What comic are you reading at the moment.

spooydermot

Fysh wrote: »

..... somehow this telling piece of information hasn't yet led to someone in Vertigo encouraging a rethink of their business model since they as an imprint are pretty much geared towards creator-owned long-form stories and those stories aren't always well-suited to monthly serialisation).

Yeah I'd agree there, I'm waiting for the final Y trade, the next DMZ and obviously the next Fables, to me Vertigo really is a mark of quality, I can't think of many Vertigo titles that have disappointed (although I never 'got' Sandman), what I'm saying is that Vertigo have a good rep and one could imagine them being able to release trades "into the wild" as it were and do well out of it, maybe with a 20 page on-line preview or something - (which they kind of do at the moment) that said they're in business at the moment so the current model must work for them - just not for me

Fysh wrote: »

Must admit I've gotten to an apparent breakpoint with Fables - I like the core conceit and the writing is mostly solid, other than the odd bit of utter dreck (issue 50 in particular was a bit, er, questionable in terms of characterisation). My problem is that it doesn't really seem to be going anywhere any time soon, especially not if the rumours are true and Jack Of Fables is to be accompanied by another Fables spinoff series later this year. 8 trades in and there's still no sign of an over-arcing storyline...I may yet check out Sons Of Empire, but it'll have to be damn good to keep me on board, sadly.

Sons of Empire is really good and does move the overall arc along a bit more but there are hints that we still have a way to go, but I may have read that wrong. When I say its really good - it's really good to a point - we learn some cool things, we see some characters that we might have thought were 'throw-aways' come back - but I could have done without the 'santa-claus' story (it's only a few pages) - but I'd advise you to pick it up as it does push Fables into an overall arc.

Dunno if you read 1001 Nights of Snowfall, but stories like "Frogs eye view" and especially "Diaspora/The Witches Tale" really convince me of the depth of story-telling going on here and give us great background to some of the characters

Jack of Fables is fairly good read, but I think another Fables spin off would be killing the goose that laid the golden egg -

ztoical

spooydermot wrote: »

what I'm saying is that Vertigo have a good rep and one could imagine them being able to release trades "into the wild" as it were and do well out of it, maybe with a 20 page on-line preview or something - (which they kind of do at the moment) that said they're in business at the moment so the current model must work for them - just not for me

I agree there are very few vertigo books that I haven't enjoyed but as an imprint Vertigo is most popular and sells best in the uk and Ireland market and not as strongly elsewhere and alot of times publisher don't look at the numbers outside of the american market.

spooydermot

i'd imagine that your quite correct there, unfortunate really.

Fysh

Picked up a few things last week, despite not having finished Beyond Palomar yet, but that's what happens when I work within walking distance of a comic shop...

Action Philosophers vol 3

I vaguely remember mentioning the first issue of this aaaaaages ago when it first came out, so I had to pick up this TPB when I saw it. Great stuff, an entertaining blend of concise philosophy/history told in a persistently funny way. Well worth a look.

American Virgin vol 2 : Going Down

Boo, it's ending. It took me way too long to start reading this, but I'll be genuinely disappointed when it finishes. The second volume of the story is interesting, although its conclusion does leave me wondering where this is going to go next...that said, Seagle has shown that he has a lot of ideas he wants to explore so I'm sure volume 3 will be a good read.

DMZ volume 1 : On The Ground

Another one I took far too long to try out, DMZ turns out to be far more interesting than I'd anticipated, so much so that I'm considering going monthly with it. Good art, good storyline and most importantly, it actually has ideas and themes to explore.

The Nightly News TPB

Yet another "why did it take so long?" comic - very enjoyable, and an interestingly different approach to the art side of things. That said, I get the impression Hickman's graphic-design-as-comic-art thing could get very tiresome after a while. But anyway. As with other stuff I've mentioned, at the core of this are interesting ideas, explored in an interesting way. (I'm also glad Hickman has publicly stated that he won't come back to do a sequel, since there's really nothing left to do here).

Omega The Unknown #4 of 10

Dalrymple's art continuous to be luscious, and the story continues to be compellingly weird. Great stuff.

