Comic Books of the Week
Wow, this was probably my lightest week in a long time, with only 4 new pickups (and one after the fact). This either means I've been good at cutting down on the books... or the more likely - next week is gonna be huge an expensive.
Favorite: Caper #1. Combining two of my least favorite things, gangsters and a historical setting, it was quite a surprise how much I enjoyed this one. The art is a little boring, but the storyline of the mob running the streets of San Francisco in the early 1900's is an immediate pull, with interesting character and fun dialogue. If you're a fan of Road to Perdition, this is the book for you.
Least Favorite: The Eternal #5. I really don't know why I've been reading this book, it's been up and down for me. Maybe it's all the cursing in nudity... The art is average, but thankfully saved by some great coloring by Dan Brown (gotta keep an eye out for him), but realy, Austen's dialogue in this issue seriously drug it down. I'll pick up the next issue since it's the final one, but I wouldn't recommend this book.
Best Cover: Silver Surfer #2. I'm enjoying the book, and the cover sums up the character really well, an all-powerful being, but one who lives with a certain loneliness. Great balance of darks and lights.
Worst Cover: Again, they were good...
Belated Praise: Spiderman/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure #1. I had read some lukewarm reviews on this book, so didn't pick it up, thinking it would just be a boring stunt set up for a trade to be released before the movie next year, but thankfully another review convinced me to pick it up. So far, this is a damn fun classic story, with an interesting perspective. Vaughn is quickly becoming one of Marvel's golden boys, and Johnson and Miki's art reminds me of Kyle Hotz, which is always good.
Quote of the week:
"London... should I be running on the wrong side of the street? I think I was running this way yesterday. Was it yesterday? Oh, no, wait, it couldn't have been. It's always now. Well, that's comforting, I suppose. Less confusing than it sometimes being then or later. Except for the part where I have to go tinkle. If it's always now, will I always have to wee-wee?"
-Joker, Batman/Joker: Switch
Watching: Lost, Heroes, 24, Criminal Minds Listening: Brobdingnagian Bards Reading: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Playing: Final Fantasy XII Eating: Healthy...er Doing: Running... hopefully Wishing:
Comic Quote of the Week
"It's trying to end the suffering of everything. Do you want to discuss our options? Maybe together we can, you know, workshop?"
"Okay, best way to stop a ten-story godlike monster from destroying existence? I'm gonna go with hitting, you have anything?"
"You took mine."
Wesley and Angel, Angel: After The Fall #15
Who Am I?
Name: Holz Home: Sonoma County, California About Me: I'm a comfortador. See my complete profile
AKA: Ozymandias, DrOzymandias, Darth Angelus, Darque Feonix, Trip McNeely Kicking ass for: 29 years Job: UWing Systems Design Specialist Walking Theme: Believe It Or Not by Joey Scarbury Most watched movie: The Princess Bride Most read book: The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
"Let a man get away with fuckin' you once, you stay bent over so's he can fuck you again whenever he damn well pleases. An' if one man can do it? Another will too. An' another, an' another still. So's being fucked, that's yer life. 'Til who you were, you ain't. 'Cause all you are is an asshole." 100 Bullets #42
