Trade Waiting

BATMAN: LOVERS AND MADMEN

2008-08-30T11:45:00.001-04:00

BATMAN: LOVERS AND MADMENWritten by Michael Green Art and cover by Denys Cowan and John Floyd I am such a sucker for Batman. Really. I was intrigued by this book. I like the show Heroes quite a bit and figured that a writer from there could do some interesting things with the Batman/Joker Dynamic.Holy hell was I wrong. This quite possibly is the worst Batman story I have ever read. At least it is

Quick Review Round Up

2008-08-29T20:58:00.001-04:00

Okay, so I am pretty much a slacker. No other way of looking at it. I had far too many other things on my plate to really dedicate much time to reviewing my comic book reading of late. So here are some quick recaps, in which I make every effort to hold back my verbosity, to some of the TPB and graphic novels I have read of late. I hope to avoid doing this in the future, but as life can over take

The First Comic I Ever Bought

2008-07-31T20:23:00.003-04:00

My Comic Autobiography Part IWeird War Tales 78I got this somewhere in Oregon, when I was out camping with my grandparents. I have very little memory of it other than the cover. This is no surprise as I would have been four when I got it. It was not the first comic I ever read, that likely goes to Star Wars number one, which I believe I just looked at more than read at the time, what with me

Burnout

2008-07-29T00:00:00.004-04:00

BurnoutWriter: Rebecca DonnerArt: Inaki Miranda & Eva de la CruzFlames play a key role in this new MINX book. And like the haphazardness of flames bursting forth from a campfire, Danni, the main character, moves through her life without much purpose. In fact, she is an amazingly unrealized character at the beginning, as she seems to be living for others and not herself. She smolders with desire

Top Ten Comic Runs

2008-07-27T21:38:00.004-04:00

Awhile back, the folks over at Comics Should Be Good asked for visitors to give their top 10 favorite runs on monthly comics. So to give you an idea of the books I like and what you may see here this is the list I sent, as well as a brief summation of what made these series great to me.1. Milligan's Shade the Changing ManI first bought this book with either issue 11 or 14 strictly for the amazing

A Hearty Welcome

2008-07-27T19:57:00.005-04:00

"Oh, it's a new comic blog. Run away. Run away."Yeah, I know the world really is not clamoring for yet another blog dedicated to the wonderful art form of comics. But, guess what? That is exactly what the world is going to get.So why should you care? Well really, and granted PR is nowhere near my strong suit, I am not sure you should. At least not right now, as there is nothing other than this