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Walt Simonson’s Orion run does ruin every other comic, it’s true. It’s probably my third favorite comic ever, and when the first two on the list are Flex Mentallo and Watchmen, you know it’s mighty good.

I hear you on the Seaboy thing. My store still hasn’t gotten my copy of Hero Squared #2 yet (and yet #3 is already out). Freaking Diamond.

wow that’s a bit surprising since i thought there were 3 great books this week with unwritten, green lantern corps, and amazing spider man.

sure none of those were incredible but they were all great fun

You poor son-of-a-bitch, I’d almost feel sorry for ya, if it weren’t for e-bay, the library, and used-bookstores, then I’d cry tears in my beer and lament the unfairness of it all …

Look at it this way, you have more money to buy extra books next week to make up for it, eh?

There is nothing wrong with watching True Blood. I watch it. I enjoy it.

But Gossip Girl? What the hell is wrong with you?

neal k is right
rouge-naked come on that only gives you more nerd cred

I’m going to back you up on Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl, when it’s firing on all cylinders, is a great show.

Ha, welcome to my weekly trips. I basically go in twice a month now, at most, to grab some Green Lantern stuff and every issue of Secret Six as it comes out.

Everybody has a bad week sometimes, and I’d be pretty bummed if NO comics came out for me. Still, I thought this week was good. Fables, GLC, REBELS, the X-Books–I usually don’t have that much of a reason to get excited about comics.

About 10 years ago, an ex-girlfriend of mine broke up with me on a Tuesday. I was devastated. I took the break-up badly, I spent the entire night getting drunk, and I thought “Well, at least tomorrow’s new comic day”. I dragged myself to the shop the next afternoon, and there wasn’t a single comic that came in that I usually buy. It felt like being kicked when I was already down.

I think I wound up buying a random issue of Spider-Man and the “Streetwise” tpb/GN from TwoMorrows. Made me feel a little better, and I wound up loving that Streetwise book, which has the awesome fully-pencil autobiographical Jack Kirby story about his childhood.

How did you NOT get the new Beta Ray Bill? Chris Sims puts it best: “In 22 pages, Bill stops a tsunami with Thor, recaps why he’s going off on his own rather than with his oath-brother, gets flirty with Agent Brand (who seems to really, really like dudes that look like animals), fights Stardust, smack-talks Big G, blows up a friggin’ planet, and still has time to deal with what might be the greatest, craziest throwaway villain of all time, an intergalactic arms dealer/cult leader who plays a space-pipe organ that can generate black holes.”

How is that not like…compressed awesomeness?

I didn’t have a ton to get either. “Green Lantern Corps”. That’s it.

Green Lantern Corps, Booster Gold, Flash: Rebirth, Deadpool, X-Factor, and Lockjaw & the Pet Avengers. Not a huge week for me but decent sized. Next week only 4 books too. I’ve managed to really cut down on my buying habits, thank god.

I buy so few regular books now, a weekly trip to my ‘local’ shop which is 40 miles away is just out of the question.
Most weeks I have only 2-3 books and at least 1 trade or essential/showcase per month and a pulp reprint.
10 years ago I went 2-3 times a month just because I got so many books, I couldn’t get everything read if I waited any longer than that. Now I’m far more selective because of the cost and constant tie-ins and big events that I just don’t care about.

The Walking Dead omnibus is worth every penny. I only heard the hype about two volumes through the series and since Kirkman’s call for creator owned comics I always wanted to check it out. The first issue as Curran quite rightly says isn’t the best lead in or starter for a comic book series but the subsequent issues really hook. I’m halfway through it and I only bought it a couple days ago. Its cheap as well when you consider how much the hardback editions cost when only collecting twelve issues or so.

someone mentioned it above, but it stands repeating…Rogue getting topless makes True Blood perfectly geektastic.

Time to quit going every week.

Rest easy on “True Blood”, comics should learn a thing or two from that show.

It takes a concept that was utterly nerdy (Vampires), re-thinks it in a smart way that appeals to an audience that is able to see the geeky stuff as metaphor, still delivers the pulpy goods while mixing it with some adult relationship drama to make it appeal a bit more to women and then adds some nudity to keep men engaged in the relationship stuff.

To me, it is exactly the formula comics should be following when they try to broaden beyond their core readership.

Since I quit going to the comic shop every week, I’ve noticed that I’m reading much better comics, spending less money, and getting more excited when I do go to the comic shop, which is usually to pick up a comic I’m really enthused about.