So, it's been a few weeks since I last updated this but I have a reason for it: I wasn't here (here being my home computer). I was on Vacation.
I went to the Mid-West & you know what time it's out there: Tornado Season! (In case your ever in Denver & there is a Tornado: head for your nearest Bathroom, they are designated as Shelters). But this ain't not ordinary Tornado Season but it's turning out to be the deadliest one on record (The season isn't over yet). Thunder, Lighting Storms & the aforementioned Tornadoes' were around me but I wasn't in any of them (The most I got was heavy rain). But this was only about have of what the weather was like like. The other half of the time it was humid & muggy. I sweated a lot. During my trip I took some picture so I will be posting pictures with accompanying comments.
So, that's another post. I also have the new comics I've gotten (some I even bought on the trip). Then, there are all all the comics I bought at the Convention. So look for those post to be forth coming.
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I was going to make this a separate post but I'll just lump it in here, it's not all that big. Back in Post 28, I got a reply from a person calling themselves "Plotter". It was a pleasant reply saying they liked my Blog & then they asked me to check out there blog which I did but couldn't get it to load. But I went back latter (a week or later) to try & get it to load. Something did load, I found out that Blogger had taken down Plotter's Blog. Not sure why but I makes me wonder what was on that blog. So, I now consider this reply to be my first piece of Blog junk mail. :)
Well, that's all for this post. As always: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
Friday, May 30, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
This is Entry 38: Comics!
Ok, I lied a bit. I'm not going to talk about the comics I got at the Con but the comics I've gotten outside of the Con. Old comics can wait but the new ones' can't.
So, we have 3 sections to cover: Marvel, DC & Other.
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So, we start off with:
So picked up the first issue of Guardian of The Galaxy & it picks up shortly after where Annihilation Conquest left off. The art is by Paul Pelletier, who's art I've enjoy such books as She-Hulk, Exiles & in the Great Lakes Avengers mini-series from a few years back. Maybe I haven't seen his art in a while, I've remember his art wrong or maybe he's doing something different with his art: but it looks a bit different. Sure, it's still good but different then I remembered. Also, just from this issue, I'm getting an Exiles vibe from the book, which isn't bad but hopefully that vibe subsides.
Avengers: The Initiative #12 is a changing of the guard issue, in fact that's even the name of the story in side. :) It deals with the fallout from what been happening in the last few issues. There's a funeral that doesn't exactly go as planned, the recruits graduate (so that means next issue we get new characters!)
There is one page that I thought was especially funny (it does spoil an event in the issue, sorry):
New up are 3 Secret Invasion tie-ins': New Avengers #40, Mighty Avengers #13 the first issue of Captain Britain and MI13. Now i don't normally read NA but the like the over of the Skrulls starting from the end of the Kree-Skrull war to around now. The revelation was what really sold me on the issue. Now I have been read MA again it's another issue with nary an Avenger in side, we continue the story of where Nick Fury has been since he lead his "Secret War a few years back. This issue he's gathering a team together, it's quite an eclectic team. I haven't been a big fan of the art from past 2 issues by it's kind of interesting. CBaMI13 it's the british side of theSecret Invasion.
Last up for Marvel are 2 views into the future: American Dream #1 & GeNext #1. AD takes places in the mostly defunct MC2 universe (the only book that is still monthly from that Universe in Spider-Girl). For those not in the know: it's takes place in 15 years in the future (This is 15 years in the future as of 1998), most of the heroes & the villians have retired, died, etc. There is a new generation of heroes & running running around. GN is set 30 years in the future & is about the future's set of X-Men, most of then are some how connected to X-Men of the past.
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Up next is:
First up is the book many fanboys have been wetting them selves over (mostly the last page), it's DC Universe 0 & the book is only 50 cents & gives previews of all the event s DC has coming his summer (there are alot!) Speaking of events, DC put out a sketch book for Final Crisis & I was looking at on the bus. As I did the guy across from saw what what I was looking at. We started up a conversation & it was probably the best comics related conversation I've had in awhile. Thanks, Doug!
Action Comics #864 is a nice bridge book between the Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes story that just concluded & the upcoming Legion of Three Worlds mini-series that's coming up later this year (it's one of those summer events).
Issue 9 of Booster Gold came out & next issue looks to be good given the last page.
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I picked up 3 Non Marvel & Non DC books:
2 are Who centric comics: Doctor Who Classic #6 (sorry, no truly funny post worth panels this issue) & Doctor Who #4.
