New Comics Day!

Fear not – I live still! I came down with a bit of a cold post-Thanksgiving (darn turkey), but I’m slowly working my way back to full capacity. To aide in recovery I have retreated into the comfort of the weekly wonder that is New Comics Day; here’s what a kind friend is picking up for me to read whilst I sneeze:

CRIMINAL MACABRE MY DEMON BABY #3
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FEAR AGENT HATCHET JOB #1
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #8 (oh yea!)
AUTHORITY PRIME #2
BATMAN #671
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #2
COUNTDOWN LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS #2
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 22
FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH #2
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #18
SUPERMAN BATMAN #43
TEEN TITANS #53
TRIALS OF SHAZAM #10
UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #3
BAD PLANET #4
CASANOVA #11
FRANK FRAZETTAS DEATH DEALER #5
BLACK PANTHER #32
CABLE DEADPOOL #47
DAREDEVIL #102
MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #2
DAN DARE #1
DOCK WALLOPER #1

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Turkey Time

Hard to believe that yet another year is soon to be put to bed. My, how time files! Due to the Thanksgiving holiday this week the postings may be sporadic, but fear not, you will all be in my heart (and the turkey will be in my stomach – wakka wakka).

I saw a movie last weekend that I think would make for a perfect comics series: the Cohen Brother’s No Country for Old Men. I’m not talking about a straight adaptation of the film, mind you (because that’s boring), but rather an ongoing series that follows the continuing adventures of Javier Bardem’s vile hitman character. This is literally one of the best villains I have seen in a long, long time, and his warped, ‘there but not there’ take on reality is utterly fascinating.

Random, I know, but it would work. Trust me.

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New Comics Day!

Yesterday I bemoaned the sheer number of epic videogames that have been released of late. I’m happy to report that last night I upped my completion percentage on The Orange Box to 40% (Xbox achievement points are the new crack), so I can take a short break to celebrate New Comics Day. Here’s what I plan on picking up tonight:

LIVING WITH THE DEAD #2
100 BULLETS #86
ALL STAR SUPERMAN #9 (awesome)
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #1
BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE #4 (this series is fantastic; highly recommended)
BOOSTER GOLD #4 (if you love DC continuity you’ll love this book. it’s funny as hell to boot)
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 24 (ohhhh – new title alert!)
DMZ #25
FABLES #67
GEN 13 #14
JLA CLASSIFIED #46
SIMON DARK #2
SUPERMAN BATMAN #42
TEEN TITANS EAST SPECIAL #1
WONDER WOMAN #14
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #1 (damn enablers)
AMORY WARS #4
BRIT #3
CIRCLE #1
MICE TEMPLAR #2
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #7
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
HOUSE OF M AVENGERS #1
NEW AVENGERS #36
NOVA #8
PUNISHER #52
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #13
THOR #4
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #48
WORLD WAR HULK #5
X-FACTOR #25
ATOMIC ROBO #2
BLACK DIAMOND #5

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Off Topic

I need to rant a bit. There are way, way, WAY too many good videogames out right now. I simply don’t have the time to keep up with them all. To wit, here’s a rundown of the games I’m currently trying to juggle:

Halo 3
The Orange Box (which is really five games in one… Portal and Team Fort 2 rock the hardest)
Super Mario Galaxy
Call of Duty 4
Guitar Hero
Gears of War
World of Warcraft (I need WOW-anon or something… seriously)

On top of it all, I’m about to go pick up Assassin’s Creed at lunch. I really want Crysis as well, but I’m afraid my poor old PC rig wouldn’t be up to the task (especially given that the recommended specs are absolutely insane, something along the lines of a quantum computer with holographic storage that won’t be invented until the year 2059).

All levity aside, it truly is an embarrassment of riches for us gamers right now. And people wonder why movie attendance appears to be down ;)

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Back on the Grid

I’m back in LA after a short/productive/fun jaunt out to NYC. Big thanks to everyone who attended Monday evening’s Nightmare Factory event at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art; the panel was stocked with an incredibly diverse and cool crew which definitely lead to a rollicking question and answer session. Some media outlet (damn my propensity to forget names) recorded the panel, so as soon as I track down a link I shall post it.

I stopped by my old haunt Midtown Comics (Times Square location) to celebrate New Comics Day, NYC style. Here’s what I picked up (which certainly added quite a bit of weight to my luggage for the trip home. Sigh):

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #8
ART OF MATT WAGNER’S GRENDEL
HELLBOY DARKNESS CALLS #6
LOBSTER JOHNSON THE IRON PROMETHEUS #3
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 25
FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH ASH #1 (very cool)
HEROES HC (the Alex Ross cover)
INFINITY INC #3
JONAH HEX #25
METAL MEN #4
MIDNIGHTER #13
ROBIN #168 (I’m really curious to see how Ras will be re-born…)
SUPERMAN #670
VINYL UNDERGROUND #2 (not too sure about this series yet, althou the first issue was interesting)
Y THE LAST MAN #59 (I thought this had ended… hmm…)
LUCHA LIBRE #2
SPAWN #172
STEVE NILES STRANGE CASES #2
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST #1
ASTONISHING X-MEN #23
CRIMINAL #10
FANTASTIC FOUR #551
HOWARD THE DUCK #2 (call me crazy)
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #10
NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI #5
UNCANNY X-MEN #492
2001 MANIACS SPECIAL #1 (out of sheer, morbid curiosity)
HIGHLANDER #12

On an unrelated note, I saw the Joy Division biopic ‘Control’ last week and I highly recommend it. The cinematography alone is gorgeous.

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New York, New York

I’m off to the greatest city in the world to attend a Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art event for The Nightmare Factory on Monday night – details below! Stop on by; anyone who attended the Fox Atomic Comics panel at last years New York Comic Con knows that we like to have a good time.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007 – NEW YORK, NY
MOCCA – MUSEUM OF COMIC & CARTOON ART — 6:30 p.m.
594 Broadway/Suite 401
(bet. Houston & Prince)
New York, NY 10003
(212) 254-3511

Writers Stuart Moore and Joe Harris, artists Michael Gaydos and Ted McKeever, editor Heidi MacDonald, and editor-in-chief R. Eric Lieb come together for a discussion of Fox Atomic and The Nightmare Factory with moderator Calvin Reid, Publishers Weekly

Best of all - it's free!

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