Zero Killer is a brand new comic by the author of the Rex Mundi series. In this universe the world has gone nuclear back in the 70’s and the New York skyscrapers have become the home for many different gangs who battle to stay high up in the air. The story follows Zero who feels like a bounty hunter in this first issue. The art is great and Dave Stewart does a great job with the colors as usual.
Lenore #13 Roman Dirge takes Lenore into the world of color and it looks nice but doesnt really affect the story in any way. Lenore is still her distrubing cute little self and she still has some pretty whacked out companions along for the ride. Very funny stuff and there is a reason this comic is as popular as it is.
Also read the Gaurdians miniseries that Marvel put out a few years ago. It’s a nice coming of age story involving all kinds of aliens. It’s not bad if you can find it in your quarter bins at your local shop.
Were leaving town early tommorow morning for Minnesota for a little Convergence and some much needed vacation time in the twin cities. So no updates till next thursday at the earliest.
Just saw Transformers and I got to say I enjoyed it alot. It’s hard to redo a cartoon that has some many fans passionate and you cant help but feel a little bit squeezed when you only have two hours. Overall its fun, it’s big and Optimus is very very cool. If you love explosions, well Michael Bay has plenty of them here and the special effects are phenomenal.
New Warriors #2 keeps the path of secrecy going and looks to become a nice little mystery before it’s all done. The crew knows the history of these characthers and that always goes a long way.
O.k. have a great week. see you later
Something about Hellboy and the mythology surrounding the book really draws me in. There is a sense of proper place in the storytelling and yet the humor of life is always present through Hellboy himself. Im enjoying this series much more than The Island, and I can see it wrapping up wonderfully over the next few issues.
Just got back from Ocean’s 13. Its good stuff. Feel like some of the star power was wasted with such a large cast but its a good caper flick.
Picked up moon knight # 11 today. its the weakest issue in the series so far but still very good.
Also read Mouse Guard collection. Good stuff in the fantasy genre which comics don’t have an abundance of.
Loveless # 18. Yeah yeah yeah, more people killing each other. This has got to be the slowest comic ever. yet I can’t turn away. B-
American Virgin the 1st Trade. This is an o.k. Vertigo book. It does a nice twist on the whole televangelist thing, and has some truly funny moments. But I can’t see this being the next Fables or Transmetropolitan.
I heartily reccomend Brian K Vaughan’s Pride of Bagdahd. It is a very neat look at the war we started and also surpising ends with a real sad outcome. If this were to ever get optioned for film I have no doubt the producers would change the ending, because if they didn’t there would be some crying kids leaving the theatre. One of the few comics I’ve read recently that made me say wow. I should start reading more of Vaughan’s stuff. I always liked Y the Last man, and he seems to have a very good sense of our world right now.
So One of the things Civil War has allowed Marvel to do is to explore and rehash some of their older and recently unused properties. Omega Flight seems to be doing o.k. for them and here come’s the New Warriors. I really enjoyed the first 70 or so issues of the first New Warriors series, never really read volume two until it had been cancelled. But being the Marvel boy that I am, they were always as close to the Teen Titans as I cared to get. This rehash has a nice set up. Someone or some group who are not registered heroes are bagging bad guys and leaving them for the cops. Just like the old days. Tony STark is mad, especially because they are leaving the NW’s tag at the sight. We see one of Grant Morrison’s best creations during his run on X-men Beak, except now he’s just an average looking guy since he lost his mutant powers during House of M. Seem a bit confusing? Yeah I guess you need to know the Marvel U’s storyline for the past three years to get any of it, but I’m hoping this book will be able to stand on it’s own and make a brand new name for the new “New Warriors”.
Two comics worth your money today as Whedon gets all touch feely with the X-men in the way only Whedon can
and then there’s the return of everyone’s favorite hornless devil
Hellboy Darkness Calls #1 of 6. A strong first issue and a nice set up for some weird fun which, is of course what Hellboy does best. Does anyone else agree that Dave Stewart is one of the best colorist working the field? He just commands the mood of the entire Hellboy comics universe.
James Kolchaka’s Super hero team for the foul mouthed and not so super continues here in all it’s day glo color. The best part of the whole issue comes with the first line of profanity on the very first page. Somethings you just can’t repeat, even when they’ve been written in what looks like a kids book. Much better than the first two issues, not quite as good as the last.
A-.