Issue 10 of Maintenance came out & the cover is really cool:
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So that's it for New stuff. When i get back from my trip I'll probably go over the Books from the Con. I will say this about the books: Kool-Aid Man. What do I mean? Check back & find out!
As always: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
So, we have 3 sections to cover: Marvel, DC & Other.
So, we start off with:
So picked up the first issue of Guardian of The Galaxy & it picks up shortly after where Annihilation Conquest left off. The art is by Paul Pelletier, who's art I've enjoy such books as She-Hulk, Exiles & in the Great Lakes Avengers mini-series from a few years back. Maybe I haven't seen his art in a while, I've remember his art wrong or maybe he's doing something different with his art: but it looks a bit different. Sure, it's still good but different then I remembered. Also, just from this issue, I'm getting an Exiles vibe from the book, which isn't bad but hopefully that vibe subsides.
Avengers: The Initiative #12 is a changing of the guard issue, in fact that's even the name of the story in side. :) It deals with the fallout from what been happening in the last few issues. There's a funeral that doesn't exactly go as planned, the recruits graduate (so that means next issue we get new characters!)
There is one page that I thought was especially funny (it does spoil an event in the issue, sorry):
New up are 3 Secret Invasion tie-ins': New Avengers #40, Mighty Avengers #13 the first issue of Captain Britain and MI13. Now i don't normally read NA but the like the over of the Skrulls starting from the end of the Kree-Skrull war to around now. The revelation was what really sold me on the issue. Now I have been read MA again it's another issue with nary an Avenger in side, we continue the story of where Nick Fury has been since he lead his "Secret War a few years back. This issue he's gathering a team together, it's quite an eclectic team. I haven't been a big fan of the art from past 2 issues by it's kind of interesting. CBaMI13 it's the british side of theSecret Invasion.
Last up for Marvel are 2 views into the future: American Dream #1 & GeNext #1. AD takes places in the mostly defunct MC2 universe (the only book that is still monthly from that Universe in Spider-Girl). For those not in the know: it's takes place in 15 years in the future (This is 15 years in the future as of 1998), most of the heroes & the villians have retired, died, etc. There is a new generation of heroes & running running around. GN is set 30 years in the future & is about the future's set of X-Men, most of then are some how connected to X-Men of the past.
Up next is:
First up is the book many fanboys have been wetting them selves over (mostly the last page), it's DC Universe 0 & the book is only 50 cents & gives previews of all the event s DC has coming his summer (there are alot!) Speaking of events, DC put out a sketch book for Final Crisis & I was looking at on the bus. As I did the guy across from saw what what I was looking at. We started up a conversation & it was probably the best comics related conversation I've had in awhile. Thanks, Doug!
Action Comics #864 is a nice bridge book between the Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes story that just concluded & the upcoming Legion of Three Worlds mini-series that's coming up later this year (it's one of those summer events).
Issue 9 of Booster Gold came out & next issue looks to be good given the last page.
I picked up 3 Non Marvel & Non DC books:
2 are Who centric comics: Doctor Who Classic #6 (sorry, no truly funny post worth panels this issue) & Doctor Who #4.
Issue 10 of Maintenance came out & the cover is really cool:
So that's it for New stuff. When i get back from my trip I'll probably go over the Books from the Con. I will say this about the books: Kool-Aid Man. What do I mean? Check back & find out!
As always: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
This is Entry 37: Emerald City 2008, Part 2
I got most of the photos' my Dad did for the Con & these are 2 that I think good enough to post. There are few photos' that have some blurriness & there are a lot of my backside (i.e. my dad was standing behind me, not pictures of my butt).
The first pic is what I call the "First day of school" pic, it's me in front of my house all ready to go to the Con:
Special things of note: I'm wearing my Justice League: New Frontiers t-shirt that I got on Free Comic Book Day & I also have my Comic Book Bag that my Sister made for me. She didn't make the bag but she did make the graphic on it. It's says "Brian's Comic Book Bag" & there is a drawing of me by her (My arm is covering that so you can't see it all that well in the photo), she did her interpretation of Bat-Mite (it's the graphic right next to the word Comic). The dot of the "i" is a random drawing she did. There are a few other personal things on that I'm not sure I can describe all that well so I won't.
