Comics arriving 6/1

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Posted by: admin on May 31, 2005

Categories: Shipping Lists

Don’t forget: no comics tomorrow! Memorial Day and all that — if you go to the store, you’ll be disapointed! COMICS ARE THURSDAY. Bit hungover today — Garth Ennis (and his loverly wife, Ruth) were in town, so we did the Toronado’s pilgramage. A splendid time was had by all. I’ve got a really cute picture of Garth and Ben that I need to get off the camera, and I’ll see if we can get it up here at some point soon. Anyway, here’s your list of stuff arriving on Thursday: 2000 AD #1437 2000 AD #1438 AMAZING FANTASY #9 AQUAMAN #31 ATOMIKA #3 BATMAN VILLAINS SECRET FILES 2005 BEOWULF #2 BETTY #147 BLOOD OF THE DEMON #4 BURGLAR BILL…  Read More…

A handful of reviews of 5/25 books

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Posted by: admin on May 28, 2005

Categories: Reviews

Even less time than normal this week — have to get the order form done, and the next month’s sub set up, plus it’s a holiday weekend, and the store has been rocking. Jeff’s out of town, so this is all the Critic you get this week. I’m barely halfway through this week’s books, but I was writing as I was reading, and if I don;t post this now, I don’t know when I would. We’re pretty purely mainstream stuff this week as a result Evidently, I was also extra-cranky this week… ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #640: I very much liked the formal experiment (the top 2/3rds was completely told in pictures — from a scrapbook, or a magazine, or a…  Read More…

Shipping 5/25

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Posted by: admin on May 25, 2005

Categories: Shipping Lists

MASSIVE god-damn week. 100 BULLETS #61 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #13 ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #640 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #520 ARCHIE #557 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #161 ARMOR X #3 BARBAROSSA AND THE LOST CORSAIRS #2 BATGIRL #64 BATMAN #640 BILLY THE KIDS OLD TIME ODDITIES #2 (OF 4) CAPTAIN AMERICA #6 CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #9 CATWOMAN #43 CITY OF TOMORROW #2 (OF 6) COMMON FOE #1 (OF 4) DAY OF VENGEANCE #2 (OF 6) DC SPECIAL THE RETURN OF DONNA TROY #1 (OF 4) DESPERADO PRIMER DOOM PATROL #12 EXCALIBUR #14 EXPATRIATE #2 FANTASTIC FOUR #527 FLASH #222 GI JOE #43 GI JOE MASTER & APPRENTICE VOL II UDON CVR A #4 GIRLS #1 GOLDEN PLATES #2 (OF 12) GREEN…  Read More…

Jeff’s Reviews on 5/18 Books

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Posted by: admin on May 22, 2005

Categories: Reviews

Oh, that Hibbs. He manages to coax more responses out of you guys than we’ve ever gotten, knocks a couple reviews out of the park, than tells me he probably won’t post until Monday at the earliest because of some crazy shit like, “It’s going to be a beautiful weekend and we have plans on both days to take Ben somewhere new. Just post something whenever you can, and I’ll follow up. Maybe.” Gee, thanks, Mr. Sinatra. I’ll be more than happy to warm up the crowd for a few hours until you feel like coming on stage… Oh, and somehow this wasn’t supposed to be umpteen million words of blabbity-blab. It just ended up that way. BATMAN DARK DETECTIVE…  Read More…

“Why are you always so negative?”

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on May 18, 2005

Categories: Retailing/Industry , Reviews , Site News

Got a comment in the Talk Back of last week’s reviews that I thought might be bigger consideration than just responding there were no one would see it. A “Brian” (no last name) wrote: “Whew! Thanks for telling me what stinks, guys! Now I know I don’t need to come into your shop and spend any money!” Which, while fabulous in its snarkiness, actually does bring up something I get a lot: “Why are you so negative all of the time?” So, let’s go over some of the reasons you’ll find negative reviews here. First, and foremost, I usually hear it from people who say some variant of “You’re a retailer, your job is to sell.” But, here’s the thing:…  Read More…

Arriving at Comix Experience on 5/18

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Posted by: admin on May 17, 2005

Categories: Shipping Lists

Look at me, all ahead of the game, and shit… 2000 AD #1435 2000 AD #1436 30 DAYS OF NIGHT BLOODSUCKERSTALES #8 AUTHORITY REVOLUTION #8 (OF 12) BATMAN DARK DETECTIVE #2 (OF 6) BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHTS #65 BATMAN JEKYLL AND HYDE #2 (OF 6) BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #70 BIRDS OF PREY #82 BLACK PANTHER #4 BOOKS OF MAGICK LIFE DURING WARTIME #11 BUGTOWN #5 (OF 6) CABLE DEADPOOL #15 CASTLEVANIA THE BELMONT LEGACY #3 (OF 5) CHEMISTRY ONE SHOT CONAN #16 CRIMSON GASH VS HITLER (A) DAREDEVIL #73 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #328 DRIPPYTOWN COMICS & STORIES #4 EASY WAY #2 (OF 4) ERIC REDS CONTAINMENT #5 (OF 5) EX MACHINA #11 EXILES #64 FREAKSHOW #6 FREEDOM FORCE #5…  Read More…

5/11 reviews by Hibbs!

