Posted by: admin on October 29, 2004
Categories: Site News , Uncategorized
Something got screwed up in my settings, making sure this is working now… EDIT: Yes, it is, Thanks again, Jeff for figuring shit out! [Jeff’s back, BTW, hooray!) -B
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Archive for October, 2004
Posted by: admin on October 28, 2004
Categories: Site News
I’ve been trying since late Tuesday night to post, but, for some reason, it keeps getting stuck in “publishing post” Since it is now Thursday, I think posting “comics this week” and the week/weak/book from last week seems pointless… but I pretty much promise I’ll have a full length Critic written by Monday morning with this week’s books. I’m getting itchy, y’see. Let me also remind you, if you’re in the SF area, we have GEOFF JOHNS here on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, from 4-7 PM. We haven’t done a signing in half a decade, so this should be a fun little event. See you soon, I swear, with actual reviews…. -B
Posted by: admin on October 27, 2004
Categories: Shipping Lists
This week’s list of stuff that arrived at Comix Experience for 10/27. Woof, what a huge list! 2000 AD PROG #1410 30 DAYS OF BLOODSUCKERS TALES #1 ADAM STRANGE #2 AMAZING FANTASY #5 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #513 AQUAMAN #23 AUTHORITY REVOLUTION #1 BART SIMPSON COMICS #20 BATMAN #633 BIRDS OF PREY #75 BLACK WIDOW #2 BLUE MONDAY PAINTED MOON #3 BREAKDOWN CVR A #1 CANDYAPPLEBLACK #5 CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #2 CASUAL SEX #5 CATWOMAN #36 CITY OF HEROES #6 COOCHY COOTIE MENS COMICS COSMIC GUARD #3 DAREDEVIL #66 DAWN OF WAR CANNON HAWKE #1 DEMO #11 DICTATORS SADDAM HUSSEIN #2 DOCTOR SPECTRUM #3 DOOM PATROL #5 ELEKTRA THE HAND #3 EXCALIBUR #6 FLASH #215 FRANK MILLERS ROBOCOP MILLER CVR #7… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 19, 2004
Categories: Shipping Lists
Just so this is at the top of the page, I thought of this first, but published it last, and I want to profusely thank Jeff Lester for filling in here and doing the reviews while I was sans-’puter. I think he did a great job, so hurray Jeff! -B
The Weak, Book and Week for 10/13
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Categories: Reviews , Site News
So, since I’m still getting my computer’s house in order, and since I had the new TILTING AT WINDMILLS up at Newsrama, and since I got into it in a few threads (also at Image Comics’ BBS) and since Jeff’s on Vacation so that means I have to solo ONOMATOPOEIA (even if it is only 8 pages this month), so that means no full length Critic last week. Wah. I figure the least I can do is sort through the Picks and the Books. So, Pick of the Week: Not the greatest week in the world, really — many things in my personal in-box disappointed me from the ASTRO CITY A VISITORS GUIDE (I don’t much care for the Who’s… Read More…
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Categories: Shipping Lists
Just so we’ll have some “content” when I don’t type up a full Critic, here’s what’s arriving at Comix Experience for sale on Wednesday, 10/20 ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #633 AMELIA RULES SUPERHEROES #3 BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #10 BATGIRL #57 BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHTS #58 BATMAN STRIKES #2 BOOKS OF MAGICK LIFE DURING WARTIME #4 BRIAN PULIDOS LADY DEATH DEADRISING CABLE DEADPOOL #8 CANDYAPPLEBLACK #4 CONAN #9 DARKNESS VOL 2 #16 DEANNA OF THE DEAD #1 DEFEX CVR B #1 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #321 FANTASTIC FOUR #519 FATHOM DAWN OF WAR #2 FIRESTORM #6 GAMBIT #3 GI JOE RELOADED #8 GOON DH ED #9 HERO #21 HUMAN TARGET #15 IDENTITY CRISIS #5 IDENTITY DISC #5 INVADERS #3 JAVA #2… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 9, 2004
Categories: Site News
Well, my computer is back from Florida, which is the good news. But the bad news is that they decided it would be a clever idea to reformat the hard drive without bothering to tell me. This, despite asking on two separate occasions whether the HD would be safe and protected (I suspect I actually worded it to ask if the HD was physically OK… but, damn, you’d think they’d double plus underline that reformatting is SOP there) So, while I’m “back”, I have about a week’s worth of data (re)entry in front of me to recover everything from the first of the year on, which makes Brian a very sad man. At least I have my address book back… Read More…
Comics of 10/06: Week, Weak, Huh?