The second photo is of me & [b]Jeff Parker[/b]:
This is the best of of the handful my Dad took, there is no blurriness & Jeff Parker doesn't look scared. Yeah, I have picture where I'm take some book out of my bag for him to sign & he looks like I'm about to pull a gun on him or something.
So, that's it for Pictures right now. I may be back to later today with reviews of comics I got at the Con. Why later today? Well, I'm leaving for almost 2 weeks starting on Sunday & I don't want to have these comics hang over my head.
So, see you then & I can see you! :)
Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
The first pic is what I call the "First day of school" pic, it's me in front of my house all ready to go to the Con:
Special things of note: I'm wearing my Justice League: New Frontiers t-shirt that I got on Free Comic Book Day & I also have my Comic Book Bag that my Sister made for me. She didn't make the bag but she did make the graphic on it. It's says "Brian's Comic Book Bag" & there is a drawing of me by her (My arm is covering that so you can't see it all that well in the photo), she did her interpretation of Bat-Mite (it's the graphic right next to the word Comic). The dot of the "i" is a random drawing she did. There are a few other personal things on that I'm not sure I can describe all that well so I won't.
The second photo is of me & [b]Jeff Parker[/b]:
This is the best of of the handful my Dad took, there is no blurriness & Jeff Parker doesn't look scared. Yeah, I have picture where I'm take some book out of my bag for him to sign & he looks like I'm about to pull a gun on him or something.
So, that's it for Pictures right now. I may be back to later today with reviews of comics I got at the Con. Why later today? Well, I'm leaving for almost 2 weeks starting on Sunday & I don't want to have these comics hang over my head.
So, see you then & I can see you! :)
Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
This is Entry 36: Emerald City 2008, Part 1.5
I don't want to say this an actual part 2 since I only have one thing to show but It's a super cool thing. As I said in Entry 35, I had Jeff Parker some copies of the Books he's done. Which was super cool & he did this:
Yup! That's a sketch of Ken Hale (a.k.a Gorilla Man) & it's personalized to me! Now as I said I didn't ask Mr. Parker to draw it he just did because he wanted to & I wasn't going to stop him from doing. That made the Con for me.
Well, I'll be back later with some pictures from the Con, I have to talk to me photographer (read: my dad) & then I post some. After that there my ramblings on comics I got everything from the so bad it's kind of good to super cool!
So, stay tuned & stay Jazzy!
-Brian
Yup! That's a sketch of Ken Hale (a.k.a Gorilla Man) & it's personalized to me! Now as I said I didn't ask Mr. Parker to draw it he just did because he wanted to & I wasn't going to stop him from doing. That made the Con for me.
Well, I'll be back later with some pictures from the Con, I have to talk to me photographer (read: my dad) & then I post some. After that there my ramblings on comics I got everything from the so bad it's kind of good to super cool!
So, stay tuned & stay Jazzy!
-Brian
Saturday, May 10, 2008
This is Entry 35: Emerald City 2008, Part 1
Today was the first day of Emerald City ComiCon & the only day I will attending. The ECCC isn't large enough for me to go both days, plus tomorrow is Mother's Day! So this post is the first impression post. Photos & a review of the comics I got are coming but this post is about everything else.
So, we (My Dad was in tow as Photographer/Chaperon/Dad) took the bus to the con it was right on a bus route. We did this to 1. so we didn't have to deal with parking & 2. Buses' Rule! We walked the few blocks to the Convention center, up a few escalators & we there. it was about 10. We went & exchanged our ticket for a badge that says "SAT" on it. There were other words but SAT was the biggest one. So with the badge we go to the end of the line which wasn't even on the Con's map (It was almost in another building, the line ended on a sky bridge). So we get in & what way to go in: Left, Right or Forward. We headed back to to the Artist area. I had stuff for Jeff Parker to sign (I had him sign the individual issue of Agents of Atlas, a series he did that I really liked. So, this year I had the hardcover & a few of the other appearances of the Team. I went to his listed table but he wasn't there, he was 3 down. He was in the cluster of people from Oregon's Periscope Studios. I found him & just before I walked up, someone came in front of me. They had a short conversation, I waited. After he left, It was just me & Mr. Parker. So, I reached in my personalized bag & got out my stuff for him to sign. He didn't have a pen at the moment but I did (My Mom thought of that: for me to bring a pen). So, we had some chit-chat nothing all that exciting but what is: He not only signed my collected edition of Agents of Atlas but he did a sketch in it, too! For Free & I didn't even ask him to! That truly made my day! I could have left right then & there but I didn't. There was 2 Panels that I wanted to see & I had a list of comics that I wanted to add to my collection (Got a whole lot more that weren't on the list but that always happens). So, I wondered around buying comics & seeing what was there. There were media guest (Only one that seemed kind of cool was Wil Wheaton, you know from Star Trek!). The media was there (i.e. 2 podcasts: iFanboy & Around Comics.)
