Saturday, November 28, 2009

I suck at updating, go kick a dog or something

So, I haven't updated here since before Comic Con, and I swear I'd feel guilty if I wasn't just so busy being COMPLETELY AWESOME. Honestly, I've come to realize that maintaining this blog actually made it harder to read comics. I would feel pressure every week to buy the books ASAP, read them, and come up with pithy things to say on a regular basis. Is this how writers feel when they're on deadline? If so, I can completely understand why books are late all the time.

Anyway, the new plan for this blog is basically to update whenever I feel like it, which I'm sure won't be incredibly often. (Send your complaints in the form of money to my PayPal account.) I guess I should talk about comics a little bit while I'm here though, so I'll tell you what I picked up today, as my shop (Golden Apple) was having their own post-Thanksgiving sale, and I finally used the gift certificate to Meltdown (the "rival" store to mine) my boss sent for my birthday.

The regular comics this week:
Beasts of Burden #3: I do think I like this book, although I'm pretty sure it's more for the art than for the stories themselves. Never really been into talking animals, so I'm not sure if that gets in the way of it for me, but I can't say I'm truly invested. What I can say though, is that I'll still be picking up #4-I may not be completely hooked, but I still need to find out what happens!

Chew #6: Yeah, it's still good. I actually dropped Dynamo 5 to stick with it (Sorry, Mr. Faerber!), and I still don't regret that decision. Half-faced terminator robocop cleaver face trumps a more enjoyable X-Men anyday AND OH MY GOSH MY DOG JUST LET OUT THE WORST FART IN THE HISTORY OF FARTS. I CAN'T EVEN CONCENTRATE MY EYES ARE WATERING SAVE ME!

Ok, I'm back. Had to go into the bedroom, out of the nuclear blast zone of Roscoe.
Where was I?

Oh yeah, my weekly purchases.

Criminal-The Sinners Part 2: I want to have Mr. Brubaker's babies. That's really all I can say about that.

Alright, everything else I bought I hasven't read yet-I'd promise to tell you about them later, but we all know I won't.

Here's a list anyway, in case you're curious:
Unknown Soldier #14
Stumptown #1 (finally!)
Northlanders #22 (Plague Widow #2) Quickly, I must say that I'm pretty sure this is my favorite North arc, and I'm only one issue in. I'm fascinated by the whole premise already, can't wait to see where this goes.
The 4th Exterminators trade (why, oh why was this book cancelled?! Shame shame shame.)

And then with my gift certificate at Meltdown, I picked up the first Y: The Last Man trade (for lending, since nobody's gonna borrow my floppies), and Winter Men, which has come highly reccommended by just about everyone. Let's hope it lives up to the hype!


Ok folks, I'm off for now. See you when I see you!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Back in the High Life Again

Sooooo much has happened since I last updated it's not even funny. Mainly awesome things-of course, I'm not going to go back and address them because my attention span just doesn't work like that. Instead, few quick notes:
-For any of you not currently frequenting the Standard Attrition boards, you really should. Aside from the fact that I post there and I know you want to spend more time in my presence, it's just a really awesome place. The creators who are represented there are like a who's who of my favorite books, and *Surprise!*-They're actually superfrickingcool. (Seriously, Brian Wood, David Lapham, Jason Aaron, Joshua Dysart, Jock...come spend your workday with us!)
-If you're coming to San Diego this year, you should let me know. Of course I'll be there, and rocking out like the cool mofo I am-if you want to have a quick chat or beer or whatever, just give me a shout!
-So Chew #1 is blowing up like Michael Bay-levels of crazy, huh? I honestly don't get it-I mean, I'm loving the book...as much as I can with only two issues out, anyway-but it's not like it's my favorite one on the shelf. Why Chew is going for $50 on eBay while Young Liars gets cancelled is beyond me. I'm all for raging successes of good books, I am! I just wish that this sort of love could strike a little more often than just for Chew #1 and Barack Obama Spider-man covers.
-Has anyone else seen the cover to Viking #2 and wanted to make love to it? I mean, I can't be the only one that thinks it's just the sexiest thing ever. UGH.
-What's with all the familly sex going on lately? Between Back to Brooklyn, Greek Street, and Jack of Fables, there's a whole lot of sketchy sex-maybe it's something in the water?

Confession of the week: I've never read anything Hellboy ever. Luckily for me, BPRD 1946 came in on special order yesterday, and I'm about to get into it. I hope it's good, for Dysart's sake!

Monday, July 6, 2009

GUESS WHO'S BACK, MOTHEREFFERS!

Finally, after only 90 whole days, I've wrested power of my URL back from the hands of the greedy Domain Registrar From Hell.

I know you've missed me. I know I've fallen way, WAY behind on too many things in comic news. I will not address all of them now (what the heck kind of machine do you think I am?!) but I will say this: I'M BACK. AND I WILL SHARE MY OPINIONS WITH YOU WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR NOT.

...But only if you come to my website to read them, so you still kind of have a choice.

Either way, I'll have a really real update for you all tomorrow.

Kisses!