Hibbs Tiptoes Through 6/30

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on June 30, 2010

Categories: Reviews

OK, so I lied a little — I meant to write the Dark Tower post yesterday, but then I found I didn’t want to after Paul McEnery came in an distracted me for an hour. So, let’s move forward onto comics, and I’ll come back to DT at some point in the future (probably) WIZARD #228: Wait, what? Well, yeah, Wizard. One of my jobs is to read pretty much everything that flows through the store, and that includes mags like Wizard. Normally that takes, dunno, 5 minutes or less? But this issue is “Guest Edited” by Mark Millar, and there was a fairly interesting roundtable discussion with film-makers about how and what works when making super-hero movies, and while…  Read More…

Okay, You Can Call This A Comeback; We’ve Been Away

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on June 28, 2010

Categories: Reviews

Well, that’ll teach me to make any kind of comment like “We’ll try to do these podcasts more often” in the future. In Jeff’s defense, these four – yes, four – new episodes of Wait, What? were recorded in a couple of sessions last month, and if I had been better at putting them up in any kind of timely order, then they might have been more timely to listen to. But, sadly, various things – including work, a laptop death and just plain forgetfulness – have conspired to make sure that didn’t happen, and that’s why you’re getting four hours of Jeff and I talking nonsense in one sitting right now, before even more time gets away from us….  Read More…

Arriving 6/30/2010

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on

Categories: Shipping Lists

Hard week last week — ONOMATOPOEIA took me longer than it should have (man, I’ve been doing this for more than 14 years in this format, you’d think I’d have it down to a science by now), then I had to start working on the new order form, and it was my 25th wedding anniversary on Friday, and making a Deeply Romantic Gesture soaked up even more time. And some of the digital stuff soaked some time as well… I’ll have the order form finished by this time tomorrow (better!), then writing reviews is my #1 priority after that — I have a post on Dark Tower, then I’ll move back to weekly comics stuff. ABE SAPIEN ABYSSAL PLAIN #1…  Read More…

Arriving 6/23/2010

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on June 21, 2010

Categories: Shipping Lists

Big week this week… (Let me get ONOMATOPOEIA to bed, and I’ll have some reviews…) 28 DAYS LATER #12 7 PSYCHOPATHS #2 AIR #22 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #635 GRIM AMERICAN VAMPIRE #4 AMORY WARS KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH 3 #2 ANGEL #34 ARCHIE #610 AUTHORITY THE LOST YEAR #9 (OF 12) AVENGERS #2 HA BART SIMPSON COMICS #54 BATMAN RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #3 (OF 6) BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #13 BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #17 BIRDS OF PREY #2 (BRIGHTEST DAY) BLACKBEARD LEGEND OF THE PYRATE KING #4 BUCK ROGERS #12 BULLET TO THE HEAD #1 DEAD AT 17 WITCH QUEEN #4 (OF 4) DETECTIVE COMICS #866 DISNEYS HERO SQUAD #6 DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #12 DRACULA…  Read More…

No Sacrificing, Strike Like Lightning: Tucker on 6/16

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Posted by: Tucker Stone on June 19, 2010

Categories: Reviews

Hey, I’m into single issues of things that come out on a weekly basis in a paper format that I can purchase with American currency. Here’s a few of them.

New Tilting at Windmills is up!

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on June 18, 2010

Categories: Retailing/Industry

You can find it on Comic Book Resources! -B

Arriving 6/16/2010

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on June 14, 2010

Categories: Shipping Lists

Here’s some comical books shipping this week… 2000 AD PACK MAY 2010 AGE OF BRONZE #30 AGE OF HEROES #2 (OF 4) HA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #633 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #634 GRIM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS BLACK CAT #1 (OF 4) ANGEL BARBARY COAST #3 ANITA BLAKE CIRCUS OF DAMNED CHARMER #2 OF (5) ATLAS #2 AZRAEL #9 BETTY & VERONICA #248 BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #205 BLACK WIDOW #3 HA BOX 13 GN BOYS #43 BRIGHTEST DAY #4 CLASSIC RED SONJA REMASTERED #1 CROSSED FAMILY VALUES #2 (OF 6) DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER JOURNEY BEGINS #2 (OF 5) DARK WOLVERINE #87 DARKWING DUCK #1 DUCK KNIGHT RETURNS DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #2 (OF 10) DEADPOOL #24 DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #12 (OF 13)…  Read More…

Brian tries to be cheerful (or… blame Joe Keatinge)

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on June 9, 2010

Categories: Retailing/Industry , Reviews

It is weird, after reading ARSENAL a couple of weeks ago, I feel like a straw broke somewhere for me — I don’t want to READ bad comics any more, let alone say snarky things about them… Aw, let me put a jump in here, this might be long?

Arriving 6/9/10

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on June 7, 2010

Categories: Shipping Lists

Brutal week last week with the end of 1st grade, and all that entails — I should (I hope) be back to a normal speed this week… ARCHIE & FRIENDS #144 ASTONISHING X-MEN XENOGENESIS #2 (OF 5) AVENGERS ACADEMY #1 HA BATGIRL #11 BATMAN #700 (NOTE PRICE) BOOSTER GOLD #33 BUZZARD #1 (OF 3) ERIC POWELL CVR CAPTAIN AMERICA #606 HA CHEW #11 CHIP #2 (OF 2) COWBOY NINJA VIKING #6 DAREDEVIL #507 DAYTRIPPER #7 (OF 10) DEADPOOL CORPS #3 DEADPOOL WADE WILSONS WAR #1 (OF 4) DOC SAVAGE #3 DOOM PATROL #11 DRACULA #1 DREAM LOGIC #1 EXPENDABLES #2 (OF 4) FAME #1 LADY GAGA FARSCAPE SCORPIUS #2 GEN 13 #36 GRAVEL #19 HACK SLASH MY FIRST MANIAC #1…  Read More…

And now, a short review.

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Posted by: Joe McCulloch on June 4, 2010

Categories: Reviews

The Bulletproof Coffin #1 (of 6): This is, on one level, a comic about comics. As our own Abhay Khosla recently said: “I don’t know– do you think that’s interesting, comics about comics? Me, not so often.” But me? A little more so. What sets The Bulletproof Coffin apart from the rest of the pop comics-on-pop comics pack is that it positions itself as genuinely radical in embracing some rather vintage, potentially anathematic ideas about self-expression, and thereby carries the potential to upset. It doesn’t particularly play fair either, nor does it seem to even want to – there’s a lip-smacking, facetious undercurrent to much of the commentary in this first issue, nonetheless presented with such eccentricity it registers instantly…  Read More…