So I got some of the free stuff. 2 cool things: 1. A promo card for a Heroes card set, the card was of Kristen Bell (Score!) & it had the Con's logo on it. 2. a Women of the DC poster by Adam Hughes.
So I saw 3 panels & went in this order: Dark Horse, DC & Marvel. They were one right after another. The DH was the smallest of the three. I saw sworn to secrecy by Dan Didio himself to not tell anyone what happened at the DC Nation panel but I will say this: Ambush Bug did factor into it. They had 2 free pins but relating to the upcoming Batman R.I.P. event. I was not sworn to any sort of secrecy for Marvels'. Jeff Parker was a panelist. Also there was Robert Kirkman, Ed Brubaker (who's local) & Skottie Young. It was moderated by a woman who's name is Jennifer, Jenna, J something. She had pink hair. (UPDATE: According to Jeff Parker's Blog her name is Jen Grunwald. I knew it started with a J-E-N something!).
It was a real fun panel. All the guys were playing off each other, almost ignoring the questioners all together. During one point they called Brian Michael Bendis, who happened to be in the bathroom at the moment. One news point: According to Jeff, they is a good chance of an Agent of Atlas II. Whoo! So after the laugh riot of a panel, we went back to the show floor. I bough the last few books of the day & left.
We went to McDonalds' for food (I got McNuggets, My Dad got a cheeseburger of some kind, not sure which). Then it was back on the bus to go home. So I came home & decided before launching headlong into the books I'd blog first & that's what I've done.
One last thing: Costumes! I saw 2 Skrulls (They were at the Marvel Panel), Cable, Guy Gardner (with working Lantern), 90's era Rogue & Gambit, Princess Leia, a few Jedi & some Storm Troopers doing security (Seriously!)
So tune in next time for pictures. Then the post after that will be the comics. I don't think I'll do them in one post. So come back for that.
And as always: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
So, we (My Dad was in tow as Photographer/Chaperon/Dad) took the bus to the con it was right on a bus route. We did this to 1. so we didn't have to deal with parking & 2. Buses' Rule! We walked the few blocks to the Convention center, up a few escalators & we there. it was about 10. We went & exchanged our ticket for a badge that says "SAT" on it. There were other words but SAT was the biggest one. So with the badge we go to the end of the line which wasn't even on the Con's map (It was almost in another building, the line ended on a sky bridge). So we get in & what way to go in: Left, Right or Forward. We headed back to to the Artist area. I had stuff for Jeff Parker to sign (I had him sign the individual issue of Agents of Atlas, a series he did that I really liked. So, this year I had the hardcover & a few of the other appearances of the Team. I went to his listed table but he wasn't there, he was 3 down. He was in the cluster of people from Oregon's Periscope Studios. I found him & just before I walked up, someone came in front of me. They had a short conversation, I waited. After he left, It was just me & Mr. Parker. So, I reached in my personalized bag & got out my stuff for him to sign. He didn't have a pen at the moment but I did (My Mom thought of that: for me to bring a pen). So, we had some chit-chat nothing all that exciting but what is: He not only signed my collected edition of Agents of Atlas but he did a sketch in it, too! For Free & I didn't even ask him to! That truly made my day! I could have left right then & there but I didn't. There was 2 Panels that I wanted to see & I had a list of comics that I wanted to add to my collection (Got a whole lot more that weren't on the list but that always happens). So, I wondered around buying comics & seeing what was there. There were media guest (Only one that seemed kind of cool was Wil Wheaton, you know from Star Trek!). The media was there (i.e. 2 podcasts: iFanboy & Around Comics.)
So I got some of the free stuff. 2 cool things: 1. A promo card for a Heroes card set, the card was of Kristen Bell (Score!) & it had the Con's logo on it. 2. a Women of the DC poster by Adam Hughes.
