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Lo, There Shall Be An Ending: Wait, What? #6.3
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on April 30, 2010
Categories: Podcasts
Finally, Jeff and I get down to talking about then-current comics like The Flash: Rebirth, Blackest Night and Daytripper in this, the third and final (for now) episode of Wait, What?, comics’ most irregular and delayed podcast. Think of us as The Ultimates of comics podcasting; I’m clearly Mark Millar, because I have both the accent and the knack for increasingly annoying hyperbole.
Even More Wait, What? For Your Ears
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on April 29, 2010
Categories: Podcasts
What’s this? The second of three “new” Wait, What? podcasts from Jeff and myself, just recently unearthed from the Savage Critic vaults? Yes! It is! As Jeff says in his intro, we continue to talk about Brian Bendis, he offers a new metaphor for the state of comics’ biggest companies, and neither of us can remember the word “defribulator.” Yes, friends, quality jollity of a type you can’t get just anywhere on this here internet. Final episode of this batch tomorrow. You can thank us later.
Tucker Has No Experience With Which To Gauge These Comics Properly
Posted by: Tucker Stone on April 28, 2010
Categories: Reviews
This is a bit too long and overly friendly, so it’s buried under the cut where Chris and Sean won’t have to read it. It’s about this X-Men Second Coming shindig. And me. It’s too long. Also spoilers.
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on
Categories: Podcasts
Because someone – actually, in this case, two someones, and their names are Tim Callahan and Lauren Davis (Hello, you two) – demanded it: A brand new Wait, What? podcast starring Mr. Jeff Lester Esq. and myself. In fact, this is the first of three, and I’ll post the other two tomorrow and Friday. An early word of apology: These were recorded a long time ago – Long enough, in fact, that I was still with io9, my cat hadn’t died (She makes a cameo appearance in one of the episodes), and Blackest Night #7 had just come out. So, as much as anything, these are historical artifacts and should be adored and held in high esteem as such. (The… Read More…
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on April 26, 2010
Categories: Shipping Lists
A fairly large week… ACTION COMICS #889 ALADDIN LEGACY OF THE LOST #3 (OF 3) A CVR ROYO AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #629 ANCHOR #6 ANGEL #32 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #208 AUTHORITY THE LOST YEAR #8 (OF 12) BART SIMPSON COMICS #53 BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #16 CAPTAIN AMERICA #605 CIVIL WAR MGC #1 CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #20 KOZAKI PT 2 (OF 3) COWBOY NINJA VIKING #5 DARKNESS #84 DEADPOOL #22 DETECTIVE COMICS #864 DISNEYS HERO SQUAD #4 DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #10 FALL OF HULKS RED HULK #4 (OF 4) FANTASTIC FOUR #578 FRAGGLE ROCK #1 (OF 4) GARRISON #1 (OF 6) GOLLY #5 GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #11 GREAT UNKNOWN #3 (OF 5) (RES) GREEN LANTERN CORPS #47 (BRIGHTEST DAY)… Read More…
In Which I Pay Attention To The Art, For A Second
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on April 20, 2010
Categories: Reviews
Not a review per se, but I’m curious – Does anyone else who’s read THE FLASH #1 think that Francis Manapul’s art – which I genuinely adore, even as I remain convinced that he’s the wrong artist for this particular book* – is oddly reminiscent of Fabio Moon’s at times in this issue? I mean that as a compliment, because I’m a fan of Moon’s also, but… it strikes me as a really interesting direction for a superhero artist, particularly one who’s quickly becoming one of DC’s more high profile ones. It’s the quality of the line as much as anything, but there’s also a slight sense of exaggeration to the figures that reminds me of Ba’s work, as well…. Read More…
Hibbs goes to the 4/14 well again
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on April 19, 2010
Categories: Reviews
A quick comic: THE UNWRITTEN #12: This has been a great series all along, but this self-contained single-ass was a serious line-drive home-run. Thunderingly gorgeous, incredibly smart, I thought it was EXCELLENT. …and a couple of books…: MARKET DAY HC: I really think the world of James Sturm as a creator — GOLEM’S MIGHTY SWING was one of the best books of the year that it came out — and I think this was a solid read as well. It’s a really beautiful meditation on art versus commerce, and faith (and maybe those are even the same thing, in some ways), all through the lens of a turn-of-the-(last)-century European Jew. It is strong, powerful, moving, and drop dead gorgeous, relying… Read More…
