CBG #1 was the “Pick of the Week” for me because frankly, it’s a hell of a lot of fun.  Like a good episode of the Simpsons, it is immensely quotable and I think it would make a great episode.

The focus is, of course, on our beloved uber-fanboy Comic Book Guy and his new nemesis the Graphic Novel Kid.  As expected, the comic industry references abound and the geek-self-bashing is rampant.  If you are a comic enthusiast with a sense of humor about your lifestyle, you’re going to love this.

Given the theme “The Death of Comic Book Guy”, there are some pinups in the beginning with parodies of famous comic images like the Death of Superman in which Agnes Skinner cradles a defeated Comic Book Guy and of course, George Perez’s much homaged (even by myself) cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 where Homer and many other Springfieldianites hold CBG. The two-page sequence where he recreates famous film and comic deaths is well done with my favorite being the Gwen Stacey panel.  The last Simpsons “event”, the 3-part Radioactive Man Event, was a hit with me and this mini is well on its way to joining it.