So I saw 3 panels & went in this order: Dark Horse, DC & Marvel. They were one right after another. The DH was the smallest of the three. I saw sworn to secrecy by Dan Didio himself to not tell anyone what happened at the DC Nation panel but I will say this: Ambush Bug did factor into it. They had 2 free pins but relating to the upcoming Batman R.I.P. event. I was not sworn to any sort of secrecy for Marvels'. Jeff Parker was a panelist. Also there was Robert Kirkman, Ed Brubaker (who's local) & Skottie Young. It was moderated by a woman who's name is Jennifer, Jenna, J something. She had pink hair. (UPDATE: According to Jeff Parker's Blog her name is Jen Grunwald. I knew it started with a J-E-N something!).
It was a real fun panel. All the guys were playing off each other, almost ignoring the questioners all together. During one point they called Brian Michael Bendis, who happened to be in the bathroom at the moment. One news point: According to Jeff, they is a good chance of an Agent of Atlas II. Whoo! So after the laugh riot of a panel, we went back to the show floor. I bough the last few books of the day & left.
We went to McDonalds' for food (I got McNuggets, My Dad got a cheeseburger of some kind, not sure which). Then it was back on the bus to go home. So I came home & decided before launching headlong into the books I'd blog first & that's what I've done.
One last thing: Costumes! I saw 2 Skrulls (They were at the Marvel Panel), Cable, Guy Gardner (with working Lantern), 90's era Rogue & Gambit, Princess Leia, a few Jedi & some Storm Troopers doing security (Seriously!)
So tune in next time for pictures. Then the post after that will be the comics. I don't think I'll do them in one post. So come back for that.
And as always: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
Thursday, May 8, 2008
This is Entry 34: Prologue to Emerald City 2008
Art by Tim Sale, made special for the Con.
Think of this as a prologue to the Emerald City ComiCon.
I mentioned at work today that I would be attended a Comic Book Convention this weekend. One of my fellow co-workers mentioned that they weren't surprised. I just I give off that vibe. :) But another asked me what I was going to go dressed up as. I thought this was a bit odd since most of the people I see it the 'Con don't come dressed up as anything beyond themselves. Sure, I'll wear a pre-planned out shirt but that about as much fore thought I'll probably give to my many of dress.
So in a matter of days at this time will have been there for a few hours. Tomorrow starts the planning: getting the money for the 'Con, preping my bag (I have a special bag for this, my Sister made it for me!), getting all the stuff I want to bring all collected together & other such stuff.
It's almost here!
Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
This is Entry 33: Brian on the Aisle #2
This go around I review the movie: Iron Man. To quote the woman a few rows in front of me at the end of the movie: "Hells Yeah!"
But before I talk about the movie, let's talk about the previews: I saw 4 action drama trailers: The Hulk, The Spirit, Indiana Jones, The Dark Knight & 2 Comedies: The Love Guru with Mike Meyers & Don't Mess with Zohan! with Adam Sandler. All except for Zohan look good. It might be good it's got the Apatow seal of approval! But it could be crap. :)
But I'm getting off track, I'm here to talk about IRON MAN! I'll try to keep this spoiler free. I took in a matinee showing with around roughly 20 to 30 people (these were just the people I saw in front of me, to the left & to the right. I'm not sure how many were behind me). I was the first person in the Theater seeing as I was an half hour early ( I miss estimated bus travel time but I didn't want to be late). So, we get through the cool previews & on to the main flick. It... was... Awesome!!!!! This comes from a guy who's never read any Iron Man characters.
The way it started out was great & continued to be so through out the film. You had your humor, your action, your geeky bits (They managed to fit in a Roxxon reference for gosh sakes!) The Actors all played their parts well, no one felt ill chosen for their roles. I look forward to Iron Man II & I know the perfect villain to show up since an appearance by him has been set up here in this film. Your take the terrorist group's name from the film, use some comic knowledge & who do you get? Yup, that guy! He would be perfect, you have to change a few things to fit with the era. But they did that anyways.
So the movie ended on a high note, the credits started to role & people were leaving?!?! I almost felt like yelling at them: "Where are you going? There is movie movie coming up after the credits!" And there was. It could have gone in the middle of the credits, there was a perfect spot for it, too! But it was at the very end. It, much like a film, was Awesome! The other 4 people who saw it also seemed to like it too. It was the first step to a real Marvel style shared universe, I won't tell you what happened. You could probably find out about it somewhere on the net but it left me wanting more. I await The Hulk later this summer & IM2 later on. So, I give the movie 4 suits of armor out of 5! (I hardly give anything a 5, so a 4 is pretty darn great).
