Boom! Studios
Flippin’ through Previews – February 2012
Are people really upset about that Wonder Woman cover? Really? If you don’t know already, see it on the latest Previews, #281, below!
What I bought – 11 January 2012
‘Once giants walked the earth,’ she repeated, emphatically. ‘Yes, titans absolutely, it’s a fact.’ Three mothers creaked and swung with expressions of fascinated absorption upon their smiling faces; but Raza Hyder took no notice, closed his eyes, grunted from time to time. ‘Now the pygmies have taken over, however,’ Bilquis confided. ‘Tiny personages. Ants. Once [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – January 2012
Happy New Year! Let’s celebrate by scouring Previews #280 for obscure comics that we can read!
What I bought – 14 December 2011
“Truth, Vinicius, dwells somewhere so high that the gods themselves cannot see it from the top of Olympus. To you, carissime, your Olympus seems higher still, and, standing there, you call to me, ‘Come, you will see such sights as you have not seen yet!’ I might. But I answer, ‘I do not have feet [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – December 2011
Are you looking to do a little Christmas shopping? Well, too bad – Previews #279 is NOT for you! (Because it, you know, has books for February and beyond, so it’s too late for Christmas shopping, so it’s funny that it’s the “December” issue, right, and … oh, let’s just move on.)
What I bought – 9 November 2011
“We took unremarkable men: usual bankers, run-of-the-mill priests, ordinary soldiers and statesmen and wives – and sacramentalized their mediocrity. We smoothed their noons with strings divisi! We pierced their nights with chittarini! We gave them processions for their strutting – serenades for their rutting – high horns for their hunting, and drums for their wars! [...]
Flippin’ through Previews – November 2011
Wolverine #300? How do they even know anymore? The answer lies inside Previews #278!
What I bought – 2 November 2011
All art is quite useless. (Oscar Wilde, from The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Flippin’ through Previews – October 2011
What lurks in the depths of Previews #277? Join me to find out!
What I bought – 28 September 2011
“… All idealization makes life poorer. To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity — it is to destroy it.” (Joseph Conrad, from The Secret Agent)
Review time! with Planet of the Apes volume 1
Or, Chip Mosher and me: A Love Story.
What I bought – 20 and 27 July 2011
Later, over cigarettes and coffee, Perry returned to the subject of thievery. “My friend Willie-Jay used to talk about it. He used to say that all crimes were only varieties of theft. Murder included. When you kill a man you steal his life. I guess that makes me a pretty big thief. See, Don – [...]
What I bought – 13 July 2011
What a bore it is, waking up in the morning always the same person. (Jeremy Leven, from Creator)
Flippin’ through Previews – July 2011
Oh, no – is it the Apocalypse?!?!? Only Previews #274 knows for sure!
What I bought – May and June 2011
Hey, look at that! I’m back in Arizona and I picked up almost two months’ worth of comics! Yeah, I’m not going to review them properly here – that would take waaaaaaaay too long. This is more of a “What I bought and the random thoughts I have about the issues and, why not, what [...]
