Weekly Comic Shopping List 9/2/09
A small week but strongly creator driven, which I really like.
- Wednesdays Comics #9-- The end is in sight. Honestly this week, I'm looking forward more to Marvel's Strange Tales.
- DMZ Vol 7 War Powers TP--I'll have to do a Brian Wood week coming up because I still haven't read the latest Northerners. Wood is always a strong writer, making his stories about both politics and characters, mixing them up. I read a lot of criticism about this book and people not liking its main character Matty Roth but I'm not too sure that even Wood likes him.
- Sweet Tooth #1-- I'm cautiously looking forward to this book. I've been poring over The Collected Essex County lately and just awestruck by the story that Jeff Lemire told there. It's such a human story. This, on the other hand, is a story about a kid who has antlers. But Lemire has sited one of my all time favorites Tim Truman's Scout as a bit of inspiration for this work so I think it should be good.
- Grimjack Manx Cat #2-- I still have the first issue on my pile of books that I wanted to write about but I guess that can now wait. I liked the first issue, even if Truman's artwork wasn't quite as sharp as it was on Killer Instinct. I thought that book was a huge step forward for Truman but the Manx Cat had the feeling of some of Truman's older work and that's not a bad thing either.
- Spider-Man 24/7-- I've thoroughly been enjoying this series ever since Brand New Day. It's solid super-hero action, hearkening back to the days when I first read and enjoyed Spider-Man. I keep on thinking I should just drop this series but then a new one comes out and I get completely wrapped up in it for the time I'm reading it. Can you really ask for anything more?
- Incognito #6-- This has been a solid if somewhat uninspiring story from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. The artwork, as always, has been a wonder to look at but the story has felt a bit... off. Maybe it's because I read Sleeper but it seems like we've been down this road before with these creators. At least this is done so it means more Criminal is up next.
- Strange Tales #1-- While Wednesdays Comics hasn't quite grabbed me the same way it has everyone else, I'm looking forward to this short series, featuring some of the best cartoonists working on Disney... I mean Marvel characters. This should be a fun book.