Ultimate Human #1 of 4

Given the widespread derision that was the internet's reaction to Ultimates 3 #1, I decided I wouldn't be going near it. As a result, I thought I'd try this out instead because, hey, Warren Ellis. It's ok; a bit template-like in its approach (which is looking like Iron Man vs Hulk, except for where they team up later to fight the Real Big Baddy Who Wants To Steal Their Blood For MI5). I have the feeling that Ultimate Iron Man 2 will be the last of my Ultimate Marvel purchases, given the way things seem to be going there of late (Ultimatum/Ultimate Origins/Ultimates 3 &4). Oh well.

Also picked up Charles Burns' Black Hole, though I haven't read it yet.

spooydermot

Vinyl Underground 4 - still undecided on this , but has kept my attention so far
The Boys 14 - a bit of a hit and miss issue/storyline

Gravel - didn't realise this was a spin off from another story - anyone know which one? Decent introduction to the character (who is your standard Ellis b@st@rd) in anycase - still not mad on the Avatar style of drawing though.


The Twelve - 1- picked this up thinking it was a stand alone series, but it seems to tie in with the marvel universe, which means Spiderman is going to appear at some point to introduce himself. Still not the worst premise in the world. A group of superheroes from WW2 who are woken up in the present day.


Doktor Sleepless 4 - the delays with getting this issue out have made the story drag a little, but it all seems to be coming together nicely

Northlanders 2 - not grabbing me as quickly as some of Woods other work - but I look forward to being impressed.

Fysh

spooydermot wrote: »

Gravel - didn't realise this was a spin off from another story - anyone know which one? Decent introduction to the character (who is your standard Ellis b@st@rd) in anycase - still not mad on the Avatar style of drawing though.

It's a new monthly series based on the Strange Killings series Ellis had previously done with Avatar. It's now plotted by Ellis and written by Mike Wolfer, but could still be good. Although the #0 does feel like you've been dropped in it half-way through an existing plot-line, it's all setup for when the series #1 hits to kick things off. I'm looking forward to it after a reasonably good setup, as the previous TPBs have been pretty good in the way of pulpy action fun.

spooydermot wrote: »

Doktor Sleepless 4 - the delays with getting this issue out have made the story drag a little, but it all seems to be coming together nicely

The semblance of a storyline is coming together now, which is nice. I can't help the feeling that Ellis is doing the same thing with Black Summer and Doktor Sleepless ie

having a central character - John Horus in BS, the Dok in DS - who has a lot of the characteristics of a villainous world-domination type, but letting the setup present him as being a hero

. Can't complain though, Doktor Sleepless will hopefully be another longform series along the lines of Transmet but with an extra ten years of bile injected into it

bombidol

The art in Gravel is pretty feckin bad. The backgrounds etc are nice but the dudes anatomy is fairly terrible.

ztoical

spooydermot wrote: »

Vinyl Underground 4 - still undecided on this , but has kept my attention so far

I feel the same, I want to read the next issue but I actually don't know if I like it yet.

spooydermot

The Umbrella Academy 5:

Really enjoying this series, not sure if they are planning a second volume, but can't help feeling that just to leave it at one would serve the story better.
can someone explain something to me :

what was with the monocle and the scene in the lab with pogo the monkey?

Transformers Devastation 4:
There seem to have been some delays getting this issue out, and the long wait doesn't help the story much, never the less all the strands of the plot seem to be coming together. Interested to see how this Headmasters angle turns out

Cemetery Blues
Hadn't heard anything about this, but picked it up on the strength of the artwork. Has an air of Wormwood:Gentleman Corpse about it, will definitely pick up the next issue.

constitutionus

just the two this week

astonishing xmen 24

i know the scheduling is irregular but its now so long since the last one i honestly couldnt be bothered going back over the story to find out whats going on and im only buying it to read in one go in the future. apparently theres a one shot to finish it up (god knows when) called giant sized astonishing xmen no1 so go figure.

