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Matt's Picks-- Previews for July 08!
0804.25
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, he's back and his past work promises this work will be great fun.
America's Best Comics Primer, 168 pages for $5-- if this's true, whatta bargain! Wonderfully entertaining stories by Alan Moore, well illustrated: good way to engage a non-comics reader.
Halo and Sprocket, Natural Causes-- their first book was outrageously laugh-out-loud funny: an angel explaining human life to a robot, sharing a human woman's home.
1001 Arabian Nights/Sinbad 3--on the strength of the recent 0 issue preview, this promises high seas action brilliantly illustrated.
Moonknight 20--80 pages/$4!? Again, if true, whatta bargain!
Moonknight and Werewolf by Night--haven't cared for the recent Moonknight, and worry this's really 16 pages of new story and the rest reprint filler.... but if not, could be good.
Patsy Walker #1--I've like Patsy ever since Claws of the Cat. Here's hoping she gets a decent treatment. Just hoping.
Astonishing X-Men 25--haven't read X-Men since they branched into 413 titles; but I like writer Warren Ellis and will give this a few issues' chance...and MAYBE we'll have some guest appearances by (wait for it) TA-Da! NEXT WAVE (maybe)
Indy Jones, Tomb of Gods 2, Superman 678, Tor 3, Madame Xanadu 2, House of Mystery 3, Young Liars 5, Zorro 6-- all ordered on the strength of their write-ups, creative personell and/or characters, and hope.
Sparks 2--a "super-hero noir" story; sounds like Powers and After the Cape--hoping for the best; Dead Space 5-- Templesmith-like art and a creepy story of virus-in-space, first two issues pretty good!
Man with No Name 3, Caliber 3--Two as yet unseen westerns; I like westerns; I LIKE Sergio Leoni's westerns; and I'm willing to give Caliber a try, too.
The usual high quality and habitually-bought gang of old standards ever-fresh:
Usagi Yojimbo 113, Detective 846, Jonah Hex 33, The Spirit 19, Ex Machina 38, Fables 75, Jack of Fables 25, Northlanders 8, Jack Staff 19, Castle Waiting 12, Dan Dare 7--$6, India Authentic 15 (Krishna), Moby Dick 6, DD 109, Ms. Marvel 29, She-Hulk 31, War is Hell 5, Criminal 5, Powers 31
Also recommended if one hasn't the comics issues:
Zot volume 1 - if not the best, one at the very top of the pile!
Too Cool to be Forgotten/Box Office Poison, Tricked-- Too Cool expensive in hard back, Box Office and Tricked well worth their paperback prices--Tricked with one of the most unusual, yet easily readable story structures I've read.
And these-- I've enjoyed them, but I'm tiring of the past several issues: on probation. (Odd so many feature women leads, and what does that mean?)
Catwoman 81, Wonder Woman 22, Red Sonja 36, Gamekeeper 5
My comics shop is throwing rose petals at my feet!
May yours do the same for you--
Matt
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, he's back and his past work promises this work will be great fun.
America's Best Comics Primer, 168 pages for $5-- if this's true, whatta bargain! Wonderfully entertaining stories by Alan Moore, well illustrated: good way to engage a non-comics reader.
Halo and Sprocket, Natural Causes-- their first book was outrageously laugh-out-loud funny: an angel explaining human life to a robot, sharing a human woman's home.
1001 Arabian Nights/Sinbad 3--on the strength of the recent 0 issue preview, this promises high seas action brilliantly illustrated.
Moonknight 20--80 pages/$4!? Again, if true, whatta bargain!
Moonknight and Werewolf by Night--haven't cared for the recent Moonknight, and worry this's really 16 pages of new story and the rest reprint filler.... but if not, could be good.
Patsy Walker #1--I've like Patsy ever since Claws of the Cat. Here's hoping she gets a decent treatment. Just hoping.
Astonishing X-Men 25--haven't read X-Men since they branched into 413 titles; but I like writer Warren Ellis and will give this a few issues' chance...and MAYBE we'll have some guest appearances by (wait for it) TA-Da! NEXT WAVE (maybe)
Indy Jones, Tomb of Gods 2, Superman 678, Tor 3, Madame Xanadu 2, House of Mystery 3, Young Liars 5, Zorro 6-- all ordered on the strength of their write-ups, creative personell and/or characters, and hope.
Sparks 2--a "super-hero noir" story; sounds like Powers and After the Cape--hoping for the best; Dead Space 5-- Templesmith-like art and a creepy story of virus-in-space, first two issues pretty good!
Man with No Name 3, Caliber 3--Two as yet unseen westerns; I like westerns; I LIKE Sergio Leoni's westerns; and I'm willing to give Caliber a try, too.
The usual high quality and habitually-bought gang of old standards ever-fresh:
Usagi Yojimbo 113, Detective 846, Jonah Hex 33, The Spirit 19, Ex Machina 38, Fables 75, Jack of Fables 25, Northlanders 8, Jack Staff 19, Castle Waiting 12, Dan Dare 7--$6, India Authentic 15 (Krishna), Moby Dick 6, DD 109, Ms. Marvel 29, She-Hulk 31, War is Hell 5, Criminal 5, Powers 31
Also recommended if one hasn't the comics issues:
Zot volume 1 - if not the best, one at the very top of the pile!
Too Cool to be Forgotten/Box Office Poison, Tricked-- Too Cool expensive in hard back, Box Office and Tricked well worth their paperback prices--Tricked with one of the most unusual, yet easily readable story structures I've read.
And these-- I've enjoyed them, but I'm tiring of the past several issues: on probation. (Odd so many feature women leads, and what does that mean?)
Catwoman 81, Wonder Woman 22, Red Sonja 36, Gamekeeper 5
My comics shop is throwing rose petals at my feet!
May yours do the same for you--
Matt
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Comment by evan on April 29, 2008 at 5:54pm - i will go back to reading xmen if warren ellis is writing for them. i remember when he turned stormwatch around, it was amazing for the time.
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