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Posted by: admin on May 15, 2005

Categories: Reviews

Still haven’t QUITE finished all this week’s comics (have about 15 or so to go), but there’s enough done to make a stab at this. Jeff Lester tenders his regrets, but he says he’ll be unable to review this weekend, so it’s just you and me baby! Speaking of babies, have I told you about Ben’s newest tactic? That’s right, the little fella is now trying emotional blackmail! He’ll want us to do something — lift him up, get something for him, whatever, and if we won’t do it right away, he’ll say “I la!”, which is Ben-ese for “I love you!” “I la!” I la!” (*makes kissy lip smacking noises*) “I la!” It doesn’t work, of course, but the…  Read More…

Tilting is up

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Posted by: admin on May 13, 2005

Categories: Retailing/Industry

http://www.newsarama.com/Tilting2_0/Tiltingv217.htm Reviews…soon, I swear! Ben took *forever* to put down for his nap today, and I lost most of my forward productivity between that and the Newsrama talkback. More soon! -B

Shipping 5/11

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Posted by: admin on May 11, 2005

Categories: Shipping Lists

As I’m sure you’ve guessed by now, Jeff Lester bet wrong, and FCBD and Mother’s Day conspired to give me a one-two punch to not have time for the Critic. Heck, look, it’s 2:40 on Wednesday, and I’m just getting up this week’s shipping list. On the plus side, thanks to a bus trip to the doctor’s office this morning (had to, literally, get the wax cleaned outta my ears!), I’ve made a very good start on reading this week’s comics, and, since I’ve put this month’s TILTING AT WINDMILLS to bed (should be up on Friday, I think), I have every hope, if not expectation, that I’ll be able to write a full length Critic for Friday… But, as…  Read More…

Coming Up From The Crack Pipe: Reviews of 5/4 Comics

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Posted by: admin on May 9, 2005

Categories: Reviews

I’m sure Hibbs will be around sooner rather than later (I’m betting Free Comic Book Day followed by Mother’s Day put him on the ropes, but not down for the count), but here’s how things stand with me. After three months of staying away from video games, I fired up the PS2 again. So maybe the books this week didn’t wow me because my brain was on God of War, the game I can only describe as a Ray Harryhausen movie on crack—highly recommended for those who would enjoy such a thing. And speaking of crack, I owe a big ol’ debt of gratitude to Rob Bennett for turning me on to The Wire. Not quite done with Season One,…  Read More…

Comics arriving 5/4

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Posted by: admin on May 4, 2005

Categories: Shipping Lists

Whoops, up late — sorry if you’ve already headed into the store… I think I’ve decided to NOT put the pieces and numbers charts up for the April order form. Not enough people are commenting. You could still change my mind, but it takes a village…. 2000 AD #1433 2000 AD #1434 AMAZING FANTASY #8 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #91 ARCHIE DIGEST #216 BATMAN DARK DETECTIVE #1 (OF 6) BIGFOOT #3 (OF 4) BLOOD OF THE DEMON #3 BRIAN PULIDOS MEDIEVAL LADY DEATH #2 BRIAN PULIDOS WAR ANGEL RYP CVR #1 (OF 3) CASEFILES SAM & TWITCH #16 CONCRETE HUMAN DILEMMA #5 (OF6) DAMN NATION #3 (OF 3) DAREDEVIL REDEMPTION #4 (OF 6) DEADWORLD #1 DETECTIVE COMICS #806 EXCALIBUR #12 FADE…  Read More…

Reviews from 4/27

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Posted by: admin on May 3, 2005

Categories: Reviews

No time no time no time…. Trying desperately to get this month’s order form, this month’s sub orders and this week’s invoicing done leaves, really, no time for dumb comics reviews, but I can’t leave Jeff hanging out there all alone for 2 weeks running. Still, he’ll be happy that there’s going to be a revamp of OMEGA THE UNKNOWN (http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32944). On the other hand, I haven’t read his reviews yet, so maybe I’m covering all of the same books the same way, we’ll see… First up, from last week, because I shouldn’t let it pass unmentioned: OMAC PROJECT #1: As an individual story, this was fine, I guess. The beats worked OK, more or less, and I probably feel…  Read More…

A Few Reviews from Jeff of 4/27 Comics

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Posted by: admin on May 2, 2005

Categories: Reviews

Not much to say this week (very, very skimpy wordcount for these reviews) but before getting to the saying of it, I just wanted to mention The Shrew Review as a fine ol’ place for comix reviews. I forget how I ended up finding it, but if you like the reviews that cover what works and what doesn’t and why, you should check it out. Good stuff, and when I can wrap my brain around it, I’ll try to add the site to the side links. In other news: ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #639: The Supes/powersuit fight I liked because it seemed like there was some thought put into it, which made the whole “Lois acts utterly out of character and…  Read More…