What to buy: November 25, 2009

Don’t head out for Thanksgiving until you pick up the last batch of new November comics. As mom always said, no turkey until you read your comic books!

On a serious note, a very Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Eat More Comics!

11/11/09 and 11/18/09 Reviews

I mentioned it in a comment on another post, but just so everyone knows: I’m going to be a little less active between now and near Christmas as I get ready for finals. I won’t be disappearing, but my posts will be a little shorter, as you’re about to see, and there may be some gaps between my visits, as you’ve seen the past week. But my diminished role should just allow Goki and Lia to get extra attention for the reviews they’re about to post very soon.

Without further ado, reviewed these weeks:

11/11/09

Batman #693

Batman and Robin #6

Booster Gold #26

Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #1 (of 6)

Dark X-Men #1

Fables #90

Green Lantern Corps #42

Red Robin #6

Strange #1 (of 4)

11/18/09

Black Knight #1 (one-shot)

Dark Avengers #11

Flash: Rebirth #5 (of 6)

Incredible Hulk #604

What to Buy: Weekly Recommendations for November 19, 2009

The “filling in for David and/or Spiff” edition! But first, a little something for Green Lantern fans who may not visit comic stores often (I’m looking at you, Barnes & Noble people!): all this month, comic stores are giving out Lantern power rings! Not just Green Lantern ones, but Sinestro Corps (yellow), Star Sapphire (violet), Blue Lantern, Indigo Lantern, Red Lantern, Orange Lantern and even Black Lantern rings! Now, supposedly, you get these rings by purchasing certain DC Comics, e.g. you get a Sinestro Corps ring if you buy Doom Patrol #4. However, you should ask your comic store folks about it: I know some are giving out the rings alone for $4, while others (like my own) are wise enough to make the rings free with ANY purchase.

Anyway, let’s begin:

Look! News!

Some fun stuff around the Interwebz to hold you over until we post more new stuff (and unveil our message board!):

-Bendis answers your questions on Twitter. Maybe this thing isn’t so bad after all…

-Dan Didio gives you a tour of the DC offices. And answers your questions. Dan is a generous man.

-Check out all of Marvel’s SIEGE images. I swear the shadowy figure in this one is Beak (Barnell Bohusk) with a sword.

-Two-Face is showing up in this week’s Batman: Brave and the Bold. So is Doctor Fate.

-Smallville’s getting its own TV movie (well, two-hour long episode), penned by the mighty Geoff Johns and guest-starring the Justice Society… as well as Amanda Waller. By the way, you’ll never guess who’s playing the live version of the Wall (hint: “Across 110th Street…”).

-Marvel Studios names its new co-president. I swear, I’m never going to get used to seeing the Marvel and Disney logos together like that…

-Brian K. Vaughan talks The Escapists (which just got reprinted in softcover) and leaving Lost. BKV’s the man; I’ve got to buy more Ex Machina trades. Oh, and The Escapists, d’urh.

-Hey kids! Dr. Horrible’s getting his own comic! By Zack Whedon! I love Dr. Horrible. If you haven’t watched Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog yet, you owe it to yourself.

Mmk, we’re done. Happy reading!

What to buy: Nov. 11, 2009

BIG week of comics coming up on Wednesday as we move into the middle of November. Take a look and share what you will be buying.

IT HAS ARRIVED.

Well gang, this is it. After nearly two years of Grointasticness and sporadic updates, it’s time to finally put Goki’s Giving Groin back where it belongs:

In my pants.

Fear not, dear readers! This is NOT the end of the blog. However, this IS the beginning of the much-heralded changes to our lovely Inter-home. We begin with a name change: Goki’s Giving Groin will from this day forward be known as…

EAT MORE COMICS.

Delicious, isn’t it? Don’t worry, we’re still going to cover non-comic book related topics, as well. Yet if you look at the blog’s output, you’ll see that we’ve clearly talked about comics more than anything else. Not to mention that our old name probably isn’t too SFW. So now you can surf our blog without worrying about getting fired! Or sent to detention, for all you young scholars out there.

But wait! There’s more! In addition to changing our name, we are also starting… a message board! This’ll allow us to cover more topics at once, as well as increase interactivity with our readership (and each other). More importantly, it will allow you, the reader, the chance to come up with topics of your own. Can you feel the power?! Just don’t get carried away; we’d still be in charge, after all

Expect the blog and the message board to have a symbiotic relationship (or symbiosis, if you prefer). We’ll link to popular message board topics on the blog and vice versa, and if we want to cover a message board topic in more depth, we’ll probably post on the blog. That said, expect blog posts and message board posts to be any length; we’re not letting format dictate how long our posts are going to be.

We’ll be posting the link to the message board some time this week, so stay tuned and save your appetites!

10/28 & 11/4/09 Reviews

Forgive my absence the past week and a half. I didn’t get the last week of October’s new comics until this Wednesday, so I’m just going to lump the two weeks together for one massive reviews post. Reviewed this week:

Batman #692

Blackest Night #4 (of 8 )

Captain America: Reborn #4 (of 5)

Dark Reign: The List — Wolverine #1

Green Lantern #47

Jack of Fables #39

Justice Society of America #32

The Torch #3 (of 8 )

X-Factor #50

Only Captain America and The Torch were new this week; the others are from Oct. 28. Maybe a good thing I got both weeks at once, or it would be a small list.

Forgive the slight delay…

… to the big changes I spoke of, as life has recently been trying to run me over with a steamroller. Yet fear not, dear readers, for I shall unveil these changes this weekend at the earliest and Wednesday at the latest. In the meantime, check out some of the great content David’s been posting up lately:

• David asks for your next PROJECTS suggestions
• David tells you what to buy this week (for he is The David, and we shall all do as he commands)
• David reviews last week’s comics (for he is The David, and thus can turn back time)

So click on those links… or just scroll down.

What to Buy: October 28, 2009

The month is almost over, buy will the final week of new comics in October be a trick or treat? Wow, what a lame intro. But seriously, after last week was weak sauce, this week looks outstanding. Better get to the comic book shop tomorrow, you won’t want to miss these books.

10/21/09 Reviews

Last week had a plethora of good to great comics. This week? Uh, not so much. Reviewed this week:

Dark Avengers #10

Dark Reign: The List — Hulk #1

The Incredible Hulk #603

Justice League of America #38

I only buy one of these books (Dark Avengers) regularly. The Hulk duo — well, reading so much of Peter David’s run recently put me in a Hulk frame of mind. And I’ll be giving Justice League an extended try, mostly out of nostalgia for the old Morrison and Waid JLA.