<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582827526864167002</id><updated>2024-10-17T05:59:42.834-04:00</updated><category term="DC"/><category term="MINX"/><category term="Batman"/><category term="Drawn and Quarterly"/><category term="FYI"/><category term="My Comic Autobiography"/><category term="Top Ten"/><category term="Vertigo"/><category term="details"/><category term="whatnot"/><title type='text'>Trade Waiting</title><subtitle type='html'>Who buys floppies anymore? This is a Comic Book review blog focusing on those with real bindings, not staples. Count on Both old and new TPB and graphic novels to be reviewed here.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>randyhate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_njJyE0DHB18/SMB9heSNIRI/AAAAAAAAAIw/S2WuVXyDsnc/S220/last+supper+at+holy+land1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582827526864167002.post-755762405870480072</id><published>2008-08-30T11:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T11:45:00.120-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Batman"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DC"/><title type='text'>BATMAN: LOVERS AND MADMEN</title><summary type="text">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</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/feeds/755762405870480072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/582827526864167002/755762405870480072' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/755762405870480072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/755762405870480072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/2008/08/batman-lovers-and-madmen.html' title='BATMAN: LOVERS AND MADMEN'/><author><name>randyhate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_njJyE0DHB18/SMB9heSNIRI/AAAAAAAAAIw/S2WuVXyDsnc/S220/last+supper+at+holy+land1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2LT8g2tP5UEsbc_czwnd7KR6HYNESk2bARlCDNhfs44l1MLIBvn1mvpf7CmZUPLHIgXWz48emT4JwtHudAcceacKVQlBINy14WwOPpc5QFLRa_0hN_3FSfzsDFdJjGoKXewTaOklVp2c/s72-c/lovers+and+madmen.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582827526864167002.post-1220906871862652573</id><published>2008-08-29T20:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-29T20:58:00.659-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Drawn and Quarterly"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MINX"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Vertigo"/><title type='text'>Quick Review Round Up</title><summary type="text">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</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/feeds/1220906871862652573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/582827526864167002/1220906871862652573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/1220906871862652573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/1220906871862652573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/2008/08/quick-review-round-up.html' title='Quick Review Round Up'/><author><name>randyhate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_njJyE0DHB18/SMB9heSNIRI/AAAAAAAAAIw/S2WuVXyDsnc/S220/last+supper+at+holy+land1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-EgNh52EDjAXC9Q9vE9yGiVATdK_SLG1hT0xc_LC2CbYHPI6rTkMKKtW1WCvF3R8vbyAh7qpaLnuFo73AXSWkj6hq0PQJ3smHymcFxpw2g3fArq0bt0Tklh7c33vD6nWqVQEXhfUD1oB/s72-c/1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582827526864167002.post-4784356144570057238</id><published>2008-07-31T20:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T23:09:19.726-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DC"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="My Comic Autobiography"/><title type='text'>The First Comic I Ever Bought</title><summary type="text">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 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/feeds/4784356144570057238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/582827526864167002/4784356144570057238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/4784356144570057238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/4784356144570057238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/2008/07/first-comic-i-ever-bought.html' title='The First Comic I Ever Bought'/><author><name>randyhate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_njJyE0DHB18/SMB9heSNIRI/AAAAAAAAAIw/S2WuVXyDsnc/S220/last+supper+at+holy+land1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8r6mW4Np0bvel9oaWtNbnsQZlf2SE3UhwNhaxSGfiNzH3H6ef6W4tBLNcWoMKpwj0lk4nblXcx4JP4mcUqufTq94VWUkoSjbGjq09kon0FRqCGHrASRvTwtOcyMloBT02Ldy2rRTJhWdb/s72-c/weird+war+78.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582827526864167002.post-3540883139365425604</id><published>2008-07-29T00:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T23:09:20.253-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MINX"/><title type='text'>Burnout</title><summary type="text">BurnoutWriter: Rebecca DonnerArt: Inaki Miranda &amp;amp; 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 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/feeds/3540883139365425604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/582827526864167002/3540883139365425604' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/3540883139365425604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/3540883139365425604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/2008/07/burnout.html' title='Burnout'/><author><name>randyhate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_njJyE0DHB18/SMB9heSNIRI/AAAAAAAAAIw/S2WuVXyDsnc/S220/last+supper+at+holy+land1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrox5O7gRUi3YWzl-jRRMogsEHs5dFx2RAFKLyunHUzZstRPB57XqlhvoPgdOAg7RKOKd1BsSGJaDUBH5fzn6rYErjCxZe5xBN39Slp_q1WCUtPL4ZlyAetrVCV9VdQJDhpcn5tbDDfOtv/s72-c/burnout.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582827526864167002.post-8156055027139241511</id><published>2008-07-27T21:38:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T23:09:21.531-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FYI"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Top Ten"/><title type='text'>Top Ten Comic Runs</title><summary type="text">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&#39;s Shade the Changing ManI first bought this book with either issue 11 or 14 strictly for the amazing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/feeds/8156055027139241511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/582827526864167002/8156055027139241511' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/8156055027139241511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/8156055027139241511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/2008/07/top-ten-comic-runs.html' title='Top Ten Comic Runs'/><author><name>randyhate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_njJyE0DHB18/SMB9heSNIRI/AAAAAAAAAIw/S2WuVXyDsnc/S220/last+supper+at+holy+land1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePKhhjinBBWpEZQfbIYXATJk1GKhwQ_ZTQQ1Jh1G2CIKT81oUjjIj7efipD0Np444zImqUuyB4vgwBVUfdhACqyBMll2mSTDohNy3ROcYm7rNGapN08JObgjRpqbiuhsbpoalVD67DZuX/s72-c/1shade.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582827526864167002.post-3986536860550021023</id><published>2008-07-27T19:57:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T21:43:16.219-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="details"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="whatnot"/><title type='text'>A Hearty Welcome</title><summary type="text">&quot;Oh, it&#39;s a new comic blog. Run away. Run away.&quot;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 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/feeds/3986536860550021023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/582827526864167002/3986536860550021023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/3986536860550021023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/582827526864167002/posts/default/3986536860550021023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tradewaiting.blogspot.com/2008/07/hearty-welcome.html' title='A Hearty Welcome'/><author><name>randyhate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14537851760586493719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_njJyE0DHB18/SMB9heSNIRI/AAAAAAAAAIw/S2WuVXyDsnc/S220/last+supper+at+holy+land1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>