Happy Birthday, Jeff Lester!!!
Posted by: admin on October 31, 2006
Categories: Uncategorized
The big Four-Oh! and Happy Halloween to the rest of you!! -B
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Archive for October, 2006
Posted by: admin on October 30, 2006
Categories: Shipping Lists
ANd we start off November with a pretty slow week. That’s not a great plan, really. 52 WEEK #26 AGENTS OF ATLAS #4 (OF 6) ALL NEW ATOM #5 AMERICAN SPLENDOR #3 (OF 4) AMERICAN VIRGIN #8 APOCALYPSE NERD #4 (OF 6) ARMY OF DARKNESS #11 ATHENA VOLTAIRE FLIGHT O/T FALCON APE ED #2 AVENGERS NEXT #1 (OF 5) BATTLER BRITTON #5 (OF 5) BETTY #160 BEYOND #5 (OF 6) BLUE BEETLE #8 CRIMINAL #2 DETECTIVE COMICS #825 DEVIL WATER #1 EX MACHINA #24 EXTERMINATORS #11 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #10 FANTASTIC FOUR THE END #1 (OF6) FRESHMEN VOL 2 MIGLIARI CVR #1 GHOST IN THE SHELL 1.5 HUMAN ERROR PROCESSOR #1 (OF 8) INCREDIBLE HULK #100 IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #2 JONAH… Read More…
Kirby Kastoffs: Graeme on Seven Soliders and then paying lip service to other 10/25 books.
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on October 29, 2006
Categories: Reviews
SEVEN SOLDIERS #1: Oh, alright: Holy crap. First read-through of this, I spent half my time thinking, “Wait, what…?” and the other half marvelling over the amazing job that JH Williams does on the artwork, shifting styles every few pages to evoke the various artists whose work has been seen elsewhere in the whole Seven Soldiers event (as well as Jack Kirby, because it turns out that the New Gods tie into more than just the Mister Miracle arc here after all). If nothing else, this would easily be the best looking book of the year, thanks to the stellar job that Williams does here; his ink washes looking just like Simone Bianchi’s, his Mr. Miracle pages having the weird… Read More…
"Ooo, mama" and other insightful comics reviews from Jeff on the 10/25 Books.
Posted by: Jeff Lester on October 28, 2006
Categories: Reviews
Blab-blab-blab Vegas, blab-blab birthday, yak-yak Nanowrimo. However, a very sweet week for comics so while I’ve still got time: 52 WEEK #25: The crime bible is one of those really goofy things only comics can pull off, and so I’m very happy to see it here, used to beat people’s brains in and whatnot. In fact, this issue seems to split right down the middle between feverishly odd and enjoyable ideas–crime bible, mad scientist island, some sort of Chinese cybertech Humpty Dumpty dude–and relatively by-the-book melodramatic scenes–some clever dialog spruces up the tired fight scene between the Dark Marvel family and a demon, and we don’t even get that when it comes to the cautionary tale of Felix Faust (in… Read More…
Technology hates me: Graeme talks 10/18 Grant Morrison.
