Nuthin' Matters and What if It SHIP? April 9, 2008

BPRD
Criminal

and what with it being so light, I might spring for the Q&C tpb

this one will eventually be k-reckt: http://www.diamondcomics.com/shipping/newreleases.txt

from the other list, howev,
SHOWCASE LEGION 2 YES

I am using the UPCOMING list, because I am impatient:

BPRD 1946 #4 (OF 5)
GOON #23 -- thinking about dropping this ;_;

WONDER WOMAN #19 -- thinking about thinking about dropping this ;_;

SUBURBAN GLAMOUR #4 (OF 4) -- cutesy teenish fairy-magic thing written and drawn (quite nicely) by the guy what drew Phonogram

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #556 -- in prep for Bachalo's first (second?) issue, I am shrinking WHERE'S WALDO pages to 1/4th their size and searching for his red-white shirted ass sans spyglass
FANTASTIC FOUR #556 -- self-satisfied smugsville; make with the non-retarded fun, plz; Human Torch getting fucky w/ super-villainess does not count, you ponce
LAST DEFENDERS #2 (OF 6) -- If DC used Nightwing as sparingly as Marvel uses Nighthawk, Chuck Dixon would've gotten a loss less work in the 90s.
NOVA #12 -- totally readable space boggins by Abnett & Lanning; am looking forward to their take on ROCKET RACCOON'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
WOLVERINE #64 -- seriously, this is pretty great (a load better than Jason Aaron's Grindhousey take on Ghost Rider, which isn't that bad either)

FANTASTIC FOUR #556 -- self-satisfied smugsville; make with the non-retarded fun, plz; Human Torch getting fucky w/ super-villainess does not count, you ponce

OTM, this book is throatpunchable now.

The upcoming cover w/ DOOM! looking all blowed-up and knackered is my only hope right now, and if the upcoming issue is more of what's been, I might not make it that far.

from the upcoming list, only BPRD and Showcase Legion, and Young Liars, but I'll drop it. Really.

COUNTDOWN

LIAR

Oh shit forgot about CRIMINAL!

BPRD - 1946: "You don't need eyes to see if someone's got a heart of glass..."
PUNISHER MAX: Frank Castle - c'est moi!

AND PROBABLY SOMETHING ELSE, I DUNNO...

SERENITY BETTER DAYS #2
WONDER WOMAN #19
PAX ROMANA #3: Greatest Comic EVER.
FANTASTIC FOUR #556
WOLVERINE #64

Light week. And not much that I'm excited for in it. (Except Pax Romana.)

the diamond list is up, no Showcase Legion. I'm staying home this week.

just Criminal for me

daver i've been reading countdown (and most weeks ONLY countdown whatup) for like two months now.

aw dude

For me:

SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN FAMILY VOL. 2 TP
CRIMINAL 2 #2
COMPLETE PEANUTS 1967-1968 HC
HALL OF BEST KNOWLEDGE SC
THE RABBI'S CAT VOL. 2 HC

I would totally be skewing toward pamphlets if there were more pamphlets I liked right now.

What is up with that Superman Family Showcase??? I already have Vol 2!!!

Booster Gold #8
Amazing Spider-Man #556
Criminal 2 #2
Last Defenders #2 - first one was the best book that week
Nova #12

Just Criminal, although I will make sad eyes at Rabbi's Cat 2, which I plainly can't afford.

Rabbi's Cat 2 is easily already my favorite graphic novel of 2008. Just do what I do with expensive hardcovers - find a cozy spot in B&N near the Bible section and sit down with a stack of books.

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #16- Last issue of The Wrath storyline, I think this has been a pretty good one.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #23- I suppose more Alpha Lantern stuff in this one. Last issue was kind of unique in that Guy, Kyle nor Kilowog really were apart of it at all, which means I don't know the characters much at all. I think Katma Tui or the son of that guy was in the last issue, either way the dude with the big eyes and bird beak but even the new lanterns that the first few arcs circled around were not present much.

I will probably either get the new DMZ trade or maybe a Hellblazer book.

Hedge Knight Vol 2 #6

AND THAT ALONE.
I dunno if that makes me better or worse than the rest of you nerds.

Wow, absolutely nothing for me this week.

Those of you not picking up BPRD: 1946 this week are teh fail.

IN A VEIN SIMILAR TO MR. MEXICO'S POST:

And I alone hoist the Ennis/Punisher flag (of our fathers, as it were).

And Echo #2 apparently, which I didn't realize came out this week until... well... today.

I am not teh fail.

Except that I am still teh fail for still buying Superman Confidential despite the glaring lack of Darwyn Cooke.

is it a controversial opinion to have that BPRD/hellboy/the whole franchise really does nothing for me? and it's not like i haven't tried! i've read several hellboy trades, i bought all of Lobster Johnson, and i've tried to get on the BPRD boat several times. gorgeous art, decent writing, but it doesn't click for me.

does controversial mean 'RONG'?

jk, its all just strokes and folks, right?

i got criminal today too, and the comics journal, and doc sleepless, in addition to hedge knight. i also got an issue of vietch/alacala's swamp thing and some 70s dr strange from a dude on the street.

"ups...weed...fry...bronze age marvel...ups...weed..."

HAHA. Diversification is key for the successful businessman.

leaving a bar in manhattan on wednesday, got to pass a fellow sneakily whispering at all who passed: "Two dollars a shot, c'mon, two dollars a shot." the real good stuff, i'm sure.

Those of you not picking up BPRD: 1946 this week are teh fail.

-- rogermexico., Wednesday, April 9, 2008 8:10 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Link

Finally made it to the lcs and MAN is this truth! Best final page splash panel I can remember in ages. Cheap, renewable carbon-neutral THRILLMOTHERFUCKINGPOWER!