its not a BAD issue its just the big reveal now feels like a film i just walked halfway into. cassidy's art is still as beautiful as ever but whedons writing is feeling tired. its still good but not a patch on the first two arcs.

still its nice to see scott being written properly for a change. even beast , who genreally gets sod all screen time ,is handled well.

ah well



2 transformers: spotlight blaster

wasnt sure about this. i never liked blaster that much but furmans being using the spotlights to give the reinvented universe's characters new slants and he's basically turned blaster into the cybertronian equivelant of your man from "good mornging vietnam" dubing him "the voice" of the autobots cause (which actually got me thinking inadvertently of V for vendetta ) and drapes the character peice on a mystery of who tried to silence him .

its not a bad story and the art by the newcommer is ok. furman does a good job of showing blaster being disillusioned by his propaganda role after so long in absence and having nearly died questioning the stuff he's said.and ends up with the reveal of who tried to kill him (ya wouldnt believe me !) and suitably sets him up for a confrontation against his natural nemisis (if ya cant figure that out you dont know anything about TF )

all in all a good self contained read. not the best but by no means bad.

Fysh

Haven't picked up a huge amount recently, but I'm sure I've missed things off or forgotten to post about them.

Fell #9

Back to form for this series, great as ever. Just wish there was more of it on a regular schedule.

Ultimate Iron Man 2 #1 & #2

Man, talk about phoning it in. The first series seemed to have promise, and I've read the core Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card and it's not like he can't write decent sci-fi. But this feels like it was plotted and written while he recovered from a hangover or something; the odd nice moment, but a bit crap overall.

American Virgin Vol 3 : Wet

Once again a weird direction in the plot kept me interested; Cloonan's art is always nice to look at and the storyline is intriguing, although Adam Chamberlain is starting to show himself as a bit of a twit at times. Still, I'll be picking up the rest of the trades of this.

Nextwave vol's 1 & 2, and the Crayon Butchery Variant of #5

I've already got all of these but they're in a box in Kilkenny whereas I'm in london, so I figured I'd pick up the TPBs. Still great stuff, and as joyously stupidly entertaining as they were the first time round. The Crayon Butchery Variant was a bit disappointing, though I very much like the introduction page which explains, among other things, what a crayon is, how to draw, and what is meant by "inside the lines" and the relative merits of following this colouring technique

DMZ : Body Of A Journalist

DMZ continues to kick booty, and I continue to kick myself for taking this long to start reading it. Awesome, awesome stuff.

Gravel #0

Not a bad starting issue, although it's really just setup. I'll probably follow the first 6-7 issues of this and see how I find it; I enjoyed Ellis's version of Hellblazer and the Strange Kisses stuff I've read so far, so I figure it'll be up my alley. I'm curious how the shift in writing process will affect it though...

Black Hole

Absolutely awesome in an indie-tastic sort of way. I hadn't realised that part of it was in the collected McSweeney's Quarterly Concern I picked up a while back, but I really really enjoyed this. Slick execution, a nice overall story and some brilliant character development. And an artistic style that works really well with the whole thing as an indie comic while simultaneously feeling like a comic version of a slasher flick at the same time. Definitely worth checking out, especially now it's out in paperback (I think I picked up the hardback the week before the TPB shipped...)

Yet to have time to read:

Action Philosophers vol 1
Tale Of One Bad Rat

Also looking forward to the Casanova TPB and Y : The Last Man #60 shipping soon. And Black Summer #5.

AbusesToilets

Picked up New Avengers annual #2 and Ultimate X-men 90.

New Avengers was pretty good,finally a bit of decent action and shock/horror Dr.Strange actually does something to remind everyone that he has some use after all.

The Apocalypse story is starting in X-men,just in time to co-inside with the return of my least favorite artist. I have really grown to hate Salvador Larrocca's artwork,he's like a festering infection around the X books these days.Just when i think i've seen the last of him he pops up on another book.I wish he would just **** off

Fysh

ATale Of One Bad Rat

Excellent stuff, very much focusing on the visual side but an interesting narrative along the way as well. I must get my hands on some of Talbot's Luther Arkwright series, I'm very curious to see what it's like after the contrast between Brainstorm and One Bad Rat.