Until next time: Save me a seat & Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
But before I talk about the movie, let's talk about the previews: I saw 4 action drama trailers: The Hulk, The Spirit, Indiana Jones, The Dark Knight & 2 Comedies: The Love Guru with Mike Meyers & Don't Mess with Zohan! with Adam Sandler. All except for Zohan look good. It might be good it's got the Apatow seal of approval! But it could be crap. :)
But I'm getting off track, I'm here to talk about IRON MAN! I'll try to keep this spoiler free. I took in a matinee showing with around roughly 20 to 30 people (these were just the people I saw in front of me, to the left & to the right. I'm not sure how many were behind me). I was the first person in the Theater seeing as I was an half hour early ( I miss estimated bus travel time but I didn't want to be late). So, we get through the cool previews & on to the main flick. It... was... Awesome!!!!! This comes from a guy who's never read any Iron Man characters.
The way it started out was great & continued to be so through out the film. You had your humor, your action, your geeky bits (They managed to fit in a Roxxon reference for gosh sakes!) The Actors all played their parts well, no one felt ill chosen for their roles. I look forward to Iron Man II & I know the perfect villain to show up since an appearance by him has been set up here in this film. Your take the terrorist group's name from the film, use some comic knowledge & who do you get? Yup, that guy! He would be perfect, you have to change a few things to fit with the era. But they did that anyways.
So the movie ended on a high note, the credits started to role & people were leaving?!?! I almost felt like yelling at them: "Where are you going? There is movie movie coming up after the credits!" And there was. It could have gone in the middle of the credits, there was a perfect spot for it, too! But it was at the very end. It, much like a film, was Awesome! The other 4 people who saw it also seemed to like it too. It was the first step to a real Marvel style shared universe, I won't tell you what happened. You could probably find out about it somewhere on the net but it left me wanting more. I await The Hulk later this summer & IM2 later on. So, I give the movie 4 suits of armor out of 5! (I hardly give anything a 5, so a 4 is pretty darn great).
Until next time: Save me a seat & Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
Sunday, May 4, 2008
This is Entry 32: FCBD 2008!
It was a most glorious day that I was engaged in for most of the day. It's started around 11 a.m. & I wasn't done with it until 9 p.m. (I was done getting stuff by 2:30 p.m. & spent the rest of the time reading). I got 29 comics for free! Most of them were from the smaller companies.
Books I enjoyed:
- Bongo Comics Free-For-All (they made their book smaller this year, not sure why).
- Ape Entertainment's Cartoona Plaooza (The Go-Go Gorilla & the Jungle Crew was the best of the stories, Monstroids the second). Ape Entertainment are the same people who put out the super cool mini series Bizarre New World, I recommend picking it up.
-Red 5 Comics' Atomic Robo, it's about this robot secret agent that was made by Nikola Tesla. The story has shades of The Amazing Screw-On Head & some shades of Hellboy, both from Mike Mignola. I may try to find some of the Atomic Robo comics or wait for the the trade paperback. It comes out in June.
- Speaking of Hellboy, Dark Horse put on a book of him. The funniest part is on the inside cover, Bill Morrison (known for his work on all things Simpson related) drew the cast of Futurama as the cast of Hellboy. I really like Dr. Zoidberg as Lobster Johnson & Leela as Liz Sherman.
- Rude Dude Comics put out a book hyping the coming of The Moth, a retro themed book. It harkens back to an age long past: the late 1960's. The art reminded me of Darwyn Cookes' art, who is known for his retro takes of the DCU.
- Marvel put out 2 new books: Marvel Adventures: Iron Man & Hulk & Spider-Man and an X-Men book. The MA:IM&H&S-M book was co-written by Jeff Parker. Frequent readers of the blog should know that I enjoy the work of Mister Parker. The Trio fight The Mandarin! The X-Book was an ok read, I don't read a lot of the main X-Titles so I disn't really know what was going on. It kind of reminded me of a few episodes of Doctor Who: They have to defeat a giant monster that lives underground. I will say this about the art: Greg Land know how to draw one heck of a Emma Frost!
- Each year Gemstone Publishing puts out a different Disney book & this year Gyro Gearloose got the the spotlight shown on him. Now I don't have a lot exposure to the pantheon of the Disney characters beyond a few comics & some of the late 90's cartoons but I have a soft spot for Gyro.
