Comments on: Help me buy my comics this week!

By: Syzlak

Syzlak — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:23:08 +0000

I second the Conan. Gotta have the Goon HC as well.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:32:38 +0000

It's also the one not solicited for Feb and the one that I think it least likely for Alonso to keep, judging from past patterns.

Alternatively, the kids might get moved to Bru's Uncanny or Carey's X-Men: Legacy but who knows.

By: Rusty Priske

Rusty Priske — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:51:53 +0000

Don't sigh!

New X-Men is the best of the X books!

By: Matt D

Matt D — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:24:16 +0000

Wait?

The Iron Man Annual comes out?

That for the win. The interviews with Gage have made it sound really fun.

By: tom fitzpatrick

tom fitzpatrick — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:14:37 +0000

Dan (other dan): Actually, the Conan story you're referring to is the last of a 6 part flashback story.

Dark horse will probably collect all in a tpb one day.

By: Djed

Djed — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:13:32 +0000

What If: Annihilation - some gorgeous art here
Iron Man Annual - IM as James Bond written by Gage

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0000

Sonic? Yeah, somebody's reading it, but a large portion of them also draw furry erotica on DeviantArt.

(Actually from what I've heard from a few people, at some point in the past few years, the writing began resembling a deranged furry's attempt to ape Grant Morrison, so that might be worth reading if only for the laughs.)

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:18:07 +0000

Umbrella Academy is already on his pull list. And I think he said he reads Invincible through the trades.

I've got nothing to add. Cooke's run on Spirit is almost over (and honestly I rather he work on other stuff. Not that the Spirit is bad but Cooke should be doing his own thing). I might pick up some of those Batman crossover books but the prelude by Morrison didn't excite me. There's Angel: After the Fall which follows up the last season of Angel (ala the new Buffy series). But I'm not expecting that to be as good.

How about Sonic the Hedgehog #182? Seriously 182 issues of Sonic the Hedgehog. Someone has to be reading it.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:29:56 +0000

No love for the Umbrella Academy? It's brilliant--sort of what might happen if Edward Gorey or Charles Addams wrote a superhero comic.

By: BizarroBeachHead

BizarroBeachHead — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:36:20 +0000

Oh sweet Heaven, new Rex Libris! It is about time.

You have all my books already, so I don't really have a suggestion for you, so I agree with DubipR, vote Simpsons.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:18:12 +0000

"Itâ€™s Gage writing Moonstone and Songbird. What can go wrong?"

Hmmm, well Songbird might turn into a literal songbird. But other than that...?

By: acespot

acespot — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:52:09 +0000

I completely forgot about Invincible!

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:06:10 +0000

Invincible!

Or maybe Walking Dead.

Something Kirkman-flavored.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:58:39 +0000

Powers # 27 anyone?

By: DubipR

DubipR — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:55:13 +0000

Since you've already tried The Spirit, might I recommend something a little more lighthearted in Simpsons Comics #136.

Its better than the TV show and without all the forced guest voices.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:44:59 +0000

Iâ€™m surprised, no amazed to realise that Captain America 32 isnâ€™t on your list. Even if you trade wait for it it is surely good enough to buy floppies as well?

Yeah Greg, it's the book Marvel wants everyone talking about, why the heck wouldn't you get it?

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:27:53 +0000

Scream #1 (Peter David and Bart Sears. You judge which is the draw.)

I admit it. I'm totally stumped.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:53:14 +0000

Complete Badger Volume 1 trade paperback!

By: Steve Flanagan

Steve Flanagan — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:27:52 +0000

A Spirit Archives and a Fourth World Omnibus in the same week. *Sigh*. Oh well, I'll just have to go without food for a while ...

By: Dan (other Dan)

Dan (other Dan) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:06:15 +0000

Kurt Busiek's back on Conan #46. I wandered away from the title during Tim Truman's run, but I swooped back in when I saw Busiek was back last issue. It's the last part of a 4 part story that started way back in some issue I never read--but don't let that turn you off immediately. I picked up part 3 and followed right along. Conan is interesting in that I know the mythos well enough to follow along after being dropped in the middle of a story. However, the story needs to be written in such a way that I'm invested enough to be interested. Since I know how a Conan story goes, I can dismiss a marginal story because I know all the beats that will be hit. Busiek is great at mixing the familiar and the novel to create compelling stories. He does it in Astro City, and he does it with Conan. This is his last effort on Conan for the foreseeable future; it would be well worth appreciating his craft one last time.