2003.04.30 turning your orbit around:
just to completely push the comic nerd factor to the limits, here's some capsule reviews/post-reading thoughts of the stuff i bought today:
batman #614
awesome issue. jim lee just keeps on amazing me. his joker rocketed right up there with bolland's, in my eyes. nice that loeb gave him a little bit of the classic characterization, as well. a "batboob" every now and then never hurt anyone. glad to see gordon show up. and i was pretty convinced that the mystery villain was going to be exactly who they lead you to believe at the end. loeb has a hard-on for him, anyway. if i were a comic book character, i'd totally be hot for jim lee's catwoman.
superman: red son #1
fan-fuckin'-tastic. i think the end result is totally going to justify the wait we've endured on this one. right up there with gotham by gaslight and holy terror as one of my favorite elseworlds. i really am counting the days until #2…
ultimate x-men #32
if this is what they call a "penultimate" chapter…i dunno. i like the set up, and then i realized that's all it is. set-up for issue #33, millar's last issue. i hope the story pays off and mark goes out in style. kubert's art continues to look sketchy in spots. i still blame miki.
i didn't pick up the new catwoman, i guess i'll just do that on friday. if you live in new york city, make sure to pick up the post on wednesday or thursday. x2 comes out on friday and you can pick up a free copy of ultimate x-men #1 (as well as other cool books) at just about any local comic shop.
now i'm gonna go get some q'doba.
m@ said:
haven't read "red son" yet, but the batman issue did kick some major ass. i really seriously thought for a moment that bats was going to actually kill the joker. and then that final scene… just… wow. that's a damned fine bit of writing there.
the puffin said:
the puffin's current favorite's:
y-the last man
h.e.r.o.
alias
uncanny x-men
new x-men (murder in the mansion story rocks!)
brian. said:
H-E-R-O is really fucking good. As is Alias. I dropped both X-Men titles. Chuck Austen doesn't interest me in the slightest bit, and I've kinda noticed that Morrison is the proverbial Emperor in his new clothes. All high concept, barely any characterization. No real ability to tell a coherent story without relying on "hey! i'm grant morrison and i've got crrrrrrazy ideas!"
Plus the uneven art really turned me off.
brad said:
I love Loeb's Batman. I haven't enjoyed a Batman writer as much as I'm enjoying Loeb in a long, long time. Alias is great. Shit, anything Brian Michael Bendis writes is really good. I'm surprised you guys haven't mentioned Powers yet, because…it's the shit.
brian. said:
Considering I was only writing reviews of three books I bought on Wednesday, it's no big surprise that Powers wasn't mentioned.
My current "can't miss" books:
Ultimate Spider-Man
the Ultimates
Alias
Batman
Sleeper
anything Hellboy
Daredevil
100 Bullets
Blood and Water
H-E-R-O
Gotham Central
and yes…Powers.
Pick up Superman: Red Son if you can find it. I here it's sold out just about everywhere.
brad said:
I got Red Son today. Grade A shit.
What do you think about the Hellboy:Weird Tales series?
brian. said:
Hellboy: Weird Tales is awesome. And it's only going to get better. Leinel Yu and Alex Maleev both have work coming up in future issues.
Oh yeah…Wildcats Version 3.0 is fucking awesome, too.