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on October 25, 2006
Categories: Shipping Lists
Is it too much for me to ask to have a working laptop that doesn’t crash every two minutes? Really? That’s the question I’ve been asking since this weekend, when my usual laptop started to die a series of very slow, very annoying deaths, forcing me onto this old, semi-abandoned laptop that has a “B” key that doesn’t really work, and entirely intermittent internet access. So if you’re wondering why I’m reviewing things a couple of days later than usual, and why I’m only reviewing two books, it’s because writing anything else may drive me into a rage that could result in the murder of the entire staff of Dell Computers worldwide. Which may not be a bad thing. (To… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 23, 2006
Categories: Shipping Lists
Looks like a pretty good, and fairly balanced week of stuff. 52 WEEK #25 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #45 (A) ACTION COMICS #844 ALL NEW OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z #10 ANGEL MASKS ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #174 BART SIMPSON COMICS #32 BLACK PANTHER #21 BOYS #4 CAPTAIN AMERICA #23 CW CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #26 CASTLE WAITING VOL II #2 CINDY & HER OBASAN IN ELVIS &THE LOST HALO CLASSIC BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #1 COMMON FOE #4 (OF 4) CONAN & THE SONGS OF THE DEAD #4 (OF 5) DAREDEVIL #90 DEATHBLOW #1 EXILES #87 GLOOMCOOKIE #28 GODLAND #13 HAWKGIRL #57 HEROES FOR HIRE #3 CW IMPALER #1 (OF 4) ION #7 (OF 12) JACK OF FABLES #4… Read More…
An Invitation, Plus Jeff’s Reviews of 10/18 Books…
Posted by: Jeff Lester on
Categories: Reviews
Oh, man. Thank God Hibbs has been posting and Graeme’s back in the game, because I’ve been a busy little chimp. I’d like to say the worst is over and I’ll be back to posting reliably, but…well, that’s why we have three people writing this, I guess. Speaking of writing, National Novel Writing Month is right around the corner, and I wanted to invite any and all who might be interested in giving it a go. Nanowrimo is a great way to break old bad writing habits, develop bad new writing habits, and write a crappy 50,000 word novel in 30 days. I love it to death, although this may be the last year for me for a while–I’ve got… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 18, 2006
Categories: Reviews
No preamble, not if I want to have a chance of finishing this today… (And, man, I really need a good idea for the TILTING I’m supposed to write tomorrow.) DORK #11: What I loved about this was the sheer density of ideas. Even when some of them kinda sucked (I thought “Shitty Witch” was fairly well named), you just turned the page, and there were another 5 new ideas waiting for you. I wish Dorkin could give us an issue a year (or more), but I’ll definitely take what I can get of this VERY GOOD comic. GEN13 #1: Oh. A full-on hard reboot. Not what I expected, I have to say, and something that could really backfire, since… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 16, 2006
Categories: Shipping Lists
Here’s this week’s pile. 100 BULLETS #77 2000 AD #1506 2000 AD #1507 52 WEEK #24 ADRENALINE #1 (OF 8) AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #1 ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES #1 (OF 12) ARCHIE #570 AUTHORITY #1 BATMAN AND THE MAD MONK #3 (OF 6) BIRDS OF PREY #99 BLADE #2 BRIAN DENHAMS BIT TORMENT #1 CABLE DEADPOOL #33 CASANOVA #5 CATWOMAN #60 CHECKMATE #7 CIVIL WAR X-MEN #4 (OF 4) CIVIL WARDROBE CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #5 CLAWS #3 (OF 3) CONAN #33 CREEPER #3 (OF 6) CSI DYING IN THE GUTTERS #3 DAMNED #1 DEADMAN #3 DESOLATION JONES #7 DEVILS PANTIES #5 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #345 ELEPHANTMEN #4 E-MAN RECHARGED EXTERMINATORS #10 FLASH THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #5 GHOST RIDER… Read More…
I should be asleep, or doing something more interesting: Graeme’s reviews of some comics.
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on October 15, 2006
Categories: Reviews
The downside of vacation? Potentially missing seeing Brian Hibbs eat insects, but I think that happened after I was back, but just nowhere near the store at the time. Still, how often do you see people eat bugs because they lost a bet? Brian Hibbs – Man of honor. Me – I’m a man of grumpy and overlong reviews, as you’re about to find out. BOMB QUEEN II: QUEEN OF HEARTS #1: So, despite the Mature Readers block on the cover (A cover that features the titular character lying on her bed in the throes of pleasure, her hand wrapped suggestively around a stick of dynamite acting as phallic symbol, with the shadow of a male lover against the wall… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 14, 2006
Categories: Retailing/Industry
Here’s your context for the entry below. (this is a repost from a couple of months ago): **** Just because I am a big enough man to admit when I was wrong, I stumbled across a post in the Comic Book Industry Alliance boards from 3/2/01 where I said this about ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: >>>LONG TERM…I really really really don’t think it will suceed. By the time it hits issue #50, how is it really going to be any different than the “real” Marvel universe, RE: the accretion of history? If it makes #100, I’ll eat a bug.<<< While I do think the line has become SOMEwhat innaccessible now because of that accretion of history, I was clearly really really really… Read More…
Attend The Tale: Hibbs Eats A Bug.