- Archie Comics put out 2 books one about "Archie's Pal" Jughead (in the back was a cool quick over view of the company) & a reprinting the first issue of Sonic the Hedgehog from 1993. This comic took me back, I wasn't into video games growing up but I did read some of the comics based off of them (Nintendo also put out a series of comics in the early 90's), Sonic was one of those, I still have those comics.
- Renaissance Press put out another Amelia Rules! book, It's a cute book about a girl named... Amelia & her group of friends & family.
There were more, this is only about half. But I don't have all that much to say about the rest.
Now I went to 3 stories & spent varying degrees of time at each. The one I spent the most at was one with a sale I wanted to check out. The sale was they were selling comics by the pound. There was a flat rate: 7 dollars buys you 1 pound. But the cool part was you got to choose what was in your pound & how many you wanted. The rummage sale, as one employee called it, was in the basement: 1 concrete room, boxes & boxes of comics to go through. It was Awesome!
I bought 3 pounds, could have bought more but I had spent an hour looking around plus there was ECCC the next so I didn't want to burn myself out. So out of the 3 pounds that I have stuff to sat about:
DC Books:
- Speed Force #1, a Compilation book of different heroes connected to that force. I'll tell you now ever so often I but the random Flash related book. I'll probably do that next week, too.
- The 1st issues of Superboy The Comic Book! Well, no duh! But this is comic relates to the TV show. Yeah, I didn't know there was one either.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk #1 from the New Year's Evil five week event from 10 years ago. Mxy's has to save the 5th dimension from a 10th dimension being. He goes looking through various DC books looking for help, the book definitely breaks the fourth wall!
- I picked up 2 issues of the short lived Chronos series, from what I've read: it was a cool read. I like time travel stuff. This book is about the second Chronos, not the first one who was a foe the Atom.
Marvel Books:
- Marvel Riot #1, a humor book in the vein of Not Brand Ecch!. This issue makes fun of the Age of Apocalypse mini-series. There was a somewhat funny if not drawn out to long joke about X-Man's name (I'm X-Man, you mean I'm a Woman? No, your not an Ex-man but X-Man!)
- Daredevil 2099, nowthis book isn't connected to the 2099 books of the mid 90's but a part of a 5th week event from 2004 where the books from the Marvel Knights imprint are set in the future. It's an interesting book & the twist at the end is an good one.
- I picked up 2 issues based off of The Avengers: United They Stand cartoon from '99. I didn't think that cartoon was all that bad. Sure so of the costumes were a little bad. But I will say this about their toy line: They produced a top notc Ultron figure! I'm happy to display it with the rest of my figures.
-I picked 5 of the books from the 2000 mini-series Heroes Reborn. Wait a minute, you may be telling yourself: HR happened before that & was multiple books! Yes, but I'm talking about the event that revisited that world after all the heroes had gone home. The world was post-Apocalyptical & I enjoy stories set into worlds. I will have to re-get one of the issues because the issue I got had a few of the pages ripped out. :(
Other Companies
- I got most of the books from the Alan Moore mini-series 1963, which was done in the style of Marvel Comic from the early 60's. They even came fake ads! I'm only missing 2 books! Well, 2 books plus the one they never made. :)
Also I bought a cool Justice League: The New Frontier T-Shirt.
That is all.
Next post we'll return to our normal review format of stuff I buy weekly. Then is the review for the Emerald City ComiCon or the Iron Man (not sure if I see it this week).
So come back for those & as always: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
Books I enjoyed:
- Bongo Comics Free-For-All (they made their book smaller this year, not sure why).
- Ape Entertainment's Cartoona Plaooza (The Go-Go Gorilla & the Jungle Crew was the best of the stories, Monstroids the second). Ape Entertainment are the same people who put out the super cool mini series Bizarre New World, I recommend picking it up.
-Red 5 Comics' Atomic Robo, it's about this robot secret agent that was made by Nikola Tesla. The story has shades of The Amazing Screw-On Head & some shades of Hellboy, both from Mike Mignola. I may try to find some of the Atomic Robo comics or wait for the the trade paperback. It comes out in June.
- Speaking of Hellboy, Dark Horse put on a book of him. The funniest part is on the inside cover, Bill Morrison (known for his work on all things Simpson related) drew the cast of Futurama as the cast of Hellboy. I really like Dr. Zoidberg as Lobster Johnson & Leela as Liz Sherman.
