Yeah, it is interesting to track his evolution as an artist throughout the comics.

I don’t know that I’d call 32 Stories caustic. It’s more maudlin,or contrived. It’s Tomine’s extremely early work. It’s interesting to see, if you’re already a fan, but I wouldn’t recommend it as an entry-point.

I got the boxed edition, where each mini comic is reproduced separately, as they originally appeared.

I love it because it’s fun to have a bunch of mini comics in a box, and it’s interesting to watch the book designs change as his skill grows with the strip.

It also makes it quite clear which strips were originally published together, and in a few, you’ll get a stand out story in one mini, and the next you can see that he’s realised how much better it was than the others, and learned from it, and the next one has him trying to get them all up to that level.

And Mike Grell has been drawing Warlord for some time now. I fear that many others besides you have failed to notice that.

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

And please, if you enjoy the book let your retailer and friends know!

Dude: I’m totally looking forward to Joe the Barbarian. Any time Morrison goes outside the superhero world, I’m all over it.

Nawid: Good to know. Thanks!

Joshua: Oops, I should have picked up on the “Knight” part. I hope you’re right!

Dan: Elk’s Run was wonderfully illustrated, had a nice “grab” (a village tries to cut itself off from the rest of the world), and is really exciting.

Ian: I was tempted to give the entire solicitation for Obamouse, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it!

Still. Wow.

I found the solicit for Obamouse.

And, this is real:

The economy is crumbling like stale roquefort. We are at war with Owl Kaida, our soldiers being targeted by their traps, poisons and predators. When the nation, perhaps the whole world, needs change, one rodent steps forward to offer it: Barack Obamouse. But if his daring plans for the country are to succeed, he will have to win over his skeptic political rivals and countrymice, including Hen Beck, John McCrane, Sarah Penguin and Ratt Limbaugh!

John McCrane… Sarah Penguine… Ratt Limbaugh… Owl Kaida…?!

Wow.

Just…wow.

Over on page 183, Antarctic Press gives us … Obamouse!

And also President Evil #4 (#4!) with a cover depicting Obama as a zombie, coupled with the tagline “Yes We Cannibal”.

I’m in awe. Really.

Joe the Barbarian is about a diabetic kid who, when he forgets to take his penicillin, hallucinates all of these imaginary toys and comic characters coming to life around him. Oh, and his sidekick is a ninja rat.

Insulin, you mean?

Blacksad is very, very, very good. If it doesn’t bother you that you have things like sex, racism, drugs, mafia, cold war and such told in a world with disney-like ”cute” anthropomorphic animals…

Anyone who’s read Maus should be all right, then.

Greg–why was Elk’s Run good? I may need to check it out.

Cool back then, kewl today.

Now if only, someone collects The One.

For a buck, I’m down.

And B&R 7 is not a Blackest Night tie-in, because if it was I would not be getting it. I think it’s just an unfortunate coincidence that the arc is called “Blackest Knight.”

Gotta remember to get that Veil trade.

Also the Mighty was originally a 12 issue series (with hopes to do another 12 later). Unless trades sell like crazy, I guess that’s not happening.

Can you tell me what it’s about?

I don’t know if you were playing or serious about it being shitty. Your sarcasm just has too many layers,Greg.