No New News: Jeff’s Reviews of 1/25/06 Books…

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Posted by: admin on January 29, 2006

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I started writing these reviews in Word before remembering what a big ol’ pain in the ass smart quotes end up being when you pull ‘em into Blogger. Man, that drives me nuts. And despite trying to get these finished before Graeme, he still has his reviews up first. They’re right below mine and you don’t want to miss ‘em. ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #648: Wow, someone really needs to recalibrate the Ruckatron 3000: This was simultaneously a crossover issue and a fill-in issue, filled with cut-and-paste flibberdigibbet about the inspiration Superman provides by punching walking septic tanks. Admittedly, I only spent four minutes reading it, but I think that was only half the time it took Rucka to write it….  Read More…

A week of extremes: Graeme’s reviews of 1/25 books.

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Oh, Jonathan Kent. If only Clark had listened to the exceptionally unsubtle warning that Terrence Stamp gave him about “Listen, son, if you do this going back in time, nature will just find someone else anyway, and then what’ll you do?” But, no, Clark had to celebrate his 100th episode by turning back time, didn’t he? And look who paid the price: Senator Jonathan Kent. Father of selfish Superboy. On the plus side, somewhere the people who do those Dukes of Hazard reunion TV movies will probably be getting a phone call about more availability for one of their leads, so there is that. Comics, anyone? GANGES #1: Add my voice to the growing choir about the wonder that is…  Read More…

Graeme Rocks The New Stuff….

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Posted by: admin on January 26, 2006

Categories: Retailing/Industry

Today should be the day the new Onomatopoeia comes out at CE, and as mentioned elsewhere, Mr. McMillan is the new shining star in our smudgy-colored-paper firmament. Graeme covers the New Comics and dispenses such wisdom as “A stay in Rhode Island may be enough for some to retreat into a catatonic state that deadens the mind and kills all creativity, but luckily Ron Rege, Jr. is no mere mortal,” and “[Wolverine: Origins] is supposed to focus on all of Wolverine’s missing years between Origin and his joining the X-Men, which only narrows the focus down to, what, a hundred years or so? However will they make that last?” It’s exactly the shot of kickapoo joy juice CEO needs as…  Read More…

I am Jeff Lester’s Bitch: Graeme’s reviews of 1/18 books

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on January 23, 2006

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Ah, that’s more like it. This week was full of comicky goodness and hissy fits (the latter courtesy of The Comics Journal, where Michael Dean’s “Why Can’t Comics Websites Be What I Want Them To Be?” series has ruffled some feathers, to say the least). It’s also, if you’re anywhere near Comix Experience the store rather than Comix Experience the website, the week when the new Onomatopoeia came out with Jeff Lester making me sound much more interesting and mysterious than I actually am. But that’s enough about me! To paraphrase the scary woman out’ve the Overstock.com adverts, sometimes, it’s all about… the comics. ALL STAR SUPERMAN #2: Maybe what the All-Star line is all about is being some kind…  Read More…

Tagged Back In: Jeff’s Reviews of 01/18 Comix…

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Posted by: admin on January 22, 2006

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It’s kinda great being able to take a few weeks off without the site lying fallow. I’d like to say I did something meaningful with that time away, but me and the missus took in a couple of movies, I made my way through some of the sale books I picked up, and I followed just about every slothful urge as it occurred to me. T’was nice. Anyway, back to inflicting my opinions on everyone. But, first, if you haven’t read Bri’s latest Tilting at Windmills, you should check it out because it’s an amazingly concise discussion of what the immediate challenges are for the direct market and an impressively open-minded explanation of how things got the way they are….  Read More…

Arriving 1/18/2006

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Posted by: admin on January 18, 2006

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Here’s this week’s list of what we’re recieving — much better week than last!!! (I have reviews, below this, too) 7 DAYS TO FAME #2 (OF 3) A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #26 ACTION COMICS #835 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #2 ARCHIE #563 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #167 BATGIRL #72 BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #73 BIRDS OF PREY #90 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #109 CHICANOS #3 CONAN #24 DEMI HARDCORE #3 ESCAPE OF THE LIVING DEAD #3 (OF 5) EX MACHINA #17 FIRESTORM #21 FLASH #230 FRESHMEN #5 (OF 6) FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #4 GENERATION M #3 (OF 5) GIRLS #9 GREEN LANTERN #7 HAUNTED MANSION #2 HELLBLAZER #216 INCREDIBLE HULK #91 INFINITE CRISIS #4 (OF 7) IRON GHOST #5 (OF 6)…  Read More…

Hibbs reviews some 1/11/06 stuff

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No, see, I DO do reviews, sometimes. Course, I had to pick the worst week for comics out of the last 52, right? ELFQUEST THE DISCOVERY #1: How long has it been since a new Elfquest story saw print? And how long since it was actually WaRP doing it? Probably too long because I really couldn’t follow this very well – it was like halfway through the issue before I saw a character I remembered/recognized. The Discovery, for me, is that, huh, I don’t care any longer about this world and these characters, once oh so beloved. I’m probably being harsher than I should be, but, ugh, AWFUL ED THE HAPPY CLOWN #4: Last one I “reviewed” was issue #1…  Read More…

Seven Days of Dull: Graeme’s reviews of 1/11 books.

