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September 20, 2011 2:36 pm Always look forward to the Grab Bag! Why the recommendation on the Yamaha? I'm in the market for a soundbar, and just haven't found anything too appealing. Agree on Gears. I got the shipment notification from Amazon, but now the hard part, finding chunks of time to play it. Picked up the Star Wars Blue Ray, and watched the New Hope, and Empire over the weekend. The movies look A LOT better. Amazingly, the movies for the most part, look like they can hold up to today's CG standars. As far as the new fall season, there's nothing I'm overly interested. I'll wait to see what "word of mouth" has to say on the new crop of shows. I will say that Terra Nova at least looks interesting, and Up all Night might be ok. Also, interested in checking out Ringer with Buffy, but lately I've just been content with catching up on Mad Men.

September 16, 2011 4:07 pm Solid Read Josh. Like others have said, I don't think the problem is limited to comics. Same can be said for video games, movies, tv shows, music, prose books etc. At this point in my life, it's not the $ that's the issue it's the time, and I simply don't have enought of it to indulge in the all the wonderful things media is putting out. I've solved the storage, and clutter issue with comixology. I'm buying everything I'm interested in enough to read digitally, and I'm know down to 3 or 4 physical books, and those are all Marvel. I wouldn't be surprised if by year's end I'm not buying any physical books. The problem seems to boil down to gluttony. We want to absorb everything we can, but the majority of us don't have the time. It's a good problem to have.

September 15, 2011 8:44 am The entire "bit by. Spider" origin doesn't strike you as exactly the same as Patker?

September 14, 2011 8:48 pm The art rarely bothers me in a book, but it was noticeable. Not my cup of tea, but that doesn't necessarily mean the art was bad. Solid story. Loved the mini; so this was an insta--pull from the moment Lemire was announced on the book.

September 14, 2011 7:51 pm Solid book, but it needed more meat. I guess that's what happens when there's only 20 of story, and it's $4. Also, seemed like Bendis took the easy way out with Miles' origin. It is eerily similar to Peter Parker. Couldn't we have done something different for his origin?

September 1, 2011 10:35 pm Tried to pick this up, but midtown comics was oddly sold out. I did pick up issue 5, and will pick up the trade when it goes back in stock. The book sounds superb.

September 1, 2011 10:30 pm I think we can all acknowledge that the book wasn't amazing, but it was solid. Also, I think I'm looking at it from the point of view of a seasoned comic book reader, and this isn't really what DC was going for. The book was written with an eye towards grasping the new reader. Whether it did it or not remains to be seen. I will say that my cousin, who is only a very casual comic book reader, really enjoyed the issue, and is going to buy some more books next week, and at the end of the day that's all you can really ask for.

September 1, 2011 10:23 pm Sounds awesome. I am picking up a lot of books through comixology, including the day, and date release, but there was something about the buzz that made me want to Midtown comics, which is 1 block from my job to soak in all the excitement. I did however get the combo pack, and read it on my ipad after redeeming the code.

August 27, 2011 9:58 pm Couldnt have said it any better.

August 25, 2011 11:56 am T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Awesome stuff. The origin of April O'Neill is interesting. I've never read the 80's TMNT series so all I know about April is tha she wears a yellow jumpsuit, and she's a reporter. Was she also a reporter in the original Eastman run? The issues takes me back to the movie as well with Raphael being the rogue turtle. Good stuff. I'm hoping all my childhood favorites show up; the Rat King, Bebop, Rocksteady, and Krang to name a few!