I'm going to try posting here once again; this time, I'll be looking forward toward new comics set to be arriving two months in the future! Today's blog: Comics for September, 2009!

Of the four Halloween mini-comics, (actually last year’s were ‘digest-sized’ mini-comics), I choose Popeye’s to give away; Casper & Lulu’s would’ve been my second choice, if I thought I could afford both (25/packet). Each 16 pages, both look properly Halloweeny; it’s just Popeye’s my guy.

“Beasts of Burden” #1,… Continue

I got hope.
I really believe Barack Obama and Joe Biden will lead us out of this horrible mess we've come to.
I got fear from seeing John McCain's rash and 'rock star-appeal' choice of Sarah Palin, and his record of supporting George Bush's many choices leading to our present day.

Mostly, though, I got hope.

Hi!
Some good stuff, and some Very Good stuff!

Dead Space #6 – more nasty Ben Templesmith art in the final issue of Bad Stuff in Space; pretty standard story, with rotting corpses…terrificly (both in the sense of excellent, and of terror) illustration.
Conan the Cimmerian #3 - comics’ one true (fictional) biography, well told, well shown.
Indiana Jones & Tomb of the Gods 2 – guilty pleasure, also well told, and well illustrated.
Billy Batson, Shazam 2 - Captain Marvel for kids, cartoony but… Continue

Ahh, ordering for November, and here’s what I’ll be looking for as autumn tightens into winter:

Top of the list stuff: Conan #5 (one of comics’ few biographies), Jonah Hex 37, Spirit 23, Ex Machina 39, Fables 78, Jack of Fables 28, Lone Ranger 15;

2nd tier regulars: All-Star Batman and Robin 11, Wonder Woman 26, Man with No Name 7, Welcome to Hoxford 4, Red Sonja 40, 1001 Arabian Nights/Sinbad 7, Back Issue 31 (this issue showcasing Steve Gerber), Dare-devil 113, Ms. Marvel 33, She Hulk 35, Hu… Continue

An odd event for me; usually I think of myself as the black and whites hold-out, the obscure-comics guy. And hwaht do we have here? DCs and Marvels and nary a black and white comic book on-list. But hey-- sic siempre labels! This's what I found for me this week:

Catwoman #82—crawling toward the end; never really ever caught up to the sheer exuberance of Ed Brubaker’s first two or three dozen issues. Best Catwoman story this month is in Brave and the Bold: almost an interim All Star Superman sto… Continue