AirDave817

November 24, 2008 1:35 pm Good advice I hope to steal from you when my wife and I complete our adoption with Catholic Charities. Spot on, every one!

November 18, 2008 1:54 pm

The shame is that Superman, Batman and most of the other iconic, flagship DC characters are so far beyond help it's ridiculous. I believe that Bendis' run on Ultimate Spider-Man is unique. Maybe what would work for Superman or Batman is one writer or artist for a twelve issue arc. No crossovers. No mutltiple tie-ins. Something like what Paul Dini seems to be doing almost unnoticed over in Detective Comics. Something like "Hush" or "For Tomorrow". Maybe one of these mini-series concepts within the series. Like "Cacophony". For now, I'll stick with Green Lantern and look forward to Flash: Rebirth (hopefully that won't suck!)     

November 17, 2008 1:41 pm

Conor - I believe the Strazewski-Parobeck Justice Society was only 10 issues. If you've found another 8 somewhere - let me know!! I know there was an eight-issue mini-series before the series launched... That run rocked. The second run with Robinson and Jack Knight as Starman was pretty good. I bailed shortly after Jack did. I'm probably going to catch up myself with the trades. I'm not a big fan of this Kingdom Come blending. Sorry. If you like it God bless you!

I'd have to say Superman, Batman, Wolverine, Punisher and Spider-Man are characters that are definitely OVER-exposed. At least that's my perception. If a character - or a team - has their own section of previews for something like four, five or six to eight family books - that to me is over-exposed. Batman is more of an institution than an urban legend. But, that's just mine own opinion.

Thanos vs. Darkseid? Darkseid. He's more badass. 

November 13, 2008 2:28 pm

I'm the same way.

But, when I started reading comics (about a million years ago), they were a quarter. The first price hike was to thirty-five cents - so I bought fewer. Then fewer and fewer at fifty and sixty cents. I've been juggling what I like to read versus what I can afford to read ever since. There was a time when I did the same thing - I only picked up one or two books. Now, I don't even think about looking at the covers of something like Secret Invasion or Civil War or Final Crisis. Trinity is really a strain. But I'm pluggin' away...

I have a feeling pretty soon that I'll be back down to Ultimate Spider-Man and Green Lantern. For how long - who knows. I have some back issue gaps I'd love to fill. I might start doing that... 

November 11, 2008 11:55 am

Awesome! I too aspire to print.

I've read a number of Stephen King's novels for the amount of detail that he goes to. Michael Crichton for the same reason. Backwards from the films that were adapted from them, Jeffrey Deaver, Clive Cussler and James Patterson. As you might expect, the books are much, much better. I try to grab a newspaper regularly and a newsmagazine when I can. James Robinson's Starman was incredibly much like a graphic novel presented in monthly installments. Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man is always solid. I like Geoff Johns' Green Lantern. As far as music, I'm not much on storytellers, but Keith Urban and Brad Paisley seem to speak to me. Or maybe becuase I used to play guitar I just enjoy watching what they do with one. Something completely different from my days of watching Angus Young, Rick Neilsen or James Young. I always watched to see how they contributed to the experience.

November 10, 2008 1:39 pm Sorry, but after reading about a lot of what's going on in the main Marvel Universe, I'm going to stay over here in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, with Ultimate Spider-Man; and over here in the Marvel Adventures Universe with the Fantastic Four. I'll turn the lights out when I go if the price jumps like it's supposed to.

November 6, 2008 2:32 pm

Kingdom Come and New Frontier brought a whole new dimension to Wonder Woman's personality. I like the angle you take on Carrie Kelley. Really the true hero of Miller's The Dark Knight. I have to get caught up on Astonishing X-Mmen. I thought how Kitty took on the Hellfire Club, while just about everybody else had been taken out by mind-control, was pretty cool.  

Kind of a bummer that there aren't many kick-ass moments that come to mind for any other DC women. I know Barbara Gordon has had some; I'm thinking just developing the Oracle persona has got to be one... 

November 3, 2008 5:41 pm This is one of the better Teen Titans books I've read. Give me an ongoing Classic Teen Titans series! 

October 30, 2008 1:38 pm I liked the flashback to ancient Egypt and Khufu, but come on with the Green Arrow - Ragman conflict. I now see how silly a Bat-signal is when it can be so easily goofed on as an Arrow or Ragman signal. That's just so wrong.

October 30, 2008 1:30 pm Thanks for the review! I picked up Rage of the Red Lanterns, but haven't had a chance to read it yet. Man, a park bench along Lake Michigan. I grew up in Evergreen Park, and worked downtown for years. Now I'm most nostalgic for the Windy City! Ah, good times, good times. I think I'm probably going to be joining the Blue Lantern Corps camp. Isn't that the hope/optimism shade of the spectrum?