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looking forward, everything based on hope--
Horror-masters Mike Mignola (W) and Richard Corban (A) enlist Dave Stewart’s colors for a Hellboy one-shot, “The Bride of Hell” from Dark Horse. For me this all but gaurantees a highly entertaining comic book.
Usagi Yojimbo #125 will be published in December, likely to be only as brilliant and beautiful as the previous—what is it? 240 issues?—chronicling the wandering of the honorable and capable rabbit ronin.
“Jonah Hex” reaches issue #50, and…
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Added by Matt Levin on October 10, 2009 at 6:06pm —
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Hey--! some great new comics a'comin'--
Looking forward, everything based on hope--!
The return of Richard Delgado’s “Age of Reptiles,” surely one of the most beautiful and occasionally provocative dinosaur books ever! Delgado’s two previous “Age” books have been wordless, yet clear in storytelling, and wonderfully drawn. Dark Horse Comics wins again.
“Groo” #2 I can’t expect anything less than cleverly drawn, thought-provoking hilarity (apparently Groo raises swords against big business &…
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Added by Matt Levin on August 28, 2009 at 11:36am —
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Here’s to you, and October 2009—
Almost didn’t order Groo #1, not because I’m over-Groo’d, or expect anything less than cleverly drawn, thought-provoking hilarity (apparently Groo takes on big business & the stock market of his time), but because they’ve priced themselves beyond my budget at $4/issue. But I’ve read Groo since Destroyer Duck days, so I'm fitting this in, and I’m glad.
“Gotham City Sirens” #5: Paul Dini writes for Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, and Batgirl. The first co…
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Added by Matt Levin on July 31, 2009 at 10:23am —
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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,…
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Added by Matt Levin on July 3, 2009 at 10:42am —
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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.
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Added by Matt Levin on September 23, 2008 at 3:57pm —
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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…
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Added by Matt Levin on September 17, 2008 at 5:11pm —
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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…
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Added by Matt Levin on September 14, 2008 at 3:05pm —
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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…
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Added by Matt Levin on August 29, 2008 at 7:13pm —
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A quiet week this week; just five comics today, sequentially:
Air 1 -- by Wilson and Perker, two creators I'm unfamiliar with, an airline story of (apparantly) terrorist attacks, and romance: the previews in other Vertigo titles were attractive, so here's givin' this'n a look.
Conan 2 - more barbarianism, or, Cimmerianism, as Truman, Giorello and Corban, and Villarrubia carry on the chronological chronicalling of the big guy with a broadsword.
Anna Mercury 3 - Warren Ellis's maybe not human,…
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Added by Matt Levin on August 20, 2008 at 2:30pm —
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Well, yeah, for me, lighter than helium; could afford to pick up volume 3 of The Walking Dead, which was okay volumes 1 and 2, and is said to really get underway here. Meanwhile, there's:
Wonder Woman #21 A new approach to WW, more pleasing to read than previously, very nice graphics-art.
Young Liars #4 Beginning to take on that Stray Bullets edge I’ve missed since the end of Bullets; potentially a very dangerous comic.
Jack Staff #17, $3.50 continually a surprising and delightfully intellect…
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Added by Matt Levin on June 12, 2008 at 4:55pm —
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Oooookay…this’s what I'd recommend; it's what I'm getting for me:
This bunch is pretty much pedigreed by previous issues, or in the case of Henry Jones, Jr., previous characterization:
Conan 2, Hellboy/Crooked 2, Indy Jones/Tomb 3, Billy Batson 2 (Mike Kunkle writes), Mouse Guard 6, Mde. Xanadu 3, Man with No Name 4, Caliber 4 (Excalibur legend complete with Arthurian name-sakes, as an increasingly engaging western), 1001 Nights/Sinbad, Patsy Walker 2.
This group’s stuff I’ve been enjoying for…
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Added by Matt Levin on June 6, 2008 at 4:55pm —
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Usagi Yojimbo #112, All Star Superman #11, Fables #73 need no explaining: here’re three of my top-ten choices. I like exciting writing, speech that sounds like somebody talking, really nice to look at pictures arranged in narrative, and a sense of humor.
Northlanders #6 and Daredevil #107 remain interesting; Marvel Illustrated Moby Dick #4, so far the nicest of the ‘classics’ I’ve seen. I'd still like to see comics adapting some short American classic plays; suit the classics ill'd ‘genre’ bett…
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Added by Matt Levin on May 30, 2008 at 2:02pm —
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Here we go--!
Spawn 178 - Previews claims police detectives Sam and Twitch are featured and I recommend immediate purchase of all things previous featuring Sam and Twitch; some all-time high writing and pictures in the horror/police procedural genre. Hoping 178 is at least in the park.
Catwoman #79 - past few issues, a habit-buy; she needs to be back on 'our' earth and down to earth soon to keep my interest.
Spirit #17 - this comic book just keeps chuggin' along in the top of the short lists o…
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Added by Matt Levin on May 21, 2008 at 6:07pm —
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Hey there!
A couple of series I like are ending, but others've begun some interesting stories--
Serenity Better Days #3 (final issue, alas):
I’m a Firefly fan; the caricatures are pretty good, the story’s entertaining, the colors are sharp: it’s good enough for me: I’m a Firefly fan. Please Sir, can I have some more?
Bat Lash #6: a terrific ‘origin’ story of a character I only mildly cared about previously, told really well, and drawn even better; sadly, the last issue of this series. Please Si…
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Added by Matt Levin on May 14, 2008 at 4:13pm —
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Got some good ol' standbys-- they don' come much older than Detective Comics #844-- but the last year or so has been newly entertaining Batman reading; and this's the Batman book for me.
Jonah Hex #31 -- JH has made good on nearly three years' worth of tight writing, done-in-one style for the most part, and equally nice art.
Dock Walloper #4--has its unusual (for comics) setting, (prohibition) and unusual character, and makes for a good, gangsters story.
Dead Space #3 -- has Ben Templesmith a…
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Added by Matt Levin on May 7, 2008 at 4:54pm —
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Ahh, the tease: what's gonna be so new and interesting I'm willing to take a chance on it? Sigh: way too many--!
Criminal Macabre, Cell Block 666 #1; Hellboy, Crooked man #1-- I don't get every series of each of these, but an occasional diet of both Steve Niles' Cal McDonald and Mike Mignola's Hellboy stories makes for great entertainment; both well written, beautifully illustrated.
Billy Batson #1, by Mike Kunkle! Mike did Hero Bear and Astonishing Comics and disappeared! Much missed,…
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Added by Matt Levin on April 27, 2008 at 6:05pm —
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