DMZ : Public Works

So far, so good. Haven't finished this yet but it's interesting territory to go into; I'm still seriously considering jumping onto the monthlies for this because there've been too many decent Vertigo series cancelled recently to feel comfortable just reading the trades (at least not until Vertigo and by extension DC figure out that there's a market that will buy this stuff directly in collected volumes who doesn't want to buy it on a montly basis first....).

Black Summer #5

Setting up one of the two conflicts that are likely to be the focal point of the last two issues of this, there's some interesting character moments and confirmation of certain suspicions regarding Tom Noir (which were probably not so much suspicions as virtual certainties if you know how story structure tends to work when it's Ellis at the helm). This is going to make a great TPB when it's all done.

Project Superhero #0

I picked this up more out of curiosity than anything else; I'm not a huge Ross fan because while he has a distinctive and elegant style I don't think it works for the subject matter of superheroes. Personal taste thing. I'm not a huge superhero fan at the best of times, mainly because of the conservative "maintain the status quo" approach that I've come to expect from the Big 2 and the "but of course we don't have to explain why people run around in spandex Fighting Crime!" approach that I tend to expect from everyone else. But anyway. There's nothing particularly wrong with this as a teaser/prologue to an ongoing series, but neither is there much incentive to make me care. Black Summer is an excellent example of creating a universe with superheroes from scratch and getting my interest; Rising Stars is another example. But in Project Superhero, there are too many characters and not enough detail on any of them. The Fighting Yank is the main character in this story, and aside from him being a bit of a gullible twit, you don't know anything much about him at the end. The only interesting character, in fact, is the American Spirit, and even then only because you don't know anything about it.

I'll be giving this a miss, I reckon. If you like superheroes in your stories, it might be worth looking at; as it is, I find there are too many comic stories with superheroes crowbarred in for "mass appeal" as it is, and don't feel any urge to support another one.

Narcopolis #1

A promising start to what I hope is an interesting story. There's a lot of influence here from a variety of prose novels - 1984, Brave New World and Neuromancer being the main ones I noticed - but that's no bad thing, since those novels all had interesting ideas at their core, and fascinating mechanisms with which to explore those ideas. In fact, the only downside I can see to Narcopolis is that it's the kind of story I want to read in TPB-sized chunks, rather than monthly morsels. That's the price of the current business model, I suppose.

Y: The Last Man #60

Oh, why not. I'm as curious as the next guy about how it was all going to wrap up, and DC aren't releasing the final TPB for a good while yet...it's interesting, and takes an unexpected but appropriate approach to the wrap-up. There are a couple of things about the way in which the series closes that I'm not keen on (one is a particular writer's tic that BKV shares with Joss Whedon, another is the actual source of the plague) but those are minor issues rather than major ones. The plot started to falter around volume 8 of the trades though, and this doesn't quite correct that shakiness, but it works.

Bought but not read :

Casanova : Luxuria

Hoping to pick up a copy of Black Summer : Alpha over the weekend as well as Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters #1 (with a title like that, what's not to love?!) when I head in for the Alan Moore Lost Girls signing. (Interesting theory regarding Alan Moore's recent work that came up in conversation recently - he's done enough work in the past that has literary merit that he's sort of allowed to descend to the level of doing pulp-style porn, whereas Frank Miller just hasn't outgrown his "women=whores" phase yet, for the sake of comparison...)

Full_Circle

I recently picked up the hardcover graphic novel of The Ultimates 2 (#1 - 13). I'm finding it tough to keep restrict myself to reading just one issue a night, its so bloody addictive!:D But I want to make it last as long as I possibley can.
I'd forgotten just how gorgeous Bryan Hitch's art is. And it really is an absolute pleasure to read So distinctive from the regular superhero fare.

I just got through reading the latest Astonishing X-Men #24 and like "constitutionus", I'd practically forgotten everything that had happened in the story up to that point. Because of this, I cant really tell if the story has had much (or any) flow since the arc began. Its nowhere near as enjoyable as it was when Joss first came on board, but I'm going to stick with it till he finishes up on the title at least.