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on
Categories: Shipping Lists
Gotta catch ‘em all… AIR #20 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #628 AMERICAN VAMPIRE #2 ANGEL HOLE IN THE WORLD #5 ARCHIE #608 (NOTE PRICE) A-TEAM SHOTGUN WEDDING #4 AVENGERS VS ATLAS #4 (OF 4) AZRAEL #7 BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #11 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #180 BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #15 BLACKEST NIGHT DIRECTORS CUT BRAVE AND THE BOLD #33 CAPTAIN AMERICA WHO WONT WIELD SHIELD #1 CROSSED FAMILY VALUES #1 (OF 6) DARK TOWER BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #5 (OF 5) DARK WOLVERINE #85 DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #10 (OF 13) DEATHLOK #6 (OF 7) DEVIL #3 (OF 4) DO ANYTHING VOL 01 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #353 DOOMWAR #3 (OF 6) DV8 GODS AND MONSTERS… Read More…
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on April 17, 2010
Categories: Reviews
KILL SHAKESPEARE #1 is, in a way, a book that makes me feel that I’m not smart enough. Okay, that’s not exactly true. What I mean is, the reaction to the book makes me feel that I’m not smart enough. I look at things like Tim Callahan’s scathing review over at CBR or Frank Miller’s Shakespeare scholar girlfriend’s rant at Bleeding Cool and think, clearly there’s something wrong with me that I actually kind of enjoyed it.
The Future Is Twenty Years Ago
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on April 15, 2010
Categories: Reviews
Spot the mistake in this sentence, which paraphrases my thought process in a recent reading of X-MEN: MESSIAH COMPLEX: “Hey, it’s a massive X-book crossover, just like back in the ’90s, but with writers I really like, like Ed Brubaker and Mike Carey! This’ll be like a trip down memory lane, but good!” That’s right. It’s those last two words. If there’s one thing that Messiah CompleX taught me, it’s this: X-Men is the Peter Pan of comics, only replace “the boy that never grows up” with “the superhero comic that never seems to change whatsoever.”
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on April 14, 2010
Categories: Reviews
A fairly short entry today, hopefully with a part two tomorrow… BRIGHTEST DAY #0: In terms of Setting Up The Story, this is a decent enough follow-through on BLACKEST NIGHT — I’m a little worried if it might be overstuffed though. There are, what, 10-12 “main characters” here to deal with, whereas “52″ really only had 4-5 mains. Everyone gets checked in for 2-4 pages, and there’s a number of intriguing things set up, but there’s “only” 27 issues to move things along, and that’s a whole lot of juggling. Some of the characters might have a larger focus outside BD, maybe — Zoom and Boomerang in The Flash, MM and the Hawks in JLA possibly, whatever, but it’s still… Read More…
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on April 12, 2010
Categories: Shipping Lists
Oh, I knew we had a back-breaker coming up… and here it is! PLUS, we’re getting the first wave of FREE COMIC BOOK DAY books to stash in the back before the event… I think my back will be hurting this week, and I’ve got Jury Duty, to boot, yay! 2000 AD PACK MAR 2010 ACTION COMICS #888 ADVENTURE COMICS #10 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS JACKPOT #3 (OF 3) ANCHOR #7 ANGEL BARBARY COAST #1 ANGELUS #3 (OF 6) ARCHIE DIGEST #263 ATOMIC ROBO REVENGE O/T VAMPIRE DIMENSION #2 (OF 4) BATGIRL #9 BATMAN #698 BETTY & VERONICA #247 BLACK WIDOW #1 HA BOOSTER GOLD #31 BPRD KING OF FEAR #4 (OF 5) BRIGHTEST DAY #0 BUCK ROGERS #10 CHEW #10… Read More…
Housecleaning, While No-One’s Around On The Weekend
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on April 10, 2010
Categories: Uncategorized
Because you demanded it, literally: Showcase Presents: Ambush Bug, The Fountain and Stagger Lee are all on order from the Multnomah Library. In case you all thought I’d forgotten. In not-really-related news, next Claremont X-Men post will go up early next week, probably after a post where I respond to and disagree with all of you pretending that the Romita run wasn’t awesome. Oh, and I promise, there’s a Wait, What coming up. And, to answer Tim Callahan, Lauren Davis and others, either Jeff and I will fix that fact that we accidentally lost all the old ones when we moved servers. Now, go about your business while I go off and do taxes. Pray for me.
