Sorry, y’all. We’ve been totally letting everyone down. As you comic readers probably know, there are time periods when it’s just impossible to get time to sit down and read. I just moved and am starting a new job. Wil is interviewing for jobs. Allison is getting married. Everything is insssaaannnee. 

With that said, since you’re not able to read our delightful posts, I invite you to scroll through this long list of new comics and pick one up for yourself to read. As for our blogging, we should get back on track starting tomorrow. Cheers.

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(note: sorry about the lack of new release lists lately. I spent the past two weeks moving and have been kind of scatterbrained. But all is well — I’m in a new apartment and loving it, so I should be able to get back in the flow of things within the next few days, and new release lists will resume next week)

Troll: Once a Hero #1
Writer: Eldon Asp
Art: Gabe Alberola

This comic was awesome. I don’t know why, but I love 90s indie comics. I hate Marvel and DC comics from the same time period (they’re just really boring), but comics like this bring back my confidence in the past decades of comics.

Troll is a scruffy, short lil’ guy, but he surpasses badassery in so many ways. He almost coached a team to a World Series, he was once on Mount Rushmore (or was he!?), and he always wins at billiards. At least, that’s what I learned about him reading this comic, and I can tell you, those would be pretty satisfactory accomplishments if I could pull them off.  

His way of tongue is wonderfully natural. He speaks like a guy like him should speak and is a perfect example of mastering the writing of dialogue. (more…)

Sorry about the lack of a post today. I left my laptop in the car that picked me up from the airport yesterday and didn’t get it back until now. I’ll make tomorrow’s post extra long and special to make up for my suckiness.

Have a good day. Rent the movie Teeth. I plan on watching it tonight.

Written by: Gary Russell
Pencils: Steve Tappin
Inks: Michael Eve
Color: Steve Whitaker
Created by: Michael Bennent & Steve Tappin

As I prepare for my upcoming nuptials which are less than a week away, I’m having a really hard time staying focused. Elvis and Vegas are the only things on my mind right now! So don’t be shocked when you don’t get your daily dose of Allison next week as I’ll be out of commission.

Still, I have my duty to report to you the daily unflappings that occur when you delve into the visceral world of comics.

Today I chose to read Cyberspace 3000. It’s a comic that’s…how do I put this lightly? Um, it’s kind of lame? No, I mean, it’s not terrible. I managed to get through the whole thing and as I mentioned I’m having trouble staying focused so that’s at least something, right? (more…)

Writer/Creator/Letterer: Robert Kirkman
Penciler/Inker/Grey Tones: Tony Moore
Additional Grey Tones: Cliff Rathburn

Zombies, zombies everywhere!

What if this were true? How would we all cope? And is the appeal of zombie stories the fact that as humans are slightly fascinated with the thought that our very way of life, our civilization as we know it, can all come crashing down if a few people try and eat each other? (more…)

Alpha Flight #15: Attack of the Killer Zombies!
Writers: Steve Seagle and Duncan Rouleau
Art: Rob Hunter

One of the things I love about reading old comic books is the trip down memory lane through advertisements. I get to read about the new up and coming Genesis games, the radical food on the market these days, and board games that are totally gnarly. For example, I totally forgot about Kool Aid Bursts, but now I REALLY want one. Sometimes, though, these comics can just be ad overload and a) make me really appreciate indie publisher who don’t have ads and b) wonder how people can read magazines like Vogue.

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Well I’m still waiting for my shipment so I went and got done with a few housekeeping procedures around the ol’ bat.  Straightening out here, a little bit more there. I also realized after finally starting up IE7 that things look completely different color-wise. Fantastic. A lot of work is ahead for that sort of thing especially since I havent edited a stylesheet in lord knows how long.  Changes will be made though, and heads will roll.  Hopefully by next week I can begin reading again and get back into the cool crowd around here instead of some wierd greaser, who came in a time machine to present day.

Whopah!

Justice League Europe #1
Writer: J.M. DeMatteis
Art: Bart Sears, Pablo Marcos

This comic crawls with irony and idiocity. I don’t know what else I should have expected from the highly acclaimed JLE (doesn’t have the same ring, does it?). Even the first page speaks a bad omen, as the only line spoken is someone off page saying “This is gonna be a disaster.” There’s also the fact that the cover has the JLE reading a JLA comic and saying “Wow, Deja Vu.” This comic is just so full of ’80s and the tacky fact that it’s a spin-off that it’s hard not to love.

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Wonder Woman Donna Troy #1
Writer and Penciler: Jimenez Stokes

Well thanks for those posting in my absence last week, I was even more vacant than usual.  I did just order a new set of the good stuff. Although by good stuff I mean one decent trade and a whole pile of cheap crap. It’s going to be a good time. Anyway, finally I get to actually read a #1. It was a new experience, things were all linear, I wasn’t lost and making rediculous assumptions about charecters, pretty crazy. I disregarded the “Girlfrenzy” header at the top and dove right in. (more…)

Hellboy: The Crooked Man #2 of 3
Writer: Mike Mignola
Art: Richard Corben 

You know when someone won’t stop talking, butting in, or just plain being annoying, and you have to do everything you can to hold back from telling that person to “shut up”? Well, Hellboy doesn’t hold it back, and it’s awesome. I think what’s so great about Hellboy is his personality. There aren’t many superheroes that when a foe who has been annoying the shit out of them with talk the whole comic and is popping out of different places with her taunty verbage comes out and chips into a conversation will tell her to shut up and fire a shot at her. That’s Hellboy.

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