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on January 16, 2006

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Well, that may have been one of the more underwhelming weeks in recent memory when it comes to what shipped in the world of comic bookery (Unless you’re a 2000AD fan – in which case you’d be in Thrill Power heaven, what with Prog 2006, the new Dredd collection… Borag Thungg, Earthlet Cash), especially with the non-appearance of Hellblazer despite what DC’s website claimed. As a result, Lester and Hibbs decided that it was time to give me a random selection of things to read that normally I’d ignore on my way to the Grant Morrison Worship Aisle. So blame them for the selection of this week’s review subjects. ARES #1: It’s all very competently done, and the art is…  Read More…

Whoops! What’s arriving 1/11/06 (Today!)

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Posted by: admin on January 11, 2006

Categories: Shipping Lists

See, I’m so late, I have no commentary this week, see you soon with reviews…. 100 BULLETS #68 2000 AD PROG 2006 AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS VOL 2 #4 ANGEL OLD FRIENDS #2 (OF 5) ARES #1 (OF 5) BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #199 BATMAN STRIKES #17 BOOK OF LOST SOULS #4 CABLE DEADPOOL #24 CAPTAIN ATOM ARMAGEDDON #4 (OF 9) DANGER GIRL BACK IN BLACK #3 (OF 4) DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON #1 (OF 6) DESOLATION JONES #5 DMZ #3 ED THE HAPPY CLOWN #4 (OF 9) ELFQUEST THE DISCOVERY #1 (OF4) EXILES #75 FABLES #45 GHOST RIDER #5 (OF 6) GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #7 GREEN ARROW #58 HAWKMAN #48 JLA #124 JLA CLASSIFIED COLD STEEL #2…  Read More…

If You Think That Our Dance Is All In The Hips: Graeme’s reviews of a lot of books.

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on January 8, 2006

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Rosario Dawson is going to save comics! Or something. I’m sure that Ms. Dawson is a wonderful person and everything, but the announcement of her new comic from Speakeasy sounds less like Speakeasy breaking new ground and more like the time that Marvel said that Freddie Prinze Jr. was going to write Spider-Man for them to me. Still, good luck to her, if only because I thought Josie And The Pussycats was a great movie. Because I’ve been away for the last month or so, I’m not reviewing this week’s books as much as various books from the last four weeks that I managed to get through this week, in between long stretches of work and more long stretches of…  Read More…

Last Post For The Day, I Promise….

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Posted by: admin on January 5, 2006

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But Brian gave me new photos of Ben to put up months ago, and I finally got around to putting them up today. So if you’re a fan of der vunderkind, or just want to see that scary photo of Garth Ennis again, have at you!

CE Sale: Part XIII (of XIII)

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Posted by: admin on January 4, 2006

Categories: Retailing/Industry

Finally, I had to close with this picture, just to show how serious Brian is about taking care of some overstock. A Sandman trade on sale at Comix Experience? I never thought I’d live to see the day frankly. And there are also Matt Wagner Grendel trades–also insanely hard to wrap my brain around. I just think this is a very decent sale and, again, the bargain pricing being offered to Savage Critic readers gives you a real edge on picking some great stuff at great prices. There. My blatant shilling is through. We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog.

CE Sale: Part XII

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I was a little worried my beloved Beck was going to be in this pile–but there’s plenty of other selections in there–again, some that don’t sell, and some where the overstock got a bit high. Like those volumes of Battle Royale, for example. There’s actually a volume I need to bring my BR collection up to date, in fact, in the sales bins. If Hibbs will let me have that price break on manga that he’s offering to the blog readers, I may just walk off with huge handfuls of the stuff on Friday.

CE Sale: Part XI

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I was really shocked to see this and several other volumes of the Classic Conan trades in the sale bins. Again, there are some books that I think sell pretty well for us that Brian is putting in there so as to open up space in the store and in our storage areas. (Sorry I blew the focus out on a lot of these, by the way. The price on this, and I’m assuming the other classic Conans, is eight bucks).

CE Sale: Part X

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There’s all sorts of cool stuff in the oversized bin like this. I’m a little surprised sales on this were sluggish enough on this book, for example, that it made the sales bin.

CE Sale: Part IX

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I think interest has waned on Frank Cho’s Liberty Meadows work, but do I think they’ll be a number of people willing to pay twelve bucks for the hardcover? I do.

CE Sale: Part VII

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This is pretty rare–an item in the clearance box I didn’t even know we had in the store. I’d say you have until Friday to pick this up, or else I’m taking it home!

CE Sale: Part VI

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Most of the Escapist issues were in there at three dollars a throw. I picked this one because of the awesome cover. By the way, Mignola fans, Brian also put some Hellboy trades in there. That kind of surprised me.

CE Sale: Part V

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Three bucks for that Batman/Judge Dredd compilation? I know the coloring is a bit dark but that’s a pretty great way to get a lot of insane Bisley art for cheap.

CE Sale: Part IV

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Yeah, a lot of Star Wars trades that weren’t moving. I’ll be curious to see if they sell even at these prices.

CE Sale Part III

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There’s another Kevin O’Neill trade in there somewhere, but yeah. The first Marshal Law trade for under ten bucks? (And again, that drops by 30% if you buy four more books?) I hope some of the regular customers who take the time to give me grief in the comments (yes, I’m looking at you, BrianE) make it a point to stop by the store before Sunday.