Q: Hey What's better than reading my words about stuff?


A: Hearing me!

Hopefully by this weekend I'll be rockin the podcasts with a cast of cool people. get ready for comic talk as well as politics and hot lady types.

that's right, I said lady types!

oh yeah and here's some more Human Giant!

It's been awhile so lets start off by saying what up to Javier Bardem not that I know him personally, but he seems like a cool dude. Anyways onto what I was talking about.

So I'm looking forward to Wednesday, it's a Brubaker TRIPPPLE header get this bit of crazy Captain America #35 (the further exploits of the new Captain America) Criminal 2 #1 (for serious it's like realistic Sin City) AND! AND! Daredevil # 105 (that nogoodnic Larry Kranson and Parker Robbins are still riding Matt Murdock's itch)

If that doesn't make you wanna scream 'HOLY CALAMITY!!! SCREAM INSANITY!!!' I have no idea what will.


Next!

I was lucky enough to see New Frontier about a month early and man is it worth your time and effort. Adapted much more closely than the Superman/Doomsday movie, this seventy minute movie is quite the production, from the incredible voice talents of David Boreanez (probably didn't spell that right but you know he's Angel/ 'the dude from Angel who is on Bones', Lucy Lawless and NPH! The Story is strong, the animation is based on Darwyn Cooke's art. IF you wanna learn more about DC's Golden Age, this is where it gets real.

One More For The Road!

I've been shown some of the worlds greatest comedy, if any of you are acquainted with Flight of the Conchords and you remember the racist fruit stand owner, that cat is funnier than you could ever imagine. Check out his comedy stuff Human Giant is where the party is at.

New Kid On the Block

It's been awhile, there's been a lack of new blood over at the 'House Of Ideas' Bendis and Brubaker have been running the show for like 3 years and there's just a lack of new energy rocking around the Marvel U... UNTIL NOW

Meet Jason Aaron, writer for the DC/Vertigo series Scalped which in and of itself is pretty fantastic but now he's rocking like Bendis did in his workaholic prime. Maybe I'm jumping the gun, it's only been one issue each of the new books he's taken over (notice how i haven't mentioned the titles of these books yet, I bet the wait is killing all of you slowly.)

Six issues of the useless story of Wolverine digesting a hand grenade story is over and now we're on to the post Messiah Complex hunt for Mystique. With solid art form Ron Garney and some streamlined use of Wolverine having all his memories back, as opposed to just tossing it all into another book and having it making no sense. Now the search of Mystique kicks off with the bang, actually more like a firing squad, then it gets kicked up three notches when it goes on a cross town chase through the heart of the middle eastern world.

The best part of all this is that it actually ties in with Uncanny X-Men and X-Force, thank you for finally reforming the X-Men universe, and making it worth my reading.


Now here are words I'd never thought say in from when this series started.

"Ghost Rider issue number twenty...was actually a good read." - Justin Elliott

This series started off weak, and poor man's Garth Ennis (Daniel Way) had no idea what to do, and it ended with Ghost Rider actually being an angel . (what?) But in a good example of lemon's into lemonade, Jason Aaron managed to make it at least a cool read, not taking itself to seriously but still maintaining what made Johnny Blaze awesome.

These are two books that kinda faltered for awhile and now have a good chance to kick back and really get back to seventies marvel.

All Growed Up

So I read the new issue of Nightwing, or rather the past 2 issues of Nightwing # 140-141 and boy howdy can this Petey Tomasi write Dick Grayson. If you look at the character he's really the first person who was practically born into the superheroic life, but unlike Batman he's less a terrifying icon and more of just that kid you watched grow up and take charge of his own shit.

Not to give to much away but he's cooling out with Superman, the JSA he's dating broads, and rolling with his buddy Wally West. I'm saying it from now if DC handles this correctly this style of book and if others become more like it, they can win that war against Marvel.

What? Big talk eh? Let me explain. The problem with the DC universe is that it's based more on iconic character and archtypes rather than humanistic character, but with characters like Nightwing, and pretty much the original Titan's growing up they can have a more humanistic approach meaning you'd get the big iconic stories, as well as some decent ballast with characters who do have problems and are people first.

So kudos to the power team of Peter Tomasi (Black Adam) and Rags Morales (Identity Crisis) this book has had a great kick off and hopefully it'll be the first of a new generation of heroes being taken seriously as characters and not just sidekicks.


Peace Peace Y'all

See you at the shop!