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Goodbye Superman.... Matt's Picks for September 17, 2008
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 excellently so, by Hero-bear’s Mike Kunkle.
Air #2 - still hoping this goes somewhere, after a…confusing, if nice to look at, first issue.
The Spirit 21 – just the tops; almost (almost) as good as Usagi Yojimbo. Give it another 100 issues (Usagi’s waaay past that!).
Donald Duck Halloween Special – a slender and very low-priced (was it 25 for $2.50?) little comic just right for the big Give-away Night.
All Star Superman 12 - sorrow, much sorrow: this really excellent series ends with this issue. Absolutely worth seeking in the collected edition. Superman as I’ve wanted to read him since long long ago I was a child and Superman was GREAT! This—is GREAT Superman!
Castle Waiting 12 $4 – more daily life in long-ago fairytale land; daily life full of chores, and pleasantries: "Fables" in a more relaxed setting, Very Well told, Very Well drawn, by Linda Medley.
Echo 6 $3.50 - still hoping this goes somewhere…after five(!) set-up issues; by Strangers in Paradise’s Terry Moore, so there’s hope!
May your budget ever be bigger than mine!
best wishes for great reading,
Matt
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 excellently so, by Hero-bear’s Mike Kunkle.
Air #2 - still hoping this goes somewhere, after a…confusing, if nice to look at, first issue.
The Spirit 21 – just the tops; almost (almost) as good as Usagi Yojimbo. Give it another 100 issues (Usagi’s waaay past that!).
Donald Duck Halloween Special – a slender and very low-priced (was it 25 for $2.50?) little comic just right for the big Give-away Night.
All Star Superman 12 - sorrow, much sorrow: this really excellent series ends with this issue. Absolutely worth seeking in the collected edition. Superman as I’ve wanted to read him since long long ago I was a child and Superman was GREAT! This—is GREAT Superman!
Castle Waiting 12 $4 – more daily life in long-ago fairytale land; daily life full of chores, and pleasantries: "Fables" in a more relaxed setting, Very Well told, Very Well drawn, by Linda Medley.
Echo 6 $3.50 - still hoping this goes somewhere…after five(!) set-up issues; by Strangers in Paradise’s Terry Moore, so there’s hope!
May your budget ever be bigger than mine!
best wishes for great reading,
Matt
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