aurgail

December 7, 2012 10:57 am Hey Paul, I think you think the 1st story of 20th Century Boys ends with 22, and then 21st Century boys starts a volume. But as I understand it, 21st Century Boys is really just 2 books, and the end of the story. 20th/21st Century Boys is just one big story. I'm even worse than you, after reading Pluto I've bought them all (they're all out in France) and haven't even opened one yet. The length is daunting.

December 4, 2012 12:30 am BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: WILLOW – WONDERLAND #2 DIAL H #7 EARTH 2 #7 FURY MAX, VOL 01: MY WAR GONE BY TP HAWKEYE #5 NEW MUTANTS, VOL 07: FIGHT FUTURE TP STUMPTOWN, VOL. 2 #4 THE HYPERNATURALS #6

November 27, 2012 12:25 am ANGEL & FAITH #16 BATMAN, INCORPORATED #5 FATALE #10 UNCANNY X-MEN BY KIERON GILLEN, VOL 04: AVX PREMIUM HC UNTOLD TALES OF PUNISHER MAX TP BS: I can't say I remember. I spill water all the time, I just can't drink, but there are no consequences other than being wet. I recently dropped a marker pen on my shirt on ruined it, does that count?

November 20, 2012 12:38 am Light week, I'll have time to catch up on my stack. COMEBACK #1 FAIREST, VOL 01: WIDE AWAKE TP HAWKEYE #4 REVIVAL #5 BQ: No Thanksgiving in France so I'll just go to work, which seems very unFrench of me.

November 19, 2012 3:49 pm I've finally realized I was spending way too much money on trades and had a tiny appartment to boot, so I decided to go digital. I get back issues in the $0.99 sales or as bundles, and I wait for the price drop on everything else. $1.99 seems to be the cut-off price. For example, I'd love to read Archer and Armstrong, but when the time comes to click on that BUY button, I can't bring myself to spend 2.99 on just one book while Manhattan Projects, Stumptown or Wander are waiting for me, cheaper and phenomenal. And I have yet to buy one Marvel book digitally, because 3.99 twice a month for not even owning a book is just insane. Trades used to be cheaper, but are now even more expensive than the issues (for example, the next X-Factor trade is $16.99 for 4 issues. Uncanny Avengers is supposed to be $25 for 4 issues also. This is insane!) and they come out all the time with double-shipping. I'm keeping up with Marvel trades until the end of the stories, but Marvel Now is going to be a huge jumping-off point for me, even though there's no shortage of books I'd love to read. At this point not buying Bendis's X-Men means I can buy 8 Image books! I think I'll just wait for big online sales from now on. I'm sure as a Marvel Zombie, I'll have my moments of weakness and end up buying way more crazy-expensive comics than I should, but Marvel is pricing and double-shipping me out of reading their books, and Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Oni, Monkeybrain and DC are the winners. Oh, and Hawkeye ($2.99, I buy the paper version).

November 14, 2012 4:56 am The point s to tell a story about teenagers confronted to what they might become, and adults having to face what they have turned into and their loss of innocence, all that made literal by the magic of comics. It sounds pretty interesting to me. Just like with Looper, the key is to not focus on the mechanics of the time travel so much that it gets in the way of enjoying a story about people.

November 6, 2012 3:23 am Big week for me: I'm getting Buffy the Vampire Slayer Willow Wonderland, Dial H 6, Earth 2 6, Stumptown 3, The Hypernaturals 5, The Manhattan Projects 7 and the AvX hardcover. And I'll watch neither movie. I'm not a Bond fan and the trailer for Lincoln looked atrocious, overly dramatic and sentimental. I might see it at some point if it gets good reviews but I'm not excited. I'll play catch up instead, watch Looper and Argo.

September 13, 2012 12:15 pm It was right after Civil War, ran for a year and then basically took over the Marvel Universe after Secret Invasion with Dark Reign.

September 6, 2012 12:40 am Well on Wolverine and Daken and virtually anything I've read by him too.

September 5, 2012 3:11 pm From Jeff Parker to Daniel Way: that would be a steep fall for the mighty Thunderbolts. The crosshairs could indicate it's the team the Punisher will join for Marvel NOW!, which is an okay hook (although they'd have to work hard for Frank not to slaughter the rest of the cast on page 2) but no Way -I know- am I reading this.