Reviews for 10/29 Cancelled

My shop didn’t get 1985 #6 shipped to them this week, so the only comic yours truly bought was Iron Fist. I will either review both of them with next week’s crop, or ignore them and make Goki cry. It’s your choice America!

Weekly Recommendations for 10/29/08

It’s Wednesday and that means comics. Regrettably, I haven’t finished last week’s load yet, but promise to post the reviews today or tomorrow. That said, let’s get ya’ll ready for this week’s batch.

All About New Krypton

There’s been a lot of interesting articles on the Internets lately about the big “New Krypton” crossover in the Superman titles that kicked off this week in the Superman: New Krypton Special. Here are some of them:

• -IGN’s five-page guide talks about ”New Krypton,” what led up to it, and the current state of Superman comics. It’s long, but it’s a good read. It has spoilers for Action Comics #870, by the way.
• -Newsarama’s Field Guide to New Krypton is a bit lengthy too, but it covers angles IGN’s article doesn’t and has nice commentary from Geoff Johns (who even drops hints about his next story in Action Comics after “New Krypton”).  It’s also lists every issue of the crossover on the bottom.
• -Troy Brownfield looks back at Kandor’s history over the years. Don’t worry, this one’s short!
• Also from Newsarama, Geoff Johns talks about Superman’s emotional crossroads. If you haven’t read Action Comics #870, then this article’s especially spoiler-heavy. It also slightly goes into events from the New Krypton Special.

Enjoy!

Weekly Recommendations for Oct 22nd, 2008

I just finished my comics Monday, and already, a new pile begins a new! It’s a huge week, featuring the next installment in the two biggest crossovers of the year! Read on for mediocrity.

Goki’s Giving News

Pretty big things have happened in comics and comics news today. Let’s look at some of them! 

Weekly Reviews for 10/15/08

It was a great week for comics, with the conclusion of the best Final Crisis tie in, the conclusion of the best thing from the Ultimate Universe since the Ultimates, a new writer’s debut on DC’s quirkiest title (besides Ambush Bug) and another installment of Moon Knight, and some Brubaker/Fraction. What’s the best of the week? I don’t know yet. Read on, because I promise I will by the end.

Comic reviews- Action Comics #870

 

Neil Gaiman reads

While I’m sure you’re all waiting with baited breath for the comic review I talked about in Spiffy’s Weekly Recommendations, enjoy this video of Neil Gaiman reading his latest book aloud:

http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx?VideoID=1

Thanks to Steven Grant for linking to this video in the latest edition of his weekly column, Permanent Damage.

Weekly Recommendations for Oct 15th, 2008

It’s been awhile since I actually posted this on time: a full day before comics come out. Read up, and take notes, so you know what to get at the store this week. Read on for mediocrity.

Reviews for the Week of October 8th, 2008

Whoo-eee! We’re already two weeks through October (jesus!), and this week, 3 more titles came out and graced my presence. One was based on a high profile sci-fi book series, one is by Gail Simone, and the other features Alex Ross covers. Which is #1? Fuck if I know, I ad lib these.