Well, another week, another trip to see what we will or won't get! Plenty of new titles out this week that we are looking forward too, and it seems that I can officially call myself an Image fan girl now. 7 out of 14 books from one publisher? Eep!
A bit of new Danger Girl to keep MrGiantwoman out of trouble is always good, and hopefully the latest edition to the 'Wrath of the First Lantern" series from DC will mean it is drawing to a close, for the sake of my wallet if nothing else.
DC
Green Lantern New Guardians #19
Fables #128
DYNAMITE
Bionic Man vs Bionic Woman #4
IDW
Colonized #1 Regular Dave Sim Cover - missed from last weeks pull!
Danger Girl Trinity #1
IMAGE
Five Ghosts Haunting Of Fabian Gray #2
It Girl & The Atomics #9
Mara #4
Miniature Jesus #1
Revival #9
Thief Of Thieves #13
Todd The Ugliest Kid On Earth #4
MARVEL
Captain Marvel #12
INDEPENDENTS
Adventure Time #15
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Pull list 20/02/13 - The "trying to save money but failing miserably" edition
Darkhorse
Star Wars #2 - hopefully, as it didn't ship to the UK last week
DC
Green Lantern New Guardians #17 (Wrath Of The First Lantern Tie-In)
Green Lantern #17(Wrath Of The First Lantern Tie-In)
Fables #126
IDW - rumour has it that some or all IDW books will be delayed to next week due to Nemo hitting the US recently, so these will probably have to wait, unfortunately.
Borderlands Origins #4
Fever Ridge: A Tale Of MacArthurs Jungle War #1 [I think MrGiantwoman ordered this from Previews]
Locke & Key Omega #3
My Little Pony Micro-Series #1 Twilight Sparkle
Womanthology Space #5
Image - as with IDW, not expecting to see any Image books in store this week.
It Girl & The Atomics #7
Revival #7
Saga #10
Thief Of Thieves #12
Marvel - yay, actually getting some Marvel books this week. Two to read and one because of Skottie Young again!
Captain Marvel #10
Deadpool #5
Nova #1 Variant Skottie Young Baby Cover
Independents - this has a horrible tendency not to arrive on time anyway, so I won't hold my breath given all the others that are expected to be late
Adventure Time #13 Regular Cover
Friday, 14 December 2012
Best of 2012
So, it is around the time of the year when people start looking back at what has gone in the past twelve months or so, and compile lists of their favourite music/books/films/etc. In my case, in order to compare with those of MrGiantwoman and the lovely Bob Reyer of Talking Comics, I have dutifully compiled several lists of comic books, writers and artists that have caught my eye, piqued my interest and generally worked their way in to my heart and mind this past year.
Some categories have gotten five or six entrants, some have just got the one. This is partly because some of the entrants were out and out favourites of my year, and partly because there were some books that were just too good to miss out on putting in. It may also have something to do with me being indecisive, but I'm blaming in on there just being so many great books out in 2012
I've listed my current "best of" list below, and will try and go in to more details on several of the books over the course of the next week or so, as some of these are absolute corkers that shouldn't be missed.
So, without further ado the lists:
Best continuing series:
Mind The Gap
Revival
Saga
Captain Marvel
Thief of Thieves
Best limited or mini-series:
Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe
New Deadwardians
Hit Girl
Best single issue or one shot:
Iron Muslim
A Babies Vs X-Babies
Halloween Eve
Amazing Spider-Man #698
Best story arc:
Death of Peter Parker (ASM #698-700)
Intimate Strangers (Mind The Gap #1-6)
Prince of Thieves (Fairest #1-6)
Best Writer:
Jim McCann
Brian K Vaughan
Brian Wood
Bill Willingham
Best Artist:
Rodin Esquejo
Skottie Young
Fiona Staples
Koray Kuranel (Point of Impact)
Menton3
Menton3
Best Cover:
Fairest #3, #8
Anything from Mind The Gap!
