That's how they talk in the south, and that reminds me: I did another podcast episode with the Dollar Bin boys this week. This time the subject was my very favourite lady: Catwoman!
Listen as I talk an unending streak by clicking this link: Catwoman!
I can never hear super clearly when I am doing these phone interview things, so I just keep talking over everyone. And my heavy breathing makes it sound like I'm an astronaut being interviewed from a space station.
And now on with this week's comics!!
Here's what you should read this week:
Wonder Woman #24Why? Because Gail Simone really rules at cramming a whole lot of story into one issue, and making every part of that story thoroughly entertaining and hilarious. Wonder Woman brings Nemesis home to meet her mother, which is great, and the second half of the issue has WW visiting the set of a Hollywood Wonder Woman movie. This, of course, is also great because it allows Simone to make some fun commentary about the unending struggle to get Wonder Woman into her own movie, and give us an idea of how horribly wrong Hollywood could get it if it were made.
Amazing Spider-Man #571Norman Osborn is really enjoyable in this issue, and Eddie Brock is really crazy. And the art, again, is wicked.
Super Friends #7Why? Because the Super Friends teach some kids how to skateboard. Even Aquaman. I really want Batman to teach me how to skateboard.
In this comic Aquaman actually reasons that he must be a good skateboarder because he is good at riding dolphins. Probably as he is saying this, Flash is stealing his wallet.
Booster Gold #12Why? Because this is how a time-travelling hero should be used: as an opportunity to re-visit all our favourite eras of DC comics. This week it was 1970s Batman, with the classic Batmobile and with Barbara Gordon as Batgirl.
This comic is just fun. It's always fun, and I love it.
This comic is just fun. It's always fun, and I love it.
Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #3Why? This issue concludes a series that was better than the following comic series: Secret Invasion, and Runaways.
Seriously, this team (Christopher Yost and Takeshi Miyazawa) should be doing Runaways. And SOMEONE should do Young Avengers, because I would sure like to see a comic about them again.
Angel After The Fall: Final Night v.2
IDW released the second hardcover collecting the official continuation of Angel this week. First of all, these hardcovers are beautiful. Nice job, IDW. Secondly, writer Bryan Lynch's enthusiasm for what he's doing with this series comes through loud and clear in the bonus content. Plus, the intro, written by "Groosalugg," is absolutely hilarious. Seriously.
Also, unlike the first collection of this series, this book contains several short stories about each secondary character, each with a different artist. So having an array of artists is nice. And I know this title isn't nearly as possible as the Buffy comic, much like the television series, but I really do think it's a well-written continuation of the show. It's an entertaining comic, as is the Spike series that is being released alongside it, also written by Lynch.
I wanted to post an image of the cover of this book, but it is nowhere to be found. Not even on the IDW website. Which is weird.
I wanted to post an image of the cover of this book, but it is nowhere to be found. Not even on the IDW website. Which is weird.
6 comments:
here's a link to the cover for the second Angel HC http://ist.atc.cx/InStockTrades/large/JUL084065.jpg
Chris Yost on Runaways… hm. That would be nice. I liked X-23 and New X-Men, which he co-wrote with Craig Kyle. New X-Men made a reputation for killing off characters left and right, but Runaways already has a history of that, no?
(And of course I agree with you about Miyazawa. Much as I like Humberto Ramos, the first issue of Runaways I read was drawn by Miyazawa and that's still the definitive version in my mind. But maybe it'd be better if he got back to Mary Jane. I miss him there too.)
Wonder Woman really was rather spectacular this week...LOTS of action, and hilarious to boot.
Booster Gold was pretty much the same, car chases, fights and funny as heck. I have to admit that I really am not exactly sure HOW it all works out in the end, but I really don't care, because I was having too much fun.
Wow. FUN comics.
Did you get the Superman/Batman from a few weeks ago? Rafael Alberquerque on art, lots of lil' heroes running around.
it was really funny.
That's how they talk in the South of Canada? Surprising!
Tiny Titans > Super Friends!
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