all abt the primo colan/palmer

ELFQUEST BUST LEETAH: Mmmm. Leetah's Bust. Mmmm.

Also!
WONDER WOMAN #15: Gail V. Diane. Battle of the princess warriors.
NEW WARRIORS #6: Jubes FTW.
X-FACTOR #26: Layla + Madrox = Sexy mutant couple.

Hmmm. Lightest week ever?
My wife bought my Great American Comics 2007 this week (for Channukah), and I think she's buying some manga. Otherwise... nothin.

BPRD, but I think that's all. Although if the Hellboy Animated Magnet was actually what it says, that would be cool as fuck.

SALVATION RUN #2 (OF 7) $2.99

Is this any good?

It's dire, dire, dire, shitty, shitty shit. With turds on top.

I read one of the Pirates of Coney Island issues once. It was pretty weird and fairly incomprehensible. I never read another one.

"SALVATION RUN #2 (OF 7) $2.99 Is this any good?"

That is a cool title. It sounds like it should be some cyberpunk Gibson style book.

X-Factor, New Avengers, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps. Not much, but I'm excited for Messiah Complex and the conclusion of the Sinestro Corps story.

I am going to get both GL and GLC (tho probably not the Ion Special) and celebrate the end of the Sinestro Corps story.

and also
Superman Confidential and Punisher War Journal and maybe New Frontier Martian Manhunter Eyebrow Action Figure

nothing

got Stuart Immonen's two minis in the mail yesterday though

Nothing for me, although I finally read the new Scott Pilgrim last night, and it really is quite good.

I also made my own bootleg edition of Flex Mentallo (thanks, office printer!) which I read for the first time in bed like a big nerd. Good stuff.

I finally read the FIRST Scott Pilgrim last night. IT BLEW MY MIND.

so much better to come!

There's a bit (teeny bit) of a dip in the third book but the new one is pretty perfect.

Oh wow no idea the arc finally finished! Now to wait for the TPB.

I'm really confused... wtf is up with Fables, DMZ and Un-Men coming out this week? Am I really confused, or did Diamond really fuck up this week with the shipping list?

Didn't I tell you all about Scott Pilgrim? SP FTW

Totally different thing, but Green Lantern was really exciting! I can't fathom why you'd be dropping out now, Dr. Superman. I refuse to believe that Green Lantern has ever been better than it is right now.

Ah. Here we go. Apparently there's a mature list that has all the comics I like on it: http://www.diamondcomics.com/shipping/shipping_121207.txt

You were linked to the kid friendly list.

I need to addendum my list:

DMZ #26
FABLES #68
LOVELESS #21
UN-MEN #5

I really don't know what to make of this Sinestro Corps bizz, which somehow turned out to be an 11-chapter prelude to an even more colourful cosmic FITE.
My only hope is that the Rainbow Raider will show up in the last chapter to save the day and reveal himself to be the NEW METRON of the post Death of the New Gods DCU.
Mr. Perpetua, you obv. have no memory of the Len Wein/Dave Gibbons GL. Wherein Mr. Jordan did battle with such notables as the Javelin (a former East German Olympian who throws yellow javelins) and the Demolition Crew (they tear shit up-I think they were killed by either OMACs or the Spectre in the background of a panel starring Detective Chimp in the lead-up to Infinite Crisis). AND GL was dating Sally Jupiter.

I also bought Scott Pilgrim #2. And I've made half of my co-workers read SP#1. Does it come out in floppies or is it just digests?

Everyone raved about Sinestro, but I totally didn't get it. Maybe I'm not cut out for the DCU.

I didn't get it either. I mean I got it. I also got it. But now I wanna give it back.

Just read the new X-Factor. All I've got to say is that Messiah Complex has been everything I hoped WWH, Sinestro, Ghul, Civil War, etc would be. Complex, epic, and thematically resonant. Not to mention that I think Layla + Madrox are becoming the perfect couple (age problem put aside). Three beautiful moments:

The entire page nine. (especially the bottom half)
And: "I know you're right, Layla. You usually are."
And: The last page.