Before Watchmen #2
Revival #3
IT Girl and the Atomics #1 (standard cover)
Lady Mechanika #1
Best Humour:
A Babies Vs X-Babies
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Deadpool (Marvel NOW)
Best Anthology:
Womanthology
Best kids/young readers:
A Babies Vs X-Babies
Have I missed anything? Have I included something you think I shouldn't have? Let me know in the comments, I'm always open to new reading suggestions.
Thursday, 9 August 2012
iT Girl! and the Atomics #1
iT Girl! and the Atomics
Writer - Jamie S. Rich
Artists - Mike Norton
Colours - Allen Passalaqua
Lettering - Crank!
Cover - AMichael & Laura Allred
Publisher -Image
I am a girl. This is not something I often admit too, because I'm not very feminine at all, I don't have many (any?) traditionally female-oriented interests, and I'd rather go kick-boxing or play an RPG than go shopping.
However, sometimes my inner-princess gets the better of me, a good example of that being when I saw the front cover of new Image title 'iT Girl! and the Atomics'. Add in some blurb from Fiona Staples on the cover singing its praises, and I duly handed over my hard-earned pennies and walked out of the shop clutching my new pink-and-lilac purchase.
While most of the characters are taken from the pages of Madman & The Atomics (which I have not read), they are given enough exposition that this is an easy pick up, no background knowledge needed. This title gave me everything I wanted: sassy females, comedic bad guys, mad scientists and enough action for set me up for the next issue. The magazine style front cover gives you hints as to the content, without giving anything major away unless you are aware of the characters from their previous books.
Much of the book is taken up with explaining what it going on in the world, and setting up the main characters, but iT Girl has enough personality to carry the plot, and Rich introduces the supporting cast with enough speed to keep the reader interested, but not to confuse them.
Mike Nortons artwork is lovely, perfectly complementing the story and the bright (dare I say feminine) colour palette used reflects the tone of the story, darkening for panels of danger or action, and light and breezy when it needs to be.
Overall I would say this is a good start to a new series, and hey, maybe you have a lady friend who would like a get in to comics? If she wasn't convinced by Captain Marvel (if not, is she mad?!) try her on iT Girl, she might see what all the fuss is about after all.
Writer - Jamie S. Rich
Artists - Mike Norton
Colours - Allen Passalaqua
Lettering - Crank!
Cover - AMichael & Laura Allred
Publisher -Image
I am a girl. This is not something I often admit too, because I'm not very feminine at all, I don't have many (any?) traditionally female-oriented interests, and I'd rather go kick-boxing or play an RPG than go shopping.
However, sometimes my inner-princess gets the better of me, a good example of that being when I saw the front cover of new Image title 'iT Girl! and the Atomics'. Add in some blurb from Fiona Staples on the cover singing its praises, and I duly handed over my hard-earned pennies and walked out of the shop clutching my new pink-and-lilac purchase.
While most of the characters are taken from the pages of Madman & The Atomics (which I have not read), they are given enough exposition that this is an easy pick up, no background knowledge needed. This title gave me everything I wanted: sassy females, comedic bad guys, mad scientists and enough action for set me up for the next issue. The magazine style front cover gives you hints as to the content, without giving anything major away unless you are aware of the characters from their previous books.
Much of the book is taken up with explaining what it going on in the world, and setting up the main characters, but iT Girl has enough personality to carry the plot, and Rich introduces the supporting cast with enough speed to keep the reader interested, but not to confuse them.
Mike Nortons artwork is lovely, perfectly complementing the story and the bright (dare I say feminine) colour palette used reflects the tone of the story, darkening for panels of danger or action, and light and breezy when it needs to be.
Overall I would say this is a good start to a new series, and hey, maybe you have a lady friend who would like a get in to comics? If she wasn't convinced by Captain Marvel (if not, is she mad?!) try her on iT Girl, she might see what all the fuss is about after all.
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