MarkHall

Lucifer. I'm currently up to Book Five. Quite an enjoyable Run. A great take on the sandman characther. Some interesting side plots and fun Scraps to boot.

Brian Hitch

Full_Circle wrote: »

I recently picked up the hardcover graphic novel of The Ultimates 2 (#1 - 13). I'm finding it tough to keep restrict myself to reading just one issue a night, its so bloody addictive!:D But I want to make it last as long as I possibley can.
I'd forgotten just how gorgeous Bryan Hitch's art is. And it really is an absolute pleasure to read So distinctive from the regular superhero fare.

I just got through reading the latest Astonishing X-Men #24 and like "constitutionus", I'd practically forgotten everything that had happened in the story up to that point. Because of this, I cant really tell if the story has had much (or any) flow since the arc began. Its nowhere near as enjoyable as it was when Joss first came on board, but I'm going to stick with it till he finishes up on the title at least.

I too am currently re-reading The Ultimates 1 & 2. The huge panel at the end of Ultimates 2/Vol 2 is one of the most incredible piece of art work ever!!!! Ultimates 3 is rubbish. All that Animee stuff, yuck!!! Jeff Lobe should stick to doing t.v. shows.

Civil war also is entertaining but Steve McNiven (as brilliant as he is) will never to be Bryan Hitch!!!!! Doug Braithwaite work on Justice League is something I have become amazed by. (his work is a lot like Alex Ross's i.e. photo like panels/art work). Had the pleasure of meeting all the above mentioned men at the last two Comic-Cons in Dublin and got lots of graphic novels signed. Even went for a drink in the bar with some of them!!! Such lovely down to earth guys!!!! :rolleyes:

Cant wait for Miller/Hitch reunion this year when they tackle The Fantastic 4!!!! You should also read The Authority (some of Bryan Hitch earlier work)

Finally, I always love to find a fellow Joss Wheaton fan!!!
King of the Geeks????? (Simon Pegg is heir in waiting)

Brian Hitch

Undergod wrote: »

Just got Hellblazer: Fear and Loathing, first Hellblazer I've read. Like the characters, can't really make full judgement till I have read a bit more and can put it in context.

If you like Hellblazer, try Andy Dingle and Jock's stint on it. Jock's art work will be stuff you will love or hate!!!:cool:

I'm also looking for people's opinion on if Hellblazer is remade (lets not talk about Keanu Reeves attempt!!!):mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Here is a list of who i think would be good:

Danial Cragg
John Simm
Christopher Ecceleston
James Marsters:D
Davis Thewlis

Also think Death is the coolest lady in comic's, ever!!!!;)

MarkHall

Cheers Brian.
Don't think Daniel would be right for the role atall.

I will try and pick Diggle and Jocks run as I really like thier work.

ztoical

Brian Hitch wrote: »

If you like Hellblazer, try Andy Dingle and Jock's stint on it. Jock's art work will be stuff you will love or hate!!!:cool:

I'm also looking for people's opinion on if Hellblazer is remade (lets not talk about Keanu Reeves attempt!!!):mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Here is a list of who i think would be good:

Danial Cragg
John Simm
Christopher Ecceleston
James Marsters:D
Davis Thewlis

Also think Death is the coolest lady in comic's, ever!!!!;)

Would have thought Sting would have been the best person for the part

spooydermot

ztoical wrote: »

Would have thought Sting would have been the best person for the part

What about Bowie - wasn't Constantine meant to be based on him?

But James Marsters would be pretty cool

ztoical

spooydermot wrote: »

What about Bowie - wasn't Constantine meant to be based on him?

no he was based on Sting - late 70's Sting as we saw him in Quadrophenia.

MarkHall

spooydermot wrote: »

What about Bowie - wasn't Constantine meant to be based on him?

Not if I am remembering right. But isn't Constantine is based on someone Moore claims to have really met.