Seriously, this shit is blowing me away. And it's scratching my Days of Future Past itch. (Btw: Where is Kitty?)

Oh ok, I will get Fables then.

My bad, link-wise.

Dr. Superman, it's digests only.

Superman Confidential #10 wrapped a perfectly fine Superman + New Gods tale. C. Batista's clean & crisp art was terrific and suited the bright colours. Some of his faces were a little long (a horse walks into a bar...), but in terms of what I want out of Supes Confid, this hit the motherfucking spot. Plus next issue finishes the Darwyn Cooke/Tim Sale story finally. I am officially willing to overlook the completely shit-tastic Palmiotti & Gray Lori Lemaris story from a few issues ago.

Green Lantern Corps #19 was GLEASONicious. Even though Kyle Rayner is going to be co-starring in this book, I will continue to read it for every single other character, especially the Stel/Green Man team.

Of course, reading the first two Scott Pilgrim volumes ("bread makes you fat?!?!") this week has changed my life and made me much happier and more confident about being a comic reading adult.

Okay, so no, I don't have any memories of really old GL comics because Geoff Johns is the guy who came along and convinced me that GL comics were not inherently terrible, thus reversing a bias I've had since I was five years old. The Sinestro Corps story is pretty rad in and of itself (Green Lantern Corps vs. Evil Green Lantern Corps -- why didn't they do this a looooong time ago?), but it's really just a bigger story kicking into high gear. It all appeals to the Star Wars fan in me, and I think Johns has done a really great job of thinking through every aspect of the GL mythology and making it thematically coherent while also just being fun and dramatic. I like that Johns stacked the deck in the story in terms of villains -- not only is it Sinestro leading a corps of deranged evil Lanterns, but there's Superman Prime, Cyborg Superman, and the goddamn Anti-Monitor! I feel like too many comics now lack good supervillains, but Sinestro Corps War is an embarrassment of riches. And now there's going to be seven -- or eight! -- corps! That's pretty neat, and again, why didn't anyone think of that instead of having Hal Jordan do battle with former East German Olympian dudes who throw yellow javelins?

I'm right with Mordechai on Messiah Complex, but maybe slightly less enthusiastic cos I think the past two chapters have been too heavy on exposition, and I fucking hate the Predator X thing. (OH NOES HE ATE PEEPERS!!!!!!!!!)

Mordechai: I think it's pretty obvs at this point that Kitty is the character who is not coming back from Whedon's story, ie, she's probably going to hang out in space for a while. LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME. Also, I don't think Layla is going to be the age she's currently at much longer -- I'm guessing that she will return to our present, but she'll be a young adult, and the core Madrox will have memories of being with her in the future.

Of course, reading the first two Scott Pilgrim volumes ("bread makes you fat?!?!") this week has changed my life and made me much happier and more confident about being a comic reading adult.

"Does bread really make you fat?" is a question I've had to answer on more than one occasion after lending my nephews SCOTT PILGRIM. I do envy you your first exposure, Mr. Dr. Superman.

Wait. What? Kitty isn't coming back?

Hold on one sec... she was definitely in Blinded By the Light. So... unless Astonishing happened in between Blinded By the Light and Messiah Complex.... she should be on Earth right now.

^^^ why i can't read x-men comics anymore

Because the canon is too hard to follow?

I don't know any of this for sure, Mordechai, but it seems like that's the deal with Kitty. It is pretty stupid to place the entire second year of Astonishing X-Men in the (tiny, tiny) space between Blinded By The Light and Messiah Complex, but whatever. It only makes Joss' story look bad, but if that's what they want...

I'm curious as to why Ian would think continuity would be an issue only pertaining to X-Men comic books. Like, hello, DC Comics!

cap'n save-a-xman