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on April 9, 2010
Categories: Reviews
I’m running behind on, oh, almost everything post-WonderCon – I blame the late nights and con-going debauchery (Breakfast with Heidi MacDonald sounds innocent enough, but any breakfast in Mel’s Diner is pretty damn debauched, if only from the “That can’t be good for you” viewpoint) – but I wanted to drop in and say this: Dynamite: Please stop driving me away from your Green Hornet books.
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on April 7, 2010
Categories: Retailing/Industry
Diamond’s Dave Hawksworth took these with my camera: http://s615.photobucket.com/albums/tt232/ComixExperience/CE21%20Photos/ I suspect Seth R, as well as Matt’s pals will give me linkage to the shots they took fairly soon… -B
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on
Categories: Reviews
What?!?!? Reviews of the books that aren’t even “5 minutes old” on the West Coast? Yeah, thought I’d try this for a week, and see the reaction. ReadySteadyGo! AVENGERS ORIGIN #1 (OF 5): I don’t know what all to say about the umpteenth retelling of the Origin of the Avengers — it’s a yeoman’s job on the writing, and the Phil Noto art is relatively keen — but I was much more interested that this is an “A” (ll ages) title from Marvel, and all of the house ads/etc, are aimed at a tween-or-younger audience. That makes it, somehow, not feel like the “real” Marvel U. I don’t really think the book looks to appealing to tween-or-younger readers, however, and… Read More…
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on April 5, 2010
Categories: Shipping Lists
Still recovering from the CE:21 celebration (it was AWESOME — we throw good party, and thanks very much to everyone who came, and our sponsors!), but I’ll have a lot of verbiage for you in a day or two. Here’s what is shipping this week… 28 DAYS LATER #9 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #142 ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #22 (RES) A-TEAM SHOTGUN WEDDING #3 AUTHORITY #21 AVENGERS ORIGIN #1 (OF 5) AVP THREE WORLD WAR #3 (OF 6) BATMAN AND ROBIN #11 BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #43 BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #203 BOYS #41 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #34 TWILIGHT PT 3 (OF 5) JO CHEN CV CAPTAIN AMERICA BLACK PANTHER FLAGS OF FATHERS #1 (OF 4) CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #48 CINDERELLA FROM FABLETOWN… Read More…
Abhay Did Capsule Reviews in April 2010
Posted by: Abhay Khosla on April 3, 2010
Categories: Reviews
I think the last time I tried to do capsule reviews was in 2008; honestly, I don’t think I’m too good at them. But let me type anyways, let me stretch the old “whine about comics, boo-hoo, comics make me :( emoticon” muscles, lest they atrophy. Oh, what a tragedy that would be. If you’ll indulge me.
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on
Categories: Retailing/Industry
… having the two people I most wanted to have a long conversation with at WonderCon by Heidi MacDonald and Tom Spurgeon? Mission accomplished, too. Fun time tonight at the Cartoon Art Museum’s party — thanks to SF’s own Comic Outpost for stepping up and paying for the refreshments. Less than 24 hours to our own bacchanalia — I think it is going to be epic! -B
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on April 1, 2010
Categories: Retailing/Industry
About 3 hours from now, 21 years ago, I walked down the block (I literally only lived a block away back then) and threw on the lights for the very first time. As I recall, we made $56 the first day open — I was so proud! I was 21 years old myself when I opened the store, which means from now on, I’ve been doing this longer than I haven’t been doing it. Jinkies! I’m wearing the teal and pink CE shirt today, to celebrate — well, in my defense, it WAS the 1980s. Plus, Ben lost his second tooth today, so it’s a real day for milestones! -B
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on
Categories: Retailing/Industry
You can find it at Comic Book Resources — I discuss this year’s ComicsPRO Annual meeting. -B