Fysh

There were two things that led to Constantine's creation, as far as I remember. One was when Moore was in a shop of some sort and caught the eye of a chap who'd just walked in. Without missing a beat, this guy gave him a big conspiratorial wink & grin, an then disappeared off into the back of the shop. The other was the art team on Swamp Thing at the time, who apparently kept drawing background characters who looked like Sting because they enjoyed doing so and essentially demanded the creation of an ongoing character who looked like Sting under threat of continually sticking lookalikes in the background if they didn't get their way.

Bowie would've been a good choice about 15 years ago, but he's a bit too old now, I'd have thought. Same goes for Sting, and Daniel Craig doesn't have quite the right kind of charm, I don't think. I can't see Constantine pouting for any significant length of time :P As for who I would cast, I don't know. I don't think any high-profile actor I can think of would be able to do the part justice...

HupSheFlew

'Spiderman: Back in Black'. Picks up after the end of the Civil War spin-off 'The Amazing Spiderman'. A very good read!

Brian Hitch

Fysh wrote: »

There were two things that led to Constantine's creation, as far as I remember. One was when Moore was in a shop of some sort and caught the eye of a chap who'd just walked in. Without missing a beat, this guy gave him a big conspiratorial wink & grin, an then disappeared off into the back of the shop. The other was the art team on Swamp Thing at the time, who apparently kept drawing background characters who looked like Sting because they enjoyed doing so and essentially demanded the creation of an ongoing character who looked like Sting under threat of continually sticking lookalikes in the background if they didn't get their way.

Bowie would've been a good choice about 15 years ago, but he's a bit too old now, I'd have thought. Same goes for Sting, and Daniel Craig doesn't have quite the right kind of charm, I don't think. I can't see Constantine pouting for any significant length of time :P As for who I would cast, I don't know. I don't think any high-profile actor I can think of would be able to do the part justice...

Just listen to all you guys trying to out-geek one another!!!!

Really does my heart good:o:o:o:o

Ahh Bless:D:D:D:D:D

Brian Hitch

Fysh wrote: »

There were two things that led to Constantine's creation, as far as I remember. One was when Moore was in a shop of some sort and caught the eye of a chap who'd just walked in. Without missing a beat, this guy gave him a big conspiratorial wink & grin, an then disappeared off into the back of the shop. The other was the art team on Swamp Thing at the time, who apparently kept drawing background characters who looked like Sting because they enjoyed doing so and essentially demanded the creation of an ongoing character who looked like Sting under threat of continually sticking lookalikes in the background if they didn't get their way.

Bowie would've been a good choice about 15 years ago, but he's a bit too old now, I'd have thought. Same goes for Sting, and Daniel Craig doesn't have quite the right kind of charm, I don't think. I can't see Constantine pouting for any significant length of time :P As for who I would cast, I don't know. I don't think any high-profile actor I can think of would be able to do the part justice...

Asked my other half about Constantine and he told me he had read in an interview that Alan Moore imagined him as a young Michael Caine.... Think Alfie, Get Carter type of dude.

On another point does anyone know when the next Planetary is out. Warren Ellis is another man I would love to see turning up at this years Comic-Con in Dublin:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Fysh

The script for #27 was finished last year in June (see this blog entry by Ellis) but as for when that'll be converted into finished art by Cassaday, published as a single issue and then collected into the last TPB is anyone's guess. If we're lucky #27 will hit shops sometime in the summer, and the TPBs have generally followed 6-12 months after initial publication. Note that this is all my speculation and has no factual backup from the publishers.

Between that, Desolation Jones, and Fell, a guy could grow a hefty beard waiting for Ellis to carry on or finish some of his projects. Still, at least Black Summer & Doktor Sleepless seem to be going well...

bombidol

One would assume that its red tape / artist issues for Jones and Fell thats causing the long delays. As the avatar stuff seems to be flying along. Whens ultimate human #2 out? Cary Nord is one of my favourite artists. His Conana run is amazing.

Fysh

Yeah, I figure as much - Zezejl may no longer be the associated artist on Jones given the mention of a possible shift to monthly status, and Templesmith's been up to his ears for a good while between the 30 Days Of Night movie and Wormwood.

