Across America every wednesday is a holiday for my fellow geeks as we tromp down to our local comic book stores to buy our brand new issue of our favorite books. It’s rather unique part of our culture that every city in america with a comic book store is alive on that particular day, every week of the year. Some of us have big stacks each week. Some like me buy one or two titles at the most, but it is the excitement of arrival that does it for the most of us i believe. Not unlike tuesday for media junkies, the day when dvds and cd’s usually come out, comic book day, can be a fun filled and escaping day, to that little fantasy world in our heads.

books i picked up this week
INFINITE CRISIS # 1 Dc comics. I got to admit i don’t really know what’s going on in this book. I’ve always been a marvel guy and there are so many dc characthers in this book who i don’t even know who they are that i am a little lost. But this is the most hyped book of the year so i am giving it a shot. I really enjoy the batman, superman, story arc as those characthers usually play off well agaisnt each other, but I can’t say i really undertsand much else that is going on.

HOUSE OF M #7. MARVEL favorite book this week. The story Bendis has been writing is finally hitting it’s stride, and boy does he leave with a cliffhanger for the final issue coming up. It will be intesting to see if this story has any lasting impacts on the marvel characthers. If it does, it’s an amazing piece of comic book history. if it does not. ends up being a dream or some such thing. Then it has been a waste of my time. we will see.

THE GOON 25Cents edition Dark Horse. This is perfect comic for October and for 25 cents you can’t go wrong. It’s the Sopranos meets the munsters and even a little song about the sun coming out tommorow is included. Best line,
“Monkey’s going to learn Ya don’t mess with a man when he’s eating his ice cream.” Steal a qaurter give this book a try.