- Rude Dude Comics put out a book hyping the coming of The Moth, a retro themed book. It harkens back to an age long past: the late 1960's. The art reminded me of Darwyn Cookes' art, who is known for his retro takes of the DCU.
- Marvel put out 2 new books: Marvel Adventures: Iron Man & Hulk & Spider-Man and an X-Men book. The MA:IM&H&S-M book was co-written by Jeff Parker. Frequent readers of the blog should know that I enjoy the work of Mister Parker. The Trio fight The Mandarin! The X-Book was an ok read, I don't read a lot of the main X-Titles so I disn't really know what was going on. It kind of reminded me of a few episodes of Doctor Who: They have to defeat a giant monster that lives underground. I will say this about the art: Greg Land know how to draw one heck of a Emma Frost!
- Each year Gemstone Publishing puts out a different Disney book & this year Gyro Gearloose got the the spotlight shown on him. Now I don't have a lot exposure to the pantheon of the Disney characters beyond a few comics & some of the late 90's cartoons but I have a soft spot for Gyro.
- Archie Comics put out 2 books one about "Archie's Pal" Jughead (in the back was a cool quick over view of the company) & a reprinting the first issue of Sonic the Hedgehog from 1993. This comic took me back, I wasn't into video games growing up but I did read some of the comics based off of them (Nintendo also put out a series of comics in the early 90's), Sonic was one of those, I still have those comics.
- Renaissance Press put out another Amelia Rules! book, It's a cute book about a girl named... Amelia & her group of friends & family.
There were more, this is only about half. But I don't have all that much to say about the rest.
Now I went to 3 stories & spent varying degrees of time at each. The one I spent the most at was one with a sale I wanted to check out. The sale was they were selling comics by the pound. There was a flat rate: 7 dollars buys you 1 pound. But the cool part was you got to choose what was in your pound & how many you wanted. The rummage sale, as one employee called it, was in the basement: 1 concrete room, boxes & boxes of comics to go through. It was Awesome!
I bought 3 pounds, could have bought more but I had spent an hour looking around plus there was ECCC the next so I didn't want to burn myself out. So out of the 3 pounds that I have stuff to sat about:
DC Books:
- Speed Force #1, a Compilation book of different heroes connected to that force. I'll tell you now ever so often I but the random Flash related book. I'll probably do that next week, too.
- The 1st issues of Superboy The Comic Book! Well, no duh! But this is comic relates to the TV show. Yeah, I didn't know there was one either.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk #1 from the New Year's Evil five week event from 10 years ago. Mxy's has to save the 5th dimension from a 10th dimension being. He goes looking through various DC books looking for help, the book definitely breaks the fourth wall!
- I picked up 2 issues of the short lived Chronos series, from what I've read: it was a cool read. I like time travel stuff. This book is about the second Chronos, not the first one who was a foe the Atom.
Marvel Books:
- Marvel Riot #1, a humor book in the vein of Not Brand Ecch!. This issue makes fun of the Age of Apocalypse mini-series. There was a somewhat funny if not drawn out to long joke about X-Man's name (I'm X-Man, you mean I'm a Woman? No, your not an Ex-man but X-Man!)
- Daredevil 2099, nowthis book isn't connected to the 2099 books of the mid 90's but a part of a 5th week event from 2004 where the books from the Marvel Knights imprint are set in the future. It's an interesting book & the twist at the end is an good one.
- I picked up 2 issues based off of The Avengers: United They Stand cartoon from '99. I didn't think that cartoon was all that bad. Sure so of the costumes were a little bad. But I will say this about their toy line: They produced a top notc Ultron figure! I'm happy to display it with the rest of my figures.
-I picked 5 of the books from the 2000 mini-series Heroes Reborn. Wait a minute, you may be telling yourself: HR happened before that & was multiple books! Yes, but I'm talking about the event that revisited that world after all the heroes had gone home. The world was post-Apocalyptical & I enjoy stories set into worlds. I will have to re-get one of the issues because the issue I got had a few of the pages ripped out. :(
Other Companies
- I got most of the books from the Alan Moore mini-series 1963, which was done in the style of Marvel Comic from the early 60's. They even came fake ads! I'm only missing 2 books! Well, 2 books plus the one they never made. :)
Also I bought a cool Justice League: The New Frontier T-Shirt.
That is all.
Next post we'll return to our normal review format of stuff I buy weekly. Then is the review for the Emerald City ComiCon or the Iron Man (not sure if I see it this week).
So come back for those & as always: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
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