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Categories: Reviews
Friday was one damned quiet day at the comic book store so I had plenty of opportunity to read stuff. Despite this, I didn’t read any more of the week’s new releases–so let’s just shuffle along to my equally lethargic picks, eh? Pick of the Week is tough because nothing really got me fired up. However, despite my can’t-put-my-finger-on-it misgivings (and Jim Treacher’s apt critique in one of our comments) about Y: The Last Man, those last few pages were a hell of a shock. If you like picking up a book and wondering what the hell the creators are going to do next month, this is the book to check out. Weirdly, Pick of the Weak isn’t particularly easy,… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 7, 2004
Categories: Reviews
Hmmm. Either I’m just not feeling the comics vibe, or it was not a particularly strong release week. Either statement could be true: I know I spent more time playing Katamari Damacy yesterday than I did reading and thinking about comics. So the following reviews should be taken with a grain of salt–a grain of salt that can be rolled up with a cookie, a thumb tack, a stamp, a mouse, a battery, etc., etc., until eventually it’s rolling around the town collecting sumo wrestlers and policemen and cars in its unstoppable mass. 303 #1: I always like Ennis’s war stories, and I like Jacen Burrows’ art, but this was somehow less than what I expected: the weapons look fabulous… Read More…
A New Fanboy is Up and Shambling….
Posted by: admin on October 6, 2004
Categories: Site News
As promised, a new Fanboy Rampage is up (and, as expected, I put it up about a week later than I said I would). I don’t know if I mentioned it, but I’m going on vacation next week and won’t be back until the last week in October. My hope is Hibbs’ computer will have returned from the shop by then and there’ll be no delay in all the savaging and the criticing but who knows? I’ll keep you updated as I get an idea of what’s going on.
Posted by: admin on October 4, 2004
Categories: Reviews
I thought there’d be more choices for Pick of the Week but really there’s just Darwyn Cooke’s super-fab New Frontier #6: in case of Identity Crisis poisoning, take one of these for instant relief. See your doctor if symptoms persist. For Pick of the Weak, well….Amazing Spider-Man #512–not just because 2004 is a really bad year for Gwen Stacys, but because a character’s mythology means more than just an aphorism and sticking to walls. Runner-up is Metal Gear Solid #1, recreating the experience of a twelve year old telling you about the game of Metal Gear he just played, except wasting some sweet Ashley Wood art in the process. Trade Paperback: I hate to keep picking reprints of old DC… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 3, 2004
Categories: Reviews
The good news is, I read more books at the store. The bad news is, I don’t have much time to finish this up. I apologize in advance for any criticisms made less trenchant by the accidental excision of a noun or verb. DAREDEVIL 2099 #1: Apparently, “2099″ is codeword for “bummer twist ending.” And I should have pointed this out when reviewing Black Panther 2099, but it was Hibbs’ big complaint so I’ll put it here: why revive the 2099 line if you’re not going to follow your old continuity? It’s almost like Marvel commissioned research that showed they should alienate their readership, and feel compelled to follow it. Plus, how can he be the Kingpin when he says… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 1, 2004
Categories: Reviews
I couldn’t do it. My plan was to review the comics in the order I read ‘em because there were lines of thought that developed from going one to the next, but a super-crap day at work yesterday and the debate last night totally knocked it all out of my head. So back to our good ol’ pal alpha order this time around. Foo. A FINE MESS #2: I liked this second issue of Matt Madden’s formally playful comix–at their best, they give off the precocious charm of stuff I’ve read by Calvino, Barth or Cortazar (Madden namechecks Queneau who I should hunt up) and there’s great fun in catching on to the games Madden plays in the first two… Read More…
