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Am I wrong for not liking “New Krypton?”

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

I would have to say, “No, Ti-ti, you are absolutely in the right because the newly returned Kryptonians acted like complete morons.” For the love of Rao, aren’t the Kryptonians supposed to be incredibly intelligent and a hell of a lot more logic based? Where is that logic when they decide to just imprison Superman’s enemies, ignoring international laws, beliefs and borders? I guess we see symptoms of Kryptonian “illogic” right from the beginning. “Quakes, Jor-El? Bah, it’s nothing. Krypton is fine and all you accomplish here is spreading panic with speculative science and the conjecture it researches. Krypton isn’t ready to explode and I will have you removed from this quorum if you continue to incite such absurdity based on your, your………..crazy thinkin’! Oops, that quake was a little bigger than the last one. Bah, Jor-El!” Yep, maybe the Kryptonians ain’t quite so brainy after all.

Anyway, so the Kryptonians basically decided to just leave the confines of their newly expanded city of Kandor and …do what they want? Great strategy, fellas. Of course, a less than forthcoming, seemingly unaccountable and never amenable ring of government is NOT happy that a few hundred more “Supermans” have imposed themselves on the native population. In fact, they are so not happy, they sought allies from the immoral dregs where villains posture and irreparably splintered egos dwell. When I say “irreparably splintered egos,” of course I mean Lex Luthor. And scraped fresh from those “immoral dregs,” we have the return of the REAL Braniac. This is not iteration 1,076, this is the real deal; the one who, through defeat, started this whole “Kandorian Revival” in the first place. The other Braniacs were…scouts, or something? Yeah, that’s it. Scouts. Ok, ok, I can go along with it. The one true Braniac has finally located Earth, travelling in a vessel stuffed to the gills with forcibly relocated civilizations (significantly diminished ’cause, y’know, space is tight in a worldship) and…yadda yadda. Superman whoops him, saves Kandor (one such diminished sampling of Kryptonian civilization) and proclaims, “Grow.” While the object of his victory begins leaning more towards the macroscopic, a missile launched from Braniac’s vessel destroys the Kent’s home, ending the life of Pa Kent. This dichotomy of events is Super-neato, as something great is sacrifced to earn another state of greatness. I find that quite relevant, as I have to sacrifice opera fudge during the week in order to stay thin and super-attractive.

So, I haven’t actually finished the damn story yet because I’m perpetually 2-3 months behind in my comic reading. Wherein lies the blame for such an inexcusable strain of apathy? Call it life, a job…and more life containing outside interests…and…. I just get too many damn comics. If you’re caught up, you’re already into the 12 part, “Superman: World of New Krypton.” Reading the blurbs and adverts, I’m getting a sense of where Superman fell when humanity gave its unspoken ultimatum. If you comment, DON’T SPOIL IT FOR ME!

So, even though I haven’t been overly pleased with the “New Krypton” story, at least it gave us some more James Robinson written Superman. Y’know, the self assured Superman. The one who tells Lois, “He’s a good dog. He’s our dog.” Yeah, tell that Lois bitch to back the F!@k off!” WOOO!

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Review of Wasteland Comic Book by Oni Press

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

If you aren’t reading the Wasteland Comic Book series from Oni Press, you should be. Friends who are reading this blog will likely skip this post as they are sick of me talking about this book. I read a lot of Marvel and DC but recently, I have been branching out and trying more independent comic books. While not all of them have been great there have been so many great surprises that I am once again really excited about comics. I can’t wait to try new titles and explore new worlds. Wasteland was one of those great surprises.

Okay, enough intro blather, on to the review. At the time of posting this, Wasteland is up to 19 issues. I have only read 14 of them. Yes, I know, pretty sad for someone that just slobbered all over himself talking about how much he loves it but I am behind in all my reading. I am getting caught up but I like to read my comics in the order in which I receive them. My review will be spoiler free, I am not going to tell you specifics, just going to give you a quick overview to get you started.

The comic book is written by Anthony Johnston, penciled by Christopher Mitten and covers by Ben Templesmith. The interior art is amazing, it’s a perfect match for Johnston’s writing. Don’t bitch and moan that it’s in black and white, good art is good art and the black and white lends itself to this gritty story. The covers by Ben Templesmith are a nice bonus, they are gorgeous!

Wasteland is set in a post-apocalyptic future America that was ravaged by a yet to be explained event called the Big Wet. The main characters that the rest of the story revolves around are Abi and Michael, two very different, yet very similar individuals who find each other in the first issue. They discover that they both have special and unexplained abilities. They are on a mission to find the fabled city of A-Ree-Yass-I which is where the Big Wet was said to have originated.

As the story begins, Michael is a ruin runner, a loner that survives in the waste land. He is the strong silent type that is always in survival mode. Abi is the sheriff in a small town and does her best to take care of the people that have chosen to live there. Throughout the book we run into many different types of characters, including Sandies; creatures that live in the wastes and feed on people, the Townsfolk; normal people just trying to survive in a very difficult environment, Suneaters; a new religioun that has spread quickly through the wastes, and the City Council; corrupt religious fanatics who feel threatened by the peace loving sun eaters.

The book has a lot to offer, it’s gritty, vicious and heroic all rolled into one. The story keeps you guessing with plenty of twists and turns and clues are dropped as to where they might be in the future USA. Little has been revealed about that we should expect. So far the series has been collected into two trades and according to Johnston they are looking to keep this going as an ongoing series for at least 75 issues. Now is as good a jumping on point as any other. Support the book and I am sure you will enjoy it.

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Watchmen was Big Seller in August

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Watchmen Trade

With all the buzz surrounding the Watchmen Movie, the book has gotten a big boost. It’s always been a consistent seller for us but we have seen a big increase of late. Apparently, we are not the only people seeing such an increase. Diamond has just announced that Watchmen was the top dollar book sold in the month of August. Over 43,000 copies of watchmen sold last month. That’s pretty impressive for a book that is 2 decades old. I am sure the trailer that was showing before the Dark Knight had a big impact on those numbers. A whole new generation of readers is being introduced to this amazing story in anticipation for the movie.

We have the trade paperback in-stock and the Absolute edition hard cover up for pre-order. You can check them out on our Watchmen Comic Book page.

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Stan Lee’s New Legion of 5

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Stan Lee’s POW Entertainment along with Rainmaker Entertainment and Brighton Partners is launching a new super hero property called the Legion of 5. There are no details on what it’s going to be about but so far they have raised $24 Million to get things started. They are going to make a series of CG-animated filmes for the new property along with games, online and mobile releases.

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