I LOVE COMICS ISLE OF MISFIT BOYS

Sad to hear abt Bob Oksner:-(

Will prob. be rebuying the Los Bros strips, too

wednesday bump

Countdown Reviled: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=102192

...starring Jimmy Olsen!

LOL @ Nextwave

"the weekly comics hole"

Four-Color Goatse

Purchased right now at teh comic store:

* "Superman For All Seasons" trade
* "Batman: Year 100" trade
* "Showcase Presents: Shazam!" (like Huk, I am starting to think that all this showcasing might be filling up my shelves too much - but Matthew's description of this really made me curious)
* "Popeye" (lol collection is hueg)

Am I about to have fun? YES I AM!

I also saw this thing there called "Scooter Girl", which I was torn about - on the one hand, I just can't stand manga, but on the other, I am a total sucker for tweeness, soap opera and Swingin' London bullshit. Anyone know anything about this?

Scooter Girl is by Blue Monday's Chynna Clugston, but I thought it was rather disappointing by the standards of Bleu and her adventures. (it's also not set in London. If you haven't read Blue Monday - grab one of those instead!)

CIVIL WAR #7: Manages to make IDENTITY CRISIS look like Grant Morrison. Just awful, although Reed's letter to Susan at the end is hilarious.

YAYAYAYAY

I almost want the ending spoiled, but I'm not sure I give a shit. Tho I'd have to wait until next week to find out what actually happened. Does another minority / C-list hero die?

I think there's two deaths on-panel, but apparently many are listed as 'missing' as of the 'end'.

The Spider-Man / Mr. Fantastic exchange…oh you will cringe.

Is it any less cringeworthy than the majority of the coredump plot-moving spit-swapping Millar's engaged w/ throughout this series?

Honestly, I think my estimation of CW would've increased 100 fold if a monkey with Tourette's and no frontal lobe wrote the dialogue instead of MM. Hope he's putting more effort into his JPEG fumetti!

nu-IL-whatever scares me.

although the end(?) of Ralph's storyline in 52 is definitely executed better than Steel's, it still has that same "well shit, let's just hurry up and get this story over with" feel as issue 40. Granted the realish-time aspect of the series must make it hard to resolve things in both a satisfying and in-depth manner, but knowing that doesn't make the conclusion seem any less rushed.

also: how the hell did I find 14 comics I was willing to pay three bucks a piece for today?

Guys, that Aquaman Showcase sounds amazing! I had no intention of buying it, and now it's next on my list.

I finally picked up the first issue of Dark Tower, and ... geez. The art is just distracting.

how did steel survive fecal blood?!

Okay, I was proud of this one: http://52-pickup.blogspot.com/2007/02/week-42-doing-donuts-on-free-lunch.html