Posted by: Jeff Lester on
Categories: Retailing/Industry
Yes, it happened, and I was there to see it. Sadly, we were not able to catch this event in all the full videographic glory it deserves, since, at a crucial moment, my camera decided it didn’t understand what it was being asked to do when someone pushed the shutter button. Until I prepare my signed deposition testifying that Hibbs did indeed eat a bug, you’ll have to make do with these delightful pictures. And by “delightful,” I mean, “not for the squeamish,” as some of the faces Hibbs makes are…not for the timid. Anyhoo. Here’s our first photo, where our man looks very sad that he ever expressed doubt that Ultimate Spider-Man would last in the marketplace and that… Read More…
Posted by: Jeff Lester on October 13, 2006
Categories: Uncategorized
Sorry, Internet. I wrote a whole post and transferred all of Hibbs’ exciting bug-eating photos but blogger doesn’t feel like uploading them. So now I’m late for work and we don’t have any bug-eating entry for today. Hooray! I’ll try posting them again tonight. (And, now, finally, I understand why people switch to WordPress. Grrr.)
Lotsa Books Plus No Time Equals: Jeff’s Reviews of 10/04 Books
Posted by: Jeff Lester on October 11, 2006
Categories: Reviews
This is the second week in a row where I walked out of the comic store shaking my head in shame. Just tons and tons of books I didn’t get a chance to read at all. Of course, part of that may be that there are more and more substantial book releases all the time as well–I spent a good chunk of this last Friday making my way through BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2006–but, me being me, I’m perfectly happy to blame the complete and utter breakdown of my reading faculties (or is that facilities?) as 40 bears down on my unprepared ass. And on that merry note, will Steve D, Adam Stephanides and Sean, all of whom provided invaluable answers… Read More…
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Categories: Shipping Lists
Look, I still got it up before the store opens, so it counts right? Right?!?!? 52 WEEK #23 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #44 (A) ANNIHILATION #3 (OF 6) ANTIGONE ARCHIE & FRIENDS #104 BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #211 BATMAN STRIKES #26 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #2 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #146 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #118 BOMB QUEEN VOL 2 #1 CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #6 CHIP ZDARSKYS MONSTER COPS #1 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #7 (OF 11) CYBERFORCE #6 DARKMAN VS ARMY OF DARKNESS #1 (OF 4) DEAD AT 17 VOL 2 #1 DEVI #4 DEVILS PANTIES #4 DILDO #12 (A) DMZ #12 DORK #11 EMISSARY #5 EMO BOY #9 ESCAPISTS #4 (OF 6) FABLES #54 FABLES… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 7, 2006
Categories: Retailing/Industry , Reviews
Well, the original plan was that yesterday, Thursday, I was going to belatedly take care of last week’s reviews. Not only was Sue on vacation, so I had an extra 3 hours of riding the register, but it was the first rainy day in SF all year — first rainy days historically totally killing business as people adjust to the new weather (it did, we were off by 1/3), as who wants to buy paper when water is coming from the sky? There’s no way I wasn’t going to have MORE than enough time to get caught up on both reading and reviewing. And then Michael Lieberman walked in the door. For long-time CE customers, you’ll remember Michael as “Little… Read More…
Posted by: admin on October 2, 2006
Categories: Shipping Lists
Couple of really terrific books coming out this week! Now I’ve got to get back to the order form and other first of the month stuff… 2000 AD #1504 2000 AD #1505 52 WEEK #22 AGENTS OF ATLAS #3 (OF 6) ALL NEW ATOM #4 AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #0 AMERICAN SPLENDOR #2 (OF 4) ARCHIE DIGEST #229 BATTLER BRITTON #4 (OF 5) BEGOTHS COMICS #1 BETTY & VERONICA #221 BEYOND #4 (OF 6) BOYS #3 CITY OF HEROES #16 CRIMINAL #1 CROSS BRONX #2 DETECTIVE COMICS #824 DOCTOR STRANGE OATH #1 (OF 5) DR DEBUNKO THE SHORT STORIES DUMMYS GUIDE TO DANGER #2 (OF4) ELEPHANTMEN #3 EMILY THE STRANGE #3 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #9 FANTASTIC FOUR #540 CW FEAR AGENT #8… Read More…