Not sure 'bout Ultimate Human #2, but I'm looking forward to it - seems to be the only Ultimate title of any quality these days, between the nosedive both The Ultimates 3 and Ultimate Iron Man II have taken compared to their predecessors. Oh, and the joy of having the Ultiverse now subjected to the same "crossover event" nonsense that the 616 universe regularly gets...

ztoical

Top of the reading list at the mo Mr Amperduke - seriously do I need to say anything about this? Go buy it now.

Got to pick up some stuff Thursday - graphic novel wise:

Good As Lily - been meaning to get this for awhile. Haven't bee overly impressed with anything from the Minx line so far but I like Derek Kirk Kim's other work and this wasn't a let down. The story is great and Jesse Hamm's artwork is pretty solid thou I did feel in a few places they were trying to fit too much into one page.

Little Nothings the curse of the umbrella - yeah for french comics getting translated into english. Lewis Trondheim is a national icon in France so its great to see his work showing up in Irish stores. This book is a series of journal comics drawn in a really charming and beautiful style.

The Bakers: Babies and Kittens - this installment of Kyle Bakers autobio comic about his family life is my fav so far. Its a win just for the uber cute kitten drawings reminiscent of old warner brothers cartoons style.

Buffy the vampire slayer the long way home I'm a hardcore buffy fan but I held myself back from getting the floppies of season eight for the same reason I don't watch shows on tv anymore - I like to get the box sets and watch a couple of eps at a time so I got the volume one trade. I like the style of this as they haven't gone overkill on the art trying to make all the characters look just like the actors like some comics based on films/shows do.

On to floppies:

Nightwing 140/141 after giving up on this book for a while, its starting to get back on track writing and art wise. Thou the whole dick/wally bonding bit was a little gay [and this is from someone who has a large yaoi collection]

American Virgin 23 the final issue awwwww. Not going to comment on the ending as I know alot of people on here read it but get the trades, shall wait till the last trade is out to here peoples thoughts.

Fearless 3 not liking this issue so much as it felt a little all over the place writing wise but that might be all tied up with the next issue. Have to say loving the colouring on this title.

Iron Man enter the mandarin 3 + 4 I'm not a massive Iron Man fan [sorry fysh] but I am loving Eric Canete's art at the moment.

B.P.R.D. 1946 1 + 2 Nazis and the Occult always a good combo - was going to say Oooo another great colouring job then clicked its the same colourists as Fearless no wonder.

Tales of the TMNT 42 not my fav tales of issue. Story dealing with casey taking to some feds about an alien attack he and raph stop but alot of the lines feel very forced - liked they had a few good ideas and shoved the rest in so they could use them.

Ubu Bubu comics village called it the world's best comic about a demon possessing an adorable kitten which it is. Very OTT but kinda fun and cute, they do go overkill on the zipatone thou.

Hawiian Dick 1 + 2 Pretty covers main reason for buying. Art inside is pretty to but gets a bit muddy in places.

Jack Staff 1 I love Jack Staff I think hes a great character and I like Paul Grist's style alot.

X-factor 28 Been liking this book for a while now esp with Peter David writing but not sure where its going from here - the whole Divided we stand thing blah blah - why can't Marvel just let each title work on its own.

X-force 1 hate hate hate the art in this. Its all done in this digital painting technique and it just doesn't work for me. I'm sure some people like it but its not my cup of tea at all.

New X-men 44 I do have a soft spot for Ramos's style and I think it suits a book like new x-men where the main characters are meant to be very young [remember when Wizard were suggesting artists if there ever was a harry potter comic and Ramos was top of the list]

Uncanny X-Men 495 I live in hope this is actually going somewhere decent.

Midnighter 16 very slow paced issue, not giving away as much info as I'd like. Artwork is back to being blah - alot of characters looking to much alike and colours are very washy

Cable and deadpool 47 and 49 yes I skipped 48, read it in shop, pretty much picked these up cus I love Youngs covers.

Teen Titans 1 and 2 not really a fan of teen titans but read most of 1 in the shop and thought it was kinda funny, very tongue in cheek and the art was nice.