drupal stats

Weekly Comic Shopping List 5/5/10

So lately, I'm thinking about what I buy and read.  A couple of different internet discussions have kind of had me rethinking what I'm enjoying and what I want out of comics.  Combine that with a FCBD which only had a couple of truly great offerings (that Superman comic makes me want to stab my eyes out; I can't believe I found copious copies of that book in GR but never saw a copy of The Sixth Gun all day,) I think I've gone from the guy thinking he was willing to try anything to being a really niche reader and passing up on almost everything.   At least that's what it's starting to feel like; "get off of my lawn with your Hickman and Remender.  I'm waiting for my Allred and Starlin to get here."

That's probably a bit of an exaggeration but this week's shopping list is all about the old stuff I think.

  • Brightest Day #1-- Yes, I ordered this because it had a White Lantern ring with it.  Don't judge me.
  • Sweet Tooth #9-- This title has settled into a nice, if heartbreaking, groove.
  • Alex Raymonds Rip Kirby First Modern Detective Vol 2 1948-1951 HC-- I don't think I've read much Alex Raymond so this is going to be an education for me.
  • Elephantmen Vol 3 Dangerous Liaisons HC-- This book should be a bit of a hodge podge of storytelling.  It was during these issues that I kind of lost the hook of Richard Starking's story but I hope that getting them all bundled will bring all of his threads back together for me.
  • Madman Atomic Comics Vol 3 Electric Allegories TP-- I stopped reading the monthly issues right around here so I have no idea of what to expect.  This recent incarnation of Allred's Madman series was a free-form storytelling experimentation it seemed, with Allred more interested in the ways and means of storytelling than with actually telling a clear story.  I've been waiting for this collection to go back and re-read all of Atomic Comics.
  • Dreadstar The Beginning HC--  Ah, the Metamorphosis Odyssey, in all of its full color glory.  It's been a while since I've seen the original Epic Magazine chapters of this story so I don't remember if it was originally presented in color or black & white.  All I've got now is the lousy photo-copier quality version that Slave Labor put out years ago, a lousy presentation